Integrated Substance Use Disorder Training Program (ISTP)

For programmatic or technical questions:
Steve Coulter, MD
301.945.3336
scoulter@hrsa.gov

For grants management or budget questions:
Nandini Assar, PhD
301.443.4920
nassar@hrsa.gov

The Integrated Substance Use Disorder Training Program (Short title: ISTP) provides grants to plan, develop, and operate a training program for nurse practitioners, physician assistants, health service psychologists, counselors, nurses, and/or social workers that trains practitioners to provide care for individuals in need of mental health and substance use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery services.

Program objectives include:

• Increase the number of individuals completing clinical training requirements for licensure and practicing nurse practitioners, physician assistants, health service psychologists, counselors, nurses, and/or social workers who are trained to provide integrated mental health and Substance Use Disorder/Opioid Use Disorder (SUD/OUD) services in a primary care underserved community-based setting, including settings that serve pediatric populations
• Plan, develop, and operate a training program to provide mental health and SUD/OUD services in underserved, community-based settings that integrate primary care, mental health, and SUD/OUD prevention, treatment (including medications to treat opioid use disorder), and recovery services
• Establish a foundation of skills and expertise for the community-based program that supports training to provide mental health and SUD/OUD prevention, treatment, and recovery services utilizing a team-based care model

Eligible applicants include:

• Teaching health centers
• Federally Qualified Health Centers
• Community mental health centers
• Rural Health Clinics
• Health centers operated by the Indian Health Service, tribes, tribal organizations, and urban Indian organizations
• Other entities with a demonstrated record of success in providing training for individuals completing clinical training requirements for licensure and practicing nurse practitioners, physician assistants, health service psychologists, counselors, nurses, and/or social workers

Award ceiling: $515,000 per year
Project period: 5 years
Estimated number of awards: 17
Estimated total program funding: $9,150,000

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