Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) · Posted March 9, 2026
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Illinois HFS describes this as a named Rural Health Transformation Program implementation allocation to UIC Area Health Education Center (AHEC) for expansion of career-pathways programming for rural high school students, rather than a public competitive funding opportunity.
Eligible applicants are limited to pre-identified sub-recipients named in Illinois’s CMS-approved RHTP implementation plan for Initiative 3.C. For this opportunity, the specified sub-awardee is the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) Area Health Education Center (AHEC). This is not a traditional competitive grant program open to wider applicants.
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Notices of award and budget updates are processed between the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services (HFS) and the named sub-awardee (UIC AHEC) as per RHTP program protocol; submission is not via open competitive application.
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Application Prep
Application #: N/A (named implementation allocation / sub-award item in Illinois RHT update)
Reference: Initiative 3.C (AHEC Career Pathways Expansion)
Program: Illinois Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) Sub-awardee: University of Illinois College of Medicine (UIC) Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Grant Recipients: UIC-AHEC regional centers with a specific focus on supporting rural communities Funding Amounts: Preliminary Year 1-5 funding shown as $4.5M annually, contingent on CMS approval for Years 2-5
Key Dates:
Portal: https://hfs.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/hfs/info/fedresctr/rhtprogup03092026.pdf
Contact
Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, RHT Program Administration
HFS.RHTP@illinois.gov