The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, a civilian agency within the U.S. government, awarded a $250,000 Project Grant to the Healthy Community Coalition (Franklin Community Health Network) in Farmington, Maine. The grant, funded through the Drug-Free Communities Support Program (CFDA 93.276), is intended to address youth substance use in Franklin County, Maine over a 5-year period from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2029. The grant funding will support the Healthy...
The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, a civilian agency of the U.S. government, awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program (CFDA 93.276) to Atlantic Prevention Resources, Inc., a non-profit organization, on September 30, 2024. The grant will fund the Greater Atlantic Partnership (GAP) Coalition's efforts to establish and strengthen community-based substance use prevention initiatives targeting youth aged 12-18 in New Jersey over a...
The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, a division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), awarded a $125,000 Project Grant under the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program (CFDA 93.276) to the Usra Coalition, a non-profit organization in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. The purpose of this 5-year grant, with an award date of September 30, 2024 and a completion date of September 29, 2029, is to enhance existing DFC-supported initiatives in northwest Bergen...
The Tri Town Council in Topsfield, MA was awarded a $156,908 Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program Grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CFDA 93.276) on September 30, 2024. The five-year grant project, scheduled to run through September 29, 2029, is intended to establish and strengthen community-based coalitions dedicated to preventing and reducing substance use among youth. The funded activities will likely involve implementing evidence-based prevention strategies,...
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 program grant will support the Little Compton-Tiverton Prevention Coalition's efforts to prevent substance use, particularly marijuana and nicotine, among local youth and promote overall mental health in the community. The grant funding will be used to implement a...
This $250,000 federal Project Grant award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was made under the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program (CFDA 93.276) to Bay State Community Services, Inc., a non-profit organization based in Quincy, Massachusetts. The purpose of the DFC Support Program is to establish and strengthen community-based coalitions that work to prevent and reduce substance use among youth. The grant funds will support Bay State Community Services'...
The Davis School District received a $250,000 Project Grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program (CFDA 93.276). The purpose of this grant is to address the urgent need to reduce vaping of nicotine and marijuana among youth in the community, as well as address increasing rates of antisocial behavior that are interfering with youth development and well-being. The grant will be used to integrate the Communities That Care...
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 Education Today Group, a non-profit organization located in Tallulah, Louisiana. The grant, with an award date of September 30, 2024 and an ultimate completion date of September 29, 2029, is intended to establish and strengthen a community-based coalition dedicated to preventing and reducing substance use among youth in...
The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (CDC) awarded a $249,814 Drug-Free Communities Support Program Grant (CFDA 93.276) to The Montgomery Institute's Community Health Improvement Network (CHIN) coalition in Lauderdale County, Mississippi. The grant will fund a 5-year project (09/30/2024 - 09/29/2029) to implement evidence-based prevention strategies to reduce youth substance use, with a primary focus on reducing marijuana and opioid use among youth ages 12-18. The coalition will...
The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), awarded a $250,000 Project Grant under the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program (CFDA 93.276) to Coastal Horizons Center, Inc., a non-profit organization in Wilmington, North Carolina. The grant, with a performance period from September 30, 2024, to September 29, 2029, will support the Pender Substance Use Prevention Partnership initiative. The DFC Support Program aims to...