The Oklahoma State Department of Health is seeking applications for its Rural Regional Reorientation Program to achieve goals through an investment in the future of rural health partnerships.
Donor Name: Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH)
State: Oklahoma
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/12/2026
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
This funding opportunity from the Oklahoma State Department of Health (“OSDH”) will make Rural Regional Reorientation (“RRR”) grants available under the Rural Health Transformation Program (“RHTP”). RRR will provide grants of $4 million or less per application to eligible clinical and social service providers, either individually or with one or more additional entities.
RRR funding is intended to improve access to critical localized and/or specialized care, quality through meaningful reductions in disease and avoidable hospitalizations, and sustainability through more effective and efficient care in rural Oklahoma. To quickly begin to achieve reorientation objectives, priority will be given to applications that can immediately action on the needs of rural Oklahomans.
Objectives
All projects funded under this NOFO must align with at least one of the RRR objectives listed below:
- Access: Improve access for critical localized care (e.g., primary care / behavioral health / OBGYN / etc.) and/or improve access to specialized care in areas / for populations with pronounced barriers to access
- Quality: Realize meaningful reductions in chronic disease rates and avoidable hospitalizations for complications related to chronic disease
- Sustainability: Improve effectiveness and efficiency of rural care resources to ensure existing care assets are sustained.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $20 million; OSDH reserves the right to reserve some of these funds for similar or different programs or to add additional funds to this program.
- Total Expected Base Awards: OSDH anticipates allocating awards per application of $4 million or less to clinical and social service providers located in Oklahoma, provided the award benefits rural populations with care delivered within their community.
Grant Period
Contracts for year 1.
Uses of Funds
- Priority will be given to ‘shovel-ready’ initiatives that can most immediately make a meaningful difference towards program objectives and that do not involve intensive planning. Funding should be self-sustained meaning that additional funding is not a requirement for program success. If additional funding is necessary, the application should explain the plan to secure this funding outside of RRR or other RHTP programs. Funding can be used for both planning (e.g., technical assistance ahead of implementation) and implementation, though application must explicitly identify any funding intended for planning.
- All costs of preparing this application are the sole responsibility of the applicant; OSDH is not responsible for any costs incurred related to the preparation or submission of the application or any other activities undertaken by the applicant related in any way to this NOFO.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants can submit multiple applications as part of one or more partnerships, or as an individual and as part of partnership(s). Preference for applications that are partnerships of two or more organizations, but individual organizations are still eligible for funding. All
applicants (lead and partners) are required to meet all of the criteria below in order to be eligible for funding.Be located in and currently providing services in Oklahoma
- Be located in and currently providing services in Oklahoma.
- Funding must benefit rural Oklahomans with care delivered within their communities, but applicants are not required to be headquartered in a rural community
- Rural populations defined as towns/communities with populations of 55,000 or fewer
- Be a clinical (e.g., hospital, outpatient clinic, long-term care) or social service (e.g., food bank, school, local government) provider
- Local government entities, including Counties and School Districts, are eligible to apply. Tribal governments are also eligible to apply. County Health Departments are not eligible to receive funding
- Lead applicants, or any applicants that intend to directly receive this funding, must meet three additional requirements.
- Applicants must have an active Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) and maintain an active registration in SAM.gov throughout the application, review, and award period.
- Applicants must not be suspended, debarred, or otherwise excluded from participating in federally funded programs or activities
- Applicants must have an active Certificate of Insurance.
For more information, visit OSDH.
