Cooperative Agreement NH28CE002559

This $250,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) under the Drug-Free Communities Support Program (CFDA 93.276) will support "Healthy People, Healthy Communities" - a comprehensive youth-led approach to substance use prevention in southern Ohio. Key activities include: Collecting data through the Ohio Healthy Youth Environments Survey to inform decision-making and measure outcomes...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded a $249,814 Drug-Free Communities Support Program Grant (CFDA 93.276) to The Montgomery Institute (TMI) and its Community Health Improvement Network (CHIN) coalition in Lauderdale County, Mississippi. The goal of this 5-year project, starting on September 30, 2024, is to implement evidence-based and practice-based prevention strategies to reduce and prevent initiation of substance abuse, with a primary focus on marijuana and opioids,...

This $250,000 Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program Project Grant awarded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CFDA 93.276) will support the North Mississippi Youth Coalition's efforts to prevent and reduce youth use of alcohol, marijuana, and tobacco in Lafayette County, Mississippi. The coalition, comprised of 12 community sectors, plans to utilize SAMHSA's Strategic Prevention Framework and the Seven Strategies for Community-Level Change to guide their work. Key goals...

The County of Madison, Mississippi was awarded a $760,454 project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to operate a Family Intervention Drug Court. The grant period runs from October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2025. The Family Intervention Drug Court will provide needed supervision, treatment, and recovery support services for families in the Madison County justice system affected by opioid and methamphetamine...

The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, a civilian agency, awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Drug-Free Communities Support Program (CFDA 93.276) to the Teen And Youth Alliance Coalition, Inc. in Glenarden, MD. The purpose of this 5-year award, with a start date of September 30, 2024, is to implement the Seven Strategies for Community Level Change to address youth marijuana and non-medical prescription drug use/opioids in the Glenarden community. The key goals are to...

The Project Grant award NH28CE003799, funded by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control under the Drug-Free Communities Support Program (CFDA 93.276), provides $250,000 to the Guided Approach To Positivity Youth Mentoring Initiative Inc. located in Bear, Delaware. The goal of this 5-year project is to empower youth ages 12-18 in the Wilmington, Delaware area to prevent and reduce the harmful use of prescription drugs, marijuana, and tobacco/vaping products. The project will achieve...

This $250,000 Project Grant award from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, supports the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program (CFDA 93.276). The award will fund a 5-year initiative by the Orange County Council On Alcoholism, Inc., doing business as the Alcohol And Drug Awareness Council Of Orange County, to establish and strengthen a community coalition focused on preventing and reducing youth substance use in the...

The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, a civilian agency, awarded a $125,000 Project Grant under the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program (CFDA 93.276) to the Step By Step Performing Arts Academy, a minority-owned non-profit organization in Vicksburg, Mississippi. The grant, awarded on September 30, 2024, will support the Step By Step Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Coalition's efforts to prevent and reduce substance abuse among youth in Newellton and St. Joseph, Louisiana....

The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, a civilian agency, awarded a $125,000 Project Grant under the Drug-Free Communities Support Program (CFDA 93.276) to Strategic Solutions for Families, Inc., a non-profit organization in Booneville, Mississippi. The grant will fund the "Solid Ground Drug-Free Community Coalition" project from September 30, 2024, to September 29, 2029. The project aims to implement comprehensive drug-free community activities designed to build...

This $250,000 Project Grant award from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (CDC) under the Drug-Free Communities Support Program (CFDA 93.276) will support a five-year initiative by the Community Coalition Alliance, Inc. to prevent and reduce youth substance use in Putnam County, Florida. The funded project will implement evidence-based prevention strategies, conduct youth leadership training, develop media campaigns, provide parental education, and execute community outreach...