Opportunity Information: Apply for HRSA 20 012
The Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) Interprofessional Collaborative Practice Program (IPCP): Behavioral Health Integration (BHI) is a federal grant opportunity from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). It was offered as a discretionary funding opportunity using a cooperative agreement mechanism, which generally means recipients do the work locally but should expect close involvement and collaboration with HRSA during the project period. The overall focus is practical, patient-facing system change: expanding access to behavioral health services and improving the quality of those services by embedding behavioral health into primary care through team-based, interprofessional models, particularly in rural and underserved communities where shortages and access barriers are often most severe.
At the center of the program is the idea of interprofessional, nurse-led primary care teams that can provide integrated behavioral health care rather than treating physical health and behavioral health as separate lanes. In real-world terms, this typically points toward models where primary care and behavioral health providers coordinate care in a single setting or tightly connected workflow, supported by shared care plans, warm handoffs, and routine screening and follow-up for behavioral health needs. By emphasizing nurse-led teams, the opportunity highlights nursing leadership in care coordination and team-based practice, aiming to strengthen how nurses and nursing trainees function as core drivers of integrated care delivery.
A second major purpose of the opportunity is workforce development. Beyond improving patient access and service quality, the NEPQR BHI program is designed to increase training for both the current nursing workforce and the future pipeline of nurses. The goal is not only to add more training hours, but to deepen nursing competence in providing integrated behavioral health services in primary care settings. That can include building clinical skills, strengthening interprofessional communication, improving understanding of behavioral health conditions as they present in primary care, and reinforcing team-based workflows that make integration sustainable. The opportunity specifically calls out academic-practice partnerships as the vehicle for this, meaning projects are expected to connect education and training institutions with real clinical practice sites so that learning is aligned with the realities of delivering care in underserved environments.
The funding opportunity number for this program is HRSA-20-012, and it is associated with CFDA number 93.359. The posting lists an award ceiling of $500,000 and an expected 17 awards, indicating HRSA intended to fund a cohort of projects rather than a single large national award. The opportunity was created on December 4, 2019, with an original closing date of February 19, 2020. Eligibility is listed broadly as "Others" with additional clarification referenced in the full eligibility text, which typically signals that multiple organization types may be able to apply depending on how HRSA defined eligible entities for that specific cycle.
In summary, this grant opportunity is aimed at building and spreading effective behavioral health integration in primary care by supporting nurse-led, interprofessional team-based models in rural and underserved areas, while simultaneously strengthening the nursing workforce through structured academic-practice partnerships that prepare nurses to deliver integrated behavioral health care as a routine part of primary care.Apply for HRSA 20 012
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Nurse Education, Practice, Quality and Retention (NEPQR) Interprofessional Collaborative Practice Program (IPCP): Behavioral Health Integration (BHI)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.359.
- This funding opportunity was created on Dec 04, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Feb 19, 2020. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $500,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 17 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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