Sanders Announces Nearly $150 Million Awarded in Rural Health Transformation Funds

Office of Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Aug 27, 2026

Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) funding of $55.7 million through the Telehealth, Health-Monitoring, and Response Innovation for Vital Expansion initiative and $93.6 million through the Promoting Access Coordination and Transformation priority. Arkansas is expected to receive approximately $1 billion in RHTP funding in the next five years.

Access · Emergency medical services · Funding · Health information technology · Health screening · Rural Health Transformation Program · Technology for health and human services · Telehealth · Arkansas