Illinois Overdose Prevention Funding

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 Illinois in FY22.

State of Illinois

Overdose prevention funding - Illinois

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

Overdose deaths in Illinois in 20212
  • 3,762
Overdose deaths per 100,000 people (age-adjusted) in Illinois in 20212
  • 29.0

Total overdose prevention funding in Illinois‎

CDC appropriated $6,032,413 for overdose prevention activities in the state of Illinois in FY22.
Overdose Data to Action
  • Illinois State Award: $4,625,566
  • City of Chicago Local Award: $1,332,347
Public Health and Public Safety
  • Overdose Response Strategy: $74,500*

*average award amount

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Examples of how Illinois is working to prevent overdose

Statewide alert system

After detecting major overdose spikes, the Illinois Overdose Response Strategy (ORS) team helped convene partners from state and local health departments and the Illinois Department of Human Services to create an alert system. This system provides real-time responses by sharing maps with identified clusters of overdose and emergency medical services data with local health departments, law enforcement, and reduction task forces.

Opioid overdose alert system

Chicago converted data from their opioid overdose alert system into an actionable response plan, advancing outreach efforts in persistent overdose hotspots. As a result, there are now teams and processes in place to respond to overdose spikes with naloxone, education, and linkages to additional resources via outreach events.

Launch of Opioid Recovery Hotline

Chicago piloted a statewide medication assisted recovery hotline that offers immediate telephonic prescriptions of buprenorphine and same- or next-day in-clinic methadone appointments. The hotline now accepts all patients regardless of insurance status, income, or documentation, and provides transportation means to all callers.

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National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
  1. 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
  2. NVSS – Drug Overdose Deaths