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State of New Mexico Grants to Prevent Prescription Drug/Opioid Overdose-Related Deaths (PDO) - Substance Abuse Prevention (OSAP) will implement the Prevent Prescription Drug/Opioid Overdose-Related Deaths (PDO) in four high-need counties in New Mexico.

The project aims to prevent overdose death through: 1) the purchase and distribution of naloxone for overdose reversal, and 2) training first responders, family, and friends to administer naloxone.

The proposed project will provide naloxone through numerous partners and increase overdose prevention knowledge within traditional first responder and health initiatives, and particularly among lay people who live with or are closely associated with people who use licit and illicit opioids. Community lay people are the "real" first responders in a rural state like New Mexico, where long response times by law enforcement and emergency medical services render overdosed individuals more vulnerable to death.

The goal is to substantially increase overdose reversals by training and providing naloxone to at least 6,000 persons over five years. The project will strengthen existing partnerships with New Mexico's Department of Health, Public Health Division, Harm Reduction Program, and its Epidemiology and Response Division, and local partners in communities of high need and burden - in Bernalillo County, Dona Ana County, Rio Arriba County, and Santa Fe County. These four counties have 58% of the state's unintentional overdose deaths and 60% of all opioid-related emergency visits. Local PDO projects are located in each of these four counties.

New Mexico's project will enhance and implement naloxone distribution and training plans to meet gaps in the state's current system and grassroots needs in agency and non-agency settings. New Mexico will use the $850,000 annually for five years to impact New Mexico's overdose problem - the 12th highest overdose death rate in the nation. While New Mexico has made progress in preventing overdoses through a range of efforts in recent years, the National Center for Health Statistics' Rapid Release Provisional Data shows a 21% increase in fatal overdoses in the state from June 2019 to June 2020.

OSAP will convene the PDO Advisory Council to create a strategic plan and oversee the project. With membership from New Mexico's major health agencies, the council will seek to enhance and expand overdose prevention and related services to more at-risk individuals and additional parts of the state through better coordination of federal and state substance abuse prevention, intervention, and harm reduction efforts.

New Mexico Department Of Human Services

SAMHSA WAS GIVEN THE AUTHORITY TO ADDRESS PRIORITY SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT, PREVENTION AND MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF REGIONAL AND NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE THROUGH ASSISTANCE (GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS) TO STATES, POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF STATES, INDIAN TRIBES AND TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND OTHER PUBLIC OR NONPROFIT PRIVATE ENTITIES. UNDER THESE SECTIONS, CSAT, CMHS AND CSAP SEEK TO EXPAND THE AVAILABILITY OF EFFECTIVE SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SERVICES AVAILABLE TO AMERICANS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THOSE AFFECTED BY ALCOHOL AND DRUG ADDITIONS, AND TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE ON INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES AND SOCIETIES AND TO ADDRESS PRIORITY MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF REGIONAL AND NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE AND ASSIST CHILDREN IN DEALING WITH VIOLENCE AND TRAUMATIC EVENTS THROUGH BY FUNDING GRANT AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT PROJECTS. GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS MAY BE FOR (1) KNOWLEDGE AND DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION PROJECTS FOR TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION AND THE CONDUCT OR SUPPORT OF EVALUATIONS OF SUCH PROJECTS, (2) TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, (3) TARGETED CAPACITY RESPONSE PROGRAMS (4) SYSTEMS CHANGE GRANTS INCLUDING STATEWIDE FAMILY NETWORK GRANTS AND CLIENT-ORIENTED AND CONSUMER RUN SELF-HELP ACTIVITIES AND (5) PROGRAMS TO FOSTER HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN, (6) COORDINATION AND INTEGRATION OF PRIMARY CARE SERVICES INTO PUBLICLY-FUNDED COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS AND OTHER COMMUNITY-BASED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SETTINGS

93.243 - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance

Division of Grants Management [HHS - SAMHSA]

Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507 United States

Single Zip Code

Grants to Prevent Prescription Drug/Opioid Overdose-Related Deaths (SP-21-002)

Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 387% from $850,000 to $4,141,381.