We’re gearing up for our next quarterly report, due out at the end of the month. It will focus on awardee analysis and state reporting to CMS. Here’s a look at current reports. As of October 1, all reports will be subscriber-only.
2026 Q2 Newsletter Activity Index: state-by state, topic-by-topic deeplinks
Q2 RFP Review / Q3 RFP Watcher: Every procurement from Q2, near-term contracting outlook, and state-by-state analysis
The 50-State RHTP Field Guide: downloadable PDF with RHT personality, program maturity, federal outlays, open procurements, engagement activity, rural geography, and contacts
In this issue:
Minnesota issues Sub-Recipient Logo Guidance for RHTP grantees, and a state RFP names an FY26 RHTP Rural Clinical Rotations Expansion that isn’t on any funding page
Virginia’s NSVRC delays the Q&A Addendum on its Mobile and Hybrid Care RFA, six days before applications close
Utah pushes SHIFT 3.3 Rural EMS to September 20, up to $12,500,000, and finally puts dollar figures on RISE 2.3 and 2.4
Vermont publishes RHT Year 1 Awards and Contracts — 87 executed agreements, $62,790,450.50, every recipient named
Montana opens RHTP-Montana Community Health Aide Program (CHAP) Technical Assistance, DPHHS-RFP-2027-0700NAV, closing October 1
Minnesota issues Sub-Recipient Logo Guidance for RHTP grantees, and bars Rural Clinical Rotations Expansion double-dipping
The guide is dated 09/01/2026 and carries the RHTP funding statement at $193,090,618.14, 100 percent CMS/HHS:
Minnesota has a designated RHTP logo available in PNG, JPG, and SVG formats. All sub-recipients of MN RHTP funding must use Minnesota’s logo when developing materials related to their RHTP funding.
Three hex colors (#015390, #009ad0, #f3ce3b), clear-space and sizing rules, and a co-branding section that ranks logos:
Minnesota’s RHTP logo should be the primary identifier on all RHTP-funded materials. If using another logo, they should be secondary in size and prominence to the RHTP logo... The CMS logo should not be used on any materials with the RHTP logo.
MDH also published the FY 2027 Rural Clinical Rotations Grant Program RFP this week — $2,000,000 to $2,500,000, 4 to 8 awards, $400,000 maximum, opens September 14 and closes October 30 at 4:30 p.m. CT. That one is state money under Minnesota Statutes Sec 144.1505, not RHTP. It is worth reading anyway, because it names a program I have not seen on the ORHPC grants page or the RHTP page:
Please note that clinical training programs currently funded through either the FY26 Rural and Underserved Clinical Rotations grant program or FY26 RHTP Rural Clinical Rotations Expansion grant program may not apply for funding on behalf of the same clinical training program.
And in eligible expenses:
State funds may not be used to supplant or duplicate existing funding sources (for example, State funds to pay for clinical trainees already receiving support through RHTP-funded clinical training grant programs).
Virginia‘s NSVRC delays the Q&A Addendum on its Mobile and Hybrid Care RFA, six days before applications close
Posted to the Northern Shenandoah Valley Regional Commission homepage:
We apologize for the delay in posting the Q&A Addendum. NSVRC is consulting with agency staff to ensure complete and accurate responses to submitted questions. The Addendum will be posted as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience.
The RFA is $4,217,563, 100 percent CMS-funded, and we ran it August 31. Applications are still due September 18, and the deadline has not moved. “Consulting with agency staff” means the answers are going up the chain to VDH, which usually means a scope or eligibility question somebody asked is harder than it looked. Write the application you would write if the answers never came, and check the document library daily.
