Texas ACEs, Overdose, and Suicide 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 Texas in FY22.

State of Texas

ACEs prevention funding - Texas

ACEs are preventable, potentially traumatic events that occur in childhood (0-17 years). Examples include neglect, experiencing or witnessing violence, or having a family member attempt or die by suicide.

Percentage of U.S. adults reported experiencing at least one ACE in Texas in 2020*1
  • 62.5%
Percentage of adults reported experiencing four or more ACEs in Texas in 2020*1
  • 16.1%

*ACE statistics are reported by U.S. adults and include exposure to eight types of ACEs: physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, witnessing intimate partner violence, household substance abuse, household mental illness, parental separation or divorce, and incarcerated household member.

Total ACEs prevention funding in Texas‎

CDC appropriated $15,000 for ACEs prevention activities in the state of Texas in FY22.
Youth Risk Behavior Survey
  • Texas Department of State Health Services: $15,000
Keep Reading: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Funding

Examples of how Texas is working to prevent ACEs

Surveillance Activities

The Texas Department of State Health Services is adding questions about experiencing ACEs to the Texas YRBS to provide representative state-wide estimates of ACEs for Texas public high school students.

Other Support for ACEs in Texas

Beyond the ACEs appropriation, CDC supports several initiatives, research, and partnerships to build state and tribal surveillance infrastructure and enhance ACEs prevention and mitigation.

In Texas, some of those other initiatives include:

Overdose prevention funding - Texas

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 2020.2

Overdose deaths in Texas in 20213
  • 4,984
Overdose deaths per 100,000 people (age-adjusted) in Texas in 20213
  • 16.8

Total overdose prevention funding in Texas‎

CDC appropriated $1,199,006 for overdose prevention activities in the state of Texas in FY22.
Overdose Data to Action
  • Harris County Local Award: $854,506
Public Health and Public Safety
  • Overdose Response Strategy: $74,500*
  • Recovery Resource Council Community Innovation Award: $270,00

*average award amount

Keep Reading: Overdose Prevention Funding

Examples of how Texas is working to prevent overdose

Centralized overdose surveillance dashboard

Harris County centralized all data sources of interest related to substance use in the county (i.e., Essence Syndromic Surveillance, Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, and the Institute of Forensic Science) to analyze both non-fatal and fatal overdoses in one database. The comprehensive dashboard is publicly available.

Emergency department trends and surveillance efforts

The Harris County Public Health Department worked in conjunction with the Overdose Data to Action surveillance team to develop reports that highlight emergency department trends related to specific areas of interest (i.e., opioids, heroin, crack, cocaine, marijuana, EMS overdose) in real-time or over a specific time frame.

Suicide prevention funding - Texas

Suicide deaths in Texas in 2021
  • 4,193
Suicide deaths per 100,000 people (age-adjusted) in Texas in 2021
  • 14.2

Total suicide prevention funding in Texas‎

CDC appropriated $44,733 for suicide prevention activities in the state of Texas in FY22.
Veteran Suicide Prevention
  • Combined Arms: $44,733
Keep Reading: Suicide Prevention Funding

Texas suicide prevention priorities

Texas is preventing suicide with CDC Injury Center funding by:A

  • Creating protective environments
  • Teaching coping and problem-solving skills
  • Identifying and supporting people at risk
  • Strengthening access and delivery of suicide care
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Content Source:
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
  1. This snapshot reflects suicide prevention priorities and activities under Year 1 funding of the Comprehensive Suicide Prevention (CSP) Program. This information is subject to change. For additional information, please see CSP: Program Profiles.
  1. Swedo EA, Aslam MV, Dahlberg LL, Niolon PH, Simon TR, Guinn AS, Mercy JA. Prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences Among U.S. Adults – Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey, 2011-2020. MMWR.
  2. 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
  3. NVSS – Drug Overdose Deaths