Michigan Rural Health Intensive Outpatient Program - 2027

Summary

As part of RHTP’s Care Closer to Home Blueprint Initiative, the Advancing Rural Behavioral Health Blueprint aims to transform access to care in rural communities by creating sustainable, community-based pathways that bring health services closer to where people live and work. By connecting partners across health and social sectors, the initiative reimagines care delivery, improves transportation access, and simplifies access to primary and behavioral health. Through innovative approaches to chronic disease management, maternal and child health, and behavioral health, it seeks to improve outcomes while making care more efficient, coordinated, and person-centered. This funding opportunity supports innovative adaptations of traditional care models to expand access to community-based behavioral health services in rural areas while reducing costs by avoiding unnecessary hospitalizations and limiting reliance on law enforcement.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants include rural community behavioral health agencies, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), rural hospitals, and collaborative networks of rural health and social service providers serving communities as designated in the application guidelines.

Requirements Checklist

• Applicants must submit a complete proposal narrative, detailed budget justification, letters of support from community partners, and evidence of rural designation per the FY2027 Rural Health Intensive Outpatient Program application form. All required forms must be uploaded through the EGrAMS portal by the deadline. Recipients must adhere to state grant management and reporting standards, submit regular programmatic and fiscal reports, and participate in scheduled site visits if requested.