Project Grant H79SP080452

The Project PREVAIL Youth Coalition for Substance Use Prevention is a five-year, $250,000 project grant awarded by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control under the Drug-Free Communities Support Program (CFDA 93.276). The project aims to empower youth ages 12-18 in Wilmington, Delaware to prevent and reduce the harmful use of prescription drugs, marijuana, and tobacco/vaping products through education, advocacy, and collaborative efforts. The project will implement evidence-based...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), is providing $994,004 to Boston Medical Center Corporation (BMC) from September 30, 2024 to August 31, 2026. The goal of this study is to engage adolescents, young adults, parents, providers, pharmacists, and people who use drugs to generate insights that will guide the development of interventions to reduce overdose risk among youth. The project...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), provides $1,717,104 to adapt, produce, and pilot test a youth overdose prevention "toolkit" for use in pediatric healthcare settings. The toolkit will be developed through a community-engaged approach in Boston, MA and Vancouver, BC, two locations heavily impacted by the overdose crisis. It will provide clinicians with practical guidance on...

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...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), will support the expansion of the Youth Opioid Recovery Support (YORS) intervention for improving medication adherence and reducing relapse among adolescents with opioid use disorder (OUD). The $1,153,350 project, awarded to Maryland Treatment Centers, Inc. from September 2024 to August 2027, will test the feasibility and pilot impact of the YORS...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), under the Drug Use and Addiction Research Programs (CFDA 93.279), provides $2,467,574 to Boston Medical Center Corporation to develop and evaluate the efficacy of a universal overdose prevention intervention for youth ages 13 to 26. The intervention aims to increase awareness of risks associated with fentanyl and other emerging drugs, knowledge of strategies to reduce overdose risk, and recognition and response to...

The federal Project Grant award of $741,975.00, granted by the Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) under the Opioid Affected Youth Initiative (CFDA 16.842), will enable the nonprofit organization Prevented to implement a comprehensive substance use disorder prevention, intervention, and community education program in Franklin County, Missouri. The project aims to reduce opioid and other substance use among youth and families through...

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) awarded a $741,975 Project Grant to Chicanos POR La Causa, Inc. (CPLC) under the Opioid Affected Youth Initiative (CFDA 16.842). The grant will fund CPLC's administration of two evidence-based programs - Project Towards No Drugs Abuse and Active Parenting of Teens: Families in Action - to reach up to 250 youth and 150 families/caregivers in Maricopa County, Arizona. The programs will provide...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, under the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program (CFDA 93.276), provides $125,000 annually over a 5-year period to Healing In The Hood Inc., a minority-owned non-profit organization in Blytheville, Arkansas. The funding enables the organization to lead the Opioid Prescription Drug and Synthetics (O.P.P.S.) Coalition, which aims to reduce youth (ages 12-18) use of marijuana and misuse of...

This Cooperative Agreement award, valued at $8,911,329.00, was issued by the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Other Substances Use Program (CFDA 16.838). The purpose of the project is to support new or existing local nonprofit programs, in collaboration with law enforcement and community coalitions, in implementing best practices or promising approaches for drug prevention programs targeted...