Wyoming RHTP — Pre-Solicitation Framework
Wyoming
Eligible Entity Types
Funding
Tribal Provisions
Wyoming has 2 federally recognized tribal nations: the Eastern Shoshone Tribe and Northern Arapaho Tribe, both located on the Wind River Reservation (Fremont County) — the only reservation in Wyoming. Both tribes are legally distinct and operate separate tribal health programs under the Shoshone-Arapaho Tribal Health Department. Whether Wyoming's RHTP includes a tribal set-aside or dedicated Wind River tribal track has not been confirmed in accessible public sources as of March 22, 2026. Tribal health programs should engage Wyoming Department of Health directly to assert government-to-government consultation rights and confirm their eligibility and any dedicated funding pathway.
Application Guide
Wyoming received $205,004,743 in Year 1 RHTP funding (~$484/rural resident — among the highest per-capita figures nationally). The lead agency is the Wyoming Department of Health (confirmed via TAGGS record RHTCMS332082). Wyoming's extraordinary per-capita yield reflects the RHTP's equal base-allocation structure, which distributes half of total funding equally across all 50 states regardless of rural population size.
Wyoming's frontier geography defines its rural health challenge: with 97,914 square miles and most counties under 10,000 residents, any CAH closure eliminates the sole hospital for areas spanning hundreds of miles. Wyoming has the highest suicide rate in the nation, making behavioral health investment a distinctive priority alongside the frontier emergency access challenges that no continental RHTP state faces at comparable scale.
The DOH RHTP page was confirmed active as of February 24, 2026, and a TAGGS administrative supplement on February 27, 2026 signals active CMS-Wyoming cooperative agreement coordination — an early implementation pace signal. Investment categories and sub-grant solicitation details have not been confirmed in text-accessible sources.
Both the Eastern Shoshone Tribe and Northern Arapaho Tribe are on Wind River Reservation (Fremont County) and operate tribal health programs. These programs are likely eligible RHTP sub-grantees. Whether Wyoming DOH establishes a dedicated tribal set-aside or application track is unknown. Both tribal governments should formally request government-to-government consultation with Wyoming DOH regarding RHTP tribal provisions, consult Billings Area IHS regarding 638 compact compliance crosswalk, verify SAM.gov registration under the correct tribal entity, and monitor health.wyo.gov for solicitation announcements.
Early planning — DOH RHTP program page active (last modified Feb 24, 2026) but content not confirmed via automated fetch. TAGGS administrative supplement Feb 27, 2026 signals active CMS-Wyoming coordination. No sub-grantee solicitation published. Investment categories unknown. Human browser review of health.wyo.gov/medicaid/rural-health-transformation-program/ is the single highest-priority research action for Wyoming. Year 1 expenditure deadline: September 30, 2027.