This grant opportunity under the Rural Behavioral Health Workforce Centers – Northern Border Region aims to improve behavioral health care services in rural areas by educating and training health professionals and community members to care for individuals with substance use disorder. Supported by HRSA and the Northern Border Regional Commission, the program focuses on developing training programs, mentorship, and enhancing the capacity of rural health care providers to address behavioral health needs. Objectives include forming strategic networks, assessing needs in rural areas, implementing training programs, addressing health equity and stigma, and ensuring program accessibility across the target rural service area.
Opportunity ID: 333176
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | HRSA-21-117 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Rural Behavioral Health Workforce Centers – Northern Border Region |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Health |
| Category Explanation: | https://grants.hrsa.gov/2010/Web2External/Interface/FundingCycle/ExternalView.aspx?fCycleID=52e70332-02bf-40e0-a77d-05edf8bbf5ec |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 4 |
| Assistance Listings: | 93.912 — Rural Health Care Services Outreach, Rural Health Network Development and Small Health Care Provider Quality Improvement |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | May 27, 2021 |
| Last Updated Date: | May 27, 2021 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 28, 2021 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jun 28, 2021 |
| Archive Date: | Aug 27, 2021 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $1,500,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $375,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Eligible applicants include all domestic public or private, non-profit or for-profit entities.
Eligible entities must be physically located in New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, or Maine, and must have demonstrated experience serving eligible rural counties and rural census tracts in the NBRC service region, as listed in Appendix A. Eligible entities must be located within the state for which they are applying. For example, an applicant organization applying to serve New York must be physically located within New York. Applicants may only apply to serve one of the four states listed above. Applicants must include in their target rural service area all eligible rural NBRC counties and census tracts for the state in which they are applying, as listed in Appendix A. Note that services and resources supported by this funding must be available and easily accessible throughout the entire target rural service area. However, it is acceptable to more actively focus on communities with disproportionate levels of need within the target rural service area. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Health Resources and Services Administration |
| Description: | This notice announces the opportunity to apply for funding under the Rural Behavioral Health Workforce Centers – Northern Border Region (“RBHWCs”). The RBHWCs are a part of the Rural Communities Opioid Response Program, a multi-year HRSA initiative with the goal of reducing morbidity and mortality resulting from substance use disorder (SUD), including opioid use disorder (OUD), in high risk rural communities. The RBHWCs will advance RCORP’s overall goal by improving behavioral health care services in rural areas through educating and training health professionals and community members to care for individuals with behavioral health disorders, including SUD. This program supports HRSA’s collaboration with the Northern Border Regional Commission (NBRC) to provide career and workforce training activities within the four-state NBRC region, in order to assist individuals with behavioral health needs, particularly SUD. To this end, the RBHWCs will utilize a multi-sectoral, collaborative approach to enhance behavioral health care delivery within eligible rural NBRC counties and census tracts (see Appendix A) by developing and implementing training and mentorship programs focused on building the skills and capacity of rural health care providers, paraprofessionals, non-clinical staff, and community members to care for individuals with behavioral health care needs. In support of this goal, the RBHWCs will work towards achieving the following five objectives: Objective 1: Form and sustain a multi-sectoral strategic network of key behavioral health and community services partners from across the target rural service area, to support the development and implementation of training and mentorship programs as well as recruitment of participants. Objective 2: Assess resources, needs, and opportunities in the target rural service area as they relate to the program goal to inform future activities of the program, including an initial assessment in year one and ongoing updates in years two through three. Objective 3: In collaboration with the strategic network, develop and implement training and mentorship programs that address identified gaps in the skills and capacity of rural health care providers, paraprofessionals, non-clinical staff, and community members to care for individuals with behavioral health needs. Objective 4: In collaboration with the strategic network, develop and implement training and mentorship programs that address health equity and stigma as it relates to behavioral health. HRSA-21-117 2 Objective 5: Ensure that trainings and mentorship programs are available, accessible, and well-known throughout the entire target rural service area. |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration
sodonnell@hrsa.gov Email:sodonnell@hrsa.gov |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
Related Documents
Folder 333176 Full Announcement-HRSA-21-117 -> FORHP HRSA-21-117 (U2S) RBHWC-NBRC FINAL.pdf
Folder 333176 Other Supporting Documents-FAQ -> FAQs_HRSA-21-117 RBHWC-NBRC.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration sodonnell@hrsa.gov Email: sodonnell@hrsa.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93.912 | HRSA-21-117 | Rural Behavioral Health Workforce Centers – Northern Border Region | PKG00267412 | May 27, 2021 | Jun 28, 2021 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
333176 SF424_3_0-3.0.pdf
333176 AttachmentForm_1_2-1.2.pdf
333176 PerformanceSite_3_0-3.0.pdf
333176 ProjectNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
333176 GG_LobbyingForm-1.1.pdf
333176 BudgetNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
333176 SF424A-1.0.pdf
333176 Key_Contacts_2_0-2.0.pdf
333176 Project_AbstractSummary_2_0-2.0.pdf
Optional forms
333176 SFLLL_2_0-2.0.pdf
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