The CDC plans to award more than $12 million to 20 states and the District of Columbia to support responses to the opioid overdose epidemic. The new funding brings the number of recipients to 32.
States can use the funds to report nonfatal and fatal opioid overdose and risk factors linked to fatal overdoses more quickly, share data with key stakeholders, and share data with the CDC to improve multistate surveillance and response.
Fourteen states currently get funding under the Prescription Drug Overdose: Prevention for States (PfS) program, and another 8 will get $4.8 million. The money will allow states to enhance prescription drug-monitoring programs and implement and evaluate strategies to improve safe opioid prescribing practices.