Trump Administration Announces $120 Million to Expand Rural Healthcare in Indiana

The investment expands maternal and infant health services, increases primary career access, and grows the healthcare workforce.

WASHINGTON - The Trump Administration announced today that a $120 million investment is being delivered to strengthen rural health and expand access to high-quality care for Hoosiers through the federal Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP).

These investments will support locally driven solutions across eight regions of the state including removing barriers to technology, transportation, and health education. They will provide nutritional support and counseling with community-specific pilot programs that will address the impact food and nutrition have on health and healthcare. This funding will also help address prevention and management of chronic conditions such as diabetes and obesity.

This investment will strengthen maternal and infant health services, expand access to primary and behavioral health care, and provide critical mental health and crisis response resources. It will also help build the next generation of the rural health workforce through expanded recruitment, training and retention efforts, while creating a coordinated transportation network to help patients get to the care they need.

“This funding is a major step forward in our commitment to making health care affordable and accessible for all Hoosiers,” Gov. Mike Braun said. “It’s an important stride toward creating a more sustainable and connected network in rural Indiana.”

“President Trump and Republicans are delivering for rural health care. I am pleased by this announcement, which will expand access to quality care across Indiana. This funding will empower local providers to address the unique challenges facing the communities they serve, increase access to care, grow our healthcare workforce, and improve health outcomes for families in our state. I look forward to seeing the positive impact these investments will have throughout Indiana’s Ninth Congressional District,” said Rep. Erin Houchin.

Projects supported by this funding include: 

• Improving Maternal and Infant Health: Providing prenatal and postpartum navigation, maternal fetal medicine access, infant support, prenatal mental health support and a rural-focused OB residency.
• Increasing Access to Primary Care, Behavioral Healthcare, and Crisis Response: Providing new access points by expanding clinical capacity, adding primary care and behavioral health access points by launching mobile medical and dental services, and transforming behavioral health and crisis response through Emergency Department embedded clinicians and standardized regional crisis service messaging. Removing barriers to technology, healthy food, and health education.
• Growing the Rural Health Workforce: Building a regional rural health workforce pipeline with expanded recruitment, clinical training pathways, retention strategies and high-need positions.
• Improving Rural Transportation and Access to Care: Developing a coordinated reginal transportation network linking hospitals, EMS, aging-services providers and local transit to reduce missed appointments and improve access to care.
• Chronic Disease Prevention and Management: Evidence‑based, outcomes‑driven interventions for conditions like diabetes, hypertension, obesity and related risks
• Food and Nutrition Support: Incorporating food and nutrition pilots into rural communities’ healthcare availability, including a pilot initiative to deliver locally sourced, Hoosier-grown food for medically tailored meals and fresh produce prescriptions paired with telehealth-based nutrition therapy. Other initiatives include integrating nutritional support into maternal health programs.

For more information about the RHTP, visit: https://www.medicaid.gov/resources-for-states/rural-health.