Ohio, West Virginia, and Utah open RFPs collectively worth ~$92M
Oregon announces Catalyst Award winners — $156M
In this issue:
Oregon announces Catalyst Award winners — $156M
Vermont publishes detailed program architecture in one image
Tennessee updates MCAN RFA and MaRTHA
Ohio launches $62M Rural Ohio Clinically Integrated Networks and Rural Health Innovation Hubs RFP
West Virginia publishes three new RFPs
Utah opens $20M RISE 2.5: Recruit and Retain workforce-incentive grant — and hands the wheel to intermediaries
Oregon announces Catalyst Award winners — $156M
The Catalyst Awards grants represent Oregon’s largest round of Rural Health Transformation Program funding to date.
85 Organizations, 103 Projects, $80.1M in Budget Period 1 and $76.1M in Budget Period 2 for a total of $156.2M
The awards page is rich with detail and as usual we are enriching the data with contact, geography, and objeectives. As RHTP moves forward, we have the most granular and comprehensive database documenting the work.
Vermont publishes detailed program architecture in one image
Vermont quietly pasted all 35 activities behind its $195M award.
35 discrete activities grouped under five Strategic Initiatives. Initiatives 3 (Strengthening Primary Care, 9 activities) and 4 (Health Care Workforce Development, 7 activities) are the largest by activity count and — notably — carry no active procurements yet, making them the clearest forward pipeline. The roster spans mobile dental and MH/SUD units, community paramedicine, a shared HRIS and closed-loop referral system, e-Consult, a Family Medicine residency (Maple Mountain Consortium), and pharmacist test-to-treat scope expansion. Six activities are already in procurement; the remaining 29 signal where Vermont's RFP flow is headed
Tennessee updates MCAN RFA and MaRTHA
Via email
MCAN RFA Amendment #2 (Memory Care Assessment Network, 34320-19326)
Tennessee’s Department of Health issued Amendment #2 to its Memory Care Assessment Network RFA on July 7, answering eight bidder questions and correcting a key term. The most consequential fix: the grant period is 60 months, not the 50 stated in the original RFA — the award now runs October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2031. The state also confirmed it will directly hire 30 rural Dementia Care Navigators (five already in place) stationed in local health departments and state-trained, and clarified that applicants may propose using them earlier in the clinical pathway rather than only at post-diagnosis handoff. ABA/BCBA staff may support behavioral supports and caregiver training but cannot substitute for a standardized dementia diagnosis protocol or licensed clinical services. Two questions — cross-county clinician salary support and whether the “no charges to service recipients” clause bars billing for MRI services delivered on grant-funded equipment — were deferred pending CMS clarification. Applications remain due July 20, 2026; contracts start October 1. (Source: tn.gov/health/procurement)
MaRTHA Healthcare Resiliency Program pre-response teleconference (34320-20127)
Tennessee held its pre-response teleconference July 8 for the “Make Rural Tennessee Healthy Again” (MaRTHA) Healthcare Resiliency Program, a $50 million opportunity funded through the CMS Rural Health Transformation Program. The state plans multiple awards over a 58-month project period beginning September 1, 2026, targeting chronic disease, behavioral health, substance use, provider shortages, transportation barriers, and other social drivers of health through evidence-informed, community-driven strategies. Applications are scored on Community Need (35 pts) and Project Plan (35 pts), with Evaluation Plan, Sustainability, and Budget worth 10 points each. The written questions deadline is July 13, with state responses issued as a formal amendment by July 17; applications are due August 3, 2026, and evaluation notices release August 31. The Competitive Procurement Director (Competitive.Health@tn.gov) is the sole point of contact.
