Rural Health Care Coordination Grant  –  $750,000 

Three-year project focused on bringing together rural primary care providers, suicide prevention resources, suicide intervention, prevention, and postvention, and specialty behavioral health providers to coordinate services related to suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention.

Rural Communities Opioid Response Program Planning Grant – $200,000

18-month planning project serving 9 rural counties focused on reducing opioid use disorder by increasing primary care teams’ confidence in managing OUD and providing MOUD. Conducted a needs assessment, built a consortium, developed a strategic plan, provided training and resources.  

Rural Communities Opioid Response Program Implementation Grant – $1,000,000

3-year project focused on connecting and supporting a broad network of community partners, state agencies, peer support specialists, and healthcare teams in a comprehensive program focused on educating rural communities, destigmatizing opioid use disorders, linking scarce critical resources, and providing high-quality services that ultimately eliminate overdose deaths.

Arkansas Rural  Opioid Use Team Education (A-Route)

The Arkansas Rural Opioid Use Team Education Consortium envisions a high-functioning network of community partners, providers, and healthcare teams collaborating to educate the community, destigmatize opioid use disorders and provide high-quality services that ultimately eliminate overdose deaths.