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Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (16.754)

Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (Assistance Listing 16.754) is run by the Office of Justice Programs, part of the Department of Justice. It awarded $125 million in 73 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $1.7 million per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.

The typical award was $1.4 million. Half of the 73 awards fell between $1.1 million and $1.9 million, and they ranged from $405,286 to $24.1 million.

Key findings

What the program funds

Program goal(s) name: Strengthen states and territories’ ability to maintain and enhance PDMPs and data integration to inform clinical decision making and abuse of prescription drugs. Program goal(s) description: Support state and local governments to encourage the use of PDMPs, integration of PDMP data with health information exchanges (HIE), electronic health records (EHR), or pharmacy dispensing systems (PDS), and engaging with tribal entities and rural areas where integration rates may be lower to improve clinical decision making and detecting and preventing the diversion and abuse of pharmaceutically controlled substances such as opioids and other prescription drugs. This program helps to break the cycle of drug addiction and violence by reducing the demand for, use, and the illegal trafficking of controlled substances. Program objective(s) name: Strengthen capacity and facilitate use of prescription drug data Program objective(s) description: Strengthen capacity of PDMPs to share information on prescribing, dispensing, and use of prescription drugs within and between states using preferred method of choice, and via RxCheck Hub; Facilitate use of PDMP data to support law enforcement efforts, allocation of substance use disorder treatment and prevention resources, and sound clinical decision making among prescribers; and Design, implement, and advance initiatives to improve linkage, analysis, reporting, usage, and sharing of PDMP derived data.

From the federal Assistance Listing. Read the full listing on SAM.gov.

Open opportunities

No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.

Rules from the program listing

Matching requirements

This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

Award range and average, in the agency's words

See the current fiscal year’s NOFO available at the Office of Justice Programs web site ( https://www.ojp.gov/funding/explore/current-funding-opportunities).

Quoted from the program's federal Assistance Listing. The notice of funding opportunity is the official source for each competition's rules.

Funding history and past recipients

From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Harold Rogers Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (16.754) awarded$125 million across 73 grant awards, an average of $1.7 million per award.

Top states: Florida ($26.4 million), New Jersey ($7.0 million), Wisconsin ($6.9 million), California ($6.2 million), Illinois ($5.8 million), Ohio ($5.7 million), Puerto Rico ($5.5 million), Kentucky ($4.6 million), Maryland ($4.4 million), Pennsylvania ($4.3 million).

Who usually wins

State and local governments received 77% of the money, nonprofits 21% and tribes 1.6%.

Recipient typeAwardsAmountShare
State and local governments68$96.8 million77%
Nonprofits3$25.8 million21%
Tribal governments and organizations1$2.0 million1.6%
Colleges and universities1$833,1100.7%

By state

32 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards.

Grants by recipient's state, fiscal 2021 to 2025
StateAwardsAmount
Florida3$26.4 million
New Jersey4$7.0 million
Wisconsin4$6.9 million
California4$6.2 million
Illinois4$5.8 million
Ohio4$5.7 million
Puerto Rico4$5.5 million
Kentucky4$4.6 million
Maryland3$4.4 million
Pennsylvania3$4.3 million
Tennessee3$4.3 million
Massachusetts2$3.9 million
Nebraska2$3.6 million
Oklahoma2$3.6 million
Utah2$3.6 million
Arkansas2$3.3 million
Alabama2$3.0 million
District of Columbia1$2.0 million
Georgia1$1.9 million
Alaska2$1.7 million
Oregon1$1.7 million
South Dakota1$1.6 million
Minnesota1$1.6 million
Nevada2$1.5 million
Kansas2$1.4 million
Connecticut2$1.4 million
Colorado1$1.4 million
Missouri1$1.4 million
New Hampshire1$1.3 million
Rhode Island1$1.2 million
Guam1$1.1 million
Northern Mariana Islands1$1.1 million
New York1$945,733
Maine1$570,606

Award amounts are federal obligations reported to USAspending.gov for fiscal 2021 to 2025; see how our data works.