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Minnesota FY2022 State Opioid Response Grant - Abstract for TI-22-005 or FY2022 State Opioid Response Grant Funding Application

The Behavioral Health Division (BHD) of the Minnesota Department of Human Services is the single state authority for innovative behavioral health policy and program development. Together with experienced, compassionate, and dedicated community partners, BHD focuses on comprehensive treatment and sustainable recovery for opioid use disorder (OUD) and substance use disorders (SUD), as well as the co-occurring symptoms of mental illness typical for these disorders.

In our state, comprehensive treatment services are person-centered, culturally responsive, and linguistically adequate. We provide prevention, intervention, treatment, and short-term and long-term recovery services with sustainable positive outcomes for individuals who suffer from OUD/SUD. Minnesota is committed to continuing the fight against the opioid crisis in our state, utilizing the tools and funding available to us. Our approach is centered around person-centered, culturally responsive, linguistically adequate, evidence-based treatment and recovery services for OUD/SUD, which we believe is the best approach for our diverse populations in need. Our lens is on health disparities and health equity.

In 2019, the most recent year for which comparable data is available, Minnesota ranked first among all states and the District of Columbia with regard to the disparity rate ratio of drug overdose deaths among American Indians relative to whites, and second among African Americans relative to whites. In 2019, American Indians were six times more likely to die from a drug overdose, including from an opioid overdose, than whites, while African Americans were two times more likely to die from a drug overdose than whites. Since 2019, the drug overdose mortality rate disparities have worsened in our state.

The Minnesota Department of Human Services acknowledges the continued need to provide an immediate and effective OUD response to the following populations of need: African Americans, American Indians, and individuals who are hard to reach, such as those living in rural Minnesota, pregnant and parenting women, individuals experiencing homelessness, veterans, and individuals belonging to other communities of color.

The FY2022 Minnesota Opioid Response Grant project aims to serve 675 unduplicated individuals with OUD, with 300 in the first year of funding and 375 in the second year of funding. Some prevention services include school-based prevention, naloxone distribution and training, and evidence-based public awareness messaging. Some treatment services include OUD provider education through Project ECHO, a telehealth mentoring program to expand treatment capacity in primary care settings, opioid prescribing and medications for OUD (MOUD) services in the healthcare system and for pregnant and postpartum women, and MOUD for American Indian tribes in Minnesota, including access to treatment for culturally responsive programming.

Minnesota Department Of Human Services

ADDRESSING THE OPIOID ABUSE CRISIS WITHIN SUCH STATES, USED FOR CARRYING OUT ACTIVITIES THAT SUPPLEMENT ACTIVITIES PERTAINING TO OPIOIDS UNDERTAKEN BY THE STATE AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR ADMINISTERING THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT BLOCK GRANT UNDER SUBPART II OF PART B OF TITLE XIX OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT (42 U.S.C. 300X21 ET SEQ.), AND TRIBES AND TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS TO ADDRESS THE OPIOID CRISIS WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

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

Division of Grants Management [HHS - SAMHSA]

Saint Paul, Minnesota 551552208 United States

Single Zip Code

State Opioid Response Grants (TI-22-005)

Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been extended from 09/29/24 to 09/29/25 and the total obligations have increased 103% from $11,357,382 to $23,111,449.