Virginia Priority Desk
Verified RFAs first, high-value pipeline intelligence second.
Virginia is releasing Rural Health Transformation opportunities on a rolling basis. Atlas creates grant records only after a controlling RFA is verified, while separately tracking official sub-initiatives whose award amount, deadline or district-specific application is still pending.
Last verifiedAugust 29, 2026Virginia RHT RFA Navigator + CMS
Federal funding movement confirmed August 28
CMS announced that $122 million is now being delivered across Virginia Rural Health Transformation investments, expressly including remote patient monitoring, virtual care, mobile clinics, maternal care, community paramedicine, provider interoperability and productivity, allied-health pathways, and rural workforce initiatives. This confirms funding is moving into the implementation phase, but Atlas still requires a controlling RFA before presenting any individual sub-initiative as an open grant.
View the August 28 CMS announcement ↗
Closes Soon · 3 days leftProvider Interoperability
Virginia Health Care Foundation
Provider Interoperability: Where Connection Meets Care
Approximately $14 million is available to modernize rural provider digital infrastructure through network capacity, EHR modernization, cybersecurity, and electronic health data exchange. Eligible rural providers include qualifying independent practices, free or charitable clinics, FQHCs, Rural Health Clinics, federally recognized Tribes, and eligible health systems.
Available funding~$14M
DeadlineAug 31 · 5 PM ET
EHRInteroperabilityCybersecurityRural Providers
Active · 17 days leftRFA-RHTP-2026-02
Virginia Foundation for Community College Education
Homegrown Health Heroes: Allied Health Degrees
Open to 18 VCCS institutions serving the Rural Virginia Horseshoe. The RFA funds instructors, hub-and-spoke partnerships, a shared mobile training lab, stand-alone equipment, synchronous distance-learning technology upgrades, and rural recruitment.
Available funding$4.4M total
DeadlineSep 14 · 5 PM ET
Allied HealthSimulationTechnologyRural Workforce
Fall 2026 · District RFAsConnected Care
Virginia Planning District Commissions
Mobile & Hybrid Care
Virginia's official RFA Navigator identifies healthcare providers, mobile units and mobile-health technology as the target audience. Eligible project types include equipment, minor revisions, technical assistance, training and personnel costs. Award details will be set through Planning District-specific RFAs, so Atlas is tracking the initiative without creating a speculative grant record.
Year 1 planning budget$67.7M
5-year planning budget$264M
Mobile CareHybrid CareEquipmentRural Access
RFA Details PendingConnected Care
Virginia Department of Health
Community Paramedicine
The official Virginia RFA Navigator identifies chronic-disease management, rural care transitions and readmission prevention, behavioral health and substance-use support, aging-in-place, primary-care extension, mobile integrated health pilots, care coordination, preventive services and regional EMS-healthcare partnerships as target project types.
Year 1 planning budget$5.2M
5-year planning budget$84.7M
EMSMIHChronic CareCare Transitions
RFA Details PendingConnected Care
Virginia Department of Health
Innovative Maternal Care
Virginia's official Navigator identifies maternal health access hubs, rural prenatal and postpartum models, maternal telehealth and technology, maternal behavioral health and substance-use recovery, transportation solutions, regional networks, home visiting and maternal workforce development. Atlas is holding this in pipeline intelligence until the controlling RFA publishes award and submission details.
Year 1 planning budget$13M
5-year planning budget$63.4M
Maternal HealthTelehealthBehavioral HealthRural Access
$412 million Connected Care planning envelope
Virginia's approved Rural Health Transformation project narrative budgets approximately $412 million over five years across Mobile & Hybrid Care, Community Paramedicine and Innovative Maternal Care. The amounts shown above are state planning budgets, not applicant award ceilings. Atlas will continue to withhold grant-level award assumptions until the controlling RFAs publish.
ActiveAtlas Opportunity Score 99/100
19 days leftVerified August 28, 2026
Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association Foundation
Virginia Rural Health Transformation funding for rural remote patient monitoring programs that integrate connected devices, clinical workflows, patient engagement, escalation pathways, data quality, and sustainable care models.
ActiveAtlas Opportunity Score 96/100
17 days leftVerified August 29, 2026
Virginia Health Care Foundation
Virginia Rural Health Transformation funding for digital productivity tools, including AI-enabled decision support, documentation assistance, and workflow automation.
Required next actionComplete the VHCF RFA application, budget and checklist and submit by September 14, 2026 at 5:00 PM ET; review the FAQ updated August 21 before finalizing.
Closes SoonAtlas Opportunity Score 94/100
3 days leftVerified August 29, 2026
Virginia Health Care Foundation
Virginia Rural Health Transformation funding to modernize rural provider digital infrastructure through network capacity, EHR modernization, cybersecurity, and electronic health data exchange.
Required next actionComplete the VHCF RFA checklist, budget and submission form and submit by August 31, 2026 at 5:00 PM ET; review the FAQ updated August 21 before finalizing.
ActiveAtlas Opportunity Score 94/100
17 days leftVerified August 28, 2026
Virginia Foundation for Community College Education
Virginia Rural Health Transformation funding for 18 rural-serving community colleges to expand high-demand allied health programs through instructors, hub-and-spoke partnerships, a shared mobile training lab, equipment, technology upgrades, and rural recruitment.
ActiveAtlas Opportunity Score 89/100
19 days leftVerified 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.
ActiveAtlas Opportunity Score 87/100
18 days leftVerified August 28, 2026
Virginia Department of Health
Virginia competitive matching grants for nonprofit EMS agencies and organizations to establish, expand, or improve EMS services, equipment, vehicles, training, computers, and recruitment or retention projects.
