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Hospital administrator urges Kodiak Island Borough to prepare for Rural Health Transformation Program grants

Kodiak Island Borough Assembly · January 14, 2026
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A caller identified as Nick Loomis told the assembly the Rural Health Transformation Program will provide $272 million per year for five years to rural Alaska and urged borough staff and local stakeholders to prepare for fast-approaching application deadlines and planning workgroups.

Nick Loomis, identified in the record as an interim hospital administrator, told the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly on Jan. 13 that the new Rural Health Transformation Program will deliver ‘‘$272,000,000 per year for the next 5 years’’ to support rural health initiatives and that grant applications could open as early as next month. "The funds are anticipated to be available to the state in the coming weeks with opening of grant applications as early as…

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