Rural Communities Opioid Response Program – Overdose Response

Link

https://www.hrsa.gov/grants/find-funding/HRSA-25-010

Additional Links

Notice of Funding Opportunity (Grants.gov)

Deadline

Application Deadline: Mar 10, 2025

Sponsor

Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP)

Purpose

Provides funding to address immediate and short-term needs for substance use disorder (SUD) services in rural communities. Aims to establish or expand SUD prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery services, with the goal of reducing and preventing the risk of overdose in rural areas.

Applicants must select from a list of allowable activities to support the goals of the funding program including:

Purchase and distribute naloxone, fentanyl test strips, or other relevant supplies within the target rural service area
Establish, improve, or expand physical SUD/opioid use disorder (OUD) care delivery sites
Establish a quick response team (QRT) that includes EMS, law enforcement, and social workers/peer specialists, to immediately respond to opioid overdoses and connect individuals on site with services
Screen individuals for SUD/OUD and related infections diseases and ensure connection to treatment and other behavioral health and social services
Develop or expand bridge clinics for medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) to provide interim SUD treatment to individuals with a recent overdose who are leaving the emergency department or discharged from inpatient care
Create, improve, or expand evidence based stimulant treatment programs for individuals with polysubstance use
Establish or expand recovery housing or recovery community organizations
Train peer recovery support specialists and coordinate their placement in local SUD/OUD service delivery sites, such as emergency departments, primary care, jails/prisons, and behavioral health care clinics
Engage in capacity building activities such as needs assessments, strategic planning, and clinical training and support
Coordinate with supportive social services, including transportation, child care, employment/life skills training, and assistance with obtaining health insurance

Applicants are encouraged to submit proposals that develop youth-specific SUD prevention programming or establish or expand programs to assist justice-involved individuals, such as diversion programs.

Amount of Funding

Award ceiling: $300,000 per year
Project period: 1 year
Estimated number of awards: 20
Estimated total program funding: $6,000,000

Who Can Apply

Eligible applicants include:

Public and private institutions of higher education
Nonprofits with or without a 501(c)(3) status
For-profit organizations and small businesses
States and territories
County, city, township, and special district governments
Independent school districts
Native American tribal governments
Tribal organizations

All service delivery sites supported by RCORP-Overdose Response must be exclusively located in HRSA-designated rural counties and rural census tracts. In partially rural counties, services supported by this award may only be delivered within HRSA-designated rural census tracts. Applicants can determine whether a specific area is designated as rural by using the Rural Health Grants Eligibility Analyzer.

Geographic Coverage

Nationwide

What This Program Funds

Capacity Building • Equipment • New Program • Training Providers

Application Process

Application instructions, requirements, and other information can be found in the funding announcement.

Applicant webinar
January 30, 2025
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Eastern
Call: 833-568-8864
Meeting ID: 32171184

Contact

For programmatic or technical questions:
Diana Wang
301-443-2302
ruralopioidresponse@hrsa.gov

For grants management or budget questions:
Kimberly Dews
301-443-0655
kdews@hrsa.gov

Rural Awards

Examples of past awards rural communities have received are described on the program website.

Topics This Program Addresses

Crisis Response • Drug Checking • Harm Reduction • Housing and Homelessness • Naloxone • Overdose Prevention • People with Lived Experience/Peers • Prevention • Social Service Supports • Substance Use Disorder • Transportation • Treatment • Vocational Training, Education, and Employment