Delaware accepting RFP applications, Michigan updated program structure, Utah posts webinar
Rural Health Transformation Program Daily Brief, February 22, 2026
Delaware
Published Delaware Rural Health Transformation Program Executive Budget Summary
https://dhss.delaware.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2026/02/Final-RHTP-Revised-Budget-1.30.26.pdf
Summary: “The Delaware Rural Health Transformation Plan unites 15 integrated initiatives designed to expand access, strengthen the workforce, modernize technology, and improve population health in rural Sussex and Kent Counties. Together, these projects directly impact approximately 400,000 rural residents—representing 38–40% of the state’s population—by building sustainable, community‑based healthcare capacity. The total estimated direct cost of the plan is $721,329,131.03, with an indirect cost rate of 9.1% applied to ensure statewide oversight and coordination.”
Published details on projects, including descriptions and budgets:
Now accepting RFP applications for Workforce
“funds will support a vendor-managed technology product that supports implementation of SB122 (https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail/142169) and related workforce data needs”. SB122 excerpt:
This Act supports critical health care workforce research and planning efforts by giving the Division of Public Health and the Delaware Health Care Commission the ability to obtain comprehensive workforce-related data from the Division of Professional Regulation. It requires the Division of Public Health’s Office of Healthcare Provider Resources to collaborate with the Delaware Health Care Commission and the Division of Professional Regulation to determine what data should be collected from health care providers during the licensing and renewal process to assist the Division of Public Health with workforce research and planning. This Act also directs the Division of Professional Regulation to collect health care workforce-related data during the licensing or renewal processes.
Total of $2,685,200.
Additional RFPs
Rural Community Health Hubs, School-Based Health Centers Expansion Initiative, Rural Library-Based Health Access, Food is Medicine Infrastructure Initiative and the creation of a medical school.
Michigan
Proposed structure and GFO coming soon
Grant Funding Opportunity (GFO): A GFO will soon be released to support RHT efforts. Details about eligibility, timelines, and application requirements will be shared once the GFO is published. To receive updates as soon as the RHT GFO is released, please sign up for the listserv. Subscribers will be the first to know when the funding announcement, application materials, and technical assistance resources become available.
RHT Program Proposed Structure
To help inform Michigan’s strategy for prioritizing the funding from the RHT Program, MDHHS engaged with rural health providers, community partners, Medicaid beneficiaries and rural community residents.
The department sought to better understand how this one-time grant could help increase and improve sustainability for rural providers, and how rural providers can continue to thrive, expand, and serve their communities, especially with other predicted federal funding cuts being implemented.
MDHHS has integrated feedback to inform the following proposed* structure:
*We are awaiting review and approval from CMS. Funding from CMS isn’t guaranteed. Pre-planning efforts are underway in anticipation of funding.
Utah webinar
The Utah Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) hosted an informational webinar about Utah’s Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) Thursday 2/12 over Zoom.
In this webinar, the Utah RHTP team provided updates on the program’s development and planning process since receiving the Notice of Award on December 29, 2025.
The scope of updates covered included:
Building Utah’s core RHTP team
Utah’s Notice of Award (NOA)
Year 1 funding plan
The recording of the webinar is available below.
Passcode: 90WEu9#!
If you have any questions or would like to join our contact list for updates, email us at ruralht@utah.gov.