North Dakota Health and Human Services · Posted August 10, 2026
Application Due
August 26, 2026
the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) Initiative 3: Bring High-Quality Healthcare Closer to Home. This Year 1 award, 'Coordinating and Connecting Care' (Solicitation 210-362), will issue approximately $1,000,000 in federal funds to support planning for a neutral, statewide Community Information Exchange (CIE) and closed-loop referral system focused on rural and Medicaid-serving providers. The grant aims to strengthen cross-sector partnerships, assess care coordination gaps, and lay the groundwork for state-wide decision-making on future care coordination, referral, and secure information exchange infrastructure for rural and tribal populations. Year 1 funding supports planning only and does not authorize implementation or procurement of a statewide system. Eligible applicants include HIE/CIE organizations, rural health networks, healthcare associations, collaboratives, higher education institutions, research organizations, community-based or volunteer organizations, payer/managed-care organizations, and governmental or quasi-governmental entities. Applicants must demonstrate a rural focus, but do not need to be rural-located. Partnerships are allowed with a designated lead applicant/fiscal agent. All applications must be submitted via Qualtrics no later than August 26, 2026, 5:00 p.m. CT.
Eligible applicants are Health Information Exchange (HIE)/Clinical Information Exchange (CIE) organizations, rural health networks, associations or collaboratives, higher education or research organizations, community-based or volunteer organizations, payer/managed-care organizations, and governmental or quasi-governmental entities. Applicants do not have to be located in rural areas but must demonstrate a clear rural focus in their proposed project. Partnerships and consortiums may apply but must designate one eligible entity as the lead applicant and fiscal agent.
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Key Dates: Application Due: August 26, 2026
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