The Kansas Board of Pharmacy received a $598,002 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (CFDA 16.754). The funding will support the Board's efforts to improve the quality and accuracy of the state's Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) data, ensure appropriate use of the PDMP by healthcare providers, and identify and mitigate high-risk prescribing scenarios. Key activities include...
The U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance awarded a $800,509 Project Grant under the Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (CFDA 16.754) to the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services. The grant aims to enhance the state's KASPER prescription drug monitoring system to reduce the impact of the controlled substance epidemic in Kentucky, which has one of the highest drug overdose death rates in the country. Key activities include developing interactive data...
This $1.4 million cooperative agreement from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance will support the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services to enhance its Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) through September 2025. Under the Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, the awardee will hire a business analyst to create user guides, training materials and a technical support manual for the modernized PDMP system. The analyst...
The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) was awarded a $5,000,000 Project Grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program. The 5-year grant, which runs from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2029, will fund the Kansas Strategic Prevention Framework-Partnerships for Success for States (Kansas SPF-PFS-States)...
The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) has been awarded a $1,990,595 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance through the Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (CFDA 16.754). This 2-year grant, with a period of performance from October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2025, will allow ADH to secure the sustainability of Arkansas' Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) and improve public and healthcare provider awareness of prescription trends in...
The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS) was awarded a $4,000,000 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The grant will fund the Kansas PIPBHC Project, which aims to establish an integrated care framework across 12 community mental health centers (CMHCs) and/or certified community behavioral...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.754 - Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program) provides $996,801 to the Pennsylvania Department of Health to enhance the state's Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP). The funding will be used to improve data quality and integrity, create and enforce access rules, identify process differences across states, and produce data reports and analysis to support data-driven...
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation will receive $1.5 million from the Department of Justice under the Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants program (CFDA 16.710) to investigate illicit activities related to the manufacture and distribution of methamphetamines from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. Funding from this Project Grant award will support the Kansas Bureau of Investigation's efforts to locate and investigate illegal methamphetamine production and...
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $24,978,777 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS). This 3-year grant, awarded on September 30, 2024, will provide access to medication-assisted treatment and fund evidence-based prevention, treatment, and recovery support services to address the opioid...
The Tennessee Department of Health received a $1,000,000 Project Grant from the Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (CFDA 16.754) to address the state's opioid overdose epidemic. The project aims to enhance data-driven approaches to monitoring and analyzing opioid prescriptions and substance abuse trends through four key activities: 1) integrating prescription drug monitoring systems with electronic health records, 2) leveraging controlled...