The Michigan Office of Rural Prosperity (ORP), in coordination with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) will invest $15.4 million via the Rural Health Integration and Infrastructure Fund to support collaborative, community-based projects that plan for, adopt and/or integrate technology or technology-enabled solutions to strengthen rural health and social care delivery, improve rural access and coordination, reduce administrative burden and improve health outcomes in rural Michigan.
This fund is a component of the $173 million Rural Health Transformation Program awarded to Michigan by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, administered by MDHHS. ORP funding opportunities and awards will be announced on this page. Additional information about the funding can be found on Michigan’s Rural Health Transformation Program website.
Rural Health Technology Innovation Grants
Through this effort, the Michigan Office of Rural Prosperity (ORP), in coordination with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS), will award approximately
$6.43 million through the Rural Health Technology Innovation Grant Program to rural healthcare providers and community-based organizations focused on the social drivers of health. This competitive grant program will support projects that use technology or technology-enabled solutions to strengthen rural health and social-care delivery.
Projects must demonstrably and primarily benefit rural Michigan communities and address locally identified needs such as access barriers, care-coordination challenges, data-exchange gaps, administrative burden and workforce limitations.
Grant Information
Access the Request for Proposals, application guidance and application online on the LEO eGrAMS website.
Instructions for registering in EGrAMS and accessing the application are available in the Request for Proposals (RFP) and on the LEO EGrAMS website by clicking "About EGrAMS" from the home screen.
To view the RFP and related materials without creating an account, visit the LEO EGrAMS website website, click on “Current Grants”, click on the grant program link, and then click on the “User Document” tab. Applicants may also find the program using “Search Grants” and then navigating to the “User Document” tab.
Key Dates
- Application Opens: Oct. 28, 2026
- Deadline: Nov. 24, 2026, at 3 p.m. EST
- Grant Period: Jan. 1 - Sept. 30, 2027
- Final Expenditure Deadline: Sept. 30, 2027 (all goods received, costs incurred, and payments completed)
This publication is supported by the Rural Health Transformation Program administered by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services through a federal award from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services as part of a financial assistance award totaling $16,730,623. with 100 percent funded by CMS/HHS. The contents are the responsibility of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of MDHHS, CMS, or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.