The Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) announced 228 projects totaling approximately $167.3 million in Year One Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) awards. The agency selected awards from 712 applications and supported projects across four state initiatives: Connections to Care, Leveling Up, Wellness Within Reach and Shoring Up to Sustainability. 

Funding includes about $58.4 million for remote patient monitoring and health IT modernization; $6.8 million to expand chronic disease programs; $23.1 million to expand community care sites and mobile crisis response; and $79 million for facility enhancements, healthcare workforce initiatives and training. 

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For more information, contact NACDS’ Jermaine Smith at 703–837–4388.