Alabama Rural Health Practice Initiative
Forecasted
Alabama Rural Health Practice Initiative supports rural healthcare providers with project-specific staffing, care coordination, and operational support to sustain clinic services in rural Alabama.
Funder: Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs
Due Dates (Anticipated): June 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Annual funding; no minimum or maximum request specified in initiative NOFOs
Summary: Supports rural Alabama healthcare service projects, including project-specific staffing, care coordination, operational support, and optional telehealth.
Key Information: Projects must directly benefit rural Alabama communities, but applicants need not be headquartered in rural areas.
Description
The Alabama Rural Health Practice Initiative is one of eleven initiatives within the Alabama Rural Health Transformation Program, administered by the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA). The broader program implements the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services rural health transformation effort, with initiatives addressing provider sustainability, workforce development, expanded care delivery, rural health innovation, and technology-based solutions.
Rural Health Practice projects may include staffing, care coordination, and operational support directly tied to a specific rural clinic service model. Telehealth is an allowable activity, not a required component. Workforce activities must be project-specific rather than duplicating the broader training pipelines, recruitment programs, and system-level capacity building supported by the separate Rural Workforce Initiative. Projects are expected to be transformative and sustainable, with a clear operating model beyond the grant period.
