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Federal Office of Rural Health Policy RCORP Update Missouri Rural Health Conference August 20, 2019. Marcia Colburn Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The Federal Office of Rural Health Policy Organizational Set-Up.
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Federal Office of Rural Health Policy RCORP UpdateMissouri Rural Health ConferenceAugust 20, 2019 Marcia Colburn Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
The Federal Office of Rural Health PolicyOrganizational Set-Up Community-Based Division Hospital-State Division • Pilot Programs for Rural Communities • Expanding the Community Health Gateway • Public Health Programs • Black Lung and Radiation Exposure • Grants Focusing on Performance and Quality Improvement for Small Rural Hospitals • State Offices of Rural Health Policy Research Division Office for the Advancement of Telehealth • Policy and Regulatory Analysis • Research • Telehealth Network Grants • Telehealth Resource Centers • Licensure and Portability FY 2019: The Rural Community Opioids Response Program
Rural Opioid Community Response Program (RCORP)Background • Created in FY18 with $130 million appropriation Goal:“To support treatment for and prevention of substance use disorder . . .[in] rural communities at the highest risk for substance use disorder.” • $100 million for grants and cooperative agreements • $30 million for National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment awards • Multiple RCORP initiatives awarded in FY18, FY19 and planned for FY20:https://www.hrsa.gov/rural-health/rcorp • Part of HRSA-wide initiative to combat the opioid epidemic among vulnerable and underserved populations https://www.hrsa.gov/opioids 5
New RCORP Investments $80 Million-80 rural consortium RCORP-Implementation to implement a set of prevention, treatment, and recovery activities. $8.25Million - 12 recipients received RCORP-Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) Expansion awards of up to $725,000each to establish and/or expand MAT $6.6 Million- 3 recipients to establish Centers of Excellence on Substance Use Disorders (CoEs) to identify, translate, disseminate, and implement evidence-based and SUD promising practices $3 Million- 1 Evaluation team to evaluate the impact of the RCORP initiatives, develop evaluation tools and resources for use in rural communities, and to inform future rural health initiatives $3 Million- (supplemental funding to existing provider) – Technical Assistance to increase for all RCORP awardees, to include site visits and other support to additional awardees.
Missouri Received $8,000,000 RCORP Implementation Funding-FY2019
Missouri Received $1,200,000 RCORP Planning Funding-FY2019 Missouri Missouri received 6 awards, totaling $1,200,000 in funding.
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Contact Information Marcia Colburn Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP)Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Email: mcolburn@hrsa.gov Web: hrsa.gov/ruralhealth/