Rural Health Transformation Program - Overcoming Geographic Barriers to Care, Mobile Healthcare Innovation

The Rural Health Transformation Program aims to empower states to strengthen rural communities by improving healthcare access, quality, and outcomes. This program will support primary care and community behavioral health providers to invest in mobile health infrastructure, staffing, technology, and data systems to deploy new and reinforce existing mobile health clinics and mobile crisis units. The program will address the lack of reliable transportation in rural areas, which is a major barrier to care. The beneficiaries of this initiative will be residents of rural communities where access to essential health services is limited by geographic isolation, workforce shortages, and resource constraints. • The program will utilize federal CMS Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program funds, with a total amount of up to $18 million in year 1 and up to $46 million in total across years 1-5. • Eligible applicants include Illinois Primary Health Care Association (IPHCA) and Community Behavioral Health Association (CBHA). • Applicants must be registered in SAM and maintain an active registration with current information during an active award, application, or plan under consideration by HFS. • The application must be completed and submitted via the Euna system, and all required documents must be uploaded in the designated sections of this opportunity.