high-quality care close to home
Alabama has secured $203 million for the first budget period of a five-year grant through the Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program, part of a historic $50 billion federal investment authorized by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Alabama’s RHT Program prioritizes transformation and sustainability, using targeted investments to enable new models of care and workforce pipelines to serve rural citizens. The program’s goal is providing healthcare transformation through healthier populations, stronger workforce and local economic resilience.
What happens next?
Timely distribution of funding, per the guidance set by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, is our top priority. Once the appropriate paths for programs are defined, funding opportunities will be posted on this site.
The following initiatives are being targeted to begin the work of transforming Alabama's rural healthcare systems.
COllaborative EHR, IT and Cybersecurity
This Initiative is Alabama’s effort to connect the pieces of rural healthcare into one coordinated system—so patients can get the right care, at the right time, closer to home.
This application portal is currently closed.
Rural Health
This Initiative is Alabama’s effort to expand access to care by bringing healthcare directly to patients—where they are.
This application portal is currently closed.
Rural Workforce
This Initiative is Alabama’s effort to grow, support, and sustain the rural healthcare workforce—so communities have the providers and support staff they need, when they need them.
This application portal is currently closed.
Mental Health
This Initiative is Alabama’s effort to expand integrated care among mental health providers—so providers can deliver safer, faster, and more coordinated care.
This application portal is currently closed.
Rural Health Practice
This Initiative is Alabama’s effort to strengthen the physical, operational, and programmatic infrastructure that rural healthcare depends on.
This application portal is currently closed.
Contact Us
Looking for more information on the Alabama Rural Health Transformation program? Reach out to our program managers by submitting the form below.