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State Opioid Response (opioid-settlement federal proxy)
Direct, non-competitive annual formula allocation. SAMHSA awards SOR grants directly to each state's Single State Agency for Substance Use Services, the District of Columbia, and the territories. Recipients then deliver and subaward funds for prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery support services within the state. This is a formula award, not a competitive NOFO scored on merit; the published Appendix A table sets the maximum annual amount each jurisdiction may apply for.
- $3.2Bobligated
- $1.7Breceived
- 118active awards
- 117recipients
- 56states
- 209counties
- Federal award record (USAspending)
- Authorizing statute
- Agency allocation table
- 7 primary documents, sealed
Authority
State Opioid Response (opioid-settlement federal proxy) is authorized by 21st Century Cures Act, Section 1003, administered by HHS / SAMHSA, as a formula program. Statute.
Statutory formula under Section 1003 of the 21st Century Cures Act as amended. SAMHSA leverages national survey results the Secretary determines are the most objective and reliable measures of drug use and drug-related deaths, leveraging estimates of drug overdose deaths and opioid misuse per state. Each state and the District of Columbia receives a minimum award of 4,000,000; each territory receives a minimum award of 500,000. The formula must avoid a significant funding cliff between states with similar overdose mortality rates. A 15 percent set-aside is distributed among the 25 states with the highest opioid-overdose mortality rates. For FY 2024 the set-aside states were AK, AZ, CT, DE, DC, FL, IN, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MO, NH, NJ, NM, NC, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VT, WV, WI. Year-over-year funding decreases are capped (GAO reports a 5.52 percent floor on decreases and a 50 percent cap on increases). No applicant match or cost-sharing is required.
Allocations by jurisdiction
59 jurisdictions, from the published allocation table.
| Jurisdiction | Amount | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | $16.2M | FY 2024 annual formula maximum award (NOFO TI-24-008 Appendix A) |
| Alaska | $6.0M | set-aside state |
| American Samoa | $500K | territory minimum |
| Arizona | $34.8M | set-aside state |
| Arkansas | $10.6M | FY 2024 |
| California | $105.6M | FY 2024 |
| Colorado | $20.8M | FY 2024 |
| Connecticut | $15.0M | set-aside state |
| Delaware | $38.8M | set-aside state |
| District of Columbia | $25.2M | set-aside jurisdiction |
| Florida | $104.3M | set-aside state |
| Georgia | $28.9M | FY 2024 |
| Guam | $500K | territory minimum |
| Hawaii | $4.0M | state minimum |
| Idaho | $7.8M | FY 2024 |
| Illinois | $36.7M | FY 2024 |
| Indiana | $30.3M | set-aside state |
| Iowa | $9.0M | FY 2024 |
| Kansas | $8.3M | FY 2024 |
| Kentucky | $37.2M | set-aside state |
| Louisiana | $18.0M | set-aside state |
| Maine | $9.8M | set-aside state |
| Marshall Islands | $500K | freely associated state minimum |
| Maryland | $53.1M | set-aside state |
| Massachusetts | $59.5M | set-aside state |
| Michigan | $36.4M | FY 2024 |
| Micronesia (Federated States of Micronesia) | $500K | freely associated state minimum |
| Minnesota | $11.3M | FY 2024 |
| Mississippi | $7.1M | FY 2024 |
| Missouri | $26.3M | set-aside state |
| Montana | $4.3M | FY 2024 |
| Nebraska | $4.6M | FY 2024 |
| Nevada | $16.6M | FY 2024 |
| New Hampshire | $29.9M | set-aside state |
| New Jersey | $68.8M | set-aside state |
| New Mexico | $11.8M | set-aside state |
| New York | $56.1M | FY 2024 |
| North Carolina | $36.6M | set-aside state |
| North Dakota | $4.0M | state minimum |
| Northern Mariana Islands | $500K | territory minimum |
| Ohio | $100.2M | set-aside state |
| Oklahoma | $15.8M | FY 2024 |
| Oregon | $15.3M | FY 2024 |
| Palau | $500K | freely associated state minimum |
| Pennsylvania | $83.1M | set-aside state |
| Puerto Rico | $12.5M | FY 2024 |
| Rhode Island | $11.4M | set-aside state |
| South Carolina | $18.8M | set-aside state |
| South Dakota | $4.1M | FY 2024 |
| Tennessee | $31.3M | set-aside state |
| Texas | $52.1M | FY 2024 |
| Utah | $10.7M | FY 2024 |
| Vermont | $6.0M | set-aside state |
| Virgin Islands | $500K | territory minimum |
| Virginia | $27.3M | FY 2024 |
| Washington | $27.1M | FY 2024 |
| West Virginia | $45.8M | set-aside state |
| Wisconsin | $17.8M | set-aside state |
| Wyoming | $4.0M | state minimum |
Where the money lands
Place-of-performance obligations by state, with per-capita, sealed in the location chain.
| State | Obligated | Per capita |
|---|---|---|
| Ohio | $159.2M | $13.49 |
| Pennsylvania | $138.6M | $10.66 |
| West Virginia | $118.9M | $66.27 |
| California | $117.4M | $2.97 |
| Delaware | $106.9M | $108.03 |
| Massachusetts | $99.5M | $14.15 |
| Florida | $91.9M | $4.27 |
| Maryland | $82.7M | $13.39 |
| New Jersey | $80.9M | $8.71 |
| Kentucky | $78.6M | $17.45 |
| District Of Columbia | $64.3M | $93.23 |
| New York | $61.8M | $3.06 |
| New Hampshire | $59.2M | $42.96 |
| Texas | $51.0M | $1.75 |
| North Carolina | $48.6M | $4.65 |
| Arizona | $46.9M | $6.56 |
| Tennessee | $46.0M | $6.66 |
| Michigan | $38.1M | $3.78 |
| Rhode Island | $37.6M | $34.24 |
| Illinois | $37.2M | $2.90 |
| Indiana | $35.1M | $5.18 |
| Louisiana | $30.3M | $6.49 |
| Missouri | $29.5M | $4.80 |
| South Carolina | $29.1M | $5.68 |
| Virginia | $27.2M | $3.16 |
| Washington | $26.8M | $3.48 |
| Connecticut | $25.3M | $7.03 |
| Oregon | $25.2M | $5.95 |
| Wisconsin | $24.3M | $4.13 |
| Oklahoma | $24.2M | $6.11 |
| New Mexico | $22.4M | $10.60 |
| Colorado | $22.1M | $3.83 |
| Maine | $19.9M | $14.60 |
| Nevada | $19.2M | $6.20 |
| Alaska | $13.6M | $18.58 |
| Georgia | $12.7M | $1.19 |
| Arkansas | $10.8M | $3.57 |
| Utah | $10.5M | $3.21 |
| Alabama | $10.2M | $2.02 |
| Minnesota | $9.7M | $1.70 |
| Iowa | $9.2M | $2.90 |
| Kansas | $9.1M | $3.10 |
| Vermont | $8.3M | $12.97 |
| Idaho | $7.5M | $4.07 |
| South Dakota | $6.8M | $7.71 |
| Mississippi | $6.6M | $2.24 |
| Montana | $5.6M | $5.12 |
| Nebraska | $5.5M | $2.79 |
| North Dakota | $5.5M | $7.01 |
| Wyoming | $5.0M | $8.73 |
| Puerto Rico | $3.6M | $1.11 |
| Hawaii | $3.6M | $2.50 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | $500K | $10.56 |
| Guam | $426K | $2.77 |
| American Samoa | $345K | $6.94 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | $33K | $0.38 |
Top recipients
| Recipient | Awards | Obligated | Received |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEALTH CARE SERVICES, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF | 1 | $215.5M | $126.6M |
| FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES | 1 | $212.3M | $129.6M |
| OHIO DEPARTMENT MENTAL HEALTH | 1 | $203.9M | $112.8M |
| PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL PROGRAMS | 1 | $169.2M | $78.4M |
| HUMAN SERVICES, NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF | 1 | $140.0M | $66.7M |
| PUBLIC HEALTH, MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF | 1 | $121.0M | $80.0M |
| RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL HYGIENE, INC. | 1 | $114.4M | $64.0M |
| MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH | 1 | $108.0M | $49.1M |
| HEALTH & HUMAN SVC COMMN TX | 1 | $104.2M | $59.0M |
| WEST VIRGINIA DEPT OF HUMAN SERVICES | 1 | $92.6M | $57.4M |
Source documents
7 primary documents, parsed and sealed by content hash.
- FY 2024 State Opioid Response Grants, Notice of Funding Opportunity No. TI-24-008 nofo, 42 pages, 9 tables
- State Opioid Response Grants program page (TI-24-008) fact-sheet
- Opioid Block Grants (CRS In Focus IF12116) guidance
- 2023 Report to Congress on the State Opioid Response Grants annual-report, 66 pages, 32 tables
- Opioid Use Disorder Grants: Opportunities Exist to Improve Data Collection (GAO-25-106944), includes per-state SOR award table other, 7 tables
- FY 2025 Notice of Supplemental Funding Opportunity (Federal Register 2025-16259) nofo
- HHS Provides More Than $1.5 Billion in State and Tribal Opioid Response Grants (Sept 22, 2025) agency-press-release, 2 tables
Questions
- How does State Opioid Response (opioid-settlement federal proxy) money reach recipients?
- Direct, non-competitive annual formula allocation. SAMHSA awards SOR grants directly to each state's Single State Agency for Substance Use Services, the District of Columbia, and the territories. Recipients then deliver and subaward funds for prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery support services within the state. This is a formula award, not a competitive NOFO scored on merit; the published Appendix A table sets the maximum annual amount each jurisdiction may apply for.
- How much federal funding does State Opioid Response (opioid-settlement federal proxy) represent?
- As of 2026-06-05, $3.2B was obligated across 118 active awards to 117 recipients in 56 states and 209 counties. This is a sealed point-in-time figure from USAspending, the federal system of record.
- What law authorizes State Opioid Response (opioid-settlement federal proxy)?
- State Opioid Response (opioid-settlement federal proxy) is authorized by 21st Century Cures Act, Section 1003, administered by HHS / SAMHSA.