Last month AHCCCS released their first bolus of Rural Health Transformation grant and funding opportunities. You can read more about those in last month’s post: AZ’s First Rural Health Transformation Grants Target Overdose Prevention, Telehealth & Data Management.
Last week AHCCCS added a couple more.
Adopt Shared Services Consortiums
This grant supports shared-service arrangements among rural healthcare organizations intended to cut operating costs, reduce duplication and build collective capacity.
Expansion of Mobile Digital Services, Training & Recruitment, and Prevention Programs Addressing Suicide, Trauma, and Substance Use
This one is broader than the earlier working title suggested. It covers three areas: expanding mobile/digital/crisis behavioral-health access; recruiting and training behavioral-health professionals in shortage areas; and evidence-based suicide, trauma and substance-use prevention programs.
AHCCCS August 3 RHTP Funding Announcement
Last week ADHS also released an RFP for about $5.4M per grant-year. The purpose is to fund organizations that help rural Arizonans navigate health insurance enrollment and connect with healthcare, substance-use treatment, chronic-disease services, and other community and social supports.
The application deadline is August 20, 2026. The program is open to nonprofits, community health centers, rural health clinics, hospitals, academic institutions, local governments, counties, and Tribal entities serving eligible rural areas.
Here’s the actual ADHS grant page and application materials:
ADHS Rural Health Insurance Navigation Grant
I still can’t find any opportunities from the Gov’s Office of Economic Opportunity. Let me know if you hear what’s going on with those grant opportunities.
