# New Mexico Rural Health Care Delivery Fund Stabilization Grant FY27-29 The Rural Health Care Delivery Fund Stabilization Grant FY27-29 offers financial assistance to licensed New Mexico Medicaid-enrolled providers serving Medicaid patients in eligible rural areas. The program aims to stabilize essential rural health care services experiencing operating losses due to ongoing operational challenges. Eligible projects focus on maintaining current services to prevent reductions or closures, with allowable uses including support for staffing, operational costs, and other expenses required to maintain existing services. The Rural Health Care Delivery Fund (RHCDF) Stabilization Grant provides financial support to rural New Mexico Medicaid-enrolled providers and facilities to maintain essential health care services. Funding offsets documented operating losses for existing Medicaid-reimbursable services at risk of reduction or closure, with the goal of stabilizing service delivery in rural communities. Applicants may propose stabilization projects for clinics, service lines, programs, or sites, with flexibility to request funding for one, two, or three years in FY27–FY29. $40.6 million awarded to 26 rural health care organizations as part of the Rural Health Care Delivery Fund. This is an award announcement; the application phase is closed. $20 million is available for rural health care providers to support rural delivery, as allocated by the state. Applications open July 1. ## Key facts - Status: Closed - Type: GRANT - Issued by: New Mexico Health Care Authority (New Mexico) - Posted: 2025-01-28 - Application due: 2026-04-19 - Funding: $50.0M - Eligible applicants: Rural Hospital, Rural Health Care Facility, Licensed Medicaid-enrolled Provider, Tribal Health Facility, Rural Health Care Provider, Tribally Operated Health Care Facility, Medicaid Enrolled Provider, Rural Health Provider - How to apply: Submittable portal N/A State agency grant portal or as specified. - Funding source: state-funded, not RHTP - Official source: https://www.hca.nm.gov/wp-content/uploads/FAQ-Page_RHCDF-FY27-29_032526.pdf ## Eligibility Eligible applicants must be licensed New Mexico Medicaid Enrolled Providers who are actively serving Medicaid patients. This includes rural health care facilities and rural health care providers. Services must be provided in a New Mexico county with a population of 100,000 or fewer or in a rural high-needs geographic health professional shortage area (HPSA). Tribally operated health care facilities are also eligible. Certain areas of Bernalillo, Santa Fe, and Doña Ana counties are excluded. Awardees are rural health care providers selected for FY2025. Rural health care providers in New Mexico. ## Requirements Submit application via Submittable portal by deadline. Include narrative proposal, detailed workplan, detailed budget, Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Cash Flow Statement, IRS Form 990 (for non-profits). Use required budget and workplan templates with no abbreviations/acronyms. Workplan must include at least three stabilization strategies with three activities each (two must be quantitatively measurable per strategy). Provide financial projections aligned to NM FY27-29 (July 1 - June 30). Participate in oral presentation if requested. Applicants with Presumptive Eligibility must have/train one Presumptive Eligibility Determiner (PED) within 120 days of funding. Submit application using the Submittable portal. Include narrative proposal, detailed workplan, and detailed budget. Provide financial documents: Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Cash Flow Statement, IRS Form 990 (for non-profits). Use provided templates for budget and workplan; no abbreviations or acronyms allowed. Workplan must have at least three stabilization strategies, each with at least three activities; two activities per strategy must have quantitative outputs. Provide financial projections for each requested year (FY27–FY29). Only services for eligible rural populations may be included. If requested, participate in a 15 minute virtual oral presentation (required for applicants progressing past initial review). Applicants eligible for Medicaid Presumptive Eligibility must have or train at least one Presumpti… ## Required attachments - Narrative Proposal - Detailed Workplan (using required template) - Detailed Budget (using required template) - Balance Sheet - Income Statement - Cash Flow Statement - IRS Form 990 (for non-profits) - Detailed Workplan - Detailed Budget ## Application package and source documents - [NM - 2027 - Rural Health Care Delivery Fund Stabilization Grant](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/ae387b9b-4a42-4475-8918-db074ad7e463/file) — official: https://www.hca.nm.gov/wp-content/uploads/FAQ-Page_RHCDF-FY27-29_032526.pdf - [NM - 2027 - Rural Health Care Delivery Fund (RHCDF) Stabilization Grants](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/654707ab-34bb-4dde-9606-8f9d1ea02177/file) (primary) — official: https://www.hca.nm.gov/wp-content/uploads/Request-for-Applications-RHCDF-Stabilization-Grant-1.pdf - [NM - 2025 - newsroom (Consolidated support doc)](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/2374f7cc-00c2-4adb-b01a-7916c4adac19/file) — official: https://www.hca.nm.gov/public-information-and-communications/newsroom/ - [NM - 2026 - Rural Healthcare Delivery Fund](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/d783a561-c566-49b6-9992-580bfb4bfd49/file) — official: https://www.hca.nm.gov/wp-content/uploads/RHCDF-FY27-29-Application-Flyer-5.pdf - [NM - 2027 - Rural Health Care Delivery Fund (RHCDF)](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/ad3420ef-475e-49b1-891b-b6a6eabf7a15/file) — official: https://www.hca.nm.gov/wp-content/uploads/RHCDF-FY27-29-RFA-and-Application-Webinar.pdf - [NM - 2026 - Rural Health Care Delivery Fund (RHCDF)](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/01c51b40-b85c-4ee8-ab7b-9a97f6f5c3c4/file) — official: https://www.hca.nm.gov/wp-content/uploads/RHCDF-FY27-29_How-to-write-a-Budget-and-Workplan-Webinar.pdf - [NM - 2026 - RHCDF Announces Stabilization Fund: $50 Million Rural Health Funding Opportunity for FY27-29](https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/api/documents/eefdf606-cd27-4133-8911-705fd57e18f5/file) — official: https://www.hca.nm.gov/primary-care-council/rural-health-care-delivery-fund More New Mexico RHTP activity: https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/states/nm (markdown: https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/states/nm.md) --- Source: Rural Care Journey (RCJ), https://www.ruralcarejourney.com/opportunities/new-mexico-rural-health-care-delivery-fund-stabilization-grant-fy27-29--e7b96c61b2 — data as of 2026-10-24. Cite the RCJ page for the summary and the linked official source for authoritative terms, deadlines, and amounts.