Opioid Workforce Expansion Program (OWEP) - Professionals and Paraprofessionals

NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY (HRSA-19-085 for Professionals and HRSA-19-089 for Paraprofessionals) Fiscal Year 2019 Application Due Date: May 7, 2019

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The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is accepting applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2019 Opioid Workforce Expansion Program (OWEP) funding opportunities. The application cycle closes on May 7, 2019.

The Opioid Workforce Expansion Program for Professionals’s (OWEP) purpose is to build upon existing HRSA investments to enhance community-based experiential training focused on Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) and other Substance Use Disorders (SUD) for students preparing to become behavioral health professionals. The OWEP for Paraprofessionals NOFO funds this same training for peer support specialists and other types of behavioral health-related paraprofessionals.

FY 2019 funding for OWEP for professionals is $39.3 million for approximately 29 awards and OWEP for paraprofessionals is $29.8 million to fund about 33 awards.

Technical Assistance

OWEP - Professionals

Date: Tuesday, March 19
Time: 1-2:30PM ET
Call-In: 888-989-9741
Passcode: 1266658 
Web link: https://hrsa.connectsolutions.com/opioid_workforce_expansion_program/

OWEP - Paraprofessionals

Date: Wednesday, March 20
Time: 1:30-3PM ET
Call-In: 888-843-6164
Passcode: 1266658 
Web link: https://hrsa.connectsolutions.com/opioid_workforce_expansion_program/