CDC is expected to fully fund the Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) program prior to an important budget deadline. Confirmations from staff indicate that funding is likely, but details remain unclear. The Trump administration previously withheld $140 million critical to the OD2A program. There have also been breakthroughs releasing other previously frozen funds for CDC programs. Many state health departments, including Alabama, rely heavily on federal grants from CDC, illustrating the urgency of resolving the funding situation for effective public health operations.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will be able to fully fund the Overdose Data to Action or OD2A program ahead of a key budget deadline.
Some staffers at CDC expressed to NPR that this appeared to be good news, although the funding situation was still fluid and confusing.
The delays were part of a broader issue with funding at CDC, as for months, they waited for the $9 billion Congress intended for the agency for fiscal year 2025.
Most state health departments get most of their funding from the feds; in Alabama’s case, we get more than two thirds of our funding from federal grants, predominantly CDC.
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