Minnesota

Minnesota's Year-1 award is approximately $193.1 million, its share of the federal $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program. It is a five-year program; Minnesota's early Year-1 activity has flowed through competitive RFPs for advisory services and grant opportunities aimed at rural providers.

The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) administers the program through its Office of Rural Health and Primary Care. Program inquiries go to roble.aden@state.mn.us.

Minnesota's plan is aimed at strengthening rural health care through workforce development, capital improvement, and modernized health information technology — building rural clinical training pipelines, upgrading facilities and equipment, and supporting rural EMS. Early solicitations emphasize preparing and retaining advanced-practice, behavioral-health and oral-health providers to deliver comprehensive rural care. Key project tags include Capital Improvement, Workforce Grants and Rural EMS.

Minnesota RHTP hub →

Minnesota's published Year-1 spending so far centers on workforce and technology. It includes a Rural Clinical Rotations Expansion Grant Program funding rural clinical fellowships (12–18 months) for advanced-practice, behavioral-health and oral-health providers, and a Health Information Technology (HIT) Advisory Services engagement to guide subgrantees' technology purchases. MDH also opened four Notices of Grant Opportunity targeting rural hospitals, rural FQHCs, rural Tribal Nations, and rural CCBHCs/CMHCs. Key project tags include Capital Improvement, Workforce Grants and Rural EMS; the full breakdown is in Minnesota's budget narrative.

Minnesota's named solicitations to date include the Rural Clinical Rotations Expansion Grant Program RFP (applications due July 31, 2026, with an informational webinar July 1); the HIT Advisory Services RFP (SWIFT Event #2000018129, responses due April 20, 2026, submitted through the State's SWIFT Supplier Portal); and four Notices of Grant Opportunity published in March 2026 for rural hospitals, FQHCs, Tribal Nations and CCBHCs/CMHCs. The running record of solicitations and awards is in the dispatches below.

Recent named dates include the Rural Clinical Rotations Expansion Grant application deadline of July 31, 2026, 4:30 p.m. (with a July 1 informational webinar) and the HIT Advisory Services response deadline of April 20, 2026. As those windows close, new deadlines and webinars surface first in the dispatches below and on MDH's grants and funding-opportunities page.

MN RHTP grants & funding →

The Rural Health Transformation Program was created by Section 71401 of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (2025) and is administered federally by CMS. Minnesota administers its award through the Department of Health's Office of Rural Health and Primary Care. Detailed allocation figures are set out in Minnesota's CMS-approved budget narrative.

Eligibility runs on two tracks. Direct-to-state contracts go out as competitive RFPs where firms bid as prime contractors — the HIT Advisory Services RFP, run through the State's SWIFT Supplier Portal, is a clear example for technology-advisory firms. Subgrants and subawards flow to rural providers — rural hospitals, rural clinics, FQHCs, CCBHCs/CMHCs, rural Tribal Nations, and accredited clinical training programs — and it is here that technology vendors and consultants most often engage as subcontractors or implementation partners. Firms responding to state RFPs must register and bid through the SWIFT Supplier Portal.

Track opportunities on the MDH grants and funding page and the Minnesota RHTP hub.