Active
Atlas Opportunity Score 92/100
Verified October 6, 2026
California Health Facilities Financing Authority (CHFFA)
California CHFFA tax-exempt and taxable revenue bond financing for eligible nonprofit and public health facilities, including qualifying capital projects, equipment, acquisitions, refinancing, and working capital.
Required next actionFor an eligible California public or nonprofit health facility with a bond-sized project, confirm borrower and project eligibility, operating and financial documentation, debt-service capacity, financing-team readiness, current CHFFA application requirements, and the applicable Authority meeting schedule before proceeding.
Active — TDH currently states RAMP applications are open; Tennessee Hospital Association reports applications due September 30, 2026 at 2:00 PM Central Time under RFA 34320-36927.
Atlas Opportunity Score 92/100
Verified September 28, 2026
Tennessee Department of Health
Tennessee competitive rural-health funding for capital modernization, service expansion, primary care seed projects, and selected technology and equipment upgrades.
Required next actionApplicant next step: review the current TDH RAMP application materials and portal, complete required Tennessee registration, and submit before September 30, 2026 at 2:00 PM Central Time. Recheck the TDH RAMP page and portal for amendments before final submission. Technology and equipment must be part of a qualifying capital investment, are limited to 20% of the total award, and equipment costing $10,000 or more requires prior written TDH approval.
Closed
Atlas Opportunity Score 91/100
Verified August 31, 2026
California Department of Health Care Access and Information
California Rural Health Transformation funding for rural-serving organizations to recruit and retain health professionals at qualifying rural sites.
Required next actionArchived on August 31, 2026 after the 3:00 PM PT application deadline passed. Monitor the California Rural Health Transformation program for any successor recruitment and retention round or formal reopening.
Active
Atlas Opportunity Score 91/100
Verified October 6, 2026
California Department of Health Care Access and Information
HCAI's Small and Rural Hospital Relief Program provides rolling state grants to qualified California small, rural, and Critical Access hospitals for seismic safety compliance. HCAI currently reports $46 million available. The program is highly relevant to rural hospital sustainability but does not provide a legitimate N9+ equipment funding path.
Required next actionEligible hospitals should confirm program eligibility, submit the required seismic compliance plan, and use HCAI's application process for eligible seismic-safety work. Applications are continuously accepted and ranked quarterly based on eligibility, project readiness, and available funding.
Open — Rolling October 1–September 30 lender application cycle
Atlas Opportunity Score 91/100
Verified October 7, 2026
USDA Rural Development
USDA Rural Development currently lists the Community Facilities Guaranteed Loan Program as open. Applications from eligible lenders are accepted on an ongoing October 1–September 30 cycle. FY2026 funding status: USDA’s current OneRD Guarantee dashboard shows $650,000,000 in Community Facilities Guaranteed Loan authority, $9,000,000 obligated, $641,000,000 remaining, and $78,493,763 in pending loan amounts. Community Facilities loans […]
Required next actionEligible public bodies, federally recognized Tribes, and nonprofit organizations with essential rural community-facility projects should work with a participating eligible lender and the USDA Rural Development office serving the project. Confirm rural-area eligibility, public-use/community-facility fit, borrower and lender eligibility, project costs, environmental requirements, collateral and underwriting readiness, and whether any telecommunications equipment is eligible under Community Facilities. Lender applications are accepted on an ongoing October 1-September 30 cycle.
Active
Atlas Opportunity Score 90/100
Verified October 6, 2026
California Health Facilities Financing Authority (CHFFA)
California CHFFA tax-exempt and taxable commercial-paper financing for eligible nonprofit and public health facilities, including construction, renovation, real estate, equipment, refinancing and qualifying working capital.
Required next actionFor an eligible California public or nonprofit health facility, confirm the project qualifies for CHFFA commercial-paper financing, then verify borrower eligibility, credit or liquidity requirements, financing structure, current application materials, and Authority timing before proceeding.
Active
Atlas Opportunity Score 90/100
Verified September 21, 2026
Montana Department of Commerce
Montana Commerce is accepting priority applications through October 28, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. for state-funded rural tourism-related emergency service projects. Grants provide up to $50,000 for eligible rural governments and emergency-service providers, including ambulance, hospital/emergency-response, fire, police, and search-and-rescue equipment.
Required next actionPrioritize verified rural EMS, hospital, county, Tribal, and emergency-response candidates with a specific tourism-related emergency-service need. Before ORIGINAL outreach, clear CRM Contact, opt-out, hard-bounce, Deal, queue, and authoritative-send-history deduplication gates.
Active
Atlas Opportunity Score 90/100
Verified September 29, 2026
Mississippi State Department of Health
Mississippi's Rural Hospital Loan Program provides rolling 1% financing of $25,000 to $100,000 to qualifying licensed rural hospitals with 50 or fewer general acute, non-specialty beds. Eligible projects may maintain or upgrade facilities, maintain or increase staffing, or add health-care services not currently available in the community.
Required next actionConfirm the hospital is a licensed Mississippi hospital with 50 or fewer licensed general acute, non-specialty beds; assemble a current financial audit and Secretary of State Letter of Good Standing; define an eligible facility, staffing, or new-service project; model collateral, repayment, and the 85% FTE-retention covenant; submit the official Statement of Interest/Letter of Intent; and obtain MSDH confirmation before treating any specific equipment, technology, or contracted-service cost as allowable.
Active
Atlas Opportunity Score 90/100
Verified October 1, 2026
North Dakota Community Foundation
Opportunity Summary The Lisbon Community Endowment Fund, affiliated with the North Dakota Community Foundation, accepts grant applications twice each year to improve quality of life in Ransom County, with priority for projects serving Lisbon. The Fall 2026 application deadline is October 1, 2026. The public grant page does not state an exact clock time, time […]
Required next actionConfirm the organization and project meet the Lisbon Community Endowment Fund guidelines and submit a complete application through the NDCF Grants Portal by October 1, 2026. The public grant page does not state an exact closing time.
Upcoming
Atlas Opportunity Score 90/100
Verified September 3, 2026
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Vermont’s State Office of Rural Health administers the ongoing HRSA-supported Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program for Critical Access Hospitals and statewide rural-health partners. Flex supports quality improvement, hospital finance and operations, population health, EMS and transition planning; Atlas is tracking the next Vermont subgrant opportunity as a Funding Watch rather than presenting a prior cycle as open.
Required next actionVermont Critical Access Hospitals should pre-position a measurable project in quality improvement, finance/operations, population health, EMS or rural access; document baseline and target outcomes; and confirm current Flex subgrant timing and allowable costs with the Vermont State Office of Rural Health before procurement or expenditure.
Expired
Atlas Opportunity Score 90/100
Verified September 5, 2026
Rural Health Redesign Center (RHRC)
ARH-TAC Cohort 3 closed September 4, 2026. Atlas now retains the program as archived rural-health service-line intelligence and directs Appalachian rural providers that missed the deadline to contact ARH-TAC about other technical-assistance options and monitor for future cohorts.
Required next actionDo not submit a new Cohort 3 application or begin applicant outreach. Organizations that missed the deadline may still contact ARH-TAC about other technical-assistance options and should monitor for future cohorts. Preserve service-gap, patient-leakage, workforce, referral, financial-performance and community-need data for reapplication, and re-verify the next cohort's controlling eligibility, deadline and seed-funding terms before pursuing it.
Closed
Atlas Opportunity Score 90/100
Verified August 27, 2026
California Department of Health Care Access and Information
California Rural Health Transformation funding for first-time certified EHR adoption or replacement of existing EHR systems at qualifying rural facilities.
Active
Atlas Opportunity Score 89/100
Verified October 5, 2026
North Dakota Department of Commerce
North Dakota Commerce is accepting Technical Skills Training Grant applications on a rolling basis until allocated funds are secured. Track A and Track C awards can reach $200,000, Track B can reach $100,000, and all projects require at least a 1:1 match. Healthcare workforce projects can qualify when training targets North Dakota in-demand occupations.
Required next actionVerify current applicant eligibility, the applicable program track, the North Dakota in-demand occupation requirement, the required 1:1 match, and the current Commerce guidance before treating this opportunity as application-ready.
Open
Atlas Opportunity Score 89/100
Verified September 30, 2026
Wyoming Department of Workforce Services
Wyoming opportunity. The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services Workforce Development Training Fund (WDTF) Business Training Grant helps eligible Wyoming employers train existing workers. Healthcare and Social Assistance is a preferred industry. Wyoming county and memorial hospitals and emergency medical providers are specifically eligible exceptions to the general government-entity exclusion. Funding: Up to $4,000 per trainee […]
Required next actionIdentify eligible Wyoming healthcare and EMS employers with a documented skills gap or employee-upskilling need. Confirm required good standing, registration, training eligibility, and timing before application; submit 30-110 calendar days before training or first travel.
Closed
Atlas Opportunity Score 89/100
Verified August 28, 2026
Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association Foundation
Virginia Rural Health Transformation funding to expand rural graduate medical education and physician recruitment and retention through new or expanded rural training capacity.
Required next actionApplication deadline passed September 15, 2026 at 11:59 PM ET. Treat this round as closed. Do not initiate new outreach or represent the application as still open. Preserve any applicant-authorized work already completed, but resume submission work only if the VHHA Foundation issues an authoritative reopening or extension; otherwise monitor for the next Homegrown Health Heroes physician round.
Open — published; healthcare-workforce pre-apprenticeship pathway documented
Atlas Opportunity Score 88/100
Verified September 20, 2026
Wyoming Department of Workforce Services
Wyoming opportunity. The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services is offering federal apprenticeship-expansion incentives through SAEF3 to help employers and organizations launch or expand Registered Apprenticeship and Pre-Apprenticeship Programs. Funding: One-time $10,000 incentive for a Registered Apprenticeship Program and $5,000 incentive for a Pre-Apprenticeship Program, subject to program rules and available funds. Atlas assessment: Opportunity Score […]
Required next actionKEEP PUBLISHED under the September 17 shared Atlas healthcare/school-health gate because the authoritative Wyoming Department of Workforce Services apprenticeship page expressly identifies Healthcare as a Pre-Apprenticeship Pathways career sector for Wyoming youth ages 16-24 and presents current SAEF Sponsor and Pre-Apprenticeship incentive funding. Preserve the record as healthcare-workforce intelligence, but do not initiate NEW-applicant outreach while the controlling public source lacks a fixed submission closing date, clock time, and time zone needed to prove the 48-hour outreach gate. Before any future outreach, verify the current SAEF application/policy, exact applicant eligibility, authoritative business recipient/email, Email_Opt_Out, actual-sent-history dedupe, canonical CRM state, and final approved Zoho HTML render.
Active
Atlas Opportunity Score 88/100
Verified September 29, 2026
Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE)
Kansas rural hospitals and eligible clinics can participate in the RHTP Evidence-Based Practice Program for Year 1 infrastructure payments of $100,000 per hospital or $50,000 per clinic, plus reporting incentives of $50,000 or $25,000. Technology and data-infrastructure investments may qualify when they support the program's evidence-based-practice goals.
Required next actionConfirm provider eligibility and participation status. For the Year 1 reporting incentive, complete the required participation documentation and Attestation Form by October 1, 2026 and report July-September performance data through QHi by October 31, 2026. For later infrastructure-payment timing, follow the latest KDHE and Care Collaborative administrative guidance because published program materials have shown differing 2027 attestation dates.
Upcoming
Atlas Opportunity Score 86/100
Verified September 3, 2026
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Vermont’s State Office of Rural Health administers the annual HRSA-supported Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program for Vermont Critical Access Hospitals and Brattleboro Memorial Hospital. Typical Vermont SHIP subgrants are about $13,800 per hospital for eligible value-based payment, quality-improvement, software and training costs; Atlas is tracking the next subgrant cycle as a Funding Watch rather than presenting a closed prior cycle as open.
Required next actionEligible Vermont Critical Access Hospitals and Brattleboro Memorial Hospital should identify a current value-based payment, HCAHPS, quality-improvement, software or training need; document the expected operational benefit; and confirm the next SHIP subgrant instructions with the Vermont State Office of Rural Health before incurring costs or assuming reimbursement.
Open — published; healthcare-workforce pathway documented
Atlas Opportunity Score 86/100
Verified September 20, 2026
Wyoming Department of Workforce Services
Wyoming opportunity. The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services WDTF Apprenticeship Training Grant supports Wyoming Registered Apprenticeship Programs and associated Related Technical Instruction providers with allowable RTI costs. Eligibility: Wyoming-based sponsors registered with the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Apprenticeship and related technical instruction providers associated with a Wyoming sponsor. DWS recommends planning roughly 45–60 […]
Required next actionKEEP PUBLISHED under the September 17 shared Atlas healthcare/school-health gate. WDTF expressly identifies Healthcare and Social Assistance as a preferred industry, and this grant funds allowable Related Technical Instruction costs for Wyoming Registered Apprenticeship programs. Prioritize only verified healthcare and social-assistance apprenticeship sponsors or associated RTI providers. Do not initiate NEW-applicant outreach until the applicant-specific RTI start timing and an authoritative timing rule sufficient to apply the 48-hour cutoff are verified, together with recipient/business email, Email_Opt_Out, actual-sent-history dedupe, canonical CRM state, and final approved Zoho HTML render.
Active — invite-only implementation
Atlas Opportunity Score 86/100
Verified September 30, 2026
Maine Department of Health and Human Services
Maine DHHS has released $30 million through the Rural Health Transformation Program to strengthen 11 specifically invited rural hospitals. About $3 million supports individualized technical assistance and sustainability planning, followed by about $27 million for approved hospital-identified efficiency projects. This is an invite-only implementation opportunity, not an open public application.
Required next actionFor the 11 invited rural hospitals: engage fully in the individualized technical-assistance phase, quantify financial and operational sustainability gaps, develop the required sustainability plan for January 2027, and define Phase 2 projects that clearly satisfy Maine and federal RHTP requirements. Organizations not on the invited list should not treat this fund as open and should instead monitor Maine DHHS for separate provider-facing RHTP opportunities.
