# HTP Health-to-Work Programs

This funding opportunity, issued as the Announcement of Funding Availability (AFA) RHT-AFA-06-30-2026-HTP, funds organizations to design, implement, and operate Return-to-Work (RTW) coordination programs under the Health to Prosperity (HTP) initiative of the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) in West Virginia. The purpose is to restore workforce participation by improving health and employment outcomes for adults with chronic, non-behavioral physical health conditions—including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, musculoskeletal conditions, and other prevalent chronic disorders—that act as barriers to employment. Funded programs must deploy dedicated RTW liaisons and supervisors for individualized participant engagement, field-based coordination, and employer partnership, including work-health transition planning and job retention support. Applicants are required to provide evidence of operational readiness within 60 days of award, proactive participant intake, scalable employer engagement, and robust data and reporting integration with the State’s RHTP data spine. Funding is performance-based; payment is contingent on achieving verified milestones: operational launch (within 60 days), participant intake and engagement, job placement, employment verification, 180-day employment retention, and demonstration of scalability and sustainability. Direct clinical care or billable medical services are explicitly excluded. Proposed models must avoid payer duplication, demonstrate prior RTW coordination experience, operational/governance capacity, and sustainable strategies beyond the grant period. Only non-employer organizations (such as nonprofits, health systems/provider-affiliated entities, workforce organizations, or universities) may apply; employers, however, must be formal implementation partners and commit in writing. Projects that target SUD or primary behavioral health barriers as their focus are not eligible under this funding (covered under other mechanisms). The AFA aligns with State and CMS reporting requirements, and all grantee data will be considered a State asset for oversight and analytics.

## Key facts

- Status: Closed
- Type: GRANT
- Issued by: West Virginia Department of Health, Rural Health Transformation Program (West Virginia)
- Posted: 2026-06-30
- Questions due: 2026-07-03
- Application due: 2026-08-07
- Funding: $1.5M – $8.5M
- Eligible applicants: Nonprofit organizations, Health systems or provider-affiliated entities, State universities or colleges, Workforce or employment-support organizations, Regional or community-based organizations
- How to apply: WV Oasis Vendor Self Service (VSS) Portal: https://prd311.wvoasis.gov/PRDVSS1X1ERP/Advantage4#solicitation=GFO-0506-2600000000298-8
- Funding source: Rural Health Transformation Program (CMS)
- Official source: https://prd311.wvoasis.gov/PRDVSS1X1ERP/Advantage4#solicitation=GFO-0506-2600000000298-8

## Eligibility

Eligible applicants are nonprofit organizations, health systems or provider-affiliated entities, state universities or colleges, workforce or employment-support organizations, and regional/community-based organizations with demonstrated employer engagement in work-health programs. Applicants must demonstrate (1) operational and governance structure to deploy field-based RTW staff; (2) ability to coordinate across healthcare and employer settings; (3) compliance with State and CMS reporting and technical standards; (4) non-duplication with reimbursable clinical and payer services; and (5) sustainability approaches to support long-term operations post-grant. Employers are ineligible as direct grant recipients but must be named as implementation partners, with actionable roles and defined populations in commitment letters. Organizations seeking to focus primarily on SUD or mental health RTW services are ineligible—these areas are funded separately.

## Requirements

Applicants must submit: 1) A comprehensive line-item budget worksheet and budget narrative; 2) Payer duplication table (demonstrating non-duplication of services); 3) Signed employer letters of commitment (detailing actionable partner roles and estimated employee populations to be served); 4) Employment verification forms and individualized work-health transition plans; 5) RHTP grantee contact information form; and 6) County-level service form. Applicants must show readiness to launch field-based RTW liaison services and reach at least 50% of the preliminary target population within 60 days post-award. Applications must provide a clear operational plan addressing data integration strategy, staffing and supervision, State/CMS reporting compliance, detailed milestones, outcome targets, and sustainability pathways post-grant.

## Required attachments

- Detailed Line-Item Budget (DLIB) worksheet
- Budget Narrative
- Payer Duplication Table (proving non-duplicative services)
- Employer Letters of Commitment (with actionable roles and employee populations to be served)
- Employment Verification Forms
- Individualized Work-Health Transition Plans
- RHTP Grantee Contact Information Form
- County-Level Service Form

## Application package and source documents

- [WV - 2027 - Announcement of Funding Availability (AFA) RHT-AFA-06-30-2026-HTP Application Guidance and Instructions (Primary AFA document)](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/182ec759-bb3a-4366-9dd7-83bb8df816b3/file) (primary) — official: https://prd311.wvoasis.gov/PRDVSS1X1ERP/Advantage4#solicitation=GFO-0506-2600000000298-4&attachment=HTP_Chronic_Conditions_AFA.pdf
- [WV - 2026 - HTP - Restoring WV’s Workforce through Health-to-Work Programs for Substance Use Disorder](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/8ef9f818-f444-48b2-923a-110ec95405e2/file)
- [WV - 2026 - New Procurement Opportunity under West Virginia RHTP](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/88e642c0-3f41-4fe8-924f-ad6059f793c3/file)
- [WV - 2024 - Restoring WV’s Workforce through Health-to-Work Programs for Chronic Conditions Announcements for Funding Availability – Application Deadline Extension](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/c1921229-1b99-42b8-bb3f-7f707a4f3e64/file)
- [WV - 2024 - Announcement for Funding Availability (AFA) Application Deadline Extension](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/2a44cd45-882c-4deb-b8f8-372a635d23fe/file)
- [WV - 2026 - West Virginia Landing Page (updated: June 23, 2026) (Attachment: CountyLevelServiceForm.xlsx)](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/277e3de5-7d5f-408c-8b1d-07de1de792d9/file) — official: https://prd311.wvoasis.gov/PRDVSS1X1ERP/Advantage4#solicitation=GFO-0506-2600000000290-1&attachment=CountyLevelServiceForm.xlsx
- [WV - 2025 - West Virginia RHTP Detailed Line Item Budget Worksheet (Revised: Aug 2025) (Attachment: RHTP Detailed Line Item Budget.xlsx)](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/e79f74b0-56ae-47aa-9ab5-e83bb02aa4b9/file) — official: https://prd311.wvoasis.gov/PRDVSS1X1ERP/Advantage4#solicitation=GFO-0506-2600000000223-1&attachment=RHTP%20Detailed%20Line%20Item%20Budget.xlsx
- [WV - 2026 - Announcement of Funding Availability (AFA) RHT-AFA-05-08-2026-SCC: SmartCare Catalyst Provider Productivity Support Fund (Attachment: RHTP DLIB Budget Instructions.pdf)](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/39dd65ba-9689-4ae7-a390-fa7253b20f66/file) — official: https://prd311.wvoasis.gov/PRDVSS1X1ERP/Advantage4#solicitation=GFO-0506-2600000000243-1&attachment=FINAL%20SCC%20AFA%20-%20Provider%20Productivity%20Support%20Fund.pdf
- [WV - 2026 - West Virginia Department of Health RHTP Grantee Contact Information (Attachment: RHTP Grantee Contact Information Form.pdf)](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/8d134acb-125e-46b0-9c4f-7280fd5d3994/file) — official: https://prd311.wvoasis.gov/PRDVSS1X1ERP/Advantage4#solicitation=GFO-0506-2600000000223-1&attachment=RHTP%20Grantee%20Contact%20Information%20Form.pdf
- [WV - 2026 - Health-to-Work Programs (Attachment: Final_GFO_0506_2600000000298_1_WV_ARFP_FORM.PDF)](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/9d8a11c5-5565-4ce6-8a90-5f1a0504f1ac/file) — official: https://prd311.wvoasis.gov/PRDVSS1X1ERP/Advantage4#solicitation=GFO-0506-2600000000298-4&attachment=Final_GFO_0506_2600000000298_1_WV_ARFP_FORM.PDF
- [WV - 2026 - Change date. Health-to-Work Programs (Attachment: Final_GFO_0506_2600000000298_2_WV_ARFP_FORM.PDF)](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/7f77785c-cae6-490e-b4cc-4010227e5089/file) — official: https://prd311.wvoasis.gov/PRDVSS1X1ERP/Advantage4#solicitation=GFO-0506-2600000000298-4&attachment=Final_GFO_0506_2600000000298_2_WV_ARFP_FORM.PDF
- [WV - 2026 - To correct question submission Health-to-Work Programs date (Attachment: Final_GFO_0506_2600000000298_3_WV_ARFP_FORM.PDF)](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/35d7824e-fc21-4e61-afe4-de16e39ef8ab/file) — official: https://prd311.wvoasis.gov/PRDVSS1X1ERP/Advantage4#solicitation=GFO-0506-2600000000298-4&attachment=Final_GFO_0506_2600000000298_3_WV_ARFP_FORM.PDF
- [WV - 2026 - To correct a typographical error. Health-to-Work Programs (Attachment: Final_GFO_0506_2600000000298_4_WV_ARFP_FORM.PDF)](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/bd66fe94-2684-4269-9df3-79e02e6cb3d0/file) — official: https://prd311.wvoasis.gov/PRDVSS1X1ERP/Advantage4#solicitation=GFO-0506-2600000000298-4&attachment=Final_GFO_0506_2600000000298_4_WV_ARFP_FORM.PDF
- [WV - 2026 - HTP Chronic Conditions Q&A #1 (Attachment: HTP_Chronic Conditions_QA1.pdf)](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/f8b00a84-7058-4f69-812d-b5ae009c1feb/file) — official: https://prd311.wvoasis.gov/PRDVSS1X1ERP/Advantage4#solicitation=GFO-0506-2600000000298-5&attachment=HTP_Chronic%20Conditions_QA1.pdf
- [WV - 2026 - State of West Virginia Grant Funding Opportunity: RHT-AFA-06-30-2026-HTP (Attachment: Final_GFO_0506_2600000000298_5_WV_ARFP_FORM.PDF)](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/2acb1b4a-9c87-4515-b125-7c2359d44a8f/file) — official: https://prd311.wvoasis.gov/PRDVSS1X1ERP/Advantage4#solicitation=GFO-0506-2600000000298-5&attachment=Final_GFO_0506_2600000000298_5_WV_ARFP_FORM.PDF
- [WV - 2026 - Health-to-Work Programs Grant Solicitation RHT-AFA-06-30-2026-HTP (Attachment: Final_GFO_0506_2600000000298_6_WV_ARFP_FORM.PDF)](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/548d180d-591b-4bb0-8470-f027345c7d0a/file) — official: https://prd311.wvoasis.gov/PRDVSS1X1ERP/Advantage4#solicitation=GFO-0506-2600000000298-6&attachment=Final_GFO_0506_2600000000298_6_WV_ARFP_FORM.PDF
- [WV - 2026 - Rural Health Tansformation Program 681-542-4971 (Final_GFO_0506_2600000000298_7_WV_ARFP_FORM) (Attachment: Final_GFO_0506_2600000000298_7_WV_ARFP_FORM.PDF)](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/fa3a3446-bdcb-40c0-bcd2-64d47a7c5eff/file) — official: https://prd311.wvoasis.gov/PRDVSS1X1ERP/Advantage4#solicitation=GFO-0506-2600000000298-7&attachment=Final_GFO_0506_2600000000298_7_WV_ARFP_FORM.PDF
- [WV - 2026 - State of West Virginia Grant Funding Opportunity RHT-AFA-06-30-2026-HTP Health-to-Work Programs (Attachment: Final_GFO_0506_2600000000298_8_WV_ARFP_FORM.PDF)](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/238a8549-2629-4f14-a0bf-3c23c17ba557/file) — official: https://prd311.wvoasis.gov/PRDVSS1X1ERP/Advantage4#solicitation=GFO-0506-2600000000298-8&attachment=Final_GFO_0506_2600000000298_8_WV_ARFP_FORM.PDF
- [WV - 2024 - Announcement for Funding Availability Application Period Extended](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/22d78dbd-ad2e-4864-b5d9-94ba2b9de724/file)

More West Virginia RHTP activity: https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/states/wv (markdown: https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/states/wv.md)

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Source: Rural Care Journey (RCJ), https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/opportunities/htp-health-to-work-programs--3b5fcde783 — data as of 2026-09-07.
Cite the RCJ page for the summary and the linked official source for authoritative terms, deadlines, and amounts.