Governor Ivey announces first $144 million in grants under Trump-backed Alabama rural health program – with projects in every county

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August 25, 2026

Governor Kay Ivey on Monday announced 138 grants worth more than $144 million to healthcare providers and institutions across Alabama, the first awards under the Alabama Rural Health Transformation Program (ARHTP).

The funded projects cover rural areas in every one of Alabama’s 67 counties, according to the governor’s office.

The grants are the first awards from the $203.4 million first-year allocation Alabama received in December through the federal Rural Health Transformation Program, the $50 billion rural health fund Congress created in the One Big Beautiful Bill in July 2025. Monday’s round accounts for roughly 70% of that allocation, with grants under the program’s remaining initiatives still in process.

U.S. Senators Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) and Katie Britt (R-Montgomery) celebrated the rural health fund as one of the package’s major wins for Alabama, and Ivey submitted the state’s plan to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on in November 2025, built around 11 initiatives with the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) as the administering agency.

In December, Ivey signed an executive order creating the Alabama Rural Health Transformation Advisory Group, made up of five state senators, five state representatives and ADECA leadership.

CMS announced Alabama’s $203,404,327 first-year award in December and the advisory group, which includes House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter (R-Rainsville) and Senate President Pro Tem Garlan Gudger (R-Cullman), held its first meeting in February.

“Alabama is serious about creating systematic changes through the ARHTP to ensure every citizen has access to quality care. This program is enabling institutions covering every part of the state to improve healthcare for Alabamians through projects that are both innovative and sustainable,” Ivey said.

“From the federal policymakers and state administrators to our professional healthcare leaders, I commend all the thoughtful work dedicated to ensuring the success of this program.”

The ARHTP plan was developed by a team that included members from the Governor’s Office, ADECA, the Alabama Department of Finance, the Alabama Medicaid Agency and the Alabama State Health Planning and Development Agency. ADECA administers the program, which includes 11 initiatives.

Five are funded in this initial round: Rural Health, Rural Workforce, Mental Health, Rural Health Practice, and Collaborative Electronic Health Record (EHR), IT and Cybersecurity.

Grant awards for additional initiatives are in process and will be announced at a later date, according to the governor’s office.

The projects are supported by CMS as part of a financial assistance award totaling $203,404,326.54, with 100% of the funding provided by CMS and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

“The Trump Administration’s Rural Health Transformation Program is based on one simple idea: your access to quality health care shouldn’t depend on your ZIP code,” said CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz.

“Funding new approaches to expand access to both primary and specialty care is a critical step toward achieving that vision for Alabamians, and I look forward to seeing RHTP investments drive equally transformative innovations for rural communities nationwide.”

“To say that there is great interest in improving rural healthcare in Alabama is an understatement. This announcement comes at the end of a process that included six packed-house informational meetings in different locations throughout the state, five grant application workshops and hundreds of grant applications,” said ADECA Director Kenneth Boswell.

“I appreciate the confidence that Gov. Ivey and the Legislature have in ADECA’s ability to administer this important program, and we are excited to now see so many projects moving forward.”

By YHN’s tally of the awards, the Rural Health Initiative is the largest piece of the round at roughly $60 million across 57 grants, followed by the Rural Workforce Initiative at about $35 million across 25 grants and the EHR, IT and Cybersecurity Initiative at about $33 million across 29 grants. The Rural Health Practice Initiative (14 grants) and the Mental Health Initiative (13 grants) each total roughly $8 million.

The largest single awards went to the University of Alabama at Birmingham ($7 million to expand its rural physician pipeline), the East Alabama Health Care Authority ($6.77 million for a regional shared services hub) and Auburn University ($6.38 million for a shared digital health and cybersecurity network). Auburn’s three grants in the round total about $15.4 million.

The healthcare providers and institutions receiving grants under each of the five initiatives, with grant amounts and the counties served, as announced by the governor’s office:

Collaborative Electronic Health Record (EHR), IT and Cybersecurity Initiative

Alabama Primary Health Care Association – $867,102 for a shared rural health technology and care coordination framework linking health centers, rural clinics, hospitals and community mental health providers in 43 counties (Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Cleburne, Coffee, Conecuh, Coosa, Covington, Crenshaw, Cullman, Dale, Dallas, DeKalb, Escambia, Greene, Henry, Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar, Lowndes, Macon, Madison, Marengo, Marshall, Mobile, Monroe, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Randolph, Sumter, Talladega, Walker, Washington, Wilcox, Winston).
AltaPointe Health Systems Inc. – $457,073 for cybersecurity upgrades across its rural behavioral health network (Baldwin, Clay, Coosa, Mobile, Randolph, Talladega, Washington).
Auburn University – $6.38 million for a shared digital health and cybersecurity network supporting rural providers in 12 counties (Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Covington, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Macon, Monroe, Pike, Tallapoosa, Washington).
Birmingham Obstetrics Gynecology PC – $17,500 to connect its electronic health record system to Alabama’s statewide health information exchange for rural maternity patients statewide.
Cahaba Medical Care Foundation – $212,180 for cybersecurity upgrades across its rural health center network (Bibb, Chilton, Dallas, Marengo, Perry, Wilcox).
The City of York Health Care Authority DBA Hill Hospital of Sumter County – $344,269 for health information technology, cybersecurity and electronic health record upgrades (Choctaw, Pickens, Sumter).
Clay County Healthcare Authority – $814,941 to upgrade its clinical, operational and cybersecurity technology infrastructure (Clay).
Gadsden Regional Medical Center LLC – $1.4 million to modernize hospital security and emergency communication systems (Etowah).
Haynes Ambulance of Alabama Inc. – $283,314 for cybersecurity and information technology upgrades across its rural emergency medical service stations (Bullock, Covington, Crenshaw, Elmore, Lowndes, Macon, Pike, Tallapoosa).
HH Health System – Athens Limestone LLC – $886,464 to extend its shared electronic health record system to Athens-Limestone Hospital (Limestone).
HH Health System – Jackson LLC – $1.89 million to modernize Highlands Medical Center’s electronic health record system and related technology (Jackson).
Infirmary Health System Inc. – $3.5 million for a regional referral and technology network serving rural hospitals and clinics (Clarke, Mobile, Washington).
Ivy Creek Healthcare LLC – $530,600 for electronic health record and cybersecurity upgrades (Elmore, Tallapoosa).
Mental Health Board of Chilton and Shelby Counties Inc. DBA Central Alabama Wellness – $43,580 to upgrade its electronic health record system (Chilton, Shelby).
NorthStar EMS Inc. – $169,501 to upgrade the technology and cybersecurity supporting its 911 dispatch hub (Fayette, Marion, Talladega, Tuscaloosa).
Regional Paramedical Services – two grants: $43,260 for cybersecurity across its rural emergency medical service bases, and $42,451 to upgrade network security at its main operations base and failover dispatch center (Chilton, Jefferson, Marion, Shelby, St. Clair, Walker, Winston).
The Russell Hospital Corporation – $839,753 to modernize its technology and cybersecurity infrastructure (Chambers, Clay, Coosa, Elmore, Lee, Talladega, Tallapoosa).
St. Clair Community Health Clinic Inc. – $1.17 million to upgrade electronic health record, pharmacy, cybersecurity and digital infrastructure serving uninsured rural adults (St. Clair).
Sylacauga Healthcare Authority – $2.02 million to upgrade its information technology and cybersecurity infrastructure (Clay, Coosa, Talladega).
TLC Pediatrics & Family – $200,000 for information technology and cybersecurity upgrades (Limestone).
UAB St. Vincent’s Blount – $839,753 to modernize its information technology, cybersecurity and electronic health record systems (Blount).
UAB St. Vincent’s Chilton LLC – $839,753 for information technology, cybersecurity and electronic health record upgrades (Bibb, Chilton, Coosa, Elmore, Perry).
UAB St. Vincent’s St. Clair – $839,753 for information technology, cybersecurity and electronic health record upgrades (Bibb, Chilton, Coosa, Elmore, Perry, St. Clair).
The University of Alabama – $2.45 million for a shared support hub helping rural providers with referral coordination, health information technology and cybersecurity readiness in 12 counties (Cullman, Fayette, Greene, Hale, Lee, Marengo, Montgomery, Pickens, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa).
University of South Alabama – $1.51 million for a regional healthcare technology and interoperability network serving 10 rural hospitals across south Alabama through a hub-and-spoke model in 17 counties (Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dallas, Escambia, Greene, Hale, Lowndes, Marengo, Monroe, Perry, Sumter, Washington, Wilcox).
The Washington County Health Care Authority, Inc. – $27,000 for health information technology infrastructure and cybersecurity (Washington).
Whatley Health Services Inc. – $3.49 million for electronic health record, cybersecurity and information technology upgrades across its rural clinic network (Greene, Hale, Lamar, Pickens, Sumter, Tuscaloosa, Walker).
Wilcox Hospital Board DBA J. Paul Jones Rural Emergency Hospital – $839,753 to upgrade its information technology, cybersecurity and electronic health record systems (Chilton, Coosa, Elmore, Perry, Wilcox).

Rural Health Initiative

Alabama Vascular Specialists – $241,894 to expand vascular specialty services at its Selma satellite clinic with ultrasound, circulation-testing and accessible examination equipment, increasing clinic frequency from one to two days per week (Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Monroe, Montgomery, Perry, Pickens, Sumter, Washington, Wilcox).
Andalusia Health – two grants: $625,257 to replace an obsolete CT scanner with a modern imaging system (Covington), and $176,980 for a dedicated non-emergency transportation vehicle for discharged patients (Butler, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia).
The Arc of Madison County, Inc. – $1.34 million to expand its Physician-Assisted Autism Diagnostic Pathways program with virtual occupational therapy, speech therapy and coordinated support for young children (Madison, Shelby, Walker).
Auburn University – $4 million for a network of local healthcare access sites connected to a central virtual clinic, using virtual visits and remote health monitoring to expand preventive and primary care (Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Chambers, Clay, Conecuh, Covington, Dale, Franklin, Geneva, Henry, Macon, Marion, Pike, Tallapoosa, Washington).
TTC LLC DBA BHG Cullman Treatment Center – $339,580 for technology to strengthen access to opioid treatment services, medication management and treatment continuity (Cullman).
Cahaba Medical Care Foundation – two grants: $106,500 for a two-tier telehealth and specialty consultation program expanding dermatology access across six rural clinics (Bibb, Chilton, Perry, Wilcox), and $2.28 million for a centralized rural shared-services hub and expanded primary care and behavioral health capacity across the Black Belt (Bibb, Dallas, Marengo, Perry, Wilcox).
Capstone Health – $260,060 for the Capstone Health Access and Mentorship Partnership, expanding local Hepatitis C screening, treatment and care coordination (Walker, Winston).
City of Jackson Healthcare Authority DBA Jackson Medical Center – $98,300 for The Bridge Project, a non-emergency medical transportation program for mobility-impaired residents and behavioral health patients (Clarke, Washington).
Clay County Healthcare Authority – $1.54 million to convert existing office and surgical space into a rural health clinic staffed by a primary care physician (Clay).
Crenshaw County Healthcare Authority – $1.08 million for a tele-psychiatry program to expand access to behavioral health care and reduce transfers and delays in psychiatric evaluation (Crenshaw).
Dale Medical Center – $305,775 to replace aging mammography equipment with a modern 3D imaging system (Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Pike).
The DCH Health Care Authority – $2 million for a dedicated non-emergency medical transportation program across west Alabama (Fayette, Pickens, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Perry, Sumter, Marengo, Choctaw, Bibb).
The East Alabama Health Care Authority – two grants: $6.77 million for a Regional Shared Services Hub supporting rural partner hospitals across the region (Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Clay, Elmore, Lee), and $1.29 million for a mobile outreach bus bringing primary care and preventive screenings to underserved rural communities (Chambers, Macon, Tallapoosa).
Evergreen Nephrology LLC – $891,588 for the Evergreen Rural Connected Care program, providing virtual care management and at-home monitoring for residents with chronic kidney disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, heart failure and related conditions (Blount, Calhoun, Chilton, Cullman, Etowah, Fayette, Jackson, Lauderdale, Limestone, Marion, Marshall, Shelby, St. Clair, Talladega, Walker).
Faulkner University – $2.08 million for the Eagle Care Mobile Health Network, using two mobile healthcare units, virtual visits, remote monitoring and care coordination (Bullock, Butler, Dallas, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Perry, Wilcox).
Floyd Cherokee Medical Center – $500,000 to replace aging radiography equipment with a modern digital imaging system (Etowah).
Floyd Healthcare Management DBA Atrium Health Floyd EMS – $604,470 to add a dedicated transport ambulance and a wheelchair-accessible vehicle to its non-emergency medical transportation program (Calhoun, Cherokee).
Franklin Primary Health Center Inc. – $574,091 for the Franklin Rural Behavioral Health Telehealth and Teleconsult Initiative, a hybrid in-person and telehealth model (Baldwin, Choctaw, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe).
Gadsden Regional Medical Center – $150,000 for a wheelchair-accessible van and a full-time driver to establish a non-emergency transportation service (Cherokee, Etowah).
Affinity Hospital DBA Grandview Medical Center – $451,350 for a virtual specialty care network and dedicated referral phone line connecting rural patients and providers with heart, lung and kidney specialists (Clay, Coosa).
Hale County Hospital – $2.41 million to upgrade equipment and infrastructure for emergency and maternal care, diagnostic services and essential hospital operations (Hale).
Healthcare Authority of the City of Greenville – L.V. Stabler Hospital – $4.17 million for a telehealth intensive care program and expanded general surgery services at Regional Medical Center of Central Alabama (Butler).
Huntsville Hospital Health System – $2.80 million for the North Alabama Rural Specialty Access Network to expand access to specialty care closer to home (DeKalb, Jackson, Limestone, Madison, Marshall).
City of York Health Care Authority DBA Hill Hospital of Sumter County – $1.53 million to combine telehealth technology with transportation resources for rural and medically underserved residents of west Alabama (Choctaw, Jefferson, Sumter, Pickens, Tuscaloosa).
Infirmary Health System Inc. – two grants: $386,000 for the Rural Women’s Health Hub of Southwest Alabama, expanding women’s health, maternal health and specialty care (Clarke, Washington), and $1.12 million for the Women’s Access to Care Close to Home Initiative, expanding preventive, prenatal, postpartum and specialty-connected care (Baldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia).
Ivy Creek Healthcare – $1.66 million to strengthen diagnostic imaging, establish emergency telepsychiatry and telemedicine services, create an in-house microbiology laboratory and support non-emergency medical transportation (Elmore, Tallapoosa).
Lakeland Community Hospital Inc. – $490,800 for telehealth technology and a non-emergency transportation program (Winston).
RCHP-Florence LLC DBA North Alabama Shoals Hospital – two grants: $179,607 for an artificial intelligence-enabled patient monitoring system to improve fall prevention in its geriatric psychiatry and inpatient rehabilitation units (Colbert), and $123,000 for a coordinated telecardiology program (Franklin, Lauderdale).
NorthStar EMS Inc. – $987,906 to replace outdated emergency transport equipment with modern heart monitors, airway equipment, ventilators and automated CPR devices (Fayette, Marion, Talladega).
Poarch Band of Creek Indians – $242,112 to modernize its dental clinic and expand restorative and pediatric dental care (Escambia).
QHG of Enterprise Inc. – $2.77 million to upgrade the medical center’s existing MRI unit and replace its only CT scanner (Coffee, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Geneva, Pike).
Regional Air Medical Services – $56,109 for transport ventilators and related equipment for emergency air medical care (Jefferson, Marion, Shelby, St. Clair, Walker, Winston).
Regional Paramedical Services – two grants: $112,423 for a battery backup system to keep emergency dispatch operating during power outages and grid disruptions, and $211,029 to equip emergency response units with modern ventilators and related equipment (Chilton, Jefferson, Marion, Shelby, St. Clair, Walker, Winston).
The Russell Hospital Corporation – two grants: $1.25 million for an inpatient virtual care and tele-specialty program, and $439,720 to modernize Russell Medical’s cardiovascular technology (Tallapoosa).
Russellville Hospital – $1.29 million for a coordinated rural health access and care management initiative to help Franklin County residents receive timely specialty, behavioral health and follow-up care (Franklin).
St. Clair Community Health Clinic – $1.41 million to expand telehealth, remote patient monitoring, home-based support and onsite diagnostic services (St. Clair).
UAB St. Vincent’s Chilton – $1.21 million to install secure video connections in every hospital room, supporting remote nursing and patient observation and connecting local patients with heart and hormone specialists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (Chilton).
Sylacauga Healthcare Authority DBA Coosa Valley Medical Center – two grants: $5,680 for scheduling, route planning and ride coordination technology for its non-emergency transportation program (Coosa, Talladega), and $84,278 to expand inpatient mental health care for older adults by adding beds, including beds equipped for patients with mobility limitations or other medical needs (Clay, Coosa, Shelby, Talladega, Tallapoosa).
Tanner Medical Center Alabama Inc. – $289,921 to add clinical support staff, telehealth access and reliable broadband connectivity across four clinical sites (Randolph).
TLC Pediatrics & Family – two grants: $174,117 for the Rural Maternal-Infant Wellness and Lactation Access Program, hiring a full-time certified breastfeeding specialist and creating a dedicated space for breastfeeding and family support, and $33,508 for the Rural Newborn Screening and Early Childhood Development Initiative, providing in-clinic newborn jaundice screening and developmental and social-emotional screenings during routine pediatric visits (Limestone).
Touchstone Residential Services DBA Touchstone Transport – $1.12 million for a non-emergency medical transportation program using wheelchair-accessible electric vehicles (Cullman, Lawrence, Limestone, Morgan).
The Troy Hospital Health Care Authority – $623,000 to renovate an intensive care unit that is more than 30 years old (Barbour, Coffee, Crenshaw, Montgomery, Pike).
Wiregrass Medical Center – $391,000 for an in-house microbiology laboratory to provide faster diagnostic testing in rural southeast Alabama (Geneva).
UAB Montgomery – $2.09 million for the Lowndes County “Street MAP” Clinic to expand access to healthcare services for underserved residents (Lowndes).
University of Alabama – $1.46 million for the Brain Health Rural Integrated Delivery and Guidance Exchange, connecting services for brain injuries, mental health, substance use and social needs (statewide).
Vaughan Regional Medical Center – $780,332 to replace its outdated nurse call system with a modern facility-wide communication system (Dallas).
Tombigbee Healthcare Authority DBA Whitfield Regional Hospital – $259,011 to expand community wellness events offering health screenings, education, referral assistance and access to virtual primary and specialty care (Dallas, Greene, Marengo, Sumter, Wilcox).
Wilcox Hospital Board DBA J. Paul Jones Rural Emergency Hospital – $116,880 for a two-part technology upgrade to reduce provider documentation burden and strengthen tele-neurology and stroke care (Chilton, Coosa, Elmore, Perry, Wilcox).

Rural Workforce Initiative

Alabama Community College System – two grants: $464,000 for a statewide training network that awards college credit for qualifying military training and creates accelerated pathways for veterans to complete healthcare credentials, and $319,540 for a registered earn-and-learn apprenticeship to expand the nursing faculty workforce and nursing education capacity in 21 counties (Baldwin, Coffee, Colbert, Conecuh, Covington, Cullman, Dallas, DeKalb, Etowah, Houston, Jefferson, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, Mobile, Montgomery, Randolph, Russell, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker).
Alabama Fire College – $756,559 for scholarship-supported emergency medical services training for volunteer firefighters, rescue squad members, career firefighters, ambulance service employees and community members seeking EMS credentials in rural communities statewide.
Auburn University – $5 million for a multidisciplinary Rural Workforce Academy to strengthen the pipeline of healthcare professionals in 12 counties (Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Covington, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Macon, Monroe, Pike, Tallapoosa, Washington).
Cahaba Medical Care Foundation – two grants: $100,127 for recruitment incentives for fourth-year medical students who enter the Cahaba+UAB Family Medicine Residency rural or frontier track and commit to at least five years of rural service (Bibb, Perry, Wilcox), and $430,304 to establish rural obstetric training capacity at four Alabama hospitals (Bibb, Coffee, Dallas, Talladega).
Clay County Healthcare Authority – $293,000 for credential advancement for existing employees, a high school healthcare education pipeline and recruitment of the county’s first employed primary care physician at its rural emergency hospital (Clay).
Cullman Regional Medical Center Inc. – $3.8 million for a family medicine residency training program with a focused obstetrics track (Blount, Cullman, Lawrence, Marshall, Morgan, Walker, Winston).
The DCH Health Care Authority – $3 million to recruit and retain two interventional cardiologists, one heart rhythm specialist and two advanced practice providers to strengthen cardiovascular care in west Alabama (Tuscaloosa, Fayette, Pickens, Greene, Hale, Lamar, Perry, Sumter, Marengo, Choctaw, Bibb).
East Alabama Health Care Authority – $1.5 million for a new rural family medicine residency program to train and retain primary care physicians (Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Clay, Elmore, Lee, Randolph, Talladega, Tallapoosa).
Faulkner University – $975,000 for tuition assistance to eligible health profession students who commit to five years of employment in rural Alabama, plus housing, travel and related costs for students completing rural clinical rotations, in 58 counties (Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Cleburne, Coffee, Conecuh, Coosa, Covington, Crenshaw, Cullman, Dale, Dallas, DeKalb, Elmore, Escambia, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Geneva, Greene, Hale, Henry, Jackson, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Marion, Marshall, Mobile, Monroe, Morgan, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Randolph, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Walker, Washington, Wilcox, Winston).
Franklin Primary Health Center Inc. – $1.1 million to add a rural training track to its accredited family medicine residency program (Baldwin).
Gadsden Regional Medical Center LLC – $550,000 to recruit 20 registered nurses who commit to five years of rural service and expand training for its existing nursing staff (Cherokee, Etowah).
HH Health System – Marshall LLC – $935,000 for the training and operational infrastructure to launch a new rural family medicine residency program (Marshall).
Infirmary Health System Inc. – $342,147 for structured rural clinical rotations for internal medicine residents (Baldwin, Clarke, Escambia, Mobile, Washington).
Professional Medical Associates PC – $800,000 for clinician recruitment and retention incentives, onboarding support, technology modernization and expanded patient access (Coffee, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Geneva).
Regional Training Institute – $1.38 million to purchase and equip two mobile training units bringing hands-on emergency medical services training to rural residents in 36 counties (Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Coosa, Covington, Crenshaw, Cullman, Dallas, DeKalb, Elmore, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Hale, Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar, Lawrence, Limestone, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Marion, Marshall, Morgan, Perry, Pickens, Randolph, Shelby, St. Clair, Talladega, Walker, Winston).
St. Clair Community Health Clinic Inc. – $1.35 million to expand rural clinical training opportunities for the workforce providing diagnostic, chronic disease and community-based care (St. Clair).
Sylacauga Healthcare Authority – $600,000 in recruitment incentives to hire two psychiatrists who will practice primarily in Talladega County and help establish a rural psychiatry training and workforce program (Talladega).
Triad of Alabama DBA Flowers Hospital – $727,000 to expand its surgical technology training program and deploy recruitment and retention strategies for specialized nurses and allied health professions (Houston).
Troy University – $118,070 for an interprofessional training program bringing nursing and emergency medical services students together through virtual clinical simulations (Coffee, Pike).
The University of Alabama at Birmingham – two grants: $7 million to expand the pipeline for recruiting, training and retaining physicians for rural practice in 35 counties (Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Coffee, Cullman, Dallas, DeKalb, Elmore, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Hale, Jackson, Jefferson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, Madison, Marengo, Marion, Marshall, Mobile, Montgomery, Shelby, St. Clair, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Winston), and $887,616 for a youth workforce development program introducing high school students to careers in emergency medical services, emergency preparedness and public health response (Jefferson, Mobile, Sumter, Tuscaloosa, Wilcox).
The University of Alabama in Huntsville – $1.47 million for the Rural Alabama Nursing Scholars Program (Cullman, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Marshall, Morgan).
The University of South Alabama – $1.25 million to expand physician residency training in rural settings and develop training and support for community health workers, telehealth implementation and healthcare revenue-cycle staff (Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dallas, Escambia, Greene, Hale, Lowndes, Marengo, Monroe, Perry, Sumter, Washington, Wilcox).

Rural Health Practice Initiative

AltaPointe Health Systems – $2.21 million for two integrated primary and behavioral health care access points in Ashland and Sylacauga (Clay, Talladega).
Anderson Family Care – $177,961 for weekend clinic hours in Demopolis, giving rural patients access to non-emergency care within their existing practice (Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry, Sumter).
Cahaba Medical Care Foundation – two grants: $69,159 to replace its current telehealth platform with a more user-friendly system for virtual primary care and behavioral health (Bibb, Chilton, Marengo, Perry, Wilcox), and $280,579 to establish a new Federally Qualified Health Center service site in Selma (Dallas).
Capstone Health – $250,000 for routine weekend clinic operations at an existing health center in Jasper (Walker).
City of Jackson Healthcare Authority DBA Jackson Medical Center – $158,215 to modernize aging clinical and office equipment at Family Medical of Jackson (Clarke, Washington).
Neil Rasmussen MD PC – $243,000 for Headland Family Medicine to recruit a full-time primary care physician and add women’s health services, including annual screenings and family planning (Henry).
East Alabama Health Care Authority – $731,055 for an integrated school-based and mobile healthcare initiative in Bullock County, in partnership with the Auburn University College of Nursing (Bullock).
Franklin Primary Health Center – $881,190 to expand clinic-based behavioral health services across its rural primary care network (Baldwin, Choctaw, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe).
City of York Health Care Authority DBA Hill Hospital of Sumter County – $677,120 to establish the Sumter County Pediatric Clinic on the Hill Hospital campus, in a rural area without a practicing pediatrician (Sumter, Tuscaloosa).
Regional Air Medical Services – $13,765 for clinical simulation and training equipment for flight paramedics and flight nurses (Jefferson, Marion, Shelby, St. Clair, Walker, Winston).
Troy University – $60,000 for the School of Nursing to establish TROY COMPASS, a peer mentorship and rural workforce development program for nursing students (Pike).
The University of Alabama at Birmingham – $974,084 for Selma Family Medicine to modernize its technology and care coordination systems and prepare for expanded specialty access through telehealth (Dallas).
Weiss Family Care – $1.06 million to expand clinic and telehealth capacity in Leesburg for primary care, urgent care and sexual health services (Cherokee).

Mental Health Initiative

AltaPointe Health Systems – $935,895 for the Alabama School Mental Health Network, expanding school-based mental health crisis services through a coordinated telehealth model (Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Blount, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Choctaw, Clay, Coosa, Dallas, DeKalb, Elmore, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hale, Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, Lowndes, Marengo, Marion, Marshall, Mobile, Montgomery, Morgan, Perry, Pickens, Randolph, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Washington, Wilcox).
Cahaba Medical Care Foundation – $958,307 to expand school-based behavioral health services in Bibb County and establish new services in Perry County (Bibb, Perry).
Montgomery Area Mental Health Authority DBA Carastar Health – $1.04 million to expand behavioral health services and strengthen infrastructure supporting Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic certification (Elmore, Lowndes).
Southwest Alabama Behavioral Health Care Systems DBA CarePath Behavioral Health – $865,600 to expand mental health and substance abuse disorder services and strengthen five rural locations transitioning to the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic model (Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Monroe).
Mental Health Board of Chilton and Shelby Counties Inc. DBA Central Alabama Wellness – $589,096 for a 24/7 mobile crisis service and its transition to the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic model (Chilton, Shelby).
Floyd Cherokee Medical Center LLC – $31,152 to expand virtual school-based mental health therapy services (Cherokee).
HARTT Inc. DBA HARTT Counseling and Wellness – $222,347 to expand school-based behavioral health services (Walker, Winston).
East Alabama Mental Health-Mental Retardation Board, Inc. DBA Integrea Community Mental Health System – $867,545 to expand behavioral health services as it transitions to the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic model (Chambers, Tallapoosa).
Jefferson-Blount-St. Clair Mental Health Authority – $542,965 to build the infrastructure to transition from a community mental health center to the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic model (Blount, Jefferson, St. Clair).
Northwest Alabama Mental Health Center – $480,408 to strengthen staffing and care delivery infrastructure for its conversion to a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (Fayette, Lamar, Marion, Walker, Winston).
River Region Psychiatry Associates LLC – $600,550 for a mobile school-based behavioral health program in rural Marengo County schools (Marengo).
Rural Health Medical Program Inc. – $660,527 for school-based behavioral health services in six west Alabama counties (Clarke, Dallas, Marengo, Monroe, Perry, Wilcox).
WellStone Inc. – $86,660 for the Cullman County School-Based Mental Health project, placing specialized tablets in every Cullman County school for immediate telehealth connections to local WellStone therapists when in-person therapists are unavailable (Cullman).