ForecastAtlas Opportunity Score 88/100
HRSA FY 2027 Rural Communities Opioid Response Program — Evaluation
HRSA forecasts one $5 million cooperative agreement to evaluate rural behavioral-health strategies across RCORP and develop reusable evaluation tools for rural communities.
Funding$5,000,000 total forecasted program funding; 1 expected cooperative agreement with a $5,000,000 forecast award floor and ceiling; no cost share or match required.
DeadlineForecasted NOFO posting January 23, 2027; estimated application due March 23, 2027; estimated project start September 1, 2027. Final timing will be controlled by the posted NOFO.
Last verifiedSeptember 2, 2026
Required next actionOrganizations with strong rural-health evaluation, implementation-science, behavioral-health analytics and national technical-assistance capacity should validate relevant HRSA-designated rural geography, inventory prior RCORP evaluation experience, identify data and rural-community partners, and monitor HRSA-27-041 for the final NOFO expected January 23, 2027. Reconfirm final methodology, data-access, partnership, budget and submission requirements before committing resources.
Broad Eligibility
The current federal forecast allows domestic public or private, nonprofit or for-profit entities, including state, county and local governments, Tribal governments and organizations, public housing authorities, independent school districts, public and private institutions of higher education, nonprofits, small businesses and other for-profit organizations. RCORP Evaluation activities may only support HRSA-designated rural counties and rural census tracts; the final NOFO will control.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score 88/100. This is a large but specialized one-award cooperative agreement centered on evaluation of rural behavioral-health strategies and creation of tools and resources for future community-led rural health initiatives. It is most relevant to organizations with substantial evaluation, implementation-science, data, research or national technical-assistance capacity rather than typical local service providers. N9+ Direct Vendor Fit 0/100: the forecast is for program evaluation and resource development, not clinical equipment, telehealth delivery or connected examination technology.
The Health Resources and Services Administration has forecast a FY 2027 Rural Communities Opioid Response Program (RCORP) Evaluation cooperative agreement to evaluate the impact of rural behavioral-health strategies and methods used across the RCORP initiative and to develop evaluation tools and resources for rural communities.
HRSA currently forecasts $5 million in total program funding and one $5 million cooperative agreement, with no cost-share requirement. The estimated NOFO posting date is January 23, 2027, the estimated application due date is March 23, 2027, and the anticipated project start is September 1, 2027. These dates, award terms and application requirements remain forecast information until HRSA posts the final NOFO.
Eligibility is broad across domestic public and private, nonprofit and for-profit entities, including governments, Tribal entities, independent school districts, institutions of higher education, nonprofits and businesses. Evaluation activities may only support HRSA-designated rural counties and rural census tracts.
Source verificationOfficial government source · simpler.grants.govAtlas last verified this record September 2, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗
