RHTP Health and Lifestyle (Initiative 9)

<p>The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (Agency) is issuing this Request for Applications (RFA) to establish grant agreements with eligible subrecipients under Florida’s Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP). RHTP is a five-year, federally funded initiative administered by the Agency under the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Cooperative Agreement No. 1RHTSSCMS332067-01-00 (the “cooperative agreement”). The RHTP was developed pursuant to Florida’s approved RHTP application and the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) funding authorities under Title XIX and Title XXI of the Social Security Act.</p><p>The RHTP is organized around five strategic goals — Make Rural America Healthy Again, Sustainable Access, Workforce Development, Innovative Care, and Tech Innovation — and is implemented through 14 distinct initiatives described in the RFA.</p><p>The Health and Lifestyle Initiative is a core component of Florida's RHTP, designed to reduce food insecurity, improve nutrition outcomes, and decrease the burden of preventable chronic disease among residents of rural Florida.&nbsp;</p>