Atlas State Grant Intelligence

Mississippi

Verified Mississippi healthcare, rural-health and school-related funding intelligence. Current actionable lanes as of September 6, 2026 include the Mississippi State Loan Repayment Program, which accepts applications year-round while funding is available and uses a September 15 quarterly cutoff for October 1 contract starts; the Mississippi Rural Hospital Loan Program, a rolling 1% financing pathway providing $25,000-$100,000 to qualifying licensed rural hospitals for facility upgrades, staffing and new health-care services; and the Mississippi Medicaid External Quality Review Organization procurement, due September 18 at 2:00 PM CT. Atlas also monitors the Mississippi Rural Health Transformation Program, which has secured approximately $205 million for its first budget period and states that new funding opportunities and updates will be posted as implementation advances. MSDH additionally maintains recurring Small Rural Hospital Improvement (SHIP) and Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility (FLEX) programs for eligible rural hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals; Atlas does not invent a current annual application deadline when the live program page does not publish one. Closed procurements are retained only as historical intelligence and are not presented as actionable.

Nationwide CoverageMississippi Intelligence Desk

Latest verification: October 9, 2026

Verified records126

Active opportunities95

Top active score92/100

Next tracked deadlineOctober 15, 2026 at 2:00 PM CT

Tracked fundersMississippi Department of Health · Jackson Public School District · Mississippi Division of Medicaid · Mississippi Veterans Affairs · Mississippi State Hospital · Ellisville State School · Mississippi State Department of Health · Mississippi Department of Mental Health · Mississippi Department of Finance and Administration · University of Mississippi Medical Center · Mississippi Gulf Coast Community Foundation · Mississippi State University · Jackson Public Schools · University of Mississippi · Mississippi Department of Archives and History · Mississippi Department of Public Safety / Division of Public Safety Planning · Pinebelt Foundation · Community Foundation for Mississippi · Mississippi Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Surveyors · Mississippi Humanities Council · Community Foundation of East Mississippi · Delta Regional Authority · The Bower Foundation · Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning · AccelerateMS / Mississippi Office of Workforce Development · Mississippi Opioid Settlement Fund Advisory Council

ActiveAtlas Opportunity Score 15/100

Verified September 21, 2026

University of Southern Mississippi Banking Services – RFP 27-16 / RFx 3160008278

The University of Southern Mississippi is soliciting proposals for Banking Services under RFP 27-16 / RFx 3160008278. Proposals are due October 8, 2026 at 2:00 PM CDT. The five-year engagement requires the successful bank to remain a Mississippi State Treasurer-designated Qualified State Depository and to provide comprehensive depository, treasury, payment, fraud-control, cybersecurity, disaster-recovery, and transition services. N9+ and Dr. Miltie/QC direct-vendor fit are 0/100.

FundingNo fixed maximum contract value or guaranteed contract ceiling stated in the controlling RFP.

DeadlineOctober 8, 2026 at 2:00 PM CDT

Required next actionMonitor the official USM current-bids page, controlling RFP, and Mississippi DFA record for addenda, amendments, deadline changes, withdrawal, or award. No Atlas outreach or Dr. Miltie direct-vendor pursuit.