On January 21st, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) released a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the 2020 Opioid-Impacted Family Support Program. This program supports training programs to increase the number of peer support specialists and other behavioral health-related paraprofessionals who provide services to children whose parents are impacted by opioid use disorders (OUD) and other substance use disorders (SUD) and their family members who are in guardianship roles. This program will also provide developmental opportunities and educational support to increase the number of paraprofessional trainees who complete pre-service training (i.e., Level I training, which includes didactic and experiential field training) and who enter in-service training (Level II training, which includes training at a registered Department of Labor apprenticeship site).
Approximately $11.5 million in total annual funding will be awarded to eligible organizations who will recruit peer support specialists and other behavioral health-related paraprofessional trainees into their program and provide them with the necessary training and financial support.
A summary of the NOFO and the full NOFO are attached. Applications are due on April 13th.