H79TI087743
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
Wisconsin State Opioid Response 4 - The overdose crisis has created unprecedented challenges for individuals, families, and communities.
These challenges are compounded for individuals with opioid, stimulant, and/or concurrent substance use disorders, especially for diverse racial/ethnic populations and rural communities that are often underserved.
The Wisconsin State Opioid Response (SOR) will focus on expanding access to evidence-based opioid and stimulant use disorder treatment and recovery services, advancing opioid and stimulant use prevention and harm reduction, and reducing opioid and stimulant-related overdose deaths.
The SOR-funded initiatives and programs outlined in this application continue to build on the infrastructure and progress made with previous SOR grants and seek to further evolve Wisconsin's response to the opioid epidemic.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) completed a needs assessment in May 2024 that identified high-need geographical regions and vulnerable/underserved populations.
The assessment was used to prioritize decision making regarding program development and resource allocation to these areas.
Due to systemic barriers and social factors, health inequities exist for African American and Native Americans in Wisconsin, as well as other minority populations.
African Americans are the largest racial minority group in Wisconsin, and predominantly live in southern and southeastern Wisconsin.
Wisconsin also contains 11 federally recognized tribes.
Tribal lands are located mostly in rural areas of Wisconsin.
The top ten high-need counties have large populations of either African Americans or Native Americans.
Additionally, half of the identified high-need counties are considered over 60% rural.
DHS plans to support 120,000 unduplicated individuals with substance use and overdose prevention services, 3,600 unduplicated individuals with treatment services, and 3,000 unduplicated individuals with recovery support services throughout the three-year grant cycle.
The SOR grant will be used for the continuation of community prevention strategies and will expand the number of community events held across the state.
It will also aid in the development, evaluation, and distribution of media prevention campaigns to actively target diverse populations such as racial/ethnic minorities, LGBTQI+, youth, older adults, and rural populations.
Topics to be addressed will include opioids, counterfeit fentanyl pills, stimulants, and stigma.
Statewide distribution of naloxone according to the Naloxone Saturation Plan will occur along with the distribution of drug checking technologies.
DHS will seek to increase access to all three forms of medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) by expanding low threshold MOUD programs to include carceral settings.
DHS will target new populations through this grant, such as providing the continuum of care for transition aged youth.
The support and expansion for the recovery helpline and website that connects people to addiction recovery resources and services will continue as well as recovery coaching and peer support initiatives.
DHS plans to continue training medical professionals to develop highly efficient teams of emergency department (ED) clinicians to deliver best-practice treatment to individuals that present with OUD and provide a robust professional training curriculum on EBPs and implementation to Wisconsin's SUD workforce.
Through all of these initiatives, DHS will focus on addressing behavioral health equity and improving identification and delivery of culturally appropriate services to individuals in Wisconsin.
These challenges are compounded for individuals with opioid, stimulant, and/or concurrent substance use disorders, especially for diverse racial/ethnic populations and rural communities that are often underserved.
The Wisconsin State Opioid Response (SOR) will focus on expanding access to evidence-based opioid and stimulant use disorder treatment and recovery services, advancing opioid and stimulant use prevention and harm reduction, and reducing opioid and stimulant-related overdose deaths.
The SOR-funded initiatives and programs outlined in this application continue to build on the infrastructure and progress made with previous SOR grants and seek to further evolve Wisconsin's response to the opioid epidemic.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) completed a needs assessment in May 2024 that identified high-need geographical regions and vulnerable/underserved populations.
The assessment was used to prioritize decision making regarding program development and resource allocation to these areas.
Due to systemic barriers and social factors, health inequities exist for African American and Native Americans in Wisconsin, as well as other minority populations.
African Americans are the largest racial minority group in Wisconsin, and predominantly live in southern and southeastern Wisconsin.
Wisconsin also contains 11 federally recognized tribes.
Tribal lands are located mostly in rural areas of Wisconsin.
The top ten high-need counties have large populations of either African Americans or Native Americans.
Additionally, half of the identified high-need counties are considered over 60% rural.
DHS plans to support 120,000 unduplicated individuals with substance use and overdose prevention services, 3,600 unduplicated individuals with treatment services, and 3,000 unduplicated individuals with recovery support services throughout the three-year grant cycle.
The SOR grant will be used for the continuation of community prevention strategies and will expand the number of community events held across the state.
It will also aid in the development, evaluation, and distribution of media prevention campaigns to actively target diverse populations such as racial/ethnic minorities, LGBTQI+, youth, older adults, and rural populations.
Topics to be addressed will include opioids, counterfeit fentanyl pills, stimulants, and stigma.
Statewide distribution of naloxone according to the Naloxone Saturation Plan will occur along with the distribution of drug checking technologies.
DHS will seek to increase access to all three forms of medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) by expanding low threshold MOUD programs to include carceral settings.
DHS will target new populations through this grant, such as providing the continuum of care for transition aged youth.
The support and expansion for the recovery helpline and website that connects people to addiction recovery resources and services will continue as well as recovery coaching and peer support initiatives.
DHS plans to continue training medical professionals to develop highly efficient teams of emergency department (ED) clinicians to deliver best-practice treatment to individuals that present with OUD and provide a robust professional training curriculum on EBPs and implementation to Wisconsin's SUD workforce.
Through all of these initiatives, DHS will focus on addressing behavioral health equity and improving identification and delivery of culturally appropriate services to individuals in Wisconsin.
Funding Goals
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.
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding / Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Wisconsin
United States
Geographic Scope
State-Wide
Related Opportunity
Wisconsin Department Of Health Services was awarded
Wisconsin State Opioid Response 4: Overdose Crisis Solutions
Project Grant H79TI087743
worth $17,790,145
from the Division of Grants Management in September 2024 with work to be completed primarily in Wisconsin United States.
The grant
has a duration of 3 years and
was awarded through assistance program 93.243 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance.
The Project Grant was awarded through grant opportunity State Opioid Response Grants.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 4/4/25
Period of Performance
9/30/24
Start Date
9/29/27
End Date
Funding Split
$17.8M
Federal Obligation
$0.0
Non-Federal Obligation
$17.8M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Subgrant Awards
Disclosed subgrants for H79TI087743
Transaction History
Modifications to H79TI087743
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
H79TI087743
SAI Number
H79TI087743-3209119979
Award ID URI
SAI UNAVAILABLE
Awardee Classifications
State Government
Awarding Office
75SAMH SAMHSA Division of Grants Management
Funding Office
75MT00 SAMHSA CENTER FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT
Awardee UEI
CG2SZ7HCNV54
Awardee CAGE
3VXW9
Performance District
WI-90
Senators
Tammy Baldwin
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
Modified: 4/4/25