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Rural Health Transformation funding in Michigan

First-year award
$173M
Reported put to work, as of Jul 31, 2026
$13.3M
8% of the award
This figure stops at Jul 31, 2026. CMS has announced more for Michigan since. See below.
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Build a plan for Michigan →Official state program ↗

Rounds to look at

  • Nov 30, 2026
    Open
    Rural Health Clinic Behavioral Health Integration Fund
    Michigan RHTP / MCRH

    $180K. Up to $180,000 per application, including organization-level applications covering several clinics.

    Run by the Michigan Center for Rural Health for MDHHS. Due at 5 p.m. Eastern.

    Read the official notice ↗Checked Nov 7, 2026.

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

The three rural health clinic funds due October 30 are closed. The Behavioral Health Integration Fund for certified rural health clinics is open until November 30 at 5 p.m. Eastern, with up to $180,000 per application.

Closed rounds (3)

Where Michigan's money has gone so far

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

  • Fostering collaboration$9.3M
  • Program administration$3.2M
  • IT advances$600K
  • Workforce$250K

Initiative detail

Transforming Rural Health through Partnerships$2.6M
  • $2.6MSupporting the Rural Health Partnership Collaborative Care initiative, including development of rural provider partnerships, care coordination infrastructure, cross-sector collaboration activities, stakeholder engagement, and implementation support to strengthen integrated rural healthcare delivery. (Fostering collaboration)
Workforce for Wellness$250K
  • $250KConducting an assessment that supports the Workforce for Wellness initiative, which includes recruitment, training, workforce development, retention strategies, and capacity-building activities designed to strengthen the rural healthcare workforce. (Workforce)
Interoperability in Action$600K
  • $600KSupporting the Rural Health Community Information Exchange Coordination initiative, including coordination, implementation, interoperability planning, information exchange infrastructure, and activities that improve data sharing among rural healthcare providers and community partners. (IT advances)
Care Closer to Home Blueprint Initiative$6M
  • $6MImplementing the Care Closer to Home initiative, supporting hub-and-spoke care delivery models, provider collaboration, community partnerships, and expanded access to healthcare services in rural communities. (Fostering collaboration)
Program operations$3.9M
  • $666KEngaging with the American Indian Health and Family Services of Southeastern Michigan to implement the Rural Health Tribal Initiative, supporting access to culturally responsive healthcare services, tribal engagement, care coordination, and activities that improve healthcare access and outcomes for tribal and Native populations in rural communities. (Fostering collaboration)
  • $3.2MGrant administration support from contractors. (Program administration)

Source: RHTP Obligated Funds Report ↗

What CMS has announced for Michigan

Funding is one part of the job

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Who built this

Jeff Paul

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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