The Walpole Prevention Coalition was awarded a $250,000 Drug-Free Communities Support Program grant (CFDA 93.276) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The 5-year project aims to reduce and prevent youth substance use in Walpole, Massachusetts. Key objectives include: Increasing the coalition's adult and youth membership by 10%, with a focus on underrepresented populations Collecting baseline data to measure Drug-Free Communities outcomes and identify root causes for youth...
This Project Grant award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, under the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program (CFDA 93.276), provides $125,000 to the Ketchikan Wellness Coalition to implement a 5-year substance use prevention project targeting middle and high school students in the Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District. The key products and services to be delivered include: Securing community collaboration and...
This federal Project Grant award of $125,000.00 was provided by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (a part of the Department of Health and Human Services) under the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program (CFDA 93.276). The grant was awarded to the San Marcos Prevention Coalition in California to reduce and prevent youth substance abuse within the Campus Creek community, which serves approximately 23,000 residents. The coalition's key goals are to: 1) Increase community...
This $125,000 annual Project Grant award from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, under the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program (CFDA 93.276), supports the Opioid Prescription Drug and Synthetics (O.P.P.S.) Coalition led by Healing In The Hood Inc., a minority-owned non-profit organization in Blytheville, Arkansas. The funding enables the coalition to implement comprehensive, evidence-based strategies to reduce youth (ages 12-18) use of marijuana and misuse of...
This Project Grant award of $250,000 from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, under the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program (CFDA 93.276), supports the Fayette County Prevention Coalition in Ohio to prevent and reduce substance use among youth. The key products and services delivered through this five-year grant, from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2029, include: increasing community collaboration around youth substance use prevention, reducing youth alcohol use...
The Huron County Prevention Coalition was awarded a $125,000 Project Grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Drug-Free Communities Support Program Grants (DFC Support Program, CFDA 93.276). The Coalition will work to decrease alcohol and marijuana use among Huron County youth through collaboration, education, and youth empowerment initiatives. As the primary awardee, the Huron County Job and Family Services will implement prevention programs and services from...
This Project Grant award, provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control under the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program (CFDA 93.276), supports the Peer Coalition Inc., a non-profit organization based in Suffern, NY. The $250,000 award over a 5-year period from September 2024 to September 2029 will fund the coalition's efforts to prevent and reduce youth substance use, particularly involving alcohol, marijuana, and...
This Project Grant award from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CFDA 93.243) provides $120,000 to the Asian Health Coalition (AHC) in Chicago, IL to implement the "Together to Stop Underage Drinking" program. Over a 4-year period, the program aims to: 1) strengthen the capacity of the Coalition for Achieving Substance Abuse Prevention (CASAP) by increasing community engagement and collaboration to address youth...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), under the Alcohol Research Programs (CFDA 93.273) federal grant program, aims to study the effects of cannabis use on treatment outcomes for adolescents with alcohol use disorder (AUD) and co-occurring psychiatric disorders (CODs) in community-based treatment settings. The $197,262 award will leverage mixed methods, including qualitative interviews, an ecological momentary assessment pilot, and...
The Wabash County Drug Free Community Coalition (WCDFCC) was awarded a $250,000 Drug-Free Communities Support Program grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CFDA 93.276). The grant will fund the coalition's efforts to prevent and reduce alcohol and marijuana use among youth ages 12-18 in rural Wabash County, Illinois, a community of 11,631 residents. The WCDFCC will implement evidence-based strategies and data-driven approaches, including providing information, building...