Awards/BLOCK GRANT (A)

$60,455,223

Department of Health and Human Services·Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

to PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL PROGRAMS

healthexpiredONGOING · MOD OF 2023 CONTRACT

WORK BEGAN2023-10-01·LATEST ACTION2026-03-20·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_B08TI087062_075

Award description

SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION, TREATMENT, AND RECOVERY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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In plain English

Ongoing federal block grant funding Pennsylvania's substance abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery programs.

Sub-sectors

samhsa-block-grantsubstance-abuse-treatmentopioid-crisis

Why this matters

The opioid crisis remains a federal priority; this increment on Pennsylvania's block grant supports critical treatment and recovery infrastructure.

Supply-chain signal

Supports demand for medication-assisted treatment providers and recovery facility operations across Pennsylvania.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-07. Cost: $0.013529.

Period of performance

Start

2023-10-01

End

2025-09-30

Status

expired274 days ago

Recipient

PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL PROGRAMS

UEI SJWJDLT9K556

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2026-03-20FFY 2024 PA STATE OPIOID RESPONSE (SOR) GRANT - SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE STATE OPIOID RESPONSE (SOR) GRANT, PENNSYLVANIA HAS UTILIZED SOR FUNDING TO INCREASE ACCESS TO TREATMENT FOR THE UNINSURED/UNDERINSURED IN ADDITION TO OTHER SPECIALTY POPULATIONS, EXPAND ACCESS TO MEDICATION FOR OPIOID USE DISORDER (MOUD), EXPAND ACCESS TO NALOXONE AND OTHER HARM REDUCTION SERVICES, AND INCREASE ACCESS TO PREVENTION AND RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES. BUILDING OFF THE WORK ACCOMPLISHED, UNDER THE PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF SOR FUNDING, PENNSYLVANIA PROPOSES THE OUTLINED STRATEGY TO ADDRESS THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH OPIOID USE DISORDER (OUD) AS WELL AS STIMULANT USE BY UTILIZING SOR FUNDING TO CONTINUE TO ENHANCE ACCESS TO TREATMENT AND REDUCE OPIOID OVERDOSE RELATED DEATHS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF PREVENTION, HARM REDUCTION, TREATMENT, AND RECOVERY SUPPORT ACTIVITIES FOR THESE DISORDERS. THE PROJECTS SUPPORT A COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE TO THE ONGOING INCREASE IN OUD AND STIMULANT USE ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA, THAT WILL INCLUDE COLLABORATION WITH MULTIPLE STATE AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO FULFILL THE REQUIRED ACTIVITIES OF THE GRANT AND WORK TOWARDS ACCOMPLISHING THE STRATEGIES OUTLINED WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL PROGRAM'S (DDAP) STRATEGIC GOALS WHICH FOCUSES ON REDUCING STIGMA, INTENSIFYING PRIMARY PREVENTION, STRENGTHEN TREATMENT SYSTEMS, AND EMPOWER SUSTAINED RECOVERY. STRATEGIES WILL INCLUDE AN INCREASE IN COMMUNITY AWARENESS OF OUD AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD) ISSUES AND RESOURCES THROUGH PUBLIC AWARENESS ACTIVITIES SUCH AS MEDIA OUTREACH AND STIGMA CAMPAIGN. EXPANSION OF EVIDENCE-BASED PREVENTION INITIATIVES TO EDUCATE 20,000 (60,000 DURING THE PROJECT) PARENTS AND CHILDREN; EXPANSION OF HEALTH PROMOTION AND HARM REDUCTION SERVICES TO 177,777 (533,331 DURING THE PROJECT) BY SUPPORTING THE PENNSYLVANIA OVERDOSE PREVENTION PROGRAM (POPP). PROVIDE CLINICALLY APPROPRIATE TREATMENT SERVICES TO 3,500 INDIVIDUALS (10,500 DURING THE PROJECT) WHO ARE UNDER/UNINSURED; EXPAND ACCESS TO MEDICATION FOR OPIOID USE DISORDER (MOUD) THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH AND TO INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM TO SERVE A COMBINED 2,856 INDIVIDUALS (8,568 DURING THE PROJECT); INCREASE RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES BY ESTABLISHING RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES TO ASSIST 3,333 INDIVIDUALS (9,999 DURING THE PROJECT); PROVIDE FUNDING TO THE SINGLE COUNTY AUTHORITIES (SCAS) TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS DIAGNOSED WITH OUD AND STIMULANT USE DISORDERS WITH OBTAINING AND MAINTAINING HOUSING WITH THE GOAL OF SUPPORTING RECOVERY TO SERVE 2,000 INDIVIDUALS (6,000 DURING THE PROJECT); AND EXPANDING SUPPORT SERVICES FOR VETERANS WITH SUD TO SERVE 242 VETERANS (726 DURING THE PROJECT). ESTIMATED NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO BE SERVED AS A RESULT OF THE AWARD OF THIS GRANT: 629,124$169.2M

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