645597 - FY26 RFP COMPADM26003 for Communities of Care Technical Assistance Provider
Funding Opportunity Details
Healthy Hometowns
Final Application Deadline: Jan 5, 2026 4:00 PM
Status Posted
Posted Date Dec 8, 2025 1:39 PM
Award Amount RangeNot Applicable
Project Dates 02/15/2026 - 09/30/2031
Award Announcement Date 02/02/2026
Categorical Area
Recurring Opportunity No
Program Officer John McMullen
Phone (515) 416-8565 x
Description
It is the responsibility of the Applicant to review all Attachments listed below for additional details regarding this Funding Opportunity.
The issuance of this Funding Opportunity in no way constitutes a commitment by Iowa HHS to award a contract.
Excerpts from the RFP:
Purpose
The purpose of this Request for Proposal (RFP) # COMPADM26003 is to solicit applications that will enable the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (referred to as Agency) to select the most qualified applicant to provide rural Iowa service providers with expertise, assessment and evaluation, and technical assistance on evidence-based methods for achieving success in the Communities of Care Projects of Iowa's Rural Health Transformation Grant. Activities in this project include co-location, setting up agreements for cost sharing (both for physical space and staffing/care coordination), strategizing patient flows for optimal care and overseeing compliance and fidelity to evidence-based programming described in Healthy Hometowns. This work implements a portion of the Communities of Care initiative of the Iowa Healthy Hometowns Project, funded through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Rural Health Transformation Program, opportunity #: CMS-RHT-26-001.
Schedule of Important Dates (All times and dates listed are local Iowa time.)
The following dates are set forth for informational purposes. The Agency reserves the right to change them.
EVENT
DATE
RFP Issued
December 8, 2025
Written Questions and Responses
Round 1 Questions Due:
Responses Posted By:
December 10, 2025
December 12, 2025
Final Questions Due:
Responses Posted By:
December 17, 2025
December 19, 2025
Applications Due
January 5, 2026 by 4:00 PM Local Iowa Time
Applicant’s Oral Presentations, if requested by the Agency
Anticipated January 26 and January 27, 2026; subject to change at the Agency’s discretion
Post Notice of Intent to Award
On or around February 2, 2026
Attachments
| Description | File Name | Type | Size | Upload Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A- Communities of Care Technical Assistance Provider RFP #COMPADM26003 | COMPADM26003 RFP Co-Location TA.pdf | 460 KB | 12/08/2025 01:37 PM | |
| B- Attachment B Work Plan Formatting Specifications | COMPADM26003 Attachment B Work Plan Formatting Specifications Co-Location TA.pdf | 141 KB | 12/08/2025 01:38 PM | |
| D- Sample Draft Contract | COMPADM26003 Contract Special Terms - Co-location TA.pdf | 332 KB | 12/08/2025 01:38 PM | |
| C. HHS Application Instructions Guidance | C. HHS Application Instructions_Guidance New IG.pdf | 2 MB | 12/05/2025 01:29 PM |
Website links
| Description | Link |
|---|---|
| A. IowaGrants Registration and Login Instructions | https://dom.iowa.gov/state-government/grant-management |
| B. General Terms and Contingent Terms | https://hhs.iowa.gov/initiatives/contract-terms |
| C. Rural Health Transformation (RHT) | Health & Human Services | https://hhs.iowa.gov/initiatives/rural-health-transformation-rht |
| D. Rural Health Transformation (RHT) Program | CMS | https://www.cms.gov/priorities/rural-health-transformation-rht-program/overview |