| View this in your browser December 23, 2024 RCORP - Overdose Response View the Notice of Funding Opportunity on Grants.gov and apply by March 10. The Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP) – Overdose Response is a one-year program supporting improved health care in rural areas by addressing their immediate and short-term needs related to the provision of substance use disorder services. RCORP – Overdose Response aims to reduce and prevent the risk of overdoses in rural areas. HRSA will make approximately 20 awards of up to $300,000 each. The RCORP-Overdose Response Program will support specific, short-term substance use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery activities, as well as work related to capacity building, supportive services, and special populations. Allowable activities are defined in the notice of funding opportunity. Eligible organizations include all domestic public or private, non-profit, or for-profit entities. FORHP will hold a webinar for applicants on Thursday January 30, 2025 at 3:00 pm Eastern. Log-information is below: A technical assistance webinar via Zoom will be held for applicants on Thursday January 30, at 2:00 pm Eastern. For more information about this funding opportunity, contact the Program Coordinator, Diana Wang, at ruralopioidresponse@hrsa.gov. Delta Health Systems Implementation Program View the Notice of Funding Opportunity on Grants.gov and apply by March 20 The Delta Health Systems Implementation Program is open and accepting applications for the program's two-year period of performance that begins in September 2025. HRSA expects to grant five awards, each up $400,000 for a two-year project to improve financial sustainability of provider organizations and increase access to care. Eligible applicants include small rural hospitals, Critical Access Hospitals, Rural Health Clinics, tribal healthcare facilities, and other healthcare organizations located in a rural county or parish in the Delta region. Applicants must propose projects based on recommendations received from previous technical assistance (TA) provided through the Delta Region Community Health Systems Development Program or another similar TA program within the last five years. Examples of implementation projects include, but are not limited to: - Financial and Operational: developing new service lines, increasing inpatient and swing bed volume, increasing outpatient services, implementing revenue cycle best practices to increase point of service collections, and optimizing emergency department operations.
- Quality: reducing readmissions, improving transitions of care and discharge planning, implementing performance measurement systems, clinical documentation integrity training, and utilizing data analytics.
- Telehealth: expanding telehealth services and enhancing cybersecurity.
- Workforce: recruitment initiatives, implementing new technology to increase clinical efficiency, simulation training for clinicians, and leadership training such as rounding to improve patient and employee satisfaction.
A technical assistance webinar via Zoom will be held for applicants on Wednesday, January 8, at 1:00 pm Eastern. For more information about this funding opportunity, contact the Program Coordinator, Suzanne Snyder, at RuralHospitals@hrsa.gov. | 
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