Name: Heidi Hedberg: the application process was too long between the letters of interest to the application. That was 24 weeks. We have shrunk that down and we've removed the LOI process. So it is just going to be applications moving into year 2.
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Description: the application process was too long between the letters of interest to the application. That was 24 weeks. We have shrunk that down and we've removed the LOI process. So it is just going to be applications moving into year 2.

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Heidi Hedberg

6:21 - 6:49

“the application process was too long between the letters of interest to the application. That was 24 weeks. We have shrunk that down and we've removed the LOI process. So it is just going to be applications moving into year 2.”

Speaker: Heidi Hedberg
Timestamp: 6:21 – 6:49
Transcript: Alaska Dept. of Health: Alaska RHTP Year 2 Fall Funding Cycle Application Support Webinar (October 2, 2026)
Community: Alaska News
Location: Alaska
Captured at: October 9, 2026

From the transcript

And so what we heard from applicants was that the application process was too long between the letters of interest to the application. That was 24 weeks. We have shrunk that down and we've removed the LOI process. So it is just going to be applications moving into year 2. The second area of feedback was that applicants needed more time helping turn those big ideas into actionable proposals.

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