Florida Funding Priorities

Key points

The CDC Injury Center prioritizes funding for the prevention of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), overdose, and suicide. This page shows how funds were appropriated in the state of Florida in FY23.

State of Florida

Overdose prevention funding - Florida

There were 107,968 drug overdose deaths in the United States in 2022 (34.6 deaths per 100,000 standard population), a 1.2% increase from 2021.1

  • There were 7,551 overdose deaths in Florida in 20222
  • There were 35.2 overdose deaths per 100,000 people (age-adjusted) in Florida in 20222

Total overdose prevention funding in Florida‎

CDC appropriated $15,361,439 for overdose prevention activities in the state of Florida in FY23.

Overdose prevention programs

  • Overdose Data to Action: LOCAL
    • Florida Department of Health - Broward County: $3,742,500
    • Florida Department of Health - Palm Beach County: $3,075,000
    • Florida Department of Health - Duval County: $2,550,000
  • Public Health and Public Safety
    • Overdose Response Strategy: $87,600*
    • Baker Prevention Coalition, Inc. Community Innovation Award: $82,800

*average award amount

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Examples of how Florida is working to prevent overdose

Peer overdose hospital interventions

Duval County partnered with Gateway Community Services to implement Project Save Lives, which uses Certified Recovery Peer Specialists with lived experiences of addiction recovery, to connect with drug overdose survivors while they are recovering in the emergency department.

Improved statewide data sharing

Florida made significant strides in improving relationships with medical examiner districts, leading to better data access. Florida now submits and disseminates contextual, statewide data involving overdose deaths to the districts, meaningfully improving the public-facing substance use dashboard on FLHealthCHARTS.

Suicide prevention funding - Florida

  • There were 3,446 suicide deaths in Florida in 2022
  • There were 14.1 suicide deaths per 100,000 people (age-adjusted) in Florida in 2022

Total suicide prevention funding for Florida‎

CDC appropriated $1,018,591 for suicide prevention activities in the state of Florida in FY23.

Suicide prevention programs

  • Veteran Suicide Prevention
    • Fire Watch: $44,591
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Florida's suicide prevention priorities

Florida is preventing suicide with CDC Injury Center funding by:A

  • Creating protective environments
  • Teaching coping and problem-solving skills
  • Identifying and supporting people at risk
  • Strengthening access and delivery of suicide care
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National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
  1. This snapshot reflects suicide prevention priorities and activities under Year 1 funding of the Comprehensive Suicide Prevention (CSP) Program. This information is subject to change. For additional information, please see CSP: Program Profiles.
  1. Spencer MR, Miniño AM, Warner M. Drug overdose deaths in the United States, 2001–2021. NCHS Data Brief, no 457. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2022. DOI: https://dx.doi. org/10.15620/cdc:122556
  2. NVSS – Drug Overdose Deaths