Rural Communities Opioid Response Program- Planning Applications due July 30

HRSA

Applications for the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program- Planning (RCORP-Planning) are being accepted until July 30, 2018. Read the notice of funding opportunity. The purpose of RCORP is to support treatment for and prevention of substance use disorder, including opioid use disorder, in rural counties at the highest risk for substance use disorder, including the 220 counties identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as being at risk for HIV and Hepatitis C infections due to injection drug use (See Appendix A for additional eligibility information). Notice of awards will be September 30, 2018.

Eligible applicants include all domestic public or private, non-profit or for-profit, entities, including faith-based and community-based organizations, tribes, and tribal organizations, who will serve rural communities at the highest risk for substance use disorder and who meet the RCORP-Planning specifications for the Applicant Organization and Consortium.