Healthcare Resiliency in Tennessee

Grant Programs Contributing to Healthcare Resiliency

The Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) administers several grant programs designed to strengthen healthcare infrastructure and improve access to quality care across the state, including the Healthcare Resiliency Program (HRP) and the Local Health Department Capital Investment Program. Through competitive funding opportunities, these programs support capital investments, facility construction and renovation, practice transformation, technology enhancements, and expanded healthcare capacity to improve care delivery and access to health services for Tennesseans, including projects in the 89 counties served by TDH-operated local health departments.

Healthcare Resiliency Program

The Tennessee Dept. of Health’s Healthcare Resiliency Program (HRP) awarded competitive grants to eligible applicants in two categories – Capital Investments, and Practice Transformation and Extension – meant to expand capacity, enhance care delivery, invest in technology, and improve access to health and healthcare services across the state. The Tennessee Dept. of Health is the administrator of these grant programs.

HRP Capital Investment Grants

TDH opened applications for HRP’s Capital Investment grants on Nov. 3, 2022, with $145 million in available funding. The Capital Investment grants will go to projects in the state that increase adult, and pediatric, intensive care unit and floor bed capacity at acute care hospitals and long-term care facilities.

The Capital Improvements application period is now closed and the Helpdesk phone number is no longer active. Questions can be sent via email to HRP.Capital.Improvements@tn.gov.

HRP Practice Transformation & Extension Grants

On Nov. 10, 2022, TDH opened applications for HRP Practice Transformation and Extension grants, with $75 million in available funding. The Practice Transformation and Extension grants will be for projects that improve and upgrade medical practices, technology and service delivery at acute care hospitals and long-term care facilities, and at other institutions, such as schools, that provide health and healthcare services. TDH announced the finalists for the HRP grants in March 2023, with all obligated grant funding to be spent by December 2026.

TDH’s HRP grants are funded through the American Rescue Plan, which passed Congress in March 2022. Tennessee received $3.9 billion in total ARP funds and in August 2021, the state’s Financial Stimulus Accountability Group dedicated $230 million in recovery funding to TDH for healthcare modernization and transformation projects. Questions can be sent via email to HRP.Practice.Transformation@tn.gov.

Local Health Departments Capital Investment Program

TDH's Local Health Department Capital Investment Program supports the construction of new health departments or the renovation of existing health department facilities. The program is available for eligible projects in the 89 Tennessee counties with health departments operating under TDH.  

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