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Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP) - Northern Border Rural Workforce

This funding record is inactive. Please see the program website or contact the program sponsor to determine if this program is currently accepting applications or will open again in the future.

 
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.912
Link
View program website
Sponsors
Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Deadlines
Apr 11, 2025
Contact

For program and eligibility questions:
Caitlin Dunn
301.480.9743
ruralopioidresponse@hrsa.gov

For grants management or budget questions:
Lissette Young
301.287.9864
lyoung@hrsa.gov

Grants.gov contact center:
800.518.4726
support@grants.gov
Self-service knowledge base

HRSA contact center:
877.464.4772
TTY: 877.897.9910
HRSA contact page

SAM:
866.606.8220
Federal service desk

Purpose

This opportunity, RCORP-Northern Border, provides funding to improve healthcare in rural areas within the Northern Border Regional Commission's service area by enhancing behavioral health workforce capacity.

Program goals:

  1. Training - Form a network of local organizations to develop and implement innovative, evidence-based training programs focused on addressing the rural behavioral health workforce needs in rural northern border areas
  2. Placement - Ensure that individuals completing RCORP-Northern Border funded training are placed and retained in supportive, well-compensated employment within the target rural service area, where they will utilize their behavioral health training and have opportunities for continued growth
  3. Sustainability - Develop innovative, multi-sectoral approaches to ensure the continued availability of RCORP-Northern Border supported services in the target rural service area post federal funding
Eligibility

Domestic public, private, nonprofit, and for-profit entities with a physical location in the Northern Border Regional Commission service area are eligible to apply.

This includes:

  • Public institutions of higher education
  • Private institutions of higher education
  • Nonprofits with or without a 501(c)(3) IRS status
  • For-profit organizations, including small businesses
  • State, county, city, township, and special district governments
  • Independent school districts
  • Native American tribal governments
  • Native American tribal organizations
Geographic coverage
Northern Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York
Amount of funding

Award ceiling: $400,000 per year
Project period: 4 years
Estimated number of awards: 8
Estimated total program funding: $3,200,000

Application process

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

Funding type
Grants and Contracts
Tagged as
Behavioral health · Health workforce education and training · Mental health · Networking and collaboration · Planning and strategy methods and resources · Recruitment and retention of health professionals · Substance use and misuse · Sustainability of programs · Maine · New Hampshire · New York · Vermont

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