Project Grant NH28CE002564

This $250,000 Drug-Free Communities Support Program Grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CFDA 93.276) awarded to the Town of Walpole, MA will fund a 5-year project to reduce and prevent youth substance use in the community. Key objectives include: increasing coalition membership by 10% with a focus on health equity populations, collecting baseline data to measure outcomes, implementing digital prevention campaigns targeting parents and youth, and piloting evidence-based...

The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, a civilian agency within the U.S. government, awarded a 5-year $125,000 Project Grant under the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program (CFDA 93.276) to The Groundswell Group, Inc., a non-profit organization in the Bronx, New York. The funding will support the WEPA (We Engage in Prevention Awareness) coalition's efforts to implement evidence-based substance abuse prevention strategies targeting BIPOC youth aged 12-18 in the North...

The RWJBarnabas Health Institute for Prevention and Recovery's Southern Ocean County Interfaith Advocacy and Leadership (SOCIAL) Coalition was awarded a $125,000 Project Grant under the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program. The 5-year grant, awarded on September 30, 2024, will be used to implement evidence-based strategies to reduce underage alcohol and e-cigarette use among youth aged 18 and younger in southern Ocean County, New Jersey....

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...

The St. Francois County Community Partnership in Missouri was awarded a $375,000 Drug-Free Communities Support Program Grant (CFDA 93.276) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to implement a five-year youth substance use prevention project. The grant will be used to strengthen the capacity of the local coalition, increase youth participation, deliver evidence-based prevention programs in schools, conduct public awareness campaigns, and collect data to measure progress in...

This $250,000 Project Grant awarded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program (CFDA 93.276) will support Bay State Community Services, Inc., a non-profit organization based in Quincy, Massachusetts, in establishing and strengthening community-based coalitions to prevent and reduce substance use among youth. The funding will enable Bay State Community Services to implement evidence-based prevention strategies, facilitate youth...

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 Healthy Community Coalition (Franklin Community Health Network) in Farmington, Maine. This 5-year grant, effective September 30, 2024, will support the coalition's efforts to address youth substance use in Franklin County, Maine. The program focuses on collaborative, evidence-based prevention strategies across multiple...

This $125,000 annual Project Grant award from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (CDC) under the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program (CFDA 93.276) will support the Austin Drug-Free Youth Coalition's efforts to address underage drinking and youth marijuana use in Austin, Texas. Over the five-year grant period from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2029, the coalition will: 1) assess community risk factors, 2) educate stakeholders on evidence-based prevention...

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

The Abington C.O.P.E.S. project is a $375,000 federal grant award from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control under the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program (CFDA 93.276). The purpose of the grant is to prevent youth alcohol and nicotine use in the town of Abington, Massachusetts. Key activities include increasing coalition membership and youth participation, enhancing community leader skills in alcohol prevention and youth brain development, and training 100 youth on the...