Cooperative Agreement H79SP081781

The Jefferson County Health Department received a $765,628 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Other Substances Use Program (CFDA 16.838). The grant funding will be used to enhance drug take-back programs in the county, increase the capacity for receiving and safely disposing of prescription drugs and illicit substances. Additionally, the project will establish an Overdose Fatality Review (OFR)...

The Raleigh County Prevention Coalition, Inc. was awarded a $250,000 Project Grant from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (CFDA 93.276 - Drug-Free Communities Support Program Grants) to establish and strengthen the community-based coalition's efforts to prevent and reduce substance use among youth in Raleigh County, West Virginia. The 5-year grant, with an award date of September 30, 2024 and an ultimate completion date of September 29, 2029, will fund the coalition's...

The County of Jefferson, Alabama was awarded a $544,459 Formula Grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Treatment Court Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA 16.585) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. The funding will support the Jefferson County Co-Occurring Court (COC) to provide treatment court services for individuals with substance use disorders involved in the criminal justice system. As the primary...

The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Drug-Free Communities Support Program (CFDA 93.276) to the Elkton Alliance, Incorporated in Elkton, Maryland. The grant will fund efforts by the Elkton Alliance Drug Free Communities Coalition to increase community collaboration and reduce youth substance use, with a focus on tobacco and alcohol, from September 2024 to September 2029. Key program activities include establishing school-based...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded a $249,814 Drug-Free Communities Support Program Grant (CFDA 93.276) to the TMI/CHIN Drug-Free Coalition in Meridian, Mississippi. The 5-year project aims to reduce substance use among youth ages 12-18, with a primary focus on preventing initiation of marijuana and opioid use. The coalition will implement evidence-based prevention strategies and community-level interventions, including youth education, parental outreach, and...

The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (a division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Drug-Free Communities Support Program (CFDA 93.276) to Community Coalition Alliance, Inc., a non-profit organization based in Jacksonville, Florida. The purpose of this five-year grant, awarded on September 30, 2024, is to establish and strengthen a community-based coalition to prevent and reduce substance use among youth. The funded...

This Project Grant award in the amount of $250,000 was provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program (CFDA 93.276). The funding will support the Bitterroot CARES Prevention Coalition in Ravalli County, Montana to increase community collaboration and reduce underage use of alcohol and marijuana among youth. The project aims to: 1) strengthen community collaboration by increasing the number of coalition members from 12 to...

This Project Grant award of $1,600,000, provided by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) through the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Other Substances Use Program (CFDA 16.838), will allow Jefferson County, Alabama to expand evidence-based substance use treatment and peer recovery support services to a pretrial population at high risk for overdose. The proposed initiative will address the allowable use of implementing evidence-based substance use disorder treatment related to opioids,...

The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, a civilian agency of the U.S. government, awarded a $250,000 Project Grant to the Healthy Community Coalition (doing business as Franklin Community Health Network) to address youth substance use in Franklin County, Maine. This five-year grant, awarded on September 30, 2024, is funded through the Drug-Free Communities Support Program (CFDA 93.276), which aims to establish and strengthen community-based coalitions focused on preventing and...

The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), awarded a 5-year, $250,000 Project Grant under the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program (CFDA 93.276) to the Community Action Commission of Fayette County in Ohio. The grant funding will support the Fayette County Prevention Coalition's efforts to establish and strengthen community-based collaborations focused on preventing and reducing substance use among youth in the...