Utah RISE 2.5 Recruit & Retain

Thank you for your interest in the Tier 2 RISE 2.5 Initiative, administered by the Association for Utah Community Health under Utah’s Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP).  

Before you begin

Please review the eligibility and compliance requirements below before starting your application. Applicants that do not satisfy the following eligibility and compliance requirements cannot be considered for funding. Please contact Sandra DeBry at sdebry@auch.org for questions regarding eligibility. 

By applying, your organization affirms and acknowledges that:

• It is a Federally Qualified Community Health Center and/or I/T/U organization operating in a rural Utah county and listed in the UDHHS RISE 2.5 RFGA I/T/U eligible list.  

• It is not debarred, suspended, or otherwise excluded from participation in federal programs. 
• It will comply with all applicable federal and state laws, regulations, and program requirements, including 2 CFR Part 200, the RHTP Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), the Notice of Award, and RHTP Program Directives. 
• It will use funds only for the purposes and activities approved in this application and any resulting sub-grant agreement. 
• It will cooperate with all monitoring, reporting, and evaluation requirements, including quarterly and annual reports and site visits conducted by DHHS, CMS, and/or AUCH. 
• Continued funding is contingent on satisfactory performance, timely reporting, and the availability of CMS funds. 
• If funded, it will acknowledge federal funding support in all public-facing materials, as required by the Stevens Amendment. 

The RISE 2.5 Recruit and Retain Initiative is supported by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the Rural Health Transformation Program, through a subaward from the Utah Department of Health and Human Services to the Utah Education and Telehealth Network (UETN), as part of a financial assistance award totaling $5,766,435 with 100 percent funded by CMS/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by CMS/HHS, or the U.S. Government. 

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

If you have additional questions that aren’t addressed on the FAQ document, please send them to Sandra Debry at sdebry@auch.org, no later than September 23, 2026. 

Tier 2 Sub-Award Application

This application is designed to collect the information required for AUCH and DHHS to administer funds, monitor performance, and meet CMS Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) reporting requirements. Eligible Tier 2 organizations are federally designated Tier 2 Sub-awardees providing services in a rural Utah county. 

Awards will be administered through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the period beginning October 1, 2026 and ending September 30, 2027 (see Appendix C for sample MOU). 

Applications due: Midnight on September 25, 2026

The application can be downloaded as a Word document below. When completed, please send your application to Sandra DeBry at sdebry@auch.org by midnight on September 25, 2026.