Deadline: 27-Jan-23
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is accepting applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2023 Rural Communities Opioid Response Program-Evaluation (RCORP-Evaluation).
The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to evaluate the impact of rural behavioral health strategies and methods employed under the RCORP initiative, and to develop evaluation tools and resources for use in rural communities to inform future community-led rural health initiatives.
Goals
The RCORP-Evaluation cooperative agreement has three primary goals, which are to:
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Analyze, synthesize, and disseminate data and information to relevant stakeholders regarding the extent to which the RCORP initiative has improved health care in rural areas;
- Provide timely analysis and synthesis of RCORP award recipient-reported data and information reported to HRSA;
- Utilize RCORP award recipient-reported data, in conjunction with secondary data sources, to determine progress, trends, technical assistance needs, successes, and emerging areas of concern;
- In collaboration with HRSA, identify and communicate technical assistance needs gleaned from RCORP award recipient-reported data to the RCORPBHTCA recipient and RCORP-Centers of Excellence on Substance Use Disorder in an ongoing and timely manner;
- Utilize various platforms, including a public-facing website, to provide RCORP award recipients, rural communities, and the broader public with regularly updated data and information about the impact of RCORP on rural communities;
- Develop materials including, but not limited to, one-pagers, presentations, and posters, for various audiences to highlight key qualitative and quantitative findings from the RCORP initiative and their relevance to the broader rural behavioral health care field;
- Assess the extent to which RCORP programs are reaching the most disadvantaged sub-populations within rural communities; and
- In collaboration with HRSA, ensure that activities are aligned with and complement other FORHP- or HRSA-wide evaluation efforts.
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Strengthen the capacity of RCORP award recipients to collect, report, and disseminate data to enhance the quality and sustainability of their behavioral health care activities; and
- Provide regular and responsive technical assistance to RCORP award recipients to strengthen their ability to collect accurate and timely behavioral health care data, including data they are required to report to HRSA;
- Provide technical assistance to RCORP award recipients on how to disseminate data/information through a variety of mediums to secure community buy-in for their behavioral health care activities and inform their communities—and the broader public—about their efforts; and
- Develop materials including, but not limited to, one-pagers and presentations, that synthesize best practices in behavioral health care data collection identified by RCORP award recipients.
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Enhance rural communities’ ability to anticipate, prepare for, and respond to emerging behavioral health care issues, including substance use disorder (SUD)/opioid use disorder (OUD)-related issues that would further negatively affect rural communities.
- In collaboration with HRSA, provide data-driven recommendations for how to strengthen existing RCORP programs and target future RCORP funding to better meet the needs of rural communities;
- Identify and publicly disseminate examples of promising/innovative practices related to behavioral health care service delivery, sustainability strategies, and other pertinent topics and their replicability and applicability to other rural communities; and
- Provide written recommendations for future rural behavioral health care research topics, based on existing gaps in the literature and trends identified during the analysis of RCORP award recipient-reported data.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $5,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $5,000,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants include domestic public or private, non-profit and for-profit entities.
- Domestic faith-based and community-based organizations, tribes, and tribal organizations are also eligible to apply.
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