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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 Kentucky in FY22.
Overdose prevention funding - Kentucky
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 Kentucky
- Kentucky State Award: $7,170,148
- Overdose Response Strategy: $74,500*
- University of Kentucky: $362,500
- University of Kentucky: $735,284
*average award amount
Examples of how Kentucky is working to prevent overdose
Real-time treatment facility locator
Kentucky's FindHelpNowKY.org locator website helps individuals find a near-real-time substance use disorder treatment facility. Kentucky expanded the original website to share the website strategies and resources with neighboring state, Tennessee. Tennessee launched FindHelpNowTN.org in early 2023.
Mobile harm reduction unit
In Kentucky, naloxone education and kits were successfully distributed to community members at local events via a mobile harm reduction unit. In addition, partnerships with local businesses and outreach to hearing-impaired populations led to distribution of close to 1,000 two-dose units of naloxone statewide.
- 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