RISE Initiative 2.3: Grow Our Own Rural Health Pipeline
Forecasted
RISE Initiative 2.3: Grow Our Own Rural Health Pipeline supports rural Utah residents through healthcare career exposure and credential pathways to build a sustainable local healthcare workforce.
Funder: Utah Department of Health and Human Services
Due Dates (Anticipated): September 2027 (Written questions) | October 2027 (Application)
Funding Amounts: Up to $4,000,000 total anticipated Year 1 funding
Summary: Supports community-based healthcare career exposure and credential pathways that connect rural Utah residents with local employment.
Key Information: A consortium must include a healthcare education partner and a rural healthcare employer or provider partner.
Description
RISE Initiative 2.3 supports community-based programs that introduce healthcare careers at the K–12 level and build structured pathways from high school to healthcare certification, credentials, or degrees. Funded by the Utah Department of Health and Human Services and administered by the Utah Board of Higher Education, Talent Ready Utah, the initiative is part of Utah’s Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP).
The goal is a sustainable rural healthcare workforce: rural residents can enter healthcare careers, complete training, and find employment without leaving their communities. Programs must advance one or more objectives: building rural health career pipelines, increasing access to healthcare credentials, connecting completers to rural employment, strengthening workforce infrastructure, or serving high-needs populations or Tribal Nations.
