Overdose Data to Action: Limiting Overdose through Collaborative Actions in Localities (OD2A: LOCAL)

For programmatic or technical questions:
Yarkasah Paye
od2a_local@cdc.gov

For grants management or budget questions:
Darryl Mitchell
dvm1@cdc.gov

This program, OD2A: LOCAL, will provide funding for health departments to use data to drive actions that reduce overdose morbidity and mortality in communities, with a primary focus on opioids and/or stimulants.

Expected program outcomes:

• Decrease nonfatal and fatal drug overdoses, overall and especially among disproportionately affected and underserved populations, with a primary focus on overdoses involving opioids and/or stimulants, including polysubstance use
• Reduce health inequities related to overdose by closing gaps in access to care and services
• Integrate harm reduction strategies and principles
• Improve linkage to and re-engagement and retention in services, care, treatment, and recovery, focused on opioid use disorder (OUD) and stimulant use disorder (StUD)
• Build overdose surveillance infrastructure
• Track and address emerging drug threats
• Track linkage to and retention in care

Disproportionately affected and underserved populations include:

• Persons recently released from incarceration
• People experiencing homelessness
• Anyone who has experienced a non-fatal overdose
• Non-English speaking populations
• Rural communities
• Racial/ethnic minority groups
• Sexual and gender minority groups
• People experiencing certain social determinants of health such as reduced economic stability; limited educational attainment; limited healthcare access, including those who have been historically underserved or are uninsured; limited access to substance use treatment; limited health literacy; and geographically underserved areas
• People experiencing certain social or physical health conditions or experiences such as homelessness, a mental health condition, chronic pain, a disability, adverse childhood experiences, a history of suicidal ideation or suicide attempt, and history of substance use disorders and/or overdose

Eligible applicants include:

• County, city, township, and special district governments (health departments)
• Local governments or their bona fide agents
• Territorial governments or their bona fide agents in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau
• State controlled institutions of higher education

Expected average award: $2,300,000
Project period: 5 years
Estimated number of awards: 40
Estimated total program funding: $400,000,000

Links to the full announcement and online application process are available through grants.gov. The application instructions will be found on the related documents tab.

While not required, potential applicants are encouraged to email a letter of intent to od2a_local@cdc.gov by April 6, 2023.