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    Opioid Epidemic Response Spending Dashboard

    The dashboard provides a snapshot into Minnesota’s investments to mitigate the harm of the opioid epidemic. The intent is to provide transparency on spending and assist the Opiate Epidemic Response Advisory Council (OERAC), local governments, and other policymakers identify needs across our state. 

    The dashboard contains multiple sources of funding, including 1) Opiate Epidemic Response fees, 2) statewide opioid epidemic settlement agreement funding, and 3) appropriations directed by the state to tribal nations and other organizations. This tool also highlights the extent to which these funds were spent on evidence-based practices (EBPs), which have been found to to cause positive impacts for participants. 

    For questions about the dashboard, please contact [email protected].

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    Updated 07-01-2025
    The underlying data for the charts used in this dashboard are available here.


    Data notes 

    • Information on geographic areas, target populations, service models, service descriptions, and expenditures come from grant applications and annual settlement reports. These sources of information are collected and maintained by the Department of Human Services (DHS). 
    • Service descriptions, target populations, and outcomes are self-reported by grantees and settlement agencies. 
    • This data comes from numerous sources with different reporting rules and periods. The dashboard simplifies some complexion to advance coherence; for instance:
      • “Year” refers to the calendar year in which the RFP accepted applications (for grants), the calendar year in which settlement funds were spent, and the calendar year in which direct appropriations were passed by the legislature. 
      • For current grants, the “Total reported amount” reflects the total amount awarded to the recipient; when the contract is closed, the amount is updated to reflect the amount spent. For settlement entities, the “Total reported amount” reflects the amount of settlement funding spent during the reporting period. 
      • The requirement conditions to report “outcomes” from the grant to the state vary by funding source.
    • “Funding sources” are defined as: 
      • “Appropriations”: Includes direct appropriations from the General Fund or the OER fees, to entities named in statute. It also includes the portion of the OER fees that is distributed among county social service and tribal social service agencies to provide child protection services to children and families affected by addiction. 
      • “City/County Settlement Funds”: Funding provided directly to counties and cities through the statewide opioid epidemic settlement agreement.
      • “Federal Block Grants”: Funding provided to DHS from the federal government, that was awarded through OERAC. 
      • “OERAC-directed”: Grants awarded using a combination of OER fees and the state’s share of the opioid epidemic settlement agreement. 
    • ”CY”: Calendar Year
    • Additional information on the settlement amounts distributed to participating local governments is available from the Minnesota Attorney General (https://www.ag.state.mn.us/Opioids/). Tribal nations have a separate settlement agreement that is not included in this dashboard (https://www.tribalopioidsettlements.com/). 
    • Local governments that did not report spending settlement funds in a calendar year are not included.
    • To assess evidence rating, MMB uses evidence-based clearinghouses and other rigorous research. The review uses self-reported information about service descriptions from grantees or settlement recipients and assumes the model is implemented with fidelity. An award is designated “evidence-based” if at least one of the activities funded by the award is evidence-based. Other practices may also be effective, but they have not yet been studied with this type of statutorily-defined impact evaluation. 
    • On the “Target Population” tab, the number of awards and dollar amounts may equal more than the total awards because some award recipients serve multiple target populations. Target populations were defined by the award recipients.
    • Settlement agencies and grantees report spending on an annual or biannual basis, respectively. Information on this dashboard will be updated twice annually. 
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