Project Grant NH28CE004093

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded $250,000 to Aliviane, Inc. on July 1, 2026, under the Drug-Free Communities Support Program Grants (CFDA 93.276) to establish and operate the Shifting Youth Culture Coalition (SYCC), a community coalition focused on reducing marijuana use and underage drinking among youth in El Paso.

SYCC will generate awareness about the adverse effects of marijuana use and underage drinking, increase community participation and coalition membership, create peer-to-peer support groups, and organize prosocial community events targeting youth populations in El Paso ZIP codes 79901, 79902, and 79835. Aliviane, Inc., a non-profit, community-based organization headquartered in El Paso, Texas, serves as the fiscal agent and will execute the award across the five-year period of performance from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2031, with place of performance in Texas. The Drug-Free Communities Support Program establishes and strengthens collaborations among communities, public and private non-profit agencies, and federal, state, local, and tribal governments to prevent and reduce substance abuse among youth 18 years of age and younger. Community coalitions must demonstrate at least six months of prior collaborative work on substance abuse reduction initiatives, meet composition requirements, ensure substantial community volunteer effort, maintain nonprofit or eligible government status, develop a self-sustaining strategy, provide 100 to 150 percent cash or in-kind match, and participate in program evaluation.