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Rural Health Transformation funding in Maine

First-year award
$190M
Reported put to work, as of Jul 31, 2026
$52.1M
27% of the award
Application rounds open today
2
Build a plan for Maine →Official state program ↗

Rounds to look at

  • Nov 9, 2026
    Open
    Remote Patient Monitoring grants for home health agencies and health care organizations
    Maine RHTP / MCD

    A grant to provider organizations, separate from Maine's partner service agreements. The page gives no cutoff time.

    Read the official notice ↗Checked Nov 9, 2026.

  • Nov 9, 2026
    Open
    Provider-to-Provider Specialty Consultation grants for primary care organizations
    Maine RHTP / MCD

    A grant to provider organizations, separate from Maine's partner service agreements. The page gives no cutoff time.

    Read the official notice ↗Checked Nov 9, 2026.

  • No date posted
    Upcoming
    EMR Modernization grants, Year 2
    Maine RHTP / MCD

    Year 1 closed August 14, 2026. Year 2 details are still being developed.

    Read the official notice ↗Checked Nov 7, 2026.

  • No date posted
    Upcoming
    Mammha participating site grants
    Maine RHTP / MCD

    Maine's technology partner lists the open and close dates as to be determined.

    Read the official notice ↗Checked Nov 7, 2026.

What the state review found, as of Nov 7, 2026

All six partner service RFPs on the portal of Maine's technology partner are now closed. Two grants for provider organizations, remote patient monitoring and provider-to-provider specialty consultations, are open through November 9. Mammha site grants and Year 2 EMR modernization grants are still to be announced.

Closed rounds (6)

Where Maine's money has gone so far

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

  • Workforce$16.8M
  • Innovative care$10.2M
  • IT advances$9.4M
  • Behavioral health$5.2M
  • Prevention and chronic disease$5M
  • Program administration$2.6M
  • Fostering collaboration$2.4M
  • Training and technical assistance$250K
  • Appropriate care availability$178K

Initiative detail

Population Health: Promoting timely access to high-quality care$10.9M
  • $244KSupporting the expansion of Certified Intentional Peer Support Specialists and Recovery Coaches in emergency department (ED) services, including budget monitoring, performance reporting, fidelity, hospital engagement, training, and technical assistance. (Behavioral health)
  • $1.3MImplementing workflows, agreements, and physical space to embed primary care in each Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) service area. (Behavioral health)
  • $1.7MFunding the hiring and management of additional Peer Recovery Coaches and Certified Intentional Peer Support Specialists to ensure Maine EDs have this coverage. (Behavioral health)
  • $350KCommunity Health Worker (CHW) training and defrayed supervisor costs. (Behavioral health)
  • $135KDeveloping trainings for the integration of Peers in multi-disciplinary settings, including core and continuing education, and training OBH staff and per-diem trainers for sustainability. (Behavioral health)
  • $1.4MEnsuring tribal populations have access to critical substance use treatment and mental health support. (Behavioral health)
  • $61KThe Population Health initiative. (Fostering collaboration)
  • $500KDeveloping a comprehensive inventory, implementation support toolkit, assessment framework, and purchase of mobile health units. (Innovative care)
  • $120KManaging Rural Health Transformation (RHT) deliverables and scaling CHW certification. (Innovative care)
  • $5MCoordinating and administering nutrition education for rural communities and developing clinical linkages models with the Nutrition Education Coordinator. (Prevention and chronic disease)
Workforce: Strengthening Maine's rural health workforce$18.4M
  • $1.6MThe Workforce initiative. (Fostering collaboration)
  • $54KEstablishing Maine's early approach to Initiative Two: Workforce Activities needed under the Rural Health Transformation Program. (Workforce)
  • $14.2MRecruitment awards, which may be used for relocation or educational expenses. (Workforce)
  • $500KDeveloping career exploration programs and a student pipeline through local school districts and community-based organizations serving youth. (Workforce)
  • $1.8MSupporting the expansion of MaineJobLink, a case management platform that captures trainee, apprentice, and pre-apprentice information for Maine Department of Labor healthcare workforce programs to monitor enrollment, completion, employment, and wage outcomes for grant reporting. (Workforce)
  • $25KProviding health career navigation and support to jobseekers, including administering tuition remission training funds for individuals and cohorts. (Workforce)
  • $250KA Healthcare Workforce Uniform Data Set. (Workforce)
Technology: Modernizing rural care delivery with digital health technology$17.7M
  • $145KImplementing and modernizing in-house data systems to improve healthcare. (Appropriate care availability)
  • $239KThe Innovation and Technology initiative. (Fostering collaboration)
  • $9.6MProviding overall project leadership, management, contracting, and oversight of contractors needed to expand all non-"state-owned" RHT Program Tech & Innovation activities. (Innovative care)
  • $3.2MProvider Connectivity and Rural HIE Expansion: expanding and maintaining health information exchange (HIE) access and data connections for Maine providers serving rural communities, producing monthly HIN utilization reports on rural designation, and developing a Provider and User Engagement and Education Plan. (IT advances)
  • $275KThe statewide HIE, maintaining connections to more than 3,900 medical providers and organizations statewide, and delivering data transmission, integration, and dissemination services to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. (IT advances)
  • $440KThe Maine Department of Education to procure EMR upgrades and enhancements for school health nurses across school administrative units. (IT advances)
  • $1.3MMedical Care Development (MCD) to serve as Subrecipient providing project leadership, management, and oversight of Tech & Innovation activities, including training Telehealth Facilitators and implementing the Maine Rural AI Hub. (IT advances)
  • $316KImplementing Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) programs and patient-facing digital tools. (IT advances)
  • $937KStaff and researchers working with rural health AI startups and technology developers on innovations for rural health populations. (IT advances)
  • $102KImplementing or modernizing in-house data systems to improve healthcare. (IT advances)
  • $449KTelehealth services for Mainers with intellectual and developmental disabilities residing in rural group homes, ensuring 24/7 immediate care. (IT advances)
  • $500KExpanding community information exchange (CIE) services. (IT advances)
  • $58KOperational support and administrative support for the central oversight of Initiative 3. (Program administration)
Access: Bridging the healthcare affordability gap for rural Mainers$526K
  • $85KThe Access initiative. (Fostering collaboration)
  • $441KPartnering with community-based organizations to strengthen and grow transportation programs. Funds would support standardized statewide training, stipends for transportation coordinators, trip scheduling software, volunteer promotion and recruitment activities, etc. (Fostering collaboration)
Sustainable rural health ecosystems: Addressing financial instability of rural providers$2.1M
  • $34KEstablishing Maine's early approach to Initiative Five. (Appropriate care availability)
  • $34KThe Sustainable Ecosystems initiative. (Fostering collaboration)
  • $250KImplementing change requests to MaineCare claims system to implement rates and Alternative Payment Models. (IT advances)
  • $450KImplementing and modernizing in-house data systems to improve healthcare. (IT advances)
  • $1.1MPublishing a hospital financial measurement dashboard and creating comprehensive benchmarking report. (IT advances)
  • $250KDeveloping an adequate, economic, and efficient reimbursement methodology for school- based health centers that rewards high value care. (Training and technical assistance)
Program operations$2.6M
  • $58KAdministrative staff to provide operational and administrative support for Tech & Innovation. (IT advances)
  • $2MOperational support and administrative support for the central oversight of the RHT Program. (Program administration)
  • $581KDeveloping dashboards and progress reporting tools internally and externally, supporting continuous improvement, informed decision-making, and stakeholder transparency. (Program administration)

Source: RHTP Obligated Funds Report ↗

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