[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
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