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Opioids Settlement

The Division of Public Health (DPH) has announced the grantees for the Statewide Opioid Settlement grant, part of the National Opioid Settlement funds to help Alaska’s communities address the opioid epidemic. These grants represent approximately $2.8 million that will be annually available to support a three-year program totaling almost $8.5 million.

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Grantee Awards by Public Health Region

The grantees applied through a competitive RFP process. Final decisions on awardees were made by a committee with representatives from DPH, the Division of Behavioral Health, State of Alaska procurement, and the Alaska Mental Health Trust. The maximum number of grantees for each Public Health Region are three, with one additional statewide grantee.

Region 1 – Anchorage

Akeela $142,857

Expand assessment services and support more timely access to behavioral health services.

Alaska’s Children’s Trust $115,990 

Support the updating of Positive Indian Parenting (PIP) program, implement the PIP train the trainer
curriculum and fund 3 sub-awardees to implement the curriculum for caregivers.

Volunteers of America Alaska $142,857 

Provide medically monitored high-intensity residential services for youth and adolescents.

Region 2 – Gulf Coast

Central Peninsula General Hospital $142,757

Provide peer support and care transitions by helping patients address barriers to care.

Kachemak Bay Recovery Connections $142,742 

Develop a mobile recovery program and develop a long-term and recovery community center facility.

Set Free $142,857

Expand telehealth and integrated telepsychiatry services to individuals with complex mental health needs.

Region 3 – Interior

Interior AIDS Association $142,742

Expand harm reduction, enhance treatment services, naloxone training/distribution, disease testing and connections to other care needs.

Region 4 – Mat-Su

Mat-Su Youth Housing $142,000

To provide peer support services at their drop-in center.

Set Free $142,857 

Increase medical staffing to expand treatment availability.

Sunshine Community Health Center $129,843 

Creating peer specialists and transportation support.

Region 5 – Northern

Norton Sound Health Corporation $142,857 

Localizing their naloxone training and distribution program.

Maniilaq Association $142,857

Supporting a substance use disorder therapist.

Region 6 – Southeast

Kin Support Program – Haa Yatix’u Saiani $142,857

Pilot Kinship Navigation wraparound services for Alaskan Native families who have been destabilized by opioid abuse.

Petersburg Medical Center $142,827

Provide opioid use disorder treatment through telepsychiatry services.

Prince of Wales Health Network $142,392 

Expand peer support services through additional staff.

Region 7 – Southwest

Bethel Family Clinic $142,847

Expand medicated assisted treatment, connections to care and support people in recovery.

Camai Community Health Center $142,857

Implement Medicaid for Opioid Use Disorder services, counseling, testing and recovery support.

Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association Inc. $142,857

Expand culturally responsive substance use disorder/mental health treatment and support services.

Statewide

Alaska Behavioral Health Association $291,248 

Provide training and technical assistance support to the DPH FY25 Opioid Settlement grantees. Award additional subawards to new grantees working on opioid remediation efforts.