After months of planning (and missed timelines) Arizona finally released the first of the competitive grant opportunities under the Rural Health Transformation Program.
AHCCCS posted the Opioid Antagonist Distribution Initiative Request for Grant Applications last week. Applications are due August 7, 2026. Here’s the full grant announcement and application information. The other two grants focus on Medical Diagnostic Equipment and EHR upgrades and Telehealth Digital Transformation
State Turns in Revised Rural Health Transformation Grant Proposal
The Rural Health Transformation Program was created by Congress as political cover for what they did to rural health in H.R. 1… made decisions that will dramatically hurt access to care and health system solvency in rural places.
These solicitations are coming from AHCCCS. The lion’s share of the funds will be coming from the Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity, which has provided very little publicly accessible information about its part of the program.
AZ Submits Rural Health Transformation Grant Application to Feds
Several much larger grant opportunities are supposed to follow over the next few weeks. This first procurement is a welcome start… but it’s only the beginning.
