Rural Health Transformation funding in Vermont

First-year award: $195M
Reported put to work, as of Jul 31, 2026: $28.4M; 15% of the award; This figure stops at Jul 31, 2026. CMS has announced more for Vermont since. See below.
Application rounds open today: None found

Build a plan for Vermont →Official state program ↗

Rounds to look at

No date posted
Upcoming
Year 2 opportunities
RHT Program
The state says posting dates are still to be determined.
Read the official notice ↗Checked Nov 7, 2026.

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

The official RFP/NOFO index explicitly says all Year 1 opportunities have closed and Year 2 postings will appear when open, with dates to be determined.

Closed rounds (1)

No date posted
Closed
Year 1 RFP and NOFO opportunities
RHT Program
Read the official notice ↗Checked Oct 28, 2026.

Where Vermont's money has gone so far

As Vermont 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$9.6M
IT advances$4.1M
Program administration$3.9M
Behavioral health$3.2M
Fostering collaboration$2.6M
Appropriate care availability$2.1M
Training and technical assistance$1.4M
Prevention and chronic disease$1.3M

Read the detail with care. The line items below differ from the headline by $2,904,857. No information provided for Initiatives 3. The figures are shown as CMS printed them.

Initiative detail

Regionalization and Innovative Care Strategies$6.5M

$597KTransformation, innovation and regional support grants. (Appropriate care availability)
$1.4MHealth Care Delivery Strategic Plan. (Appropriate care availability)
$3.2MMental Health and Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Urgent Care Expansion. (Behavioral health)
$23KMental Health and SUD Urgent Care Expansion. (Behavioral health)
$1.3MNursing Home Dialysis & Ventilators. (Prevention and chronic disease)

Establishing a Clinically Integrated Network of Shared Services$4.1M

$143KE-consult technology. (IT advances)
$789KRemote patient monitoring. (IT advances)
$2.3MTelehealth technology. (IT advances)
$878KArtificial intelligence (AI) scribe technology. (IT advances)

Health Care Workforce Development$11.2M

$90KPharmacy Test to Treat. (Appropriate care availability)
$1.4MLicensed Nursing Assistant (LNA) Training. (Training and technical assistance)
$9.1MHealth Care Workforce Conditional Financial Assistance Program. (Workforce)
$572KMaple Mountain Family Medicine Residency Program. (Workforce)

Price Transparency and Insurance Competition$2.6M

$2.6MData Platform and Transparency Project. (Fostering collaboration)

Program operations$3.9M

$350KGrant management software. (Program administration)
$350KPersonnel, fringe, travel, supplies, other. (Program administration)
$350KIndependent evaluator. (Program administration)

Source: RHTP Obligated Funds Report ↗

What CMS has announced for Vermont

Sep 10, 2026
$11.7 Million to Expand Access, Improve Patient Care Facilities, and Strengthen Workforce Capacity in Nursing Homes and Long-Term Care System Across Rural Vermont ↗

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