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 Kentucky in FY23.
Overdose prevention funding - Kentucky
There were 107,968 drug overdose deaths in the United States in 2022 (34.6 deaths per 100,000 standard population), a 1.2% increase from 2021.1
- There were 2,271 overdose deaths in Kentucky in 20222
- There were 53.2 overdose deaths per 100,000 people (age-adjusted) in Kentucky in 20222
Total overdose prevention funding in Kentucky
Overdose prevention programs
- Overdose Data to Action in States
- University of Kentucky Research Foundation: $5,407,419
- University of Kentucky Research Foundation: $5,407,419
- Public Health and Public Safety
- Overdose Response Strategy: $87,600*
- Overdose Response Strategy: $87,600*
- Research
- University of Kentucky: $748,889
- University of Kentucky: $362,500
- University of Kentucky: $748,889
*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