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State Opioid Response Grants
SAMHSA's need-based grant to states and territories for the full continuum of opioid and stimulant prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery services. VerisGov maps the structure and keeps the moving parts current.
At a glance
- Program
- State Opioid Response (SOR) grant program, successor to the State Targeted Response to the Opioid Crisis grant.
- Administering agency
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), within HHS.
- Statutory authority
- Section 1003 of the 21st Century Cures Act, as amended by the Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022.
- Funding mechanism
- Need-based formula grant to states and territories, funded through annual appropriations, with a set-aside for states with the highest drug overdose death rates.
- Money flow
- Federal allocation by need-based formula to the single state agency for substance use in each state and to the territories, which subcontract to community treatment, prevention, harm reduction, and recovery providers.
- Who has a stake
- State single state agencies for substance use, opioid treatment programs, prescribers of medications for opioid use disorder, harm reduction and recovery organizations, and people affected by opioid and stimulant use disorders.
What it is
The State Opioid Response (SOR) grant is a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) program that gives states and territories funding to confront opioid use disorder, opioid-related overdose, and concurrent stimulant misuse. It is the successor to the earlier State Targeted Response to the Opioid Crisis grant and supports the entire continuum from prevention through long-term recovery.
Unlike the SAMHSA behavioral health block grants, which use a population-based formula, SOR is allocated by a need-based formula tied to each state's share of national unmet treatment need for opioid use disorder and its share of national drug poisoning deaths. The authorizing statute also includes a set-aside for the states with the highest overdose mortality rates and provisions intended to smooth funding swings between states.
Eligibility is limited to each state's single state agency for substance use and the territories, mirroring the substance use block grant recipient structure. Those agencies expand access to FDA-approved medications for opioid use disorder and fund the broader prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery network through subcontracts with community providers.
Key facts
- Program State Opioid Response (SOR) grant program, successor to the State Targeted Response to the Opioid Crisis grant.
- Administering agency Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), within HHS.
- Statutory authority Section 1003 of the 21st Century Cures Act, as amended by the Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act of 2022.
- Funding mechanism Need-based formula grant to states and territories, funded through annual appropriations, with a set-aside for states with the highest drug overdose death rates.
- Money flow Federal allocation by need-based formula to the single state agency for substance use in each state and to the territories, which subcontract to community treatment, prevention, harm reduction, and recovery providers.
- Who has a stake State single state agencies for substance use, opioid treatment programs, prescribers of medications for opioid use disorder, harm reduction and recovery organizations, and people affected by opioid and stimulant use disorders.
What it funds
- Access to FDA-approved medications for the treatment of opioid use disorder
- Prevention and harm reduction services, including overdose reversal and education
- Treatment and recovery support services across the full continuum of care
- Services addressing concurrent stimulant misuse and stimulant use disorders
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- Annual appropriated funding level for the SOR program and the resulting per-state and per-territory allocations
- The current need-based formula, the high-mortality set-aside, and any minimum-allocation provisions
- Reauthorization status and any statutory changes amending the Cures Act authority
- Updates to allowable uses, including the scope of harm reduction and stimulant-related activities
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- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
- State single state agencies for substance use
Answers
Frequently asked questions
How is SOR different from the SAMHSA block grants?
The block grants are permanent, population-based formula grants. SOR is a separate, need-based program targeted specifically at opioid use disorder, overdose, and concurrent stimulant misuse, allocated by unmet treatment need and drug poisoning deaths.
Who can apply for SOR funding?
Eligibility is limited to each state's single state agency for substance use and the territories. Local governments, providers, and community organizations do not apply directly; they receive funding through subcontracts from the state agency.
How is the funding amount for each state determined?
By a need-based formula tied to the state's share of national unmet need for opioid use disorder treatment and its share of national drug poisoning deaths, with a set-aside for states that have the highest overdose death rates.
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