Rural Health Transformation funding in Colorado

First-year award: $200M
Reported put to work, as of Jul 31, 2026: $18.8M; 9% of the award; This figure stops at Jul 31, 2026. CMS has announced more for Colorado since. See below.
Application rounds open today: None found

Build a plan for Colorado →Official state program ↗

Rounds to look at

I found no open or upcoming round in Colorado on the last review. That can change quickly, so call the state program office and ask what is next.

What the state review found, as of Oct 28, 2026

Colorado's current program page blocked my check, so I could not establish whether providers can apply right now from an official source.

The state's pages could not be fully confirmed on that review. Check with the program office directly.

Where Colorado's money has gone so far

As Colorado reported it to CMS through Jul 31, 2026. These are commitments to agencies, contractors and partners, not a measure of what has reached patients.

Training and technical assistance$6.5M
Prevention and chronic disease$5.9M
Program administration$4.8M
IT advances$1.6M

Read the detail with care. No information provided on Initiatives 3, 4, 5, 6, 9. The figures are shown as CMS printed them.

Initiative detail

Transforming Rural Care: Chronic Disease Prevention, Training and Management$3.9M

$835KIncreasing referral focused community-clinic linkages. (IT advances)
$660KChronic disease prevention training and management. (Prevention and chronic disease)
$820KExpanding fruit and vegetable program. (Prevention and chronic disease)
$1.6MCreating regional collaborations. (Prevention and chronic disease)

Build Data and Evaluation Infrastructure for Chronic Disease Programs: Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease, Hypertension, and Obesity$1.3M

$410KPrevention program data collection. (IT advances)
$400KDeveloping a chronic disease dashboard. (Prevention and chronic disease)
$500KChronic disease prevention and management staff support. (Prevention and chronic disease)

Expand Clinical Capacity to Perform Preventive Care$6.3M

$6.3MCommunity Health Worker (CHW)/clinician training delivery, training costs, implementation staffing, and implementation costs. (Training and technical assistance)

Strengthening State and Local Health Care Coordination$250K

$250KExpanding interagency coordination training. (Training and technical assistance)

Expand Rural Telehealth & Technology Integration$2.3M

$400KEngaging rural/frontier chronic disease prevention and management programs. (IT advances)
$1.9MExpanding mobile public health program clinics in rural regions. (Prevention and chronic disease)

Program operations$4.8M

$500KRural provider administrative support and technical assistance. (Program administration)
$50KStakeholder/advisory committee engagement. (Program administration)
$1.8MFacilitation and administrative vendor. (Program administration)
$2.4MPersonnel, indirect costs, travel, and program administration. (Program administration)

Source: RHTP Obligated Funds Report ↗

What CMS has announced for Colorado

Sep 28, 2026
$169 Million to Expand Specialty Care, Strengthen Emergency Services, and Bring Lifesaving Blood Transfusions Closer to Colorado Patients ↗

Funding is one part of the job

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Who built this

Jeff Paul

Founder & Principal, JP Healthcare Advisors

During eight years at Cerner, I worked across 170+ healthcare technology deployments. My deepest specialization was CommunityWorks: more than 90 community, rural, district, and critical-access hospitals in 34 states, including 62 critical-access hospitals.

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