Prescription Drug Overdose Prevention for States

Funding Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-CE15-1501 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.136Eligible Applicants State governmentsAgency Name: HHS-CDCClosing Date: May 08, 2015Award Ceiling: $1,000,000Expected Number of Awards: 16Creation Date: Mar 06, 2015Funding Opportunity Description: The purpose of this funding is to provide state health departments the guidance and resources they need to address the problematic opioid prescribing driving the prescription drug overdose epidemic. States receiving funding must address prescribing on multiple fronts. Awardees must expand and enhance their state PDMP and implement health insurer or health system interventions. States may also choose to also conduct policy evaluations or implement other prescribing innovations. These activities will impact the patient and provider behaviors driving the epidemic in the medium term and ultimately improve the health outcomes associated with this public health problem.
Source: Grants.gov - Category: Research Tags: Health Source Type: funding