Ohio Peer Group funding, Oklahoma update, Idaho roundup, Kansas analysis
Deep-dive detail on webinars posted yesterday
In this newsletter:
Oklahoma posts video and slides from yesterday’s RHTP Touchpoint Webinar
Kansas posts materials from KHRIA Meeting
Idaho roundup: current offerings and slides from DHW Lobbyist and Stakeholder Call
Ohio out with Rural Hospital Peer Group Funding Opportunity
Oklahoma posts video and slides from yesterday’s RHTP Touchpoint Webinar
June 17, 2026 RHTP Touchpoint Webinar
Oklahoma obligates ~70% of its $223.5M Year 1 RHTP award
At its June 17 virtual touchpoint, OSDH reported $84.3M obligated and $71.8M in contracting, with $67.4M still moving through competitive procurement. Seven solicitations totaling over $46M have launched. Microgrants closed first — nearly $4M to 69 of 75 rural counties from 349 applications. Rural Regional Reorientation ($20M) and Chronic Disease Management ($15M) closed in mid-June with awards expected by early August and end of July respectively. Now open: Behavioral Health Integration ($2.8M, closes July 10) and EMS/Community Paramedicine Vehicles ($3.7M, closes July 20). Still to come this summer: a community-paramedicine technical-assistance RFP (fall), school-based services via OSDE, and a doula-expansion NOFO. OSDH hosts a CMS site visit Aug 4–5 and files its first annual report Aug 30 — the document that determines Year 2 funding. Program leads: Lisa Rother and Jackie Kanak.
