This federal Project Grant award, provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program (CFDA 93.276), will fund the development of the Paterson 5th Ward Coalition for Prevention and Empowerment (P-C.O.P.E.) in Paterson, New Jersey. The $250,000 award, effective September 30, 2024 through September 29, 2029, aims to increase community collaboration and reduce substance use, particularly tobacco/nicotine and...
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 the Usra Coalition, a New Jersey non-profit organization. The five-year grant, effective September 30, 2024, will support initiatives to enhance community-based substance use prevention efforts in Northwest Bergen County, New Jersey. The funding will enable the Usra Coalition to implement evidence-based strategies, conduct...
This $250,000 Project Grant award was provided by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), under the Drug-Free Communities Support Program (CFDA 93.276). The funding supports the "Healthy People, Healthy Communities" initiative led by Impact Prevention Inc., a non-profit organization in South Point, Ohio. The program aims to address individual, family, and community-level risk and protective factors influencing...
The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Drug-Free Communities Support Program (CFDA 93.276) to the Healthy Community Coalition in Farmington, Maine. The grant aims to address youth substance use in Franklin County, Maine through a collaborative effort called the Greater Franklin Prevention Alliance. Over a five-year period from September 2024 to September 2029, the...
The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, a division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Drug-Free Communities Support Program (CFDA 93.276) to Charting Careers, Inc., a non-profit organization in Annapolis, Maryland. The grant will fund a five-year initiative from September 2024 to September 2029 to implement a community-based collaborative effort to prevent and reduce substance use among youth aged 12-18 in the City...
This Project Grant award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Injury Prevention and Control under the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program (CFDA 93.276) provides $375,000 in funding to the Newfound Area School District (NASD) in New Hampshire over a 5-year period starting September 30, 2024. The funding will support NASD's Newfound Coalition for Youth (NCFY) in establishing collaborative partnerships to prevent and reduce youth substance use...
This Project Grant award from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (CFDA 93.276 - Drug-Free Communities Support Program Grants) provides $250,000 in funding over a 5-year period from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2029 to Community Coalition Alliance, Inc., a non-profit organization based in Jacksonville, Florida. The purpose of the grant is to support the organization's efforts to prevent and reduce substance use among youth in Putnam County, Florida through...
This federal Project Grant award of $250,000 was provided by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, under the Drug-Free Communities Support Program (CFDA 93.276). The award will fund the Ward 7 Drug-Free Community Coalition in Washington, D.C. to implement a 5-year initiative focused on preventing and reducing youth substance use, particularly marijuana and non-medical prescription drug/opioid use, among...
This federal Project Grant award of $125,000.00 was provided by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (a part of the Department of Health and Human Services) under the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program (CFDA 93.276). The grant was awarded to the San Marcos Prevention Coalition in California to reduce and prevent youth substance abuse within the Campus Creek community, which serves approximately 23,000 residents. The coalition's key goals are to: 1) Increase community...
The Project Grant award NH28CE003799 was provided by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, a civilian agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, under the Drug-Free Communities Support Program Grants (CFDA 93.276). The $250,000 award will be used by the Guided Approach To Positivity Youth Mentoring Initiative Inc., a minority-owned, woman-owned non-profit organization in Bear, Delaware, to implement the Project PREVAIL Youth Coalition for Substance Use...
This federal Project Grant award of $250,000 from the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) under the Drug-Free Communities Support Program Grants (CFDA 93.276) supports the Greater Atlantic Partnership (GAP) coalition in New Jersey. The funding will enable GAP, a community coalition formed in 2023, to develop and implement a strategic prevention framework to reduce underage drinking and opioid/illicit drug use among youth in the central Atlantic County region, which includes Egg Harbor City, Egg Harbor Township, Galloway Township, and Pleasantville. The five-year grant, awarded on September 30, 2024, will allow GAP to carry out evidence-based and environmental strategies, such as educational campaigns, policy advocacy, merchant training, and community outreach, to address identified risk factors and promote protective factors in the targeted communities.