Project Grant H79SP085358

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded Pact 4 Family Collaborative $250,000 on September 30, 2026, under the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.492) to strengthen youth substance use prevention across rural Renville and Yellow Medicine counties in west-central Minnesota.

Pact 4 Family Collaborative will implement a community-based capacity-building initiative using SAMHSA's Strategic Prevention Framework and the Communities That Care Framework to strengthen prevention infrastructure, expand youth leadership, improve local behavioral health data collection, and increase implementation of evidence-based prevention strategies through coordinated community partnerships. The initiative targets youth ages 9-20 and their families within the two-county catchment area of 24,009 residents, prioritizing youth experiencing behavioral health risk factors including adverse childhood experiences and increased vulnerability to substance use.

Capacity-building activities will engage schools, public health agencies, behavioral health providers, youth-serving organizations, prevention coalitions, parents, youth leaders, and other community stakeholders. The project builds sustainable prevention capacity to improve youth behavioral health outcomes and reduce substance use, addressing regional coordination gaps, inconsistent data collection practices, limited prevention infrastructure, and the need for expanded evidence-based prevention strategy implementation through coordinated school and community partnerships.

Performance runs through September 29, 2031, with place of performance in Willmar, Minnesota.