CalRHT Grant Funding Opportunities
Welcome to the California Rural Health Transformation (CalRHT) Program Grant Funding Opportunities page. Here you will find information about the latest opportunities and learn how to apply.
Grant funding opportunities will be released in phases, with individual applications announced over time. Continue to monitor this webpage for updates. If you haven’t already, please sign up for the Rural Health News and Updates mailing list.
The CalRHT program is supported by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $233,639,308.46 with 100 percent funded by CMS/HHS. The contents are those of CalRHT and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by CMS/HHS, or the U.S. Government.
CalRHT Grant Funding Opportunities
The California Rural Health Transformation (CalRHT) program is composed of three initiatives, each with its own set of programs. To learn more about the CalRHT initiatives, please see the CalRHT Project Narrative and Budget Narrative. New grant opportunities and details will be posted below as they become available, click on the plus sign to learn more.
Transformative Care Model
The Accelerator Partner Program is proposed as support for hospitals or other organizations in rural regions that demonstrate strong readiness and commitment to implement the CalRHT Transformative Care Model (TCM) through regional care collaboratives and hub-and-spoke relationships which will seek to strengthen primary and maternity care in rural parts of the state.
Accelerator Partners will strengthen TCM performance metrics in their service areas while serving as testing sites for innovative care models and evidence-based approaches. Accelerator Partners will demonstrate how integrated service delivery can strengthen access, quality, and sustainability in rural communities.
Lessons learned from these Accelerator Partners will inform statewide scaling and continuous improvement of the regional care collaboratives and hub-and-spoke framework in future years.
Request for Application (PDF for reference only)
Budget Workbook | PDF
Budget Workbook | Excel
The Family Medicine Obstetrics (FM-OB) Fellowship Subaward Program under Expand and Support Rural Workforce Capacity is intended to fund the programmatic and infrastructure costs of expanding FM-OB fellowship capacity. Primary applicants for the FM-OB Fellowship Subaward Program must be aspiring or existing graduate medical education (GME) sponsoring institutions. The Program expands access to high-quality maternity and perinatal care in California’s rural communities by increasing the number of family physicians with advanced obstetrics training. Through support for family medicine obstetrics fellowship programs and regional collaborative care models, the program builds sustainable obstetric workforce capacity where rural patients receive care, preparing physicians to practice in underserved communities and improving maternal and infant health outcomes.
Request for Application (PDF for reference only)
Workforce Development
The Workforce Development Recruitment and Retention Program (WDRR) aims to strengthen and sustain the rural healthcare workforce by improving recruitment, retention, and training for health professionals, with a focus on those who provide primary care and maternal health services. WDRR will fund eligible organizations to retain health professionals already practicing in rural communities and to recruit or relocate eligible health professionals to qualifying rural sites as defined by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). HCAI is preparing for the WDRR Request for Application (RFA) to launch in July.
Grant Guide – Coming Soon
Request for Application – Coming Soon
WDRR Grant Funding Webinar | Aug. 4, 2026 | Register Now!
Technology & Tools
EHR Modernization Grants fund the foundational systems required for basic data exchange by ensuring rural facilities can purchase and sustain modern, secure EHRs, and funding is directed to the entities and activities that support implementation and scale. Allowable uses are limited to Core EHR Modernization, including adoption and configuration of a first-time EHR or replacing an existing EHR.
Request for Application (PDF for reference only)
EHR Modernization Webinar | July 27, 2026 | Register Now!
Contact Information
For questions regarding grant applications, please contact us at info@calruralhealth.org or call 1-888-CAL-RHTP (888-225-7487).
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