West Virginia Rural Health Transformation Program (WV RHTP)
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West Virginia Rural Health Transformation Program (WV RHTP) supports rural healthcare providers and health technology projects to expand care, strengthen the workforce, and modernize services statewide.
Funder: West Virginia Department of Health
Due Dates (Anticipated): October 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: $48,758,076 in 33 announced awards; individual awards ranged from $82,432 to $18,800,000
Summary: Supports rural healthcare expansion, workforce development, and health technology projects across West Virginia.
Description
The West Virginia Rural Health Transformation Program (WV RHTP), administered by the West Virginia Department of Health, supports projects that expand rural care, strengthen the healthcare workforce, and modernize health services. Its announced awards support telehealth, mobile clinics, cancer screening, health information exchange, remote patient monitoring, and workplace-based care. Projects serve individual counties, multi-county regions, or the state as a whole.
The program organizes its work into five initiatives: Connected Care Grid, Health To Prosperity, HealthTech Appalachia, Mountain State Care Force, and SmartCare Catalyst. Together, these initiatives address access to care, employment support for people with chronic conditions or substance use disorders, health technology development, clinical career pathways, and provider productivity. Funded projects include rural recruitment, paid apprenticeships, shared care coordination, clinic technology upgrades, medical-supply drone delivery, and AI tools that reduce administrative work.
