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Arizona RHTP Response · $167M Federal Investment

A statewide operating system for rural health transformation.

The Force for Health® Network is a turnkey, data-rich, mixed-media platform purpose-built for Arizona's Rural Health Transformation Program — reaching 100% of rural rooftops and the top 20 leaders across all 5 sectors in every county.

2M+
Rural & Underserved Arizonans
$167M
Annual Federal Investment
15/15
HPSA Counties Covered
Spring '26
RFPs Opening Now

Arizona: A State in Shortage

Every county is a Health Professional Shortage Area.
Rural Pop.786K+
+ Underserved2M+
PCP Need Met~39%
MH Met~40%
Dr. Gap by '308,280
PCP Rank42nd
The Challenge

Arizona's rural health crisis can't be solved in silos.

Scattered programs, duplicated tech spend, and disconnected data have left 2M+ rural and underserved Arizonans under-served. RHTP is the once-in-a-generation chance to fix it — but only if the state moves as one system.

42nd
PCP Ranking
Arizona ranks 42nd nationally for primary care physicians per capita.
8,280
Physician Shortage by 2030
Projected statewide gap without coordinated workforce action.
~40%
Mental Health Need Met
Majority of Arizonans live in mental health shortage areas.
15/15
HPSA Counties
Every single Arizona county is a Health Professional Shortage Area.
The Solution

Six integrated modules, mapped to every RHTP priority.

One platform. One login. Every stakeholder — leaders, clinicians, students, families, funders — on the same shared operating system.

THE FORCE FOR HEALTH NETWORK HUB
Hover a gear to meet Dr. Rob or Coach Lucy · each module connects to the Hub and to its neighbors — maximum force, minimum silo.
PHIT Data Hub141 data panels, zip-level, EHR-ready
Chamber of Health®600 leaders · 5 sectors · every county
360° Academy11 body systems · Dr. Rob AI · 30+ languages
Reality Health GamesCoins, badges, leaderboards, fundraising
Omni-Media ProducerEvery rooftop, every channel, QR-tracked
Workforce Training HubWhite-label academies, compliant, scalable
Chamber of Health® Statewide Reach · Aligned to ARIZONA@WORK

600 community leaders. 3 Super-Regions. 12 LWDB regions. 22 Tribal Nations.

FFH's Chamber of Health® mirrors Arizona's official workforce architecture — the 12 Local Workforce Development Boards under ARIZONA@WORK — so every Director seat aligns directly to the same regional structure OEO, AHCCCS, and the State Workforce Council already use. Plus a tribal cross-cut for all 22 federally recognized Nations.

3
Super-Region Coaches
12
LWDB Directors
5
Sectors per LWDB
600
Statewide Leader Network
FFH Super-Region · LWDB Region Counties Population Edu Health Public Private Non-Profit Leaders
🌲 NORTH SUPER-REGION · Flagstaff Metro + Zones 1 & 2
Coconino County
Flagstaff Metro
Coconino~145K55
Mohave / La Paz
Zone 1 · NW Rural
Mohave · La Paz~230K50
Northeastern AZ
Zone 2 · NE / Navajo Nation
Apache · Navajo · Gila~190K50
🌵 CENTRAL SUPER-REGION · Phoenix Metro + Zone 3
Maricopa County
Phoenix Metro (county)
Maricopa (excl. Phoenix)~3.0M75
City of Phoenix
Phoenix Metro (city)
City of Phoenix~1.65M75
Pinal County
Phoenix Metro (growth)
Pinal~470K50
Yavapai County
Zone 3 · Central Rural
Yavapai~245K50
🌅 SOUTHERN SUPER-REGION · Tucson Metro + Zones 4, 5, 6
Pima County
Tucson Metro · FFH home
Pima~1.06M75
Santa Cruz County
Zone 4 · SE Rural (border)
Santa Cruz~48K40
Southeastern AZ
Zone 4 + Zone 5
Cochise · Graham · Greenlee~175K50
Yuma County
Zone 6 · SW Border
Yuma~210K50
🪶 TRIBAL CROSS-CUT · 22 Federally Recognized Nations · NTNWDB Partner
Nineteen Tribal Nations WDB
Only Native-led WDB in U.S.
Multi-county tribal lands~225K enrolled30
STATEWIDE TOTALAll 15 Counties + 22 Tribal Nations7.4M+100%100%100%100%100%600
12 LWDB Directors + 3 Super-Region Coaches + 22 Tribal Nation seats = one shared CRM, project manager, dashboards, and digital collaboration OS aligned to ARIZONA@WORK's official workforce architecture.
State Agencies Served

One operating system. Every Arizona agency that touches rural health.

RHTP succeeds only when Arizona's agencies stop emailing spreadsheets and start sharing a single data layer, CRM, and campaign engine. FFH plugs directly into every agency below — with role-based dashboards, shared KPIs, and unified reporting at zip-code, county, and state levels.

Health
  • AZ Department of Health Services (ADHS) — licensure, HPSA, EMS, newborn screening
  • AHCCCS — Arizona Medicaid agency
  • AZ Center for Rural Health — UArizona MEZCOPH
  • AZ Rural Health Association
  • AZ Alliance for Community Health Centers (AACHC) — FQHC network
  • AZ Department of Insurance & Financial Institutions (DIFI)
Economic Security & Human Services
  • AZ Department of Economic Security (DES) — SNAP, TANF, Aging, DDD
  • Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD)
  • Division of Aging & Adult Services (DAAS)
  • AZ Department of Child Safety (DCS)
  • AZ Department of Veterans' Services
Education
  • AZ Department of Education (ADE) — school health, CTE
  • AZ Board of Regents (ABOR) — UA, ASU, NAU
  • AZ AHEC — Area Health Education Centers, workforce pipeline
  • AZ Community College Coordinating Council
  • Pipeline AZ / Office of Economic Opportunity
Economic & Infrastructure
  • AZ Commerce Authority (ACA) — workforce & rural development
  • AZ Broadband Office — rural connectivity
  • AZ Department of Agriculture — rural food systems & farm health
  • ADOT — rural access, NEMT, tribal transport
  • Registrar of Contractors / Dept. of Housing
Tribal & Community
  • Governor's Office on Tribal Relations — 22 tribal nations
  • Inter Tribal Council of Arizona (ITCA)
  • IHS & Tribal Health Programs (federal coordination)
  • Area Agencies on Aging (8 regional AAAs)
  • AZ Commission on the Arts / Humanities
Oversight & Executive
  • Governor's Office — RHTP lead coordination
  • AZ Dept. of Emergency & Military Affairs (DEMA)
  • Auditor General / Treasurer — RHTP accountability & disbursement
  • AZ Association of Counties (AACo)
  • League of AZ Cities & Towns
Multi-Agency Aggregation, Built In.
Every agency above can be provisioned its own role-based workspace inside the FFH Network — with shared KPIs, cross-agency rollups, joint campaign tools, and one unified reporting view. No more emailing spreadsheets. No more duplicated tech spend. One Arizona operating system for rural health.
Proven in Arizona

Not a concept. A proven, operating statewide architecture — ready to activate.

FFH has already deployed a white-label statewide health platform in Arizona — with the relationships, compliance posture, and healthcare integration to prove it.

360SCDHub

Sickle Cell Foundation of Arizona

FFH built and deployed SCFA's statewide white-label platform, strengthening ties with AZ DHS newborn screening, multiple hospital systems, and SCFA's recent contract to develop the nurse training program for all of Banner Healthcare.

Omni-Media Reach

Every Rural Rooftop, Every Channel

FFH's Omni-Media Producer coordinates video, podcast, social, broadcast, print, and digital storytelling into one campaign engine. Interactive community magazines reach every rural rooftop with QR-coded pages that bridge directly into digital resources, partner directories, incentives, and workforce pipelines — with source tracking on every asset.

Multi-Agency Hub

Built-In Aggregation & Collaboration

One shared CRM, project manager, and data layer lets multiple agencies — state, county, school district, hospital, non-profit — work together on the same dashboard instead of emailing spreadsheets. Cross-agency rollups, shared KPIs, joint campaigns, and unified reporting surface outcomes at zip-code, county, and state levels.

Network of Advisors

The caliber of leadership behind this work.

RC
Dr. Richard Carmona
17th Surgeon General of the United States
DD
Donald Donahue
President, WADEM — World Assn. of Disaster Emergency Medicine
CS
Courtney Slanaker
Executive Director, American Red Cross Arizona
NW
Nan Williams
President, Arizona Technology Educators Association
CF
Carrie Foote
President, AZ Rural Health Assn. · AZ SHAPE · AZ Rural Schools Assn.
Who This Is For

Four audiences. One shared operating system.

Activating a Chamber of Health in a community serves both internal customers (health systems, state agencies, chamber directors) and external customers (families, students, non-profits) in a single, shared operating system — designed to maximize the ROI on every prevention dollar invested.

HEALTHCARE LEADERS Track 1 · Internal Customer STATE & RURAL HEALTH Track 2 · Internal Customer COMMUNITY & CHAMBER Track 3 · Bridge THE PUBLIC Families · Students · NPOs Track 4 · External Customer STATE FFH CHAMBER OF HEALTH ⚡ HUB ⚡ Every audience meets at the Hub — one shared operating system maximizes prevention ROI.
Track 1

Healthcare Leaders

  • White-label Academy for staff onboarding & clinical education
  • Certified Patient program with reportable outcomes
  • EHR-ready (FHIR/Epic/Oracle) with FERPA, HIPAA, WCAG 2.1 AA
  • Workforce Accelerator connecting 20+ university programs
  • 60-70% reduction in per-org tech costs via shared infrastructure
Book a Health System Briefing
Track 2

State & Rural Health Leaders

  • PHIT dashboards: 141 panels at zip-code level across 15 counties
  • Real-time workforce gap analysis & ROI simulators
  • Chamber of Health Directors in all 6 regions
  • Broadband Stakeholders Network & Workforce Action Group alignment
  • $1 / person / year — under 6% of the $167M RHTP envelope
Schedule an RHTP Strategy Call
Track 3

Community & Chamber Leaders

  • Interactive health magazine delivered to every rural rooftop
  • Virtual Wellness Clubs & gamified group engagement
  • Fundraising benefits tied to participation milestones
  • QR-code activation bridging print to digital resources
  • Rural Library activation as population health hubs
Become a Chamber Director
Track 4 · External Customers

The Public — Families, Students & Non-Profits

  • Free access to the 360° Human Health Explorer + Prevention Bingo Cards for every household
  • Student-led Health Ambassador programs in K-12 and on every campus
  • Non-profit fundraising tied to community PHIT-score gains — donors see prevention ROI in real time
  • Earn Learn It · Live It · Share It Coins for every prevention activity completed
  • Every household action feeds the community PHIT Scorecard — closing the loop on prevention investment
Join the Movement
Investment Model

$1 per person, per year — statewide coverage.

Under 6% of Arizona's annual RHTP allocation. Every rural rooftop. Every top-20 leader. Every county. One shared platform.

$2M
Annual Investment (2M reached)
$10M
5-Year Total (<6% of RHTP)
100%
Rural Rooftop Reach
140+
Zip-Level Data Sources
Multi-Agency
Built-In Aggregation & Reporting

Let's build Arizona's rural health operating system — together.

Schedule a 30-minute strategy call with Lucy Howell, CEO. We'll walk your team through the platform, the Chamber of Health reach model, and the RHTP alignment.

Or email lucy@theforceforhealth.com directly.