Overdose Data to Action Stories

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  • Funding state, territorial, county, and city health departments is an essential part of CDC’s overdose prevention work.
  • CDC-funded programs have led to improvements in building state and local capacity to prevent drug overdose and related harms.
  • Health departments that receive Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) funding report many significant achievements.
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OD2A stories

Three women sitting at a conference table with phones and a handbook answering calls to the Overdose Prevention Hotline
A Lifeline for Those in Need: Dallas County’s Overdose Prevention Hotline
Thanks to the Dallas County Overdose Prevention Hotline, help is just one call away.
Close up photo of hands during an embrace
Connecting Alabama to Care
Connect Alabama helps people easily find the right care at the right time.
Group of 2 instructors and 12 students at the Five Minutes to Help four-hour provider-level training in New Jersey
Five Minutes to Help
Five Minutes to Help empowers first responders to address the overdose crisis and change lives.
Group photo of fire department and Hamilton County Public Health staff at Stories over Stigma training session
From Burnout to Compassion: Stories Over Stigma
Hamilton County Public Health is laying the groundwork for compassionate overdose response in Ohio.
Adult hands gently holding a baby's tiny feet
Maricopa Safe, Healthy Infants and Families Thrive (SHIFT)
Collaborative, evidence-based, non-stigmatizing care keeps families together in Maricopa County.
Adult recovery navigators looking at a presentation while learning how to use the FindHelpNow platform.
Making it Easy for Kentuckians to Find Help Now
FindHelpNow is a near-real-time substance use disorder treatment locator and information hub.
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National Center for Injury Prevention and Control