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Massachusetts Overdose Data to Action (MA OD2A) grant

Award Number: NU17CE925012
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL
OPDIV: CDC
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: KDA (KNOWLEDGE/DEVELOPMENT/APPLICATION)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/01/2019
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2023

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Massachusetts Overdose Data to Action (MA OD2A) grant - While Massachusetts has made progress addressing the opioid epidemic, opioid addiction and overdose remains a serious public health emergency in the state. Massachusetts ranks among the top ten states with the highest rates of drug overdose deaths involving opioids with a 500% increase from 2000 to 2018. Encouragingly, over the last two years, the rate of overdose deaths has begun to decrease with an estimated 6% decrease from 2016 to 2018. Massachusetts has developed an interdisciplinary, comprehensive and cohesive response to the opioid epidemic that has support at the highest levels of leadership and that leverages additional state and federal resources. Using data to inform prevention efforts, the MA Department of Public Health (MDPH) aims to reduce opioid-related mortality and morbidity in Massachusetts over the next three years and has selected three of the surveillance strategies and all ten of the prevention strategies to address the unique characteristics of the opioid epidemic. The purpose of this proposal is to expand and enhance the state’s existing surveillance and prevention efforts along with creating several new initiatives that respond to identified needs. With CDC funding, the state will focus on the following outcomes: responding to the risk factors it uncovers in its surveillance to both treat and prevent opioid misuse by reducing the rate of fatal opioid-related overdoses, increasing and improving linkages to evidence-based treatment for Opioid Use Disorder, reducing the rate of ED visits due to opioid misuse and overdose, and reducing opioid-related deaths, including prescription and illicit opioid overdose rates. Specifically, MDPH will provide more timely quality data to the CDC by increasing the reporting frequency of syndromic and overdose death surveillance, enhancing comprehensive post-mortem toxicological testing of suspected opioid overdose deaths; and analyzing linked datasets for identification of risk and protective factors including the contribution of work-related injuries to opioid misuse. MDPH will enhance and expand its prevention approaches. To better understand the risk factors and inform prevention efforts, MDPH will enhance its tracking and examination of controlled substances prescriptions including data from other states, analyze data for identification of high-risk groups amenable to treatment and prevention efforts, provide tailored data to local groups, and supplement surveillance data by directly interviewing and surveying people who use drugs and other key informants to identify additional prevention opportunities. In addition, MDPH will develop and implement a new drug diversion program that monitors and investigates drug loss and a new prescriber notification system to improve prescriber behavior. Enhanced quantitative and qualitative data will inform MDPH’s opioid overdose interventions and prevention programs. MDPH has allocated 20% of the overall prevention funding to support community-level coalitions in high need municipalities that will use the enhanced surveillance data to develop and coordinate local prevention activities. MDPH also will support linkage to evidence-based treatment and education of high-risk groups including worker groups at high risk for opioid misuse and overdose, people who inject drugs, people who are homeless or at-risk of homelessness, people in residential programs, and men of color who were recently incarcerated. MDPH will increase the capacity of front-line providers, such healthcare providers and first responders, to respond to the opioid epidemic through training, education, learning collaboratives, and enhanced community clinical linkages.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = -$666,821 )
2024	2022	PUBLIC HEALTH, MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF	250 WASHINGTON ST	BOSTON	MA	02108	SUFFOLK	USA	Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs	04	3	2/13/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	-$666,821
2024	2021	PUBLIC HEALTH, MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF	250 WASHINGTON ST	BOSTON	MA	02108	SUFFOLK	USA	Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs	04	3	2/13/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2024	2020	PUBLIC HEALTH, MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF	250 WASHINGTON ST	BOSTON	MA	02108	SUFFOLK	USA	Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs	04	3	2/13/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2024	2019	PUBLIC HEALTH, MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF	250 WASHINGTON ST	BOSTON	MA	02108	SUFFOLK	USA	Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs	04	3	2/13/2024	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = -$666,821

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2023	2022	PUBLIC HEALTH, MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF	250 Washington St	Boston	MA	02108	SUFFOLK	USA	Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs	03	3	12/7/2022	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $6,438,651 )
2022	2022	Public Health, Massachusetts Dept of	250 Washington St	Boston	MA	02108	SUFFOLK	USA	Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs	02	3	8/10/2022	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$6,438,651
														Subtotal = $6,438,651

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $6,401,299 )
2021	2021	Public Health, Massachusetts Dept Of	250 Washington St	Boston	MA	02108	SUFFOLK	USA	Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs	01	3	9/24/2021	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2021	2021	Public Health, Massachusetts Dept of	250 Washington St	Boston	MA	02108	SUFFOLK	USA	Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs	00	3	8/3/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$6,401,299
2021	2020	Public Health, Massachusetts Dept Of	250 Washington St	Boston	MA	02108	SUFFOLK	USA	Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs	02	2	11/6/2020	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $6,401,299

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $7,138,651 )
2020	2020	Public Health, Massachusetts Dept Of	250 Washington St	Boston	MA	02108	SUFFOLK	USA	Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs	01	2	9/1/2020	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2020	2020	Public Health, Massachusetts Dept Of	250 Washington St	Boston	MA	02108	SUFFOLK	USA	Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs	00	2	7/29/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$7,138,651
2020	2019	PUBLIC HEALTH, MASSACHUSETTS DEPT OF	250 Washington St	Boston	MA	02108	SUFFOLK	USA	Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs	01	1	11/25/2019	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
2020	2019	Public Health, Massachusetts Dept Of	250 Washington St	Boston	MA	02108	SUFFOLK	USA	Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs	00	2	7/29/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2020	2019	Public Health, Massachusetts Dept Of	250 Washington St	Boston	MA	02108	SUFFOLK	USA	Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs	02	1	2/12/2020	ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT ( + OR - ) (DISCRETIONARY OR BLOCK AWARDS)	$0
														Subtotal = $7,138,651

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $7,138,651 )
2019	2019	PUBLIC HEALTH, MASSACHUSETTS DEPT OF	250 WASHINGTON ST	BOSTON	MA	02108	SUFFOLK	USA	Injury Prevention and Control Research and State and Community Based Programs	00	1	8/12/2019	NEW	$7,138,651
														Subtotal = $7,138,651

Grand Total All Awards = $26,450,431

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Massachusetts Overdose Data to Action (MA OD2A) grant

Award Number: NU17CE925012

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL

OPDIV: CDC

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: KDA (KNOWLEDGE/DEVELOPMENT/APPLICATION)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/01/2019

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 08/31/2023

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