▶Videoyoutube.comFresno County Fentanyl Awareness Campaign
Also: Before It's Too Late
“Before It's Too Late”
Fresno County fentanyl awareness campaign (US-CA) funded by the County Administrative Office and District Attorney from July 2021 after a high school senior's death, with billboards of local victims, TV and social PSAs for teens, young adults and parents; among the first multimedia fentanyl campaigns in California, it inspired AB 2365 grants and later added a consequences phase after the county's first fentanyl murder conviction.
- Years
- 2021–now
- Country
- United States
- Budget
- USD 194,520 maximum under Purchasing Agreement P-21-291 with OUTFRONT Media (5 Aug 2021 to 5 Mar 2022, billboards and geofencing); then Agreement A-22-058 with OUTFRONT from 7 Mar 2022, USD 156,170, raised to USD 276,170 (Amendment I, Sept 2022) and USD 436,170 (Amendment II, 2023); plus Univision Television Group: Purchasing Agreement P10-0000021636 (14 Feb-30 Jun 2022, TV and radio PSAs) and Agreement A-22-449 from 20 Sep 2022, USD 50,000, raised to USD 150,000 (2023) (Fresno County Board of Supervisors Legistar records).
- Topic
- DrugsOpioids
- Asks people to
- Never startRecognizeTalk to someone
- Strategy
- Fear appealTestimonial
- Channel
- OutdoorSocial (paid)TVWebsite
- Audience
- ParentsYoung adultsYouth
Evidence
Self-reportedUnknown
County reports fentanyl deaths fell from 114 (2021) to 96 (2022) and 66 (2025); officials attribute change to several factors, not this campaign alone. 2023 NACo Achievement Award (Best in Category).
Sponsor (who paid)
- County of Fresno (County Administrative Office and District Attorney) State local government, funder and creator
Credits (who made it)
Executions (individual ads)
- Fentanyl - Before It's Too Late TV :30 tv · youtube
- Fentanyl - Before It's Too Late TV :15 tv · youtube
- Teach Your Kids About Fentanyl, Before It's Too Late :30 Spanish tv · youtube
- I Lost Someone to Fentanyl - Elaine Hudson tv · youtube
Related campaigns
- Fentanyl Doesn't Care. But We Do. 2023–now
- One Pill Can Kill 2021–now
Sources
- NACo: The County of Fresno - Fentanyl Awareness Campaign (2023 Achievement Award) sponsor · 2023
- ABC30: Fresno Co. fentanyl overdose deaths plummet after first murder conviction, public awareness campaign (25 Feb 2026) news · 2026
- Fresno County Board of Supervisors, agenda item 22-0092 (22 Feb 2022): Agreement with OUTFRONT Media for a Fentanyl Awareness Campaign (PDF) sponsor · 2022
- Fresno County Board of Supervisors, agenda item 22-0921 (11 Oct 2022): Retroactive Agreement with Univision Television Group, Inc. (PDF) sponsor · 2022
- Fresnoland: Fresno County Board of Supervisors (9/20/22) ... fentanyl awareness campaign news · 2022
Research notes
US-CA (Fresno County). Videos from the Fresno County YouTube channel (oEmbed-confirmed). Discovered 2026-10-22 for #17. Credits checked 2026-10-22 against fetched pages (procurement records): OUTFRONT Media (Board agenda item 22-0092, 22 Feb 2022: 'On August 5, 2021 the County of Fresno Purchasing Division executed Purchasing Agreement P-21-291 with OUTFRONT Media Inc. to provide Fentanyl Awareness marketing using billboards and geofencing' for the District Attorney and County Administrative Office; competitive bidding waived; Fresnoland, 21 Sep 2022, reports the 5-0 vote on Amendment I); Univision Television Group (agenda item 22-0921, 11 Oct 2022: Purchasing Agreement P10-0000021636 from 14 Feb 2022 'to provide Fentanyl Awareness marketing using television and radio public service announcements', then a retroactive agreement 'for a Fentanyl Awareness Campaign' from 20 Sep 2022, bidding suspended because Univision 'has the highest viewership amongst stations in Fresno'; First Amendment 23-1097 to USD 150,000). Creative appears to be in-house: the county and DA public information officers received a 2023 CAPIO award for the campaign (Legistar 23-0579). Neither OUTFRONT nor Univision has an agency file (media owners, not agencies). Check the numbers: an ABC30 report (Aug 2021, not opened) put DEA and county spending at USD 220,000 for six months; the county agreement maximum was USD 194,520. Separately, Fresno County DBH amended its Two Q, Inc. agreement 19-178 in May 2021 (+USD 50,000, total USD 2,470,000) to add 'substance use disorder awareness campaigns on the dangers of Fentanyl and the lifesaving drug Narcan' (Legistar 21-0289): possible separate DBH effort, not this DA/CAO campaign.
Record cases/fresno-county-fentanyl-awareness.json, updated 2026-10-23· Link to this campaign