Maryland 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 Maryland in FY23.

State of Maryland

Overdose prevention funding - Maryland

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 2,573 overdose deaths in Maryland in 20222
  • There were 40.3 overdose deaths per 100,000 people (age-adjusted) in Maryland in 20222

Total overdose prevention funding in Maryland‎

CDC appropriated $7,516,581 for overdose prevention activities in the state of Maryland in FY23.

Overdose prevention programs

  • Public Health and Public Safety
    • Overdose Response Strategy: $87,600*
  • Research
    • Johns Hopkins University: $349,999

*average award amount

Examples of how Maryland is working to prevent overdose

Disseminating actionable naloxone distribution data

Maryland collects naloxone education and distribution data from Overdose Response Programs across the state, such as community partners, treatment programs, and local health departments. The data are integrated into the state's data dashboards, available to public health workers statewide. These data help local health departments and state staff assess community-based naloxone distribution efforts to inform future initiatives and help identify gaps.

Non-fatal overdose notification pilot

Maryland launched a project to deliver near-real time nonfatal overdose notifications to local jurisdictions to support rapid care coordination services. The pilot included key partners from across the state, including the Department of Health's Behavioral Health Administration, the Maryland Hospital Association, community-based organizations, and local health officers.

Overdose Data to Action guidebook for fatal and non-fatal overdose data

Maryland developed an overdose data toolkit for local health departments and state-level prevention programs, explaining the variety of overdose data available to them and how to access it. The toolkit, which now includes local data to action examples, was distributed and tested with local health departments to ensure familiarity and ease of adoption, specifically to identify and interpret overdose spikes with the data.

  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