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Oklahoma’s RHTP Funding Awards:
Budget Period 1: $223,476,948.62
Budget Period 2: Expected to be announced late October 2026
What Does RHTP Mean for Oklahoma?
This funding brings new resources to rural communities statewide. It supports easier access to care, stronger community partnerships, more local health workers and modern technology that helps providers connect and coordinate.
If you live in rural Oklahoma, this initiative shows up in real, everyday ways:
Care is available closer to home
Access to care is easier with ride assistance, mobile clinics, and virtual visits
Emergencies are treated faster
Pregnant moms and babies get extra support closer to home
Behavioral health services are easier to access
Local hospitals and clinics are more likely to stay open and will operate with new technology
Who Benefits?
Oklahoma envisions a future where every community—no matter how small or remote—has access to high-quality, locally grounded care that is connected through technology, supported by regional collaboration, and sustained by a strong rural workforce. Rural healthcare will remain financially stable, driven by innovation, and resilient for future generations.
Helping Make Rural Oklahoma Healthier
RHTP supports new ways to improve healthcare and expand access to services in rural communities. Projects will use evidence-based approaches to help prevent disease and improve health outcomes in areas such as chronic disease management, behavioral health and prenatal care.
The RHTP will help rural providers become long-term access points for care by improving efficiency and sustainability. With RHTP support, rural facilities work together—or with high-quality regional systems—to share or coordinate operations, technology, primary and specialty care, and emergency services.
RHTP aims to attract and retain a skilled healthcare workforce in rural communities. Projects will strengthen recruitment and retention, help healthcare providers practice at the top of their license and expand the range of providers who can meet rural communities’ needs, including community health workers, pharmacists and professionals who help patients navigate the healthcare system.
RHTP supports new ways to deliver and coordinate care, including the use of technology to expand access in rural communities. Projects may support remote care, better data sharing, stronger cybersecurity and other tools that improve the quality, efficiency and accessibility of healthcare.
How Oklahoma Shaped the Plan
The RHTP plan reflects extensive outreach across the state to better understand needs, priorities and opportunities.
Engagement Included:
More than 400 responses to a statewide Request for Information
Four listening sessions in regional communities
Input from provider and professional associations
Tribal consultation with more than 60 representatives
Over 40 interviews with rural providers, educators, community groups and experts
A cross-agency State Steering Committee that guided strategy and alignment
Local voices highlighted clear challenges: limited workforce, technology gaps, transportation barriers, chronic disease pressures and the need for more coordinated care. These insights shaped every part of Oklahoma’s application and final plan.
