Protecting the CDC National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
America’s leader on preventing overdose and suicide
The CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control is uniquely qualified to lead on injury and violence prevention due to its specialized expertise and established track record. Its work is irreplaceable and saves lives in all 50 states.
It plays an essential, singular role:
Comprehensive Data Systems and Research Capacity
The Center builds and manages national data systems to track trends in injuries and violence. Their data is the most timely and comprehensive available, and is foundational to the prevention efforts led by federal, state and local agencies, as well as thousands of service organizations all over the country that are saving lives.
Specialized Expertise and Leadership
The Center is the nation’s leading authority on injury and violence prevention, including overdose and suicide. For more than 30 years, Center experts have researched and subsequently funded the most effective programs to save lives.
Effective Partnerships and Community Impact
The Center provides the resources necessary for hospitals, state health departments, and tribal organizations to design and implement targeted injury and violence prevention programs. These partnerships are crucial to addressing the root causes of injury and violence in communities across the country.
“We can be the generation that ends the opioid epidemic.”
- President Donald J. Trump
Thriving, Productive, and Healthy: Preventing Overdose and Suicide
We can prevent deaths from overdose and suicide.
Decades of research have shown that injuries and violence are not “accidents” or inevitable events. They are preventable, using known, available, and effective strategies.
An American dies by suicide every 11 minutes.
The path to saving more lives requires solutions that work.
We are starting to turn the tide on issues like overdose.
Overdose deaths declined by over 25% nationally between September 2023 and 2024.
We can’t stop that momentum.
A serious national effort to save lives requires real, focused leadership.
The CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control helps save lives. In fact, 80% of the dollars that come to the Center go directly to communities to serve families, veterans, and first responders.
Since 2019, during President Trump’s first term, historic action has been taken to prevent overdose deaths. Since that time, CDC’s Overdose Data to Action program has awarded hundreds of millions of dollars to 90 states and localities, delivering critical resources that are proven to save lives.
The CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention is absolutely essential to continue progress on overdose and suicide.
That’s why Congress and the Administration must continue to fund its work.