Governor Morrisey Broadcasts Extra Than $25 Million to Develop Prevention-Centered Health Programs

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Governor Patrick Morrisey in the present day introduced greater than $25 million in new funding alternatives by means of the State’s Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) to assist extra West Virginians forestall power illness and enhance their well being. With in the present day’s announcement, the Administration has now made greater than $145 million in Rural Health Transformation Program funding alternatives obtainable to enhance well being outcomes, strengthen the healthcare workforce, and construct a more healthy West Virginia.

“West Virginia cannot build the workforce of the future unless we improve the health of our people,” stated Governor Morrisey. “These investments are about producing better health outcomes, preventing chronic disease, and helping more West Virginians get back into the workforce. That’s good for families, good for employers, and good for the future of our state.” The funding bulletins embrace a $24.1 million alternative to assist clinically built-in diet and life-style interventions and a $1.5 million alternative to determine a statewide wellness referral community and expertise platform. Together, these investments will create a extra related, prevention-focused healthcare system that promotes more healthy life, improves coordination amongst healthcare suppliers and neighborhood organizations, and helps West Virginians entry the companies they should obtain higher well being outcomes.

The funding bulletins embrace the Improving Health Outcomes Through Nutrition and Lifestyle AFA, which makes as much as $24.1 million obtainable to assist clinically built-in, evidence-based diet and life-style interventions that deal with upstream contributors to power illness. Proposed actions could embrace food-as-medicine approaches, bodily exercise and weight administration packages, smoking cessation companies, respiratory well being helps, and different wellness-focused interventions designed to enhance measurable well being outcomes amongst high-risk populations.

Complementing that effort, the Integrated Wellness Data & Closed-Loop Referral Program Operator AFA, which makes as much as $1.5 million obtainable, seeks a statewide program operator to design, implement, and handle an built-in wellness referral platform that connects healthcare suppliers, neighborhood organizations, and residents.  

The platform is meant to assist referrals to companies corresponding to diet counseling, diabetes prevention packages, bodily exercise initiatives, and different community-based wellness assets whereas offering better visibility into participation and outcomes.

Together, these alternatives replicate the State’s dedication to prevention, private accountability, diet, and more healthy life, in step with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) initiative and Governor Morrisey’s broader imaginative and prescient for enhancing well being outcomes throughout West Virginia.

These alternatives will shut on the next dates:

• Improving Health Outcomes Through Nutrition and Lifestyle (RHT-AFA-06-24-2026-PHA) – due Monday, July 20
• Integration into Data Systems (RHT-AFA-07-07-2026-PHA) – due Tuesday, July 21

“Many of the factors that influence health happen outside of a traditional healthcare setting,” stated Secretary of Health Dr. Arvin Singh. “These opportunities encourage partnerships between healthcare providers and community organizations while supporting approaches that make it easier for individuals to access services that promote health and wellness. The goal is to foster a more coordinated and prevention-focused system that supports healthier outcomes over time.”

Eligible candidates could entry the energetic solicitations by means of the state’s procurement and grants administration system at wvOASIS.gov. Interested organizations are inspired to overview the total materials packet for detailed eligibility necessities, submission directions, and key deadlines.

This press launch is supported by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as a part of the monetary help award totaling $199,476,098.72 with 100% funded by CMS HHS. The contents are these of the writer(s) and don’t essentially symbolize the official views of, nor endorsement, by CMS/HHS, or the U.S. Government.