Project Grant NH28CE002686

The Abington C.O.P.E.S. project is a 5-year, $375,000 Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program grant awarded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to prevent youth alcohol and nicotine use in Abington, Massachusetts. The project aims to: increase coalition membership and youth participation by 10%, enhance coalition capacity by 25%, reduce parental concerns about talking to their children about alcohol by 6%, train 25 community leaders in alcohol prevention and youth brain...

The Town of Walpole, Massachusetts received a $250,000 Project Grant under the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CFDA 93.276). The purpose of this 5-year grant award is to reduce and prevent youth substance use in Walpole through a collaborative community coalition approach. Key objectives include increasing the Walpole Prevention Coalition's adult and youth membership, collecting baseline data, implementing evidence-based...

The Little Compton Town School District received a $125,000 Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program Grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. This CFDA 93.276 grant award will support the efforts of the Little Compton-Tiverton Prevention Coalition to prevent and reduce substance use, particularly marijuana and nicotine, among local youth. The coalition will utilize the Strategic Prevention Framework to build prevention...

The Greene County Mental Health and Substance Abuse Coalition was awarded a $250,000 Project Grant from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, under the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program (CFDA 93.276). The grant period runs from September 30, 2024, to September 29, 2029. The purpose of the DFC Support Program is to establish and strengthen community-based coalitions dedicated to preventing and reducing substance use among youth. The funding supports collaborative...

This $125,000 Project Grant award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program (CFDA 93.276) was provided to the Oregon Trail Community Foundation to support the Monument Prevention Coalition's efforts to reduce youth substance use in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. The key products and services to be delivered through this 5-year grant include: providing two county-wide youth leadership summits, delivering one prevention training for...

The Drug-Free Campus Creek Coalition, with the San Marcos Prevention Coalition serving as the fiscal agent, has been awarded a $125,000 Project Grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program (CFDA 93.276). The grant will support the coalition's efforts to reduce and prevent youth substance abuse within the Campus Creek community, which serves approximately 23,000 residents. The key goals of the project are to increase community...

The City of Lowell, MA Police Department (LPD) received a $1,295,265 Project Grant award under the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Other Substance Abuse Program (CFDA 16.838). The grant funding will allow the LPD to expand and enhance its existing Community Opioid Outreach Program (CO-OP) to better serve individuals with substance use disorder (SUD) in the city of Lowell. Key activities include adding a Recovery Housing...

The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, a civilian agency, awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program (CFDA 93.276) to the Latino Community Wellness Association (LCWA) and its fiscal agent Tualatin Together. The grant funding will be used to implement prevention strategies, campaigns, and activities to reduce underage drinking, drug use, and promote youth and family mental health within the Latino community of Tualatin, Oregon. Key...

The Coalition for a Better Wallingford was awarded a $500,000 Project Grant under the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program (CFDA 93.276) by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, a civilian agency within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The grant is effective from September 30, 2024, through September 29, 2029. The purpose of the DFC Support Program is to establish and strengthen community-based coalitions dedicated to preventing and reducing substance...

The Peer Coalition Inc., a non-profit organization located in Suffern, NY, was awarded a $250,000 federal Project Grant under the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program (CFDA 93.276) administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. The grant, awarded on September 30, 2024, will fund the coalition's comprehensive community-based strategies to prevent and reduce youth substance use, particularly involving alcohol, marijuana,...