Opportunity Information: Apply for HRSA 23 048
The Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP) Rural Centers of Excellence on Substance Use Disorder (RCORP-RCOE) is a multi-year funding opportunity from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Its core aim is to reduce illness and deaths linked to substance use disorder (SUD), including opioid use disorder (OUD), specifically in rural communities. Unlike many grant programs that focus mainly on service delivery, this one is designed to strengthen the national evidence base by testing what actually works in rural places, under real-world rural conditions, and then packaging those findings so other rural communities can realistically adopt them.
HRSA plans to fund three separate Centers of Excellence, each with a distinct focus area: one Center focused on SUD prevention, one on SUD treatment, and one on SUD recovery. Each Center is expected to design, implement, and evaluate a set of community-based pilot projects over a five-year period of performance. Applicants initially propose five pilot projects tied to their Center's theme, but after awards are made HRSA will work with each funded Center to finalize the specific set of projects, with four final projects selected in consultation with HRSA. HRSA also signals that final project selection may reflect emerging priorities from HHS/HRSA or changes in the field, and that projects may be modified after award to better align with current needs. The overall expectation is that the pilots will fill clear knowledge gaps and produce results that are credible, measurable, and useful beyond the original community.
A major requirement is that all pilot projects must take place exclusively in HRSA-designated rural areas. Projects can be local or regional, but they should be built with replication in mind, meaning the interventions and evaluation methods should be described clearly enough, and designed practically enough, that other rural communities could adapt them. During Year 1, Centers generally begin implementing their interventions, and during Years 2 through 5 they are expected to maintain and expand the work, replicate approaches where appropriate, and deepen the analysis and evaluation to better understand impact and sustainability over time.
Evaluation and dissemination are central to the program, not add-ons. Each Center must present detailed plans to measure effectiveness and translatability, then share outcomes, lessons learned, and practical implementation guidance through multiple channels such as publications, conference presentations, toolkits, and other communication formats. At a minimum, awardees must also develop and regularly contribute to a joint Clearinghouse, with an emphasis on identifying predictors of SUD treatment response. In other words, HRSA is pushing the Centers not only to test interventions, but also to help the field understand which approaches work best for which populations and under what rural conditions.
Although the cooperative agreement is rooted in the opioid crisis, HRSA explicitly recognizes that polysubstance use is common. Because of that, Centers may use RCORP-RCOE funds to address other substances alongside opioids, including psychostimulants, alcohol, and tobacco, as long as the work remains aligned with the broader goal of improving SUD prevention, treatment, and recovery outcomes in rural communities. Applicants are also encouraged to build proposals that intentionally address inequities and poorer outcomes experienced by historically underserved populations, with examples including racial and ethnic minorities, pregnant people, adolescents and youth, LGBTQ individuals, veterans, people with low income, older adults, and individuals with disabilities.
This opportunity is structured as a cooperative agreement, which typically means HRSA expects an ongoing partnership role rather than a hands-off grant relationship, especially around finalizing pilots and aligning the work with federal priorities. HRSA anticipates making three awards total. The funding opportunity number is HRSA-23-048 under CFDA 93.155, with an award ceiling of $3,333,333. The opportunity was posted May 5, 2023, with an original application deadline of June 20, 2023. Eligibility is listed broadly as "Others" with additional eligibility details provided in the full notice, indicating that prospective applicants need to check the specific eligibility language in the official announcement to confirm they qualify.Apply for HRSA 23 048
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Rural Communities Opioid Response Program – Rural Centers of Excellence on Substance Use Disorder" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.155.
- This funding opportunity was created on May 05, 2023.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Jun 20, 2023. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $3,333,333.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 3 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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