The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2022 Rural Opioid Technical Assistance Regional Centers (ROTA-R) cooperative agreements.
Donor Name: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 06/14/2022
Size of the Grant: $650,000
Grant Duration: 2 years
Details:
The purpose of this program is to implement regional centers of excellence to develop and disseminate training and technical assistance addressing opioid and stimulant misuse affecting rural communities. Recipients are expected to facilitate the identification of model programs, develop and update materials related to the prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery activities for opioid use disorder (OUD) and/or stimulant use disorder, and ensure that high-quality training is provided.
Funding Information
- Estimated Award Amount: Up to $650,000 per year per award.
Grant Period
- Length of Project Period: Up to 2 (two) years.
Allowable Activities
Recipients may use cooperative agreement funds to provide any allowable activities if it does not interfere with or prevent the recipient from performing all required activities and serving the total number of unduplicated individuals each year of the cooperative agreement. Allowable activities may include:
- Provide enhanced and tailored training and TA opportunities related to opioid and/or stimulant use disorder prevention and treatment for specific populations.
- Develop and provide training and other resource materials for a variety of audiences and populations (e.g., clinical supervisors, human resource managers, administrators and state/territory agency or Tribes/Tribal Organization staff, frontline counseling staff, racial and ethnic and LGBTQ+ populations, etc.).
- Develop, implement, and/or participate in activities aimed at upgrading standards of professional practice for providers of mental and substance use disorders prevention and treatment services, including working with academic institutions that train and educate students for these professions.
- Develop strategies and materials to enhance recruitment and retention of mental and substance use disorders treatment practitioners with a specific focus on practitioners to provide services in rural communities
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants are public or nonprofit entities, States, political subdivisions of States, Indian tribes, or tribal organizations (as such terms are defined in section 5304 of title 25), health facilities, or programs operated by or in accordance with a contract or grant with the Indian Health Service
- Tribal organization means the recognized body of any AI/AN tribe; any legally established organization of AI/ANs which is controlled, sanctioned or chartered by such governing body, or which is democratically elected by the adult members of the Indian community to be served by such organization and which includes the maximum participation of AI/ANs in all phases of its activities. Consortia of tribes or tribal organizations are eligible to apply, but each participating entity must indicate its approval. A single tribe in the consortium must be the legal applicant, the recipient of the award, and the entity legally responsible for satisfying the grant requirements.
- Urban Indian Organization (UIO) (as identified by the Indian Health Service Office of Urban Indian Health Programs through active Title V grants/contracts) means a nonprofit corporate body situated in an urban center governed by an urban Indian-controlled board of directors and providing for the maximum participation of all interested individuals and groups, which body is capable of legally cooperating with other public 19 and private entities for the purpose of performing the activities described in 503(a) of 25 U .S.C. § 1603. UIOs are not tribes or tribal governments and do not have the same consultation rights or trust relationship with the federal government.
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