Project Grant CDS9923G0003

The Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $748,818 Project Grant to Beginning New Outreach, Inc., a minority-owned nonprofit organization, to deliver an evidence-based substance abuse prevention program curriculum paired with positive youth development (PYD) services. The project will focus on youth ages 10-17 in Muscogee County, Georgia, providing the Narconon: Truth About Drugs prevention curriculum and PYD services in areas such as...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $741,975 Project Grant to Prevented, a nonprofit organization based in St. Louis, Missouri, under the Opioid Affected Youth Initiative (CFDA 16.842). The grant will fund Prevented's implementation of comprehensive prevention, intervention, and community-based educational programming to reduce opioid use and other substance use disorders in Franklin County, Missouri over a 3-year period from...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $741,975 Project Grant under the Opioid Affected Youth Initiative (CFDA 16.842) to Chicanos POR La Causa, Inc. (CPLC), a non-profit organization in Phoenix, Arizona. The grant will fund the implementation of two evidence-based programs: Project Towards No Drugs Abuse (Project TND) and Active Parenting of Teens: Families in Action (Active Parenting). These programs will reach up to 250 youth...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), provides $994,004 to Boston Medical Center Corporation (BMC) to engage adolescents, young adults, families, youth providers, pharmacists, and people who use drugs to generate insights for developing overdose prevention interventions tailored to youth. The key activities include: 1) Exploring perceptions of overdose risk, drug supply, and safety...

The Evanston Youth Club For Boys & Girls received a $125,000 Project Grant from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control under the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program (CFDA 93.276). The award, effective September 30, 2024, supports the Evanston's Alliance for Successful Youth - Drug Free Community Initiative over a 5-year period ending September 29, 2029. The DFC Support Program is a federal grant initiative designed to establish and strengthen community-based coalitions...

This $610,092 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) is designed to develop and test a hybrid substance use prevention program for upper elementary school students. The program will utilize a combination of online e-learning modules and traditional classroom sessions to teach students about the harms of vaping and the importance of safe prescription medication use. It will also focus on enhancing...

This Project Grant award of $1,717,104 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279) will support a 3-year effort to adapt, produce, and pilot test a written "Youth Overdose Prevention Toolkit" for use by clinicians in pediatric healthcare settings. The toolkit will provide practical, youth-centered guidance on delivering evidence-based overdose prevention interventions, including naloxone, take-home drug testing...

The Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention awarded a $567,627 Project Grant to Beginning New Outreach, Incorporated to deliver the Beginning New Outreach Opioid Affected Youth Program. This program provides mentoring, substance abuse prevention education using an evidence-based curriculum, and positive youth development services to youth ages 11-17 affected by the opioid crisis in Georgia and Alabama. The goal is to help participants voluntarily refrain...

The Project Grant award of $250,000.00 was provided by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control under the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program (CFDA 93.276) to the Guided Approach To Positivity Youth Mentoring Initiative Inc. The grant will fund the Project PREVAIL Youth Coalition (PPYC) to empower youth aged 12-18 in Wilmington, Delaware to prevent and reduce harmful use of prescription drugs, marijuana, and tobacco/vaping products. The PPYC will achieve its mission...

The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, a civilian agency within the U.S. government, awarded a 5-year $125,000 Project Grant under the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program (CFDA 93.276) to The Groundswell Group, Inc., a non-profit organization in the Bronx, New York. The funding will support the WEPA (We Engage in Prevention Awareness) coalition's efforts to implement evidence-based substance abuse prevention strategies targeting BIPOC youth aged 12-18 in the North...