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Opioid settlement expenditures in Iowa

In Iowa, Opioid Settlement Fund allocation is split 50% to the state and 50% to local governments.

2022–2023 2024

Iowa by the Numbers, 2022-2023

                           

Amount received: $49,781,475.24

Amount committed: $622,418.07

Amount unknown: $35,256,658.80

Funds were counted as committed or expended if they had a specific dollar amount and one of the following:
1) The name of a receiving body/department/organization
2) A program description that included actions or activities funded

Uncommitted funds were dollar amounts reported by state or local governments that were set aside for future use.

Unknown funds were unable to be tracked through publicly available reports.

Iowa by the Numbers, 2024

                           

Amount received: $48,128,560.59

Amount committed: $4,055,975.13

Amount set aside/not committed: $14,218,390.93

Funds were counted as committed or expended if they had a specific dollar amount and one of the following:
1) The name of a receiving body/department/organization
2) A program description that included actions or activities funded

Uncommitted funds were dollar amounts reported by state or local governments that were set aside for future use.

2022–2023 2024

Main “Buckets” of Spending, 2022-2023

Percentages Dollars

Most experts agree on 4 Buckets for opioid abatement: prevention, treatment, recovery, and harm reduction. Additional buckets were added for clarity when expenditures did not fit into the buckets. A full description of the buckets can be found in the project methodology.

Main “Buckets” of Spending, 2024

Percentages Dollars

Most experts agree on 4 Buckets for opioid abatement: prevention, treatment, recovery, and harm reduction. Additional buckets were added for clarity when expenditures did not fit into the buckets. A full description of the buckets can be found in the project methodology.

2022–2023 2024

10 Core Strategies, 2024

Percentages Dollars

Exhibit E of many of the national settlement agreements includes a set of core strategies for opioid abatement. The “other” category includes expenditures that do not fit within the listed categories.

9 Core Strategies, 2022-2023

Percentages Dollars

Exhibit E of many of the national settlement agreements includes a set of core strategies for opioid abatement. The “other” category includes expenditures that may encompass multiple categories or ones that were outside the listed categories.

2022-2023 Tracking Project

Note: Data collected as of August 2024. It reflects government actions as of Dec. 31, 2023.

• Read our 2022-2023 methodology • Download the 2022-2023 data
Source: Data collection by KFF Health News, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Shatterproof

Credit: KFF Health News’ Lydia Zuraw, Aneri Pattani, Henry Larweh, and Megan Kalata; Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Sara Whaley and Vivian Flanagan; Shatterproof’s Kristen Pendergrass and Sahvanah Prescott

2024 Tracking Project

Note: Data collected as of July 2025. It reflects government actions as of Dec. 31, 2024.

• Read our 2024 methodology • Download the 2024 data
Source: Data collection by KFF Health News, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Shatterproof

Credit: KFF Health News’ Lydia Zuraw, Aneri Pattani, and Henry Larweh; Shatterproof’s Kristen Pendergrass and Lillian Williams; and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Abigail Winiker, Samantha Harris, Isha Desai, Katibeth Blalock, Erin Wang, Olivia Allran, Connor Gunn, Justin Xu, Ruhao Pang, Jirka Taylor, and Valerie Ganetsky