Heidi Hedberg
6:01 - 6:53
“it took more time for us to review all of those 1,800 LOIs and all of those applications”
- Speaker
- Heidi Hedberg
- Timestamp
- 6:01 – 6:53
- Transcript
- Alaska Dept. of Health: RHTP Funding Cycle Updates: Reflections and Next Steps (September 11, 2026)
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- September 11, 2026
From the transcript
Response to that broad net, and that it took more time for us to review all of those 1,800 LOIs and all of those applications. Second, we, because of, of just casting that broad net, you know, we were getting a lot of organizations that were saying, we're What are you focused on? What are your focus areas? And we've heard that, and I think that's a great example of where we need— where we are going to be shifting in year 2 with really elevating some of those focus areas that we want to lean into in year 2, working through this together. I would say sort of the third big focus area is around the review process.
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