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CalRHT launches Accelerator Partners grant to expand rural collaboratives
Summary
California's Rural Health Transformation Program (CalRHT) outlined the Accelerator Partners grant: Year 1 allocates $39 million for rural collaboratives that improve primary and maternal care through partnerships, workforce supports and technology.
Jennifer Hernandez, director of the California Rural Health Transformation Program, opened the webinar and framed the Accelerator Partners grant as a budget-year-1 opportunity to expand rural collaboratives and help communities deliver care closer to home. "Today, we will be talking about the accelerator partners grant program," she said, and walked through the application resources and Q&A process.
Lomana Tafara, chief medical officer and deputy director at the Department of Health Care Access and Information, described CalRHT's three-pronged approach: the Transformative Care Model to build regional rural collaboratives; a Workforce Development Initiative to recruit and retain clinicians; and a Technology and Tools Initiative to support telehealth and EHR modernization. Tafara said the program emphasizes evidence-informed care in low-resource settings and expects applicants to demonstrate partnership capacity, operational readiness, and measurable metrics for improving rural health outcomes. "We hope, and are working very hard to bring person centered, primary, maternal, and specialty care," he said.
The webinar outlined how the Accelerator Partners funding is intended to elevate local initiatives that connect primary care, specialty support and care coordination; applicants were urged to describe partnerships (letters of intent or MOUs are helpful) and a clear governance structure. The presenters also directed applicants to the grant guide, RFA and recorded webinar materials available on the CalRHT website.
