# Colorado RHTP Grant Program (2026 RFA Cycle Overview)

Program-level Colorado RHTP grant overview for the 2026 cycle. The state reports budget year one funding of USD 200,105,604.17 across multiple rural transformation activity tracks.

## Key facts

- Status: Archived
- Type: RFA
- Issued by: Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (HCPF) (Colorado)
- Posted: 2026-06-15
- Application due: 2026-07-31
- Eligible applicants: Rural Hospitals, Rural Providers, Behavioral Health Providers, Tribal Health Organizations, Rural Health Associations, State Departments
- How to apply: Application portal linked from Colorado HCPF RHTP website. Applicants should monitor release notices and submit questions to hcpf_rhtp@state.co.us.
- Funding source: Rural Health Transformation Program (CMS)
- Official source: https://hcpf.colorado.gov/sites/hcpf/files/RHTP%20Grant%20Program%20RFA%20Activities%20Overview.May_.26.pdf

## Eligibility

Eligible lead applicants include qualified rural health care providers such as CAHs, REHs, rural PPS and sole community hospitals, FQHC or look-alike, RHC, CMHC or CCBHC, OTP, physician or NPP groups, and EMS organizations. Collaborative and third-party applications require required attestations.

## Requirements

Applicants must demonstrate capacity for planning, training, and infrastructure development to implement whole-person health models; collaborate with a statewide advisory board; enhance EMS systems; expand services and partnerships through mini-grants; and conduct workforce recruitment and retention activities.

## Application package and source documents

- [CO - 2026 - RHTP Grant Program RFA Activities Overview Summary of Activities - May 2026 (RFA Activities Overview)](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/6db4288d-e8aa-4e8b-b839-cbad305a8627/file) (primary) — official: https://hcpf.colorado.gov/sites/hcpf/files/RHTP%20Grant%20Program%20RFA%20Activities%20Overview.May_.26.pdf
- [CO - 2025 - RHTP Webinar December 2, 2025](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/715d3570-e6d1-4326-8c20-379a919b68cc/file) — official: https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1PMXl5d68Y_ts2rJkUD6VrtAwEDug9Lrn
- [CO - 2026 - Colorado RHTP FAQs – Fact Sheet updated June 15, 2026 (RHTP FAQs (updated June 15, 2026))](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/ab1acb46-bd81-4bba-997a-2721a98592fb/file) — official: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ii53nUKHhgk0xZri-Wy5fGTMqMLGHVoHYzo0DHYJohM/export?format=docx
- [CO - 2025 - Eligible Applicants and Guidance for the Colorado RHTP (Eligible_Rural_Health_Providers_and_Partners_6-4-26) (Eligibility criteria (June 4, 2026))](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/c3929543-780e-4fab-bb82-8c2547b36d88/file) — official: https://hcpf.colorado.gov/sites/hcpf/files/Eligible%20Rural%20Health%20Providers%20and%20Partners%206-4-26.pdf
- [CO - 2026 - Template Letter of Attestation June 2026 (Letter of Attestation template (June 2026))](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/6c911bce-f9cd-4984-979b-5d7ded31ea36/file) — official: https://hcpf.colorado.gov/sites/hcpf/files/Template%20RHTP%20Letter%20of%20Attestation.June5_.26.pdf

More Colorado RHTP activity: https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/states/co (markdown: https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/states/co.md)

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Source: Rural Care Journey (RCJ), https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/opportunities/colorado-rhtp-grant-program-2026-rfa-cycle-overview--19910be29c — data as of 2026-09-15.
Cite the RCJ page for the summary and the linked official source for authoritative terms, deadlines, and amounts.