Key points
The CDC Injury Center prioritizes funding for the prevention of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), overdose, and suicide. This page shows how funds were appropriated in the state of Alaska in FY22.
Overdose prevention funding - Alaska
There were 106,699 drug overdose deaths in the United States in 2021 (32.4 deaths per 100,000 standard population), a 16% increase from 2020.1
Total overdose prevention funding in Alaska
- Alaska State Award: $2,633,274
- Overdose Response Strategy: $74,500*
- AK Fentanyl Response Project Community Innovation Award: $90,000
*average award amount
Examples of how Alaska is working to prevent overdose
Increased naloxone training
Alaska's Division of Public Health Nursing (SOPHN) coordinated, consulted, communicated, and conducted substance misuse prevention and awareness activities through engagement with public safety organizations. SOPHN directly linked available resources with local public safety officials and first responders to implement naloxone training and "train the trainer" education.
Increased harm reduction efforts
Alaska implemented a screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment approach at 16 public health centers to reduce the prevalence of adverse consequences of substance use. Alaska also collaborated with local health entities, tribal health organizations, local officials, school districts, local public safety partners, and first responders to expand its substance use prevention outreach and improve community health.
- Spencer MR, Miniño AM, Warner M. Drug overdose deaths in the United States, 2001–2021. NCHS Data Brief, no 457. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2022. DOI: https://dx.doi. org/10.15620/cdc:122556
- NVSS – Drug Overdose Deaths