Rural Health Transformation funding in Ohio

First-year award: $202M
Reported put to work, as of Jul 31, 2026: $26.5M; 13% of the award; This figure stops at Jul 31, 2026. CMS has announced more for Ohio since. See below.
Application rounds open today: None found

Build a plan for Ohio →Official state program ↗

Rounds to look at

I found no open or upcoming round in Ohio 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

The latest closing date on the state's table is October 20. Live pages did not load on my check, so later rounds and extensions need confirming with the state.

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

Closed rounds (2)

Oct 20, 2026
Closed
Rural Hospital Training and Technical Assistance Center
Hospital technical assistance
Read the official notice ↗Checked Oct 28, 2026.
Oct 6, 2026
Closed
Emergency Medical Services and Dispatch Modernization Grant Program
EMS and dispatch
Read the official notice ↗Checked Oct 28, 2026.

Where Ohio's money has gone so far

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

Not categorized in the report$24.5M
Program administration$2.1M

Read the detail with care. No information provided for Initiatives 2, 3, 4, 7, 9. The figures are shown as CMS printed them.

Initiative detail

Ohio Rural School Based Health Centers (SBHCs)$4M

$4MHealth centers, health systems, health departments, medical centers, and health organizations.

Rural Health Workforce Pipeline and Development Projects$12.3M

$10MOhio University.
$2MOhio Pharmacists Association.
$300KOhio Department of Agriculture.

Maternal and Infant Wellness Home Visiting in Rural Ohio$7M

$7MOhio Department of Children and Youth.

Electronic Medical Record Access for Pharmacies$1.1M

$1.1MOhio Board of Pharmacy.

Program operations$2.1M

$2.1MSalary, fringe, indirect. (Program administration)

Source: RHTP Obligated Funds Report ↗

What CMS has announced for Ohio

Funding is one part of the job

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Jeff Paul

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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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