New Mexico RHIF RFP, 5 Alabama NOFOs, and four other states are looking to spend
North Dakota, Wisconsin, Vermont, West Virginia-- each has published a new offering in the last day
On Monday, July 6, 2026, we will publish our second quarterly data report of the year.
In this issue:
Montana publishes newsletter and schedules Advisory Committee meeting
New Mexico publishes Rural Health Innovation Fund (RHIF) RFP
Alabama Opens Five More RHTP NOFOs — $24.2M, Due August 7
North Dakota publishes Electronic Medical Record Enhancement RFP
Wisconsin pushes Allocations to Improve Health Services in Rural Wisconsin opportunity
Vermont out out new NOFO: Centralized Tool to Guide Interfacility Transfers
Montana publishes newsletter and schedules Advisory Committee meeting
Montana staffs up and hosts CMS. Montana’s Rural Health Transformation Program named Michelle McNamee as program director — she comes from the Dept. of Natural Resources, where she ran the state’s $400M ARPA water/sewer grant program. CMS made its first annual site visit May 19–20, touring partners in Flathead, Lake, and Lincoln counties including the Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes, St. Luke’s Community Hospital, Northwest Community Health Center, and Logan Health. The program also seated two tribal liaison officers — George “Jay” Ball (Fort Belknap Assiniboine) and Barbara Bessette (Chippewa-Cree) — a notable structural commitment given tribal nations and UIOs are 6.5% of the state’s population. On the workforce front, DLI held its first Initiative 1 stakeholder webinar May 13 and set a quarterly cadence (next meeting July 16). The Stakeholder Advisory Committee meets in Bozeman Aug. 6 (register by July 24). Montana’s total award: $233.5M.
The summer 2026 Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) Stakeholder Advisory Committee (SAC) meeting is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 6 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Please register at the link below by July 24 to attend in Bozeman or virtually: Montana Rural Health Transformation Program Stakeholder Advisory Committee Meeting registration.
New Mexico publishes Rural Health Innovation Fund (RHIF) RFP
On June 30, the New Mexico Health Care Authority released RFP #27-630-1000-0004, making ~$47 million available for implementation-ready rural health projects under the state’s five-part RHT Program.
RHIF is deliberately open-ended — HCA “is not prescribing a single required project model,” inviting providers,
Tribal entities, CBOs, local governments, academic institutions, and technology partners to propose projects spanning non-medical drivers of health, behavioral health, preventive care, equipment/facility upgrades, care-delivery technology, and locally designed service improvements.
Proposals are due July 27 via Submittable, with awards anticipated October 1, 2026. The fund is one slice of New Mexico’s $211.5M total CMS RHT award.
