Friday, April 4, 2025
4/4/2025
Rural Communities Opioid Response-Implementation - 1. Project Title: Arkansas Rural Taskforce for Opioid Response (ARTOR) 2. Requested Award Amount: $1,000,000.00 3. Applicant Organization Name: Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care (AFMC) 4. Applicant Address: 1020 W. 4th St., Suite 300 Little Rock, AR 72201 5. Applicant Facility Type: Community-based Organization 501(c)3 non-profit 6. Project Director & Title: Alicia Neppl Grant Coordinator, Team Lead 7. Project Director Contact Information: (504) 804-9718 alicia.neppl@afmc.org 8. Are you a current FY20 or FY21 RCORP-I award recipient? Yes 9. EIN/DUNS Exception Request: No 10. How learned of opportunity? HRSA Project Officer 11. Number in Consortium: Five (5) Consortium Member Organization List: • Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care (AFMC) • 1st Choice Healthcare • Mid-South Health Systems, Inc. (Arisa Health) • East Arkansas Family Health Center • Unity Health OB/GYN Clinic 12. Previous or Current RCORP Award Recipient: AFMC is the applicant organization and recipient of the 1) FY2018 RCORP-Planning Award and 2) FY2020 RCORP-Implementation. 13. Target Population Description AFMC’s project will target specific populations in the catchment area who have historically suffered from poorer health outcomes and health disparities. These populations include justice system-involved, homeless, pregnant/postpartum, rural, and low income individuals. American Indian/Alaskan Native: none 14.Target Service Area • Fully Rural Arkansas Counties: Clay, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett, Randolph • Partially Rural Arkansas County: Craighead (rural census tract number: 05031001000) 15. Does target service area overlap with existing FY19 or FY20 RCORP-I award recipient’s service area? No AFMC, a quality improvement organization and lead Consortium member, will facilitate the Arkansas Rural Taskforce for Opioid Response (ARTOR) with committed healthcare organizations and others with interests in substance- or opioid-use disorder (SUD/OUD) to launch foundational prevention, treatment, and recovery core activities in a six-county area in Arkansas. The proposed catchment area, with HRSA-designated rural Arkansas counties (Clay, Craighead, Greene, Poinsett, Mississippi, and Randolph, Arkansas counties), is associated with high risk for drug overdose and minimal access to OUD/SUD treatment for residents. AFMC will partner with the following primary Consortium members: 1) 1st Choice Health Care is a non-profit, Joint Commission accredited, Federally Qualified Health Center, HRSA FTCA deemed, community-governed organization. 2) Mid-South Health Systems, Inc. (Arisa Health) is Arkansas’s leading integrated behavioral health system. Member affiliates integrate the professional staff and services of Professional Counseling Associates, Mid-South Health Systems, Ozark Guidance, and Counseling Associates. 3) Unity Health (OB/GYN Clinic) is a non-profit health system serving many surrounding counties; however, specifically providing services to pregnant, postpartum, and low-income women in Randolph County. 4) East Arkansas Family Health Center is a Federally Qualified Health Center located in the Mississippi Delta that provides services to underserved populations in Crittenden, Poinsett, Mississippi, and Phillips counties, whose mission is to provide accessible, affordable, comprehensive, and quality health care to communities, one patient at a time. The Consortium and community collaborators/stakeholders will engage in activities to increase access to treatment and improve outcomes for SUD/OUD; track data/outcomes services in the target area; offer peer mentoring and recovery services; help increase screening for SUD/OUD using evidence-based standardized screening tools; and implement a referral process to connect “at risk” target populations (low income, pregnant/ postpartum women, homeless, and individuals with justice system involvement) with AFMC’s peer recovery specialists.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).