(April 28, 2023) – The Health Resources and Services Administration Rural Communities Opioid Response Program is a multi-year initiative aimed at reducing the morbidity and mortality of substance use disorder, including opioid use disorder, in high-risk rural communities. This funding opportunity is under the RCORP-Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health program, which intends to establish and expand sustainable behavioral health care services for children and adolescents ages five-17 years who live in rural communities, and to prevent substance misuse. Over the four-year grant period, awardees are required to use the RCORP-CABH funding to achieve three program goals through a consortium-based approach:
Goal 1: Service Delivery - Establish new behavioral health prevention, treatment, and recovery services for children and adolescents aged five-17 years in the target rural service area;
Goal 2: Training and Peer Mentorship - Improve the capacity of rural health care providers, paraprofessionals, non-clinical staff, and community members to care for and support children and adolescents aged five-17 with behavioral health needs; and
Goal 3: Community Partnerships - Build community partnerships to ensure children, adolescents, and their families, have access to community resources and human services that support the prevention, treatment and recovery from behavioral health disorders.
Eligible applicants include all domestic public or private, non-profit, and for-profit entities. Tribes and tribal organizations are eligible. The estimated total funding is $9 million; with a $1 million award ceiling. For a recording of the technical assistance webinar on applying for this grant, email ruralopioidresponse@hrsa.gov.
See the funding announcement for more information and to apply. The application deadline is May 24.
--Karen Braman