Rural Communities Opioid Response Program - Medication-Assisted Treatment (RCORP-MAT) Access

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.912

Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Jul 29, 2022

For programmatic or technical questions:
Anna Swanson
301.443.2398
ruralopioidresponse@hrsa.gov

For grants management or budget questions:
Eric Brown
301.945.9844
ebrown@hrsa.gov

This program (short title: RCORP-MAT Access) provides funding to establish new Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) access points and increase capacity for the provision of sustainable MAT services in high-risk rural communities, thus increasing access to evidence-based treatment for individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) living in rural areas.

While the program supports MAT for the treatment of OUD, recipients are encouraged to target alcohol use disorder (AUD) if the need exists.

Program goals include:

• Establish new MAT access points to provide both medications and supportive services to individuals with OUD and/or AUD in rural communities
• Enhance the MAT workforce through recruitment, training, and the development of peer mentorship networks
• Build community capacity and infrastructure to support more effective and efficient MAT service provision
• Ensure sustainability of the new MAT access points through improved billing and coding, as well as enrollment of eligible individuals into health insurance

Proposals that include health disparity populations, such as racial and ethnic minorities, people who are pregnant, adolescents and youth, LGBTQ+, veterans, socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, the elderly, individuals with disabilities, are also encouraged.

Applicants must be domestic public or private, nonprofit or for-profit organizations, including federally recognized tribes and tribal organizations.

Proposed MAT access points must be located in a HRSA-designated rural area and cannot currently provide MAT as a clinical service.

Nationwide and U.S. territories

Award ceiling: $1,000,000 per year
Project period: 3 years
Estimated number of awards: 10
Estimated total program funding: $10,000,000

HRSA expects that MAT programs established using RCORP-MAT Access funding will be self-sustaining by the end of the period of performance.

Links to the full announcement, application instructions, and the online application process are available through grants.gov.

Applicant webinar
June 23, 2022
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Eastern
Call-in number: 833.568.8864
Participant code: 160 096 3647

Access · Benefit enrollment and application · Children and youth · Elderly population · Emergency department and urgent care services · Emergency medical services · Health workforce education and training · Human services · Illicit drug use · LGBTQI+ · Medicaid · Medicare · Mental health · Networking and collaboration · People with disabilities · Pharmacy and prescription drugs · Planning and strategy methods and resources · Poverty · Prescription drug misuse · Public health · Racial and ethnic groups · Recruitment and retention of health professionals · Reimbursement and payment models · Substance use and misuse · Sustainability of programs · Uninsured and underinsured · Veterans