RHTP Funding Opportunities

Initiative 1: Strengthen Health and Emergency Systems through Workforce Expansion and Integration

Strategic Funding Opportunity Title: Rural Clinician Credit Bank, Budget Year 1

Purpose: The primary purpose of the Rural Clinician Credit Bank is to support recruitment and retention of talent in rural healthcare settings.

Timeline at a Glance: 

  • Applications currently under review
  • Notice of Intent to Contract Announcements - Early to Mid-July

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Strategic Funding Opportunity Title: Rural Collaborative Provider Models Program

Purpose: The primary purpose of the Rural Collaborative Provider Model Program is to support the development of collaborative provider models that extend specialist coverage and enable rural facilities to pool limited staff resources to support patient care.

Timeline at a Glance: 

  • Deadline to Submit Written Questions: Extended through Monday, July 6, 2026
  • Application Submission Deadline for Year 1 Funds: Wednesday, August 5, 2026

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Initiative 3: Reinforce Innovative, Outcomes-Based Care Delivery in Rural Areas

Strategic Funding Opportunity Title: Rural Medicaid Alternative Payment Model Program

Purpose: The primary purpose of the Rural Medicaid Alternative Payment Model Program is to support rural providers in building the infrastructure needed to participate in value-based care (VBC) and implementing LDH’s target primary-care led VBC model. The population of focus is Louisiana Medicaid members residing in rural communities and the providers that serve them.

Timeline at a Glance: 

  • Deadline to Submit Written Questions: Tuesday, July 7, 2026
  • Application Submission Deadline for Year 1 Funds: Friday, August 7, 2026

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Initiative 4: Make Rural American Healthy Again (MRAHA): Expand Physical Activity and Nutrition Interventions Through Community-Based Partnerships

Strategic Funding Opportunity Title: Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP)

Regional Care Conveners and Navigation Networks Program, Budget Year 1

Purpose: The primary purpose of the Regional Care Conveners and Navigation Networks Program is to develop regional care conveners and navigation networks to help align providers and reduce fragmented care delivery across acute care, behavioral health, and social services in rural communities.

Timeline at a Glance: 

  • Deadline to Submit Written Questions: July 9, 2026
  • Application Submission Deadline for Year 1 Funds: August 14, 2026

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Strategic Funding Opportunity Title: Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP)

Food is Medicine Program, Budget Year 1

Purpose: The primary purpose of the Food is Medicine Program is to support targeted funding for the start up and launch of food is medicine programs that include collaborations with health care providers and community-based organizations.

Timeline at a Glance: 

  • Deadline to Submit Written Questions: July 9, 2026
  • Application Submission Deadline for Year 1 Funds: August 14, 2026

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Strategic Funding Opportunity Title: Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) Telehealth Infrastructure for Rural Access Program, Budget Year 1

Purpose: The primary purpose of the Telehealth Infrastructure for Rural Access Program is to support targeted investments in telehealth infrastructure to increase access across rural Louisiana.

Timeline at a Glance: 

  • Deadline to Submit Written Questions: Extended through Friday, June 12, 2026
  • Application Submission Deadline for Year 1 Funds: July 10, 2026

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Initiative 5: Sustainable Access: Strengthen Access to Essential Health Services through Capital Investments

 

Strategic Funding Opportunity Title: Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) Rural Health Facilities Capital Improvement Program, Budget Year 1

Purpose: The primary purpose of the Rural Health Facilities Capital Improvement Program is to support targeted capital investments sustaining innovative care models to improve access, quality, and care coordination across rural Louisiana.

Timeline at a Glance: 

  • Deadline to Submit Written Questions: Extended through Friday, June 12, 2026
  • Application Submission Deadline for Year 1 Funds: July 10, 2026

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Surgeon General Evelyn Griffin, MD

Secretary Bruce D. Greenstein

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