New Hampshire was awarded $204 million from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to implement the first year of its five-year Rural Health Transformation (RHT) plan. The State’s RHT plan is administered by the Governor’s Office of New Opportunities and Rural Transformational Health (GO-NORTH). GO-NORTH contracted with the Community Development Finance Authority (CDFA) to invest more than $40 million per year to create a Rural Community Health Infrastructure Programs, which will provide resources to nonprofits and municipalities to support infrastructure improvements to health and community facilities across the State.
The Rural Community Health Infrastructure Program is a competitive program that will invest funds to rehabilitate rural health infrastructure that are included in and aligned with the initiatives and outcomes committed to in New Hampshire’s RHT plan. The program will also provide technical assistance to prospective applicants and awardees to help facilitate successful implementation, from grant application through project completion.
On Thursday, June 11 from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM, CDFA will host a virtual webinar for organizations interested in applying for the Rural Community Health Infrastructure Program funds or learning more about the program. The webinar is encouraged for grant writers, grant administrators, municipalities, nonprofits and any projects that intend to apply for the program. Topics to be covered include: an overview of the Rural Community Health Infrastructure Program, eligible applicants and activities, and next steps in the application process.
Interested applicants can REGISTER HERE for the online webinar. If you cannot attend live and are interested in learning more, please register as we will be following up with materials, including the presentation and webinar recording.
The first year of the Rural Community Health Infrastructure Program aims to make rural New Hampshire healthier through improvements to infrastructure, including:
• Renovations at county-run nursing home facilities to reduce hospital discharge barriers and increase community access to care.
• Renovations at community mental health centers and federally qualified health centers to support the NH Plan goals.
• Renovations to establish or expand childcare capacity to help recruit and retain a rural healthcare workforce of safety-net providers. Eligible facilities could potentially include community mental health centers, federally qualified health centers, and county-run assisted living facilities.
• Renovations to existing buildings to house ambulances to expand Emergency Medical Service (EMS) capacity in rural areas.
Those interested in learning more about the Rural Community Health Infrastructure Program, and other CDFA resources, can sign up to receive updates by visiting https://nhcdfa.org/signup/. View the CDFA Rural Community Health Infrastructure Program Overview.
