Friday, May 9, 2025
5/9/2025
Rural Communities Opioid Response Program-Overdose Response - 1. Project Title: Southern Plains Tribal Health Board-RCORP-OR Initiative 2. Requested Award Amount: $300,000 3. Applicant Organization Name: Southern Plains Tribal Health Board/Oklahoma Area Tribal Epidemiology Center 4. Applicant Organization Address: 9705 N Broadway Extn, Suite 200, OKC, OK 73114 5. Applicant Organization Facility Type: Tribal Organization, Non-profit 503c 6. Project Director Name and Title: Amber Martinez, Program Manager 7. Project Director Contact Information: 405-835-6806, amartinez@spthb.org 8. EIN/DUNS Number Exception Request in Attachment 8? No. 9. How the Applicant First Learned About the Funding Opportunity: RCORP Project Officer Newsletter 10. Is the Applicant Organization a previous or current RCORP Award Recipient or Consortium Member? No. 11. Indicate if Applicant Organization intends to apply for FY22 RCORP- Implementation? No. 12. Does the target service area overlap with the service areas of the Northern Border Regional Commission, the Delta Regional Authority, or the Appalachian Regional Commission? No. 13. RCORP-OR target service area (must be exclusively rural, as defined by the Rural Health Grants Eligibility Analyzer): a. Fully Rural Counties: All eligible rural counties in Oklahoma. For more information, please see the target population. b. Partially-Rural Counties: Canadian. 14. Brief Description of the Target Population: The population of focus for this project is Native American / American Indian’s (NA/AIs) residing in the 59 designated rural counties of Oklahoma who are at risk for substance use disorder and opioid use disorder. The SPTHB has a long history of working closely with the Tribes of the Southern Plains. Of the 43 federally recognized tribes served, SPTHB has developed meaningful partnerships with all of them and has provided direct funding to over half of them. 15. Project Summary: The SPTHB-RCORP-OR Initiative implement the following strategies and activities to support the overall goal of the one-year RCORP HRSA initiative: Strategy 1: Provide funding, support, and sustainability to the established SPTHB SovereignME Harm Reduction Initiative (current funding ends 5/31/2023). This strategy provides an immediate response to the opioid crisis in rural tribal communities. Activity 1(1): Purchase and distribute naloxone, fentanyl test strips and other relevant, harm reduction supplies (full list attached) within the target population noted above. Activity 2 (9): Establish services to reduce transmission of infectious disease, such as, but not limited to, hepatitis A and B vaccinations, pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV, hepatitis C treatment, etc. Activity 3: SPTHB will work with KAT Media (a Native owned marketing company/partner) to create an anti-stigma and marketing campaign for the SovereignME Harm Reduction Initiative. Strategy 2: Improve the quality and sustainability of rural SUD/OUD health care services by supporting and training rural, tribal peer recovery support specialists, other behavioral healthcare staff, and medical healthcare providers. Activity 1 (5): Training peer recovery support specialists and coordinating placements and partnerships in and with relevant local tribal facilities and other SUD/OUD service delivery sites. Activity 2 (8): Provide Continuing Education Units (CEU) the annual SPTHB Tribal Public Health Training Summit, and provide Continuing Medical Education Units that are recognized by the respective boards by offering a culturally competent safer prescribing training. Strategy 3: Address the immediate needs of tribal rural communities by improving access to and capacity for treatment and recovery services for SUD/OUD. Activity 1 (12): Establishing social services to support individuals in recovery, such as childcare services during doctor’s appointments, transportation to treatment and counseling, connections to job opportunities.
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