Delaware Receives $160M Second-Year Rural Health Transformation Award
Delaware officials announced the state will receive $160.3 million in its second year of funding from the federal Rural Health Transformation Program, following a $157 million first-year award. The program, created under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, provides $50 billion nationally for states to build rural health infrastructure. Delaware has used prior funds for a new medical school run by Thomas Jefferson University, two homeless service shelters, and nearly $23 million for three federally qualified health centers, La Red Health Center, Henrietta Johnson Medical Center, and Westside Family Health Care, to modernize preventive care. Gov. Matt Meyer said the funds aim to bolster the healthcare workforce and lower patient costs, and the state plans to fund 13 additional programs including student financial assistance and nutritional education.