Rural Health Technology Innovation Funding Opportunity
The Michigan Office of Rural Prosperity (ORP), in coordination with MDHHS, will award approximately $6.4 million to support projects that use technology or technology‑enabled solutions to strengthen rural health and social‑care delivery. Projects must demonstrably and primarily benefit rural Michigan communities and address locally identified needs such as access barriers, care‑coordination challenges, data‑exchange gaps, administrative burden and workforce limitations.
Eligible applicants include, but are not limited to rural hospitals, health clinics, health care and social providers, local governments and community-based organizations focused on health-related social needs. Awards are expected to range from $50,000 to $700,000. The application opens Friday, Oct. 30, 2026, and closes Thursday, Nov. 19, 2026, at 3 p.m., EST. The grant period is expected to run from Jan. 1, 2027, to Sept. 30, 2027.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) received $173,128,201.02 from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for the first funding year of Michigan’s Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP). The program provides funding over five years, with future annual award amounts determined by CMS.
Visit the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity’s EGrAMs website to learn more and apply.
This publication is supported by the Rural Health Transformation Program administered by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services through a federal award from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services as part of a financial assistance award totaling $16,730,623. with 100 percent funded by CMS/HHS. The contents are the responsibility of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of MDHHS, CMS, or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.