Where rural health partnerships begin
CalRHT funds regional collaboratives — hubs, spokes, specialty providers, and programs, each filling what the others lack. This directory helps you map your gaps and strengths, then find the partners to build your application with.
Presented by the Rural Connection Coalition
Partnership is the heart of CalRHT.
CalRHT is structured as a regional collaborative program. Partnership is the heart of it - and applying together is expected to position you far more competitively than applying alone.
See yourself clearly
Know your gaps and strengths
Most facilities undersell what they could offer a partner. Walk through a structured assessment of your services, workforce, and technology - and make your gaps and strengths visible to yourself first.
Find your match
Connect with the right partners
Complete your profile and the directory goes to work - surfacing partners whose strengths meet your gaps, and whose gaps you can fill. The right matches come to you. Gaps meet strengths, needs meet offers.
Apply ready
Walk in prepared
The assessment helps you organize your gaps, strengths, and project goals in one place - so when the RFA opens, you're not starting from scratch. Do the thinking now, and apply with a partner already lined up.
Built for California rural facilities
Whether you're a hospital anchoring a region or a solo specialist filling one critical gap, partnership starts with being seen. Membership isn't required - any facility, provider, or program serving rural California is welcome.
Hospitals & Health Systems
Critical Access Hospitals, rural hospitals, and regional medical centers or academic systems. Anchor a regional collaborative as a hub, or connect with the specialty and workforce partners you need.
Clinics & Health Centers
Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), and Tribal, IHS, or Urban Indian Health Organization clinics. Find the specialty access and workforce support your patients need close to home.
Specialty Providers
Solo specialists, group practices, and academic or health system specialty services serving rural patients - in person, via telehealth, or by eConsult. Bring one specific service that fills a gap, and get named as a partner.
Programs & Training Entities
Project ECHO clinics, training programs, doula collectives, CHW programs, and community-based organizations. Offer the training capacity, mentoring, or model a collaborative needs.
What a match actually looks like
Tell us your gaps and strengths. We surface partners who fill your gaps - and whose gaps you can fill. The best matches run both ways.
- Ranked by fit - your strongest matches at the top.
- Credentialed partners - the Coalition will verify and approve all registrants before listing.
- Private by default - you're only listed if you say yes, and nothing is shared without your consent.
Steps to grant-ready
No lengthy paperwork to get started - just a clear path from solo applicant to regional collaborative.
Sign up
Register with your email and get a secure link to begin. One person registers per organization - so decide who that is, and gather your team's input as you go.
Assess
Work through the assessment as a team. Mark your gaps and strengths across services and workforce, and draft your project goal. Save and return as often as you need.
Get listed
Your answers become a structured profile - the basis the directory uses to match you with the right partners.
Match
Discover the partners who best fill your top gaps, ranked and ready. Reach out, compare notes, and find the collaboration that fits your community.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can more than one person from our facility submit a profile?
One person registers per organization. The system accepts a single entry per facility - so decide who that one person is before you start, and have your team feed them input. Complete the assessment together, pulling in your CMO, CFO, CNO, IT, and Quality leads since different sections need different expertise, but have one designated person register and submit on the facility's behalf.
We're already teamed up with another facility. How do we list?
Decide among yourselves who submits. Rather than each posting a separate listing, pick one facility to complete a profile and describe what your collaborative still needs. For example, if you're a CAH already working with a partner, the CAH can submit - and when a new partner comes in, you both gain one.
Can technology vendors or sales representatives list in the directory?
No. This directory connects rural-serving facilities, specialty providers, and programs with each other. Technology vendors and sales representatives are not eligible to list, and the directory is not a vendor marketplace, sourcing tool, or contact list. The Coalition does not refer facilities to specific vendors.
Who can join?
Any facility or provider serving rural California - Critical Access Hospitals, rural hospitals, RHCs, FQHCs, Tribal/IHS/Urban Indian clinics, regional medical centers, specialty practices, solo specialists, and programs like Project ECHO clinics, training programs, doula collectives, and CHW programs. You don't need to be located in a rural area if you serve rural California patients.
Do I have to be a member of CSRHA, CHA, or CPCA to join?
No. Membership is not required to be listed in the directory or to take part. Any facility or provider serving rural California is welcome.
What does "rural" mean for eligibility?
The directory uses the HRSA Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) definition of rural, which includes frontier - the same definition CalRHT uses. Eligibility is based on where you provide care, not where your organization is headquartered. You can check a specific service site using the HRSA Rural Health Grants Eligibility Analyzer. HCAI's RFA governs final eligibility.
How long does the assessment take?
Facilities (hospitals, clinics, CAHs, RHCs, FQHCs, Tribal/IHS) complete Sections 1–8 - plan for 60–90 minutes with input from your team. Specialty providers and programs complete a shorter path - about 15–25 minutes. You can save and return across multiple sessions.
What does the directory match on?
It matches on your gaps and strengths across clinical services and workforce - what you need and what you can offer. Matches run both ways: partners whose strengths meet your gaps, and whose gaps you can help fill. Technology is not a matching category; instead, the technology gaps you identify become fundable line items for your CalRHT application.
Is my information private?
Yes, by default. Your responses are used only to build partnerships among rural facilities and clinical partners. Nothing is listed or shared without your explicit consent, and you choose what you share - the permissions are separate. Your information is never sold and is never shared with technology vendors or sales contacts.
What do I get at the end?
A clear inventory of your gaps and strengths, a draft project goal with outcome metrics and milestones, and a searchable directory profile that makes you discoverable to other rural health partners. You can bring the completed assessment to your CalRHT application.