Rural Health Transformation Program

On July 4, 2025, Congress passed H.R. 1, commonly referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. This bill creates an opportunity for the state of Georgia to apply for funds under a new Rural Health Transformation Program. States can apply for $10 billion per year, for five years. $5 billion per year will be evenly distributed to all states that apply and $5 billion will be distributed based on a methodology determined by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. That methodology is still to be determined.

The Department of Community Health will accept public input on ideas that will potentially shape the grant process via the form below from August 11-29, 2025. All submissions will be reviewed after that time, and DCH may reach out for further information

Priority will be given to suggestions that meet the following criteria:

  • Support for rural providers with “rural” being defined as a population of 50,000 or less
  • Short term projects (able to be accomplished within 24 months, or projects that include discrete components that can be implemented in 24-month increments)
  • Not anticipated to create ongoing obligations from the state beyond the end of the defined allocation
  • Suggestion meets at least one of the statutorily-required activities, listed in the form below

Upcoming Townhall Events:

In addition to the form submission, DCH is committed to hearing suggestions from stakeholders throughout the state. Listed below are three opportunities for interested parties to participate in in-person-only town hall meetings:

  • State Office of Rural Health (Cordele, GA)

    • Address: 502 S 7th Street, Cordele, GA 31015-1443
    • August 18, 2025
    • 1 – 3 p.m.

     

  • Chattahoochee Tech (Jasper, GA)
    • Address: 100 Campus Dr, Jasper, GA 30143
    • Location: Building C - Fannin Hall
    • August 25, 2025
    • 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

 

  • Virtual Town Hall
    • Location: Zoom
    • August 26, 2025
    • 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.

 

  • Southeastern Tech (Vidalia, GA)
    • Address: 3001 E 1st St, Vidalia, GA 30474
    • Location: Tattnall Auditorium
    • August 27, 2025
    • 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.

 

IMPORTANT NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER: All information submitted through this process is subject to disclosure and will be made available to the public at a later date. Please use this form ONLY to submit information relevant to the Rural Health Transformation Program. No confidential or proprietary information should be included on the submission form as ALL SUBMITTED INFORMATION WILL BE POSTED TO THIS WEBPAGE. DCH reserves the right to remove inappropriate, profane, or irrelevant material before posting.