Rural Response to the Opioid Crisis – Funding & Opportunities

Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program
Grants to expand the number of fellows at accredited Addiction Medicine Fellowship and Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship programs trained as addiction medicine specialists who work in underserved, community-based settings that integrate primary care with mental health disorders and substance use disorder prevention and treatment services.

Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program Grants
Grants to help rural communities use advanced telecommunications technology to connect to each other (and the world) overcoming the effects of remoteness and low population density. Projects that promote equity and economic opportunity in rural America are encouraged.

Rural Communities Opioid Response Program - Overdose Response
Grants to establish and/or expand substance use disorder (SUD) prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery services in targeted rural service areas.

Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use, Site-Based Program
Grants to develop, implement, and/or expand comprehensive programs in response to the overdose crisis and the impact of illicit opioids, stimulants, or other substances. The program provides resources to support state, local, tribal, and territorial efforts to reduce substance misuse and overdose deaths, increase access to prevention services, enhance harm reduction initiatives, expand treatment and recovery services, and develop and increase other resources and supports in the community and justice system.

Strategic Prevention Framework - Partnerships for Success for Communities and Tribes
Funding to use the SAMHSA Strategic Prevention Framework to expand and strengthen the capacity of local community substance abuse prevention providers to implement evidence-based prevention programs.

Youth Healing to Wellness Courts (Purpose Area 8): Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation (CTAS)
Funding for federally recognized tribes to develop and implement healing to wellness court programs that focus on the capacity of Tribal court to respond to the alcohol and substance use related issues of youth under the age of 21.

AmeriCorps VISTA Sponsoring Agency Request for Concept Papers
A national service program that provides resources and staffing for organizations and agencies working to alleviate poverty and address poverty-related problems in local communities.

Rural Communities Opioid Response Program - Pathways
Grants to create innovative new youth-focused, peer-driven behavioral healthcare support programs while also offering career pathway opportunities in rural communities.

Jail-based Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) Mentor Site Initiative
Peer-to-peer learning opportunity for jails interested in providing or enhancing medication-assisted treatment (MAT) services for individuals with substance use disorders.

Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) Training and Mentoring
Training to provide medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) for clinicians in high-need communities. Clinicians who complete the training may be priority applicants for some NHSC loan repayment programs.