Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP)-Planning
Funds planning activities for rural communities to build partnerships and foundational capacity for future substance use disorder and opioid response services; no direct service delivery is allowed.
⚑ Planning activities only; funds may not be used for direct service delivery. · Domestic public or private, nonprofit or for-profit entities are eligible. · Rural community focus; award is for startup/planning support rather than implementation.
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| IPPRA | 54 partial | portfolio topic: public_health (primary); signature methods: community engaged, policy analysis; social/behavioral work is central; funds technical assistance, not research (capped); capped at 54 (non-research funding) |
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 25 weak | technical depth: minor; funds technical assistance (capped) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 10 none | deep-tech content; no commercialization signal |
Description
Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP)-Planning supports organizations in rural communities to build the partnerships and foundational capacity needed to develop, implement and sustain a comprehensive system of substance use disorder (SUD) and related services. RCORP"s focus is on opioid misuse and its impact on rural America. However, HRSA recognizes that people who misuse opioids often struggle with other substances as well, including alcohol. Individuals struggling with SUD, including opioid use disorder (OUD), need a continuum of mental, behavioral, and related social supports. RCORP-Planning helps address these needs in a comprehensive way.This program is intended for rural communities that may find the logistics or requirements of larger, more complex federal grant programs to be barriers to accessing start-up support. Funding will serve as a critical first step to creating SUD service systems that make care easy to access, strengthen the behavioral health workforce, and have strong community buy-in. It will help prepare communities to provide sustainable prevention, treatment, recovery, and other supportive services that:reduce substance use initiation and misuse,address the mental, behavioral, and psychosocial needs of people who use illicit substances or misuse alcohol, or are in recovery from substance use problems, andreduce disease and death related to substance use problems, including OUD, in high-risk rural communities.The intent of this program is to fund planning activities only. Funds may not be used for direct service delivery.
Eligibility
You can apply if you are a domestic public or private, non-profit or for-profit entity. "Domestic" means the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
Apply
View on Grants.gov → CONTACT: Health Resources and Services Administration <ruralopioidresponse@hrsa.gov>
Proposal brief SEE AN EXAMPLE →
A one-page internal memo: fit assessment, submission requirements, document scaffold, and next steps dated back from the deadline — tailored to your project idea if you add one.
Proposal shell · HHS services agencies (SAMHSA / HRSA / CDC / ACF) conventions SEE AN HHS EXAMPLE →
Funder-faithful document skeletons — HHS services agencies (SAMHSA / HRSA / CDC / ACF)'s document set with section headings, page limits, reviewer guidance, and writing prompts; add a project idea to get [DRAFT] starter bullets. Download as .md for Word or Overleaf.
Legacy IPPRA LLM assessment (v2.0, for comparison)
68/100 · gpt-5.4-mini · 2026-07-06
This is a strong public health fit because it funds planning for rural opioid/substance-use response systems, behavioral health workforce, and community buy-in—areas where IPPRA could contribute survey, evaluation, and implementation research on attitudes, barriers, and service adoption. However, it is primarily a planning grant for service-system development rather than a research competition, so the relevance is strong but not core-research level. Public universities are eligible as domestic entities, so eligibility is favorable for a University of Oklahoma-led or partnered application.
Legacy scoring history
| 2026-07-06 | 68 | gpt-5.4-mini | This is a strong public health fit because it funds planning for rural opioid/substance-use response systems, behavioral health workforce, and community buy-in—areas where IPPRA could contribute survey, evaluation, and implementation research on attitudes, barriers, and service adoption. However, it is primarily a planning grant for service-system development rather than a research competition, so the relevance is strong but not core-research level. Public universities are eligible as domestic entities, so eligibility is favorable for a University of Oklahoma-led or partnered application. |
| 2026-07-06 | 62 | gpt-5.4-mini | This is a strong public health and crisis-response planning opportunity focused on opioid misuse, behavioral health, and rural community capacity-building. IPPRA could contribute on the human factors side through survey research, needs assessment, risk/health communication, and evaluation of community buy-in and service-system readiness. Public universities are eligible, though the award is planning-only and not direct service delivery. |