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National Harm Reduction Technical Assistance and Syringe Services Program (SSP) Monitoring and Evaluation Funding Opportunity

Program Information

Popular name

Harm Reduction

Program Number

93.488

Program objective

The purpose of this program is to strengthen harm reduction programs in order to prevent infectious disease resulting from injection drug use, and improving health outcomes for people who inject drugs; including strengthening linkage to medication-assisted treatment. It is comprised of three components: technical assistance, communications and monitoring and evaluation.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2020

    1. Developed harm reduction Technical Assistance Center and have provided or are providing TA to almost 2 dozen organizations
    2. Developed and implemented patient navigation programs at 8 SSPs (Utah, Puerto Rico, North Carolina, Iowa, California, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Virginia)
    3. Conducted monitoring and evaluation of the impact of COVID-19 on SSPs
    4. Submitted a package to OMB to conduct surveillance of injection drug use nationwide

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

  1. 301(a) and 317 (k)(2) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. section 241 and 274b), as amended.
  2. 318 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. Section 247c, as amended).