The Alaska Department of Health, Division of Public Health received a $6,999,999 Project Grant award from the Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program (CFDA 16.838). The grant aims to improve statewide infrastructure to expand and enhance overdose fatality reviews, support population-specific activities across Alaska's seven public health regions, and strengthen partnerships with first responders and corrections through naloxone...
This Project Grant award of $410,703, provided by 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, will enable Southcentral Foundation to implement an integrated continuum of substance use disorder treatment and harm reduction services for adult residents of Alaska's Matanuska-Susitna Borough and northern Anchorage municipality.
Over the 5-year...
This Project Grant award of $750,000 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 will enable the Village of Alakanuk in Alaska to implement a comprehensive Tribal Opioid Response program. The program will provide culturally informed opioid prevention education and awareness activities for community members of all ages to promote abstinence...
The Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) has been awarded a $1,005,154 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 program (CFDA 93.243). The grant funding will be used to expand SEARHC's existing Tribal Opioid Response (TOR) program, which provides evidence-based treatment and recovery support services for opioid use disorder (OUD)...
This federal Block Grant award of $1,841,083 was provided by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Block Grants for Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse (CFDA 93.959) program. The funding will support the State of Alaska Department of Health in developing and implementing comprehensive prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation activities targeting alcohol and drug abuse across the state over the period of October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026....
The State of Alaska Department of Health received a $375,000 Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) under the Block Grants for Prevention and Treatment of Substance Abuse (CFDA 93.959) federal grant program. The award period is from September 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025 and will support projects for the development and implementation of prevention, treatment and rehabilitation activities...
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), has awarded a $500,000 project grant to Kawerak, Inc. to implement the Bering Strait Opioid Response Initiative. This 5-year project aims to transform substance use prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery services for Alaska Native communities in the Bering Strait region, which...
This $1,800,000 Project Grant award 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 aims to improve the integration of primary and behavioral healthcare in Alaska. The grant will be administered to three primary care providers/practices in Alaska to implement the Collaborative Care Model and enhance the identification and treatment of mental...
The State of Alaska Department of Health received a $1,266,452 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, under the Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (CFDA 16.754). This funding will allow Alaska to advance existing and implement new strategies to monitor controlled substance prescriptions through the state's Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP). Key objectives include: providing resources to assist with PDMP compliance monitoring...
This $750,000 Project Grant awarded by 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 will fund the Alaska Native Recovery Coaching (ARC) project implemented by the Fairbanks Native Association (FNA). The ARC project aims to address the opioid overdose crisis in the Fairbanks North Star Borough tribal community by increasing access to medications...
The State of Alaska Department of Health (DOH) received a $23,966,144 Project Grant award 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 award will fund a comprehensive approach to addressing the opioid crisis in Alaska through prevention, treatment, harm reduction, and recovery initiatives over a 3-year period from September 2024 to September 2027.
Key components of the grant include:
Sustaining the state's Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) and expanding access to the PDMP
Implementing the "Stay Safe Youth" prevention campaign and distributing 90,000 fentanyl/xylazine test strips annually
Expanding the state's Opioid Education and Naloxone Distribution (OEND) program, with a goal of distributing 30,000 naloxone doses by 2025
Expanding access to Medication for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) treatment and contingency management services, targeting 1,195 individuals
Supporting 7 certified recovery residences to serve 300 individuals in recovery
The DOH will collaborate with sub-grantees including Central Peninsula General Hospital, True North Recovery, Set Free Alaska, and Seaview Community Services to deliver these services across Alaska.