For new subscribers, peep these resources:
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:
Pennsylvania posts Rapid Response Stabilization Round 2 FAQs three days before the webform opens
New Mexico opens its Stakeholder Advisory Committee and puts four RFPs under evaluation
New York posts the August 12 deck: Rural Community Health Integration drew 91 applications and $156 million in requests
Montana opens an RFI on health care workforce mental health and asks vendors how to structure the procurement
West Virginia releases its first two Rural Health Link solicitations, both due August 26
Utah opens SHIFT 3.3 Rural EMS, $12.5 million, closing September 13
Kansas awards $1,007,152 to seven organizations under Community Health Worker + Accountable Food is Medicine
Florida says Year 1 sub-awards are made and sets a September 23–24 convening in Jacksonville
Pennsylvania posts Rapid Response Stabilization Program – Round 2 FAQs three days before the webform opens
DHS starts accepting eligibility certifications Monday, August 17. The FAQ says the webform opens at 7:45 a.m.; the bulletin says 8. The document is dated August 11 and went up August 13. The difference from Round 1 that matters:
For example, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (”CMS”) imposes a twenty percent annual cap on funding for capital expenditures and infrastructure. Due to this cap, no funding for renovations and structural improvements is available through this funding opportunity.
The rest, in short:
Supplies and equipment only. No capital expenditures, educational awards, P3N HIO onboarding, EHR systems, mobile health units, ambulances, or ambulance enhancements.
Vehicles that are not ambulances or mobile health units are allowable, including courier vehicles for lab specimens, if you explain how they expand access.
Software licenses, implementation services, and initial user training are allowable. Recurring subscription fees are not.
One payment per eligible location, minimum $10,000, maximum $1,000,000. A multi-location request in one region still counts as one payment against that region’s two-payment limit.
Any location already approved under the first round must be excluded from the request. Include one and the entity is ineligible.
We ran DHS’s correction to Round 2 eligible costs on Tuesday.
