CFDA#
93.912
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Funder Type
Federal Government
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IT Classification
B - Readily funds technology as part of an award
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Authority
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Summary
The Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP) is a multi-year opioid focused initiative by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) aimed at reducing the morbidity and mortality of substance use disorder (SUD), including opioid use disorder (OUD), in rural communities at the highest risk for SUD. This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the RCORP-Implementation. RCORP-Implementation will advance RCORP's overall goal by strengthening and expanding SUD/OUD prevention, treatment, and recovery service delivery in high-risk rural communities. By expanding the options for SUD/OUD services across the care spectrum, RCORP-Implementation will help rural residents access treatment and move towards recovery.
In 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Rural Health Task Force developed the Healthy Rural Hometown Initiative” (HRHI). The HRHI is an effort that seeks to address the underlying factors that are driving growing rural health disparities related to the five leading causes of avoidable death (heart disease, cancer, unintentional injury/substance use, chronic lower respiratory disease, and stroke). RCORP-Implementation supports the HRHI initiative by aiming to reduce mortality from unintentional injury resulting from drug overdose.
Applicants are required to align your application with the following RCORP-Implementation focus areas:
- Prevention: Reducing the occurrence and associated risk of OUD among new and at-risk users (including polysubstance users), as well as fatal opioid-related overdoses, and promoting infectious disease detection through activities such as community and provider education, harm reduction strategies, and referral to treatment and recovery support services.
- Treatment: Implementing or expanding access to evidence-based practices, including medication-assisted treatment (MAT) with psychosocial intervention, and eliminating or reducing treatment costs for uninsured and underinsured patients.
- Recovery: Implementing or expanding access to recovery and treatment options that help people battling OUD (including those with polysubstance disorders) start and stay in recovery, including ensuring access to support services such as, but not limited to, transportation, housing, peer recovery, case management, employment assistance, and child care.
History of Funding
$76,000,000 was available in total funding for FY21.
Additional Information
HRSA envisions that award recipients will sustain programs beyond the three-year period of performance. In particular, it is expected that RCORP-Implementation award recipients will:
- Leverage other available opioid resources at the federal, state and local levels to maximize program impact;
- Expand the ability of providers to bill for treatment services;
- Monitor and evaluate the impact and outcomes of SUD/OUD prevention, treatment, and recovery activities; and
- Develop a long-term strategy to achieve financial and operational sustainability absent federal funding and address the future needs of the community.
Eligibility Details
Eligible applicants include all domestic public or private, non-profit or for-profit entities, including faith-based and community-based organizations, tribes, and tribal organizations and should serve rural communities at the highest risk for SUD. All activities supported by RCORP-Implementation must exclusively target populations residing in HRSA-designated rural counties or rural census tracts in urban counties.
Applicant Organization Specifications: The applicant organization may be located in an urban or rural area and should have the staffing and infrastructure necessary to oversee program activities, serve as the fiscal agent for the award, and ensure that local control for the award is vested in the targeted rural communities
Consortium Specifications: The applicant organization must be part of a group of entities that have committed to forming a consortium or are part of an established consortium. For the purposes of this program, a consortium is defined as an organizational arrangement among four or more separately owned domestic public or private entities, including the applicant organization. The applicant organization, along with each consortium member who will receive any of the awarded funds, must have separate and different Employer Identification Numbers (EINs).
Deadline Details
Applications are to be submitted by January 13, 2022. A similar deadline is anticipated, annually.
Award Details
Approximately $50,000,000 is available in total funding. Up to 50 awards are expected. Awards are up to $1,000,000 for the three-year
period of performance. Project period is from September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2025 (3 years). Cost sharing/matching is not required.
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