NACDS is offering optional, one-on-one, state-specific support sessions to assist chain members with their Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) efforts. Sessions are available every Wednesday, with four 30-minute time slots focused on state-level RHTP pharmacy engagement opportunities.
Interested chain members may schedule a session.
Arizona has five active grant opportunities open through the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) under its $166.9 million FY26 RHTP allocation. Two RFGAs released July 31 cover Adopt Shared Services Consortiums — supporting shared staffing, data systems, purchasing and compliance functions across rural and Tribal health organizations — and Behavioral Health & SUD Expansion, which funds mobile and digital behavioral health services, workforce development and community prevention programming. The Opioid Antagonist Distribution Initiative RFGA, released July 10, is a pharmacy-relevant opportunity that funds procurement and distribution of naloxone kits, overdose response training and Tribal partnership support across rural counties, frontier clinics and small fire districts. Two additional RFGAs released July 24 — the Rural Health Innovative Care Pilot Program and Technical Assistance for Operational & Fiscal Performance — both carry an application deadline of August 21; the former supports mobile and satellite care expansion, community health worker programs and alternative payment models, while the latter targets revenue cycle optimization, network governance and value-based care readiness.
The AHCCCS RHTP hub remains the primary source for new NOFOs and RFPs as additional priority areas are released by AHCCCS, the Office of Economic Opportunity and the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS).
For more information, contact NACDS’ Jermaine Smith at 703–837–4388.
