Washington 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 Washington in FY23.

State of Washington

Overdose prevention funding - Washington

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 2,725 overdose deaths in Washington in 20222
  • There were 33.7 overdose deaths per 100,000 people (age-adjusted) in Washington in 20222

Total overdose prevention funding in Washington‎

CDC appropriated $8,594,185 for overdose prevention activities in the state of Washington in FY23.

Overdose prevention programs

  • Public Health and Public Safety
    • Overdose Response Strategy: $87,600*
  • Research
    • Seattle-King County Public Health Department: $348,154

*average award amount

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Examples of how Washington is working to prevent overdose

Overdose prevention resource distribution

Working with local partners, Washington delivered nearly 1,000 naloxone kits throughout the Seattle-King county community. The distribution of these kits was one component of a broader media campaign about fentanyl and opioid overdose prevention.

Real-time data surveillance system

Washington performed toxicology screenings for all overdoses and makes comprehensive toxicology data available to medical examiners and coroners for death certificates to reduce turnaround time for completing opioid-related death investigation cases.

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Content Source:
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
  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