Our initiatives

Our RHTP initiatives


Utah RHTP Public Status Dashboard

InitiativeActivityFunding MechanismStatusFunding OpportunityLead AgencyYear 1 FundsProjected 5-year TotalAnticipated Y1 Awards (Direct | Sub)
PATH1.1. Rural food infrastructureState/Public EntitiesSub-Award Contracts: OpenOpenUtah Department of Agriculture and Food (UDAF)$11,000,000.00 | Funds obligated $52,000,0001 | TBD
PATH1.2 Gold Medal SchoolsState/Public EntitiesScope of Work: In DevelopmentUpcomingUtah State Board of Education (USBE)$3,000,000.00 | Funds obligated$15,000,0001 | TBD
PATH1.3 Physical activity infrastructureState/Public EntitiesProject Planning UnderwayUpcomingUtah Department of Transportation (UDOT)$11,000,000.00 | Funds obligated $55,000,0001 | TBD
PATH1.4 Community Care HubCompetitive AgreementsActivity: DesigningOpenUtah Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)Up to $2,000,000.00$18,000,0001 | TBD
PATH1.5 Behavioral health--primary care integrationCompetitive AgreementsNotice of Award AnnouncedContractedUtah Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)$2,202,532 | Contracting$15,000,0003 | 0
RISE2.1 Graduate Medical Education (GME)Competitive AgreementsNotice of Award AnnouncedContractedUtah Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)$1,600,000.00 | Funds obligated$56,000,0001 | 0
RISE2.2 Rural clinical preceptor capacityIndividual AwardsNotice of Award AnnouncedContracted: 75+ Individual awardsUtah Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)$163,000$1,000,00075 | 0
RISE2.3 "Grow our own" high school to certification pathwaysState/Public EntitiesScope of Work: ExecutedUpcomingUtah Systems of Higher Education (USHE)$4,000,000.00 | Funds obligated$20,000,0001 | TBD
RISE2.4 Non-GME workforce trainingState/Public EntitiesScope of Work: ExecutedUpcomingUtah Systems of Higher Education (USHE)$3,000,000.00 | Funds obligated$10,000,0001 | TBD
RISE2.5 Recruit and retainCompetitive AgreementsRequest for Grant Applications: OpenReviewing applicationsUtah Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)Up to $20,037,000.00$100,000,0001-5 | TBD
SHIFT3.1 Capital infrastructure and equipmentBundled Competitive AgreementsRequest for Grant Applications: OpenReviewing applicationsUtah Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)Up to $26,300,000.00$130,000,0001 | TBD
SHIFT3.1 Water quality infrastructureState/Public EntitiesScope of Work: In DevelopmentContracted (Legislative Appropriation): DEQUtah Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)$4,200,000.00 | Funds obligated$4,200,0001 | TBD
SHIFT3.2 Rural health provider networksCompetitive AgreementsRequest for Grant Applications: OpenOpenUtah Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)Up to $2,500,000.00$18,500,0002-4 | TBD
SHIFT3.3 Rural EMSState/Public EntitiesProject Planning UnderwayUpcomingUtah Department of Public Safety (DPS)$12,500,000.00 | Funds obligated$52,000,0001 | TBD
SHIFT3.4 New models of innovative careCompetitive AgreementsActivity: DesigningUpcomingUtah Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)Up to $10,000,000.00$45,000,00010-15
FAST4.1 Value-based careCompetitive AgreementsRequest for Grant Applications: Submissions Under ReviewContractedUtah Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)Up to $6,000,000.00$15,000,0001 | TBD
FAST4.2 Revenue cycle optimizationBundled Competitive AgreementsRequest for Grant Applications: OpenReviewing applicationsUtah Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)Up to $9,000,000.00$35,000,0001 | TBD
FAST4.3 Alternative payment models for specialized careBundled Competitive AgreementsRequest for Grant Applications: OpenReviewing applicationsUtah Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)Up to $3,000,000.00$15,000,0001 | TBD
LIFT5.1 Telehealth consortiumState/Public EntitiesProject Planning UnderwayUpcomingUtah Education and Telehealth Network (UETN)$1,500,000.00 | Funds obligated$5,000,0001 | TBD
LIFT5.1 Scalable telehealth projectsState/Public EntitiesSub-Award Contracts: OpenReviewing applicationsUtah Education and Telehealth Network (UETN)$25,000,000.00 | Funds obligated$120,000,0001 | TBD
SUPPORT6.1 EHR modernizationBundled Competitive AgreementsRequest for Grant Applications: OpenReviewing applicationsUtah Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)Up to $9,400,000.00$47,000,0001 | TBD
SUPPORT6.2-6.3 Cybersecurity defense and trainingBundled Competitive AgreementsRequest for Grant Applications: OpenReviewing applicationsUtah Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)Up to $4,500,000.00$18,000,0001 | TBD
SUPPORT6.4-6.5 Clinical and consumer-facing tech and AI solutionsBundled Competitive AgreementsRequest for Grant Applications: OpenReviewing applicationsUtah Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)Up to $3,000,000.00$15,000,0001 | TBD
LINCS7.1-7.2 Interoperability capabilitiesSole Source: UHINScope of Work: In DevelopmentUpcomingUtah Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)Up to $1,000,000.00$9,000,0001 | TBD
LINCS7.1-7.2 Interoperability capabilitiesBundled Competitive AgreementsRequest for Grant Applications: OpenReviewing applicationsUtah Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)Up to $4,000,000.00$36,000,0001 | TBD
LINCS7.3-7.4 Semantic data model and its applicationsCompetitive AgreementsRequest for Grant Applications: OpenReviewing applicationsUtah Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)Up to $11,000,000.00$63,000,0001 | TBD
(Other)EvaluationsCompetitive AgreementsActivity: DesigningUpcomingUtah Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)Up to $1,668,126.29$8,244,0001 | 0
(Other)UGRC GIS MappingState/Public EntitiesActivity: DesigningUpcomingUtah Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)Up to $50,000.00$100,0001 | 0
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