Nebraska Rural Health Care Workforce Incentive and Sustainability Model

dhhs.snapeandtprovider@nebraska.gov

This opportunity provides Rural Health Transformation Program funding to establish or expand Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment & Training (SNAP E&T) third-party partners focused exclusively on developing healthcare career pathways in Nebraska rural, frontier, tribal, and other high-need communities.

The goal of the program is to build organizational infrastructure necessary to become an approved SNAP E&T third-party partner, develop sustainable health care workforce pipelines, and transition providers to the SNAP E&T 50/50 reimbursement model after the grant period.

Additional information on program requirements and use of funds is available in the funding announcement.

Local governments, Indian tribes, institutions of higher education, and nonprofit or for-profit entities are eligible to apply.

Eligible applicants must:

• Offer one or more USDA-approved SNAP E&T components
• Demonstrate the ability to serve eligible SNAP participants in accordance with Nebraska's approved SNAP E&T State Plan
• Propose programming focused exclusively on health care occupational pathways
• Serve or propose to serve rural, frontier, tribal, or other high-need Nebraska communities
• Demonstrate meaningful employer engagement within the health care sector
• Demonstrate financial capacity to identify and commit allowable non-federal funding sources necessary to transition to the SNAP E&T 50/50 reimbursement model upon completion of the grant

Up to $200,000

Links to additional guidance and the application instructions are available on the program website.

To apply, organizations must submit a complete workplan and budget to dhhs.snapeandtprovider@nebraska.gov.

Applications will be reviewed on a monthly basis until June 1, 2026 or until all funds are expended.