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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 AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS, AND 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 PREVENTION, INTERVENTION, TREATMENT, AND SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM RECOVERY SERVICES WITH SUSTAINABLE POSITIVE OUTCOMES FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO SUFFER FROM OUD/ SUD. MINNESOTA WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT THE OPIOID CRISIS IN OUR STATE, AND WITH THE TOOLS AND FUNDING AVAILABLE TO US. PERSON-CENTERED, CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE, LINGUISTICALLY ADEQUATE, EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT AND RECOVERY SERVICES FOR OUD/ SUD IS THE BEST APPROACH FOR OUR DIVERSE POPULATIONS OF NEED. OUR LENS IS ON HEALTH DISPARITIES AND ON 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; 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 WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, VETERANS, AND INDIVIDUALS BELONGING TO OTHER COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. THE FY2022 MINNESOTA OPIOID RESPONSE GRANT PROJECT WILL SERVE 675 UNDUPLICATED INDIVIDUALS WITH OUD, 300 IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THE FUNDING AND 375 IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THE 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 OPIOID USE DISORDER (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.

Project Grant (B) · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration · to Minnesota Department of Human Services (UEI C9VSHGHNKGQ6) · data as of 2026-09-30

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