Project Grant G4250039

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Rural Communities Opioid Response Program-Overdose Response grant, administered by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy under the Rural Healthcare Services Programs (CFDA 93.912), awarded $300,000 to New Horizons Community Service Board for a 12-month project period beginning September 1, 2025. The project, titled "Closing the Gaps in SOWEGA," delivers direct prevention, treatment, and recovery services addressing substance use disorder...

About Our Kids Inc. (AOK) received a $200,000 Project Grant from the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy under the Rural Healthcare Services Programs (CFDA 93.912) Rural Health Network Development Planning Program, effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. The award supports the development of ORBIT 3.0 (Opioids: Rural Battle Implementation & Targets), a rural health network serving Barton and Dade Counties, Missouri—both designated Health Professional Shortage Areas. The planning...

Summary Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center (SEKMHC) received a $1.2 million Project Grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Rural Healthcare Services Programs (CFDA 93.912) for the period of September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. This Rural Communities Opioid Response Program – Pathways award supports the establishment of a comprehensive network of educators and behavioral health professionals to deliver youth-centered behavioral healthcare support...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), under CFDA 93.279 Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs, provides $3,503,736 to Seattle Children's Hospital (doing business as Seattle Children's Research Institute) to develop and test a multilevel substance use disorder (SUD) and overdose prevention strategy for rural youth involved in county juvenile court systems. The project aims to collaboratively co-design the prevention strategy and an implementation...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Rural Behavioral Health Institute received a $250,000 Project Grant from the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy under the Rural Healthcare Services Programs (CFDA 93.912) on August 1, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2029. The award funds an expansion of the Screening Linked to Care (SLTC) program, a school-based mental health initiative serving 7,500 students in grades 6-12 across 12 rural Illinois counties annually. The program delivers evidence-based...

Federal Grant Award Summary The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) awarded $900,000 to Lubbock Regional Mental Health Mental Retardation Center (doing business as Lubbock Regional MHMR/Starcare Specialty Health System) under the Rural Healthcare Services Programs (CFDA 93.912) to implement the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program–Overdose Response initiative. The 12-month project, effective September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2026, targets Cochran, Crosby, Lynn, and...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary The Arkansas Behavioral Health Integration Network (ABHIN) received a $1.2 million Project Grant from the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy under the Rural Healthcare Services Programs (CFDA 93.912) effective September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2028. The Arkansas Rural Opioid Use Team Education Pathways (AROUTE-P) initiative addresses critical behavioral health (BH) workforce shortages across six rural North Arkansas counties—Carroll, Boone, Newton,...

Federal Grant Award Summary Rio Arriba County received a $600,000 Project Grant from the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy under the Rural Healthcare Services Programs (CFDA 93.912) for the period of September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2026. The award supports the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program-Overdose Response initiative, which addresses New Mexico's critically elevated drug overdose mortality rate of 49 per 100,000 people—50% above the national rate of 32.9 per 100,000. Rio...

Federal Grant Award Summary ST. Francis House Nwa, Inc., doing business as Community Clinic, received a $600,000 Project Grant award dated September 1, 2025, through the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy under the Rural Healthcare Services Programs (CFDA 93.912) to implement the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program-Overdose Response (RCORP-OR) initiative. The 12-month project, concluding August 31, 2026, targets opioid overdose reduction in rural Benton County, Arkansas, and Delaware...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Southwest Washington Regional Health Alliance received a $900,000 project grant award dated September 1, 2025, through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the Rural Healthcare Services Programs (CFDA 93.912). The award supports the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program-Overdose Response initiative, operating through August 31, 2026, in Klickitat and Skamania Counties, Washington. The grant funds delivery of integrated opioid and...