Rural Communities Opioid Response Program – Planning (RCORP – Planning)

For program and eligibility questions:
Lynlee Tanner Stapleton
301.443.5764
ruralopioidresponse@hrsa.gov

For financial and budget questions:
Eric Brown
301.945.9844
ebrown@hrsa.gov

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The Rural Communities Opioid Response Program – Planning (RCORP – Planning) offers grants to support planning and preparation activities to create a strong base for substance use disorder (SUD) and related services and build capacity to develop, implement, and sustain these services. The funding is designed to serve as a critical first step to creating SUD service systems that make care easy to access, strengthen the behavioral health workforce, gain strong community buy-in, and prepare communities to deliver prevention, treatment, recovery, and other supportive services over the long term.

Program goals:

• Support a network of committed partners that can establish, implement, and sustain SUD and related behavioral health prevention, treatment, recovery, and other supportive services in rural areas
• Create action plans to increase the number, types, and/or caseload capacity of SUD service access points in rural areas that respond to documented community contexts and needs
• Strengthen the capacity of service providers and organizations so they can deliver high-quality, comprehensive care

Program objectives:

1. Build relationships with network partners and community members
2. Assess local SUD-related needs and assets and develop a multi-stakeholder action plan to fill gaps
3. Prepare rural providers, service organizations, and other key stakeholders for SUD service delivery

Detailed activities and potential expectations under each objective are listed in the application instructions.

Eligible applicants include:

• State, territory, county, city, township, and special district governments
• Independent school districts
• Public, state controlled, and private institutions of higher education
• Native American Tribal governments
• Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
• Native American tribal organizations
• Nonprofits with or without 501(c)(3) status with the IRS
• For-profit organizations
• Small businesses
• Faith-based organizations

Activities must support HRSA-designated rural counties and rural census tracts.

Expected award amount: $100,000
Project period: 2 years
Estimated number of awards: 40
Estimated total program funding: $4,000,000

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

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