FFY 2024 PA STATE OPIOID RESPONSE (SOR) GRANT - SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE STATE OPIOID RESPONSE (SOR) GRANT, PENNSYLVANIA HAS UTILIZED SOR FUNDING TO INCREASE ACCESS TO TREATMENT FOR THE UNINSURED/UNDERINSURED IN ADDITION TO OTHER SPECIALTY POPULATIONS, EXPAND ACCESS TO MEDICATION FOR OPIOID USE DISORDER (MOUD), EXPAND ACCESS TO NALOXONE AND OTHER HARM REDUCTION SERVICES, AND INCREASE ACCESS TO PREVENTION AND RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES. BUILDING OFF THE WORK ACCOMPLISHED, UNDER THE PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF SOR FUNDING, PENNSYLVANIA PROPOSES THE OUTLINED STRATEGY TO ADDRESS THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH OPIOID USE DISORDER (OUD) AS WELL AS STIMULANT USE BY UTILIZING SOR FUNDING TO CONTINUE TO ENHANCE ACCESS TO TREATMENT AND REDUCE OPIOID OVERDOSE RELATED DEATHS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF PREVENTION, HARM REDUCTION, TREATMENT, AND RECOVERY SUPPORT ACTIVITIES FOR THESE DISORDERS. THE PROJECTS SUPPORT A COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE TO THE ONGOING INCREASE IN OUD AND STIMULANT USE ACROSS

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FFY 2024 PA STATE OPIOID RESPONSE (SOR) GRANT - SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE STATE OPIOID RESPONSE (SOR) GRANT, PENNSYLVANIA HAS UTILIZED SOR FUNDING TO INCREASE ACCESS TO TREATMENT FOR THE UNINSURED/UNDERINSURED IN ADDITION TO OTHER SPECIALTY POPULATIONS, EXPAND ACCESS TO MEDICATION FOR OPIOID USE DISORDER (MOUD), EXPAND ACCESS TO NALOXONE AND OTHER HARM REDUCTION SERVICES, AND INCREASE ACCESS TO PREVENTION AND RECOVERY SUPPORT SERVICES. BUILDING OFF THE WORK ACCOMPLISHED, UNDER THE PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF SOR FUNDING, PENNSYLVANIA PROPOSES THE OUTLINED STRATEGY TO ADDRESS THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH OPIOID USE DISORDER (OUD) AS WELL AS STIMULANT USE BY UTILIZING SOR FUNDING TO CONTINUE TO ENHANCE ACCESS TO TREATMENT AND REDUCE OPIOID OVERDOSE RELATED DEATHS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF PREVENTION, HARM REDUCTION, TREATMENT, AND RECOVERY SUPPORT ACTIVITIES FOR THESE DISORDERS. THE PROJECTS SUPPORT A COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE TO THE ONGOING INCREASE IN OUD AND STIMULANT USE ACROSS