# Georgia Federal RHTP Award: Year 1 (FY 2026)

CMS's Year 1 (FY 2026, Budget Period 1) Rural Health Transformation Program award to Georgia: $218,862,169.63, as listed on CMS's State Data Maps. CMS announced Year 2 (FY 2027) awards on November 9, 2026; Georgia's Year 2 award is $221,731,766.

## Key facts

- Status: Closed
- Type: AWARD
- Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) (Georgia)
- Funding: $218.9M
- Funding source: Rural Health Transformation Program (CMS)
- Official source: https://www.cms.gov/files/document/rural-health-transformation-50-state-spotlights.pdf

## Application package and source documents

- [US - 2026 - CMS RHTP](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/e04c82f9-6d26-4d92-8db9-7715c2a38d4a/file) (primary) — official: https://www.cms.gov/files/document/rural-health-transformation-50-state-spotlights.pdf
- [US - 2026 - RHT Program Overview](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/e6dd59cf-4228-45ce-8888-31634918e482/file) — official: https://www.cms.gov/priorities/rural-health-transformation-rht-program/overview
- [GA - 2026 - Georgia Medicaid Directed Payment Programs (Migrated from duplicate federal row)](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/71c52520-4498-4ebc-ab75-6ce6e217eda0/file) — official: https://dch.georgia.gov/document/document/medicaid-directed-payment-programs/download
- [GA - 2026 - Georgia RHT (great-health-program-georgias-rural-health-transformation-program) (Consolidated support doc)](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/9ba29525-b7be-483d-80e3-4be640fce714/file) — official: https://dch.georgia.gov/great-health-program-georgias-rural-health-transformation-program
- [GA - 2026 - Georgia Rural Enhancement And Transformation of Health (GREAT Health) Program](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/165d6265-df9e-4a12-b407-70e141d30b05/file) — official: https://dch.georgia.gov/document/document/ahead-presentation-february-update/download
- [GA - 2024 - Georgia RHTP (includes GA-STRONG, GA-AIDE, Medicaid DPPs)](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/34fb1370-a78a-424f-bf59-9edf1a65057a/file) — official: https://dch.georgia.gov/document/document/directed-payment-program-public-submitted-ideas/download
- [GA - 2026 - Georgia Federal RHTP Award (FY2026-FY2030)](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/7a0e5730-f35d-4092-ae8b-8f1d448a303d/file) — official: https://dch.georgia.gov/announcement/2025-12-31/rural-health-transformation-program-first-year-award
- [GA - 2026 - Notice of Award (CMS Notice of Award (RHTCMS332046-01))](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/9aff279b-60e5-4658-9d5d-9b02033d49d4/file) — official: https://greathealth.georgia.gov/document/document/cms-notice-awardrhtcms332046-01-2-10-26/download
- [GA - 2025 - Dual Track FY25 Rural Hospital Support Grant for Hospital Stabilization or Graduate Medical Education – TRACK 2 – Option 2.1 & Option 2.2 (Dual Track FY25 Rural Hospital Support Grant Track 2)](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/ba3d344f-9875-4751-a75d-95ffdde9b8b0/file) — official: https://dch.georgia.gov/document/document/dual-track-fy25-rfga-notice-intent-award-noia-track-2/download
- [GA - 2026 - First subgrantees receive $12 million to advance Georgia’s RHT efforts (Georgia Awards First GREAT Health Program Subgrantees)](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/4c2d955d-ae5e-43f1-9d72-f5e12646d8dc/file) — official: https://dch.georgia.gov/announcement/2026-06-08/georgia-awards-first-great-health-program-subgrantees
- [GA - 2026 - Notice of Intent to Award - Initiative 5: Leveraging Technology in Support of Healthcare Innovations in Rural Georgia (Notice of Intent to Award - Initiative 5)](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/5c9adac5-027e-4574-a6fd-7b170f64aac5/file) — official: https://greathealth.georgia.gov/document/document/notice-intent-award-workforce-retention-technology-7-31-2026pdf-0/download

More Georgia RHTP activity: https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/states/ga (markdown: https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/states/ga.md)

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Source: Rural Care Journey (RCJ), https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/opportunities/georgia-federal-rhtp-award-year-1-fy-2026--c672116621 — data as of 2026-11-11.
Cite the RCJ page for the summary and the linked official source for authoritative terms, deadlines, and amounts.