Protect Funding for Overdose Prevention

The United States is finally seeing a decline in overdose deaths after years of devastating loss in our communities. This progress is not accidental — it’s the result of sustained federal investments in prevention, treatment, recovery services, and data-driven public health and public safety programs.

Yet proposed budget cuts for 2027 threaten to roll back that progress.

The Trump administration has put forward plans to consolidate and reduce funding for key initiatives, including state opioid response grants, community-based treatment programs, and overdose surveillance efforts. These programs are the backbone of the national response — helping communities prevent overdoses, expand access to care, and save lives.

Reducing or weakening this funding now would disrupt services, strain local providers, and increase the risk of overdose in communities already working hard to recover.

Public safety means investing in what works. Maintaining strong federal support for overdose prevention and treatment is essential to keeping people alive and helping families heal.

Congress has a clear choice: protect these lifesaving programs or risk reversing hard-won progress.

Fund the solutions. Protect our communities. Reject Trump’s overdose prevention funding cuts.

Prevention saves lives. Protect funding now!

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We, the undersigned, urge Congress to reject proposed cuts to federal overdose prevention, treatment, and recovery programs in the FY 2027 appropriations process.

At a time when the United States is finally seeing a historic decline in overdose deaths, the President’s budget proposes consolidating and reducing funding for critical programs that have helped drive this progress. These include SAMHSA’s State Opioid Response grants, community block grants, and the CDC’s Overdose Data to Action program.

Cutting or weakening these investments now would jeopardize hard-won gains and put lives at risk.

We believe in responsible federal spending. But true public safety means protecting the programs that keep people alive, support recovery, and strengthen communities. Investing in these solutions is how we demonstrate a real commitment to families across the country.

We urge Congress to:

Maintain funding for overdose prevention, treatment, and recovery programs at no less than FY 2026 enacted levels
Preserve substance use and overdose prevention as clearly defined and protected funding priorities
Ensure federal agencies have the staffing and resources needed to effectively administer these programs

We cannot afford to reverse course. Now is the time to build on progress — not dismantle it.

Don’t let this progress slip away. Fund the solutions. Protect our communities.