[March 20, 2019]  Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released an additional $487 million to supplement first-year funding through its State Opioid Response (SOR) grant program. The awards to states and territories are part of HHS’s Five-Point Opioid Strategy and the Trump administration’s tireless drive to combat the opioid crisis.

Together with the $933 million in second-year, continuation awards to be provided under this program later this year, the total amount of SOR grants to states and territories this year will total more than $1.4 billion.

This funding will expand access to treatment that works, especially to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) with appropriate social supports.

“One year ago this week, President Trump launched his national opioid initiative, which called for expanding access to compassionate, evidence-based treatment, including MAT. This week’s funding awards to states were possible because of legislation Congress passed and President Trump signed since then,” said HHS Secretary Alex Azar. “Our strategy is beginning to produce results, thanks to so many Americans working on the ground, in their own communities, to turn the tide on this crisis.”

The State Opioid Response grants administered by HHS’s Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) aim to address the opioid crisis by increasing access to MAT using the three Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved medications for the treatment of opioid use disorder, reducing unmet treatment need, and reducing opioid overdose-related deaths through the provision of prevention, treatment and recovery activities for opioid use disorder.

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Grantee Supplement Amounts

Alabama $7,174,439

Alaska $2,102,524

American Samoa $130,500

Arizona $10,580,576

Arkansas $2,699,458

California $36,457,252

Colorado $7,878,627

Connecticut $5,809,710

Delaware $6,574,372

District of Columbia $11,028,183

Federated States of Micronesia $130,500

Florida $26,129,676

Georgia $10,378,266

Guam $130,500

Hawaii $2,107,130

Idaho $2,146,028

Illinois $15,132,452

Indiana $9,472,850

Iowa $2,306,209

Kansas $2,112,683

Kentucky $16,431,436

Louisiana $6,128,230

Maine $2,308,700

Maryland $17,314,430

Massachusetts $18,729,196

Michigan $14,571,442

Minnesota $4,630,613

Mississippi $3,985,560

Missouri $9,586,028

Montana $2,103,853

Nebraska $1,000,000

Nevada $3,768,628

New Hampshire $11,996,921

New Jersey $11,257,470

New Mexico $2,770,397

New York $19,226,204

North Carolina $12,023,391

North Dakota $2,098,462

Northern Mariana Islands $130,500

Ohio $29,122,692

Oklahoma $3,993,464

Oregon $4,109,241

Pennsylvania $29,194,799

Rhode Island $6,574,635

South Carolina $7,440,757

South Dakota $2,098,099

Tennessee $9,679,492

Texas $24,131,586

Utah $4,154,404

Vermont $2,098,908

Virgin Islands $130,500

Virginia $8,252,814

Washington $11,261,155

West Virginia $14,630,361

Wisconsin $6,253,212

Wyoming $0 (state declined)

TOTAL $483,669,515