Project Grant NU17CE010071

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...

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

The Akron-Newstead Drug and Alcohol Prevention Coalition (ANDAC) received a $250,000 Project Grant award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Drug-Free Communities Support Program (CFDA 93.276). The purpose of this 5-year grant is to establish and strengthen the coalition's efforts to prevent and reduce substance use, including alcohol, marijuana, and nicotine, among youth in the Akron-Newstead community. ANDAC will utilize evidence-based and practice-based...

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 Wabash County Drug Free Community Coalition was awarded a $250,000 Drug-Free Communities Support Program Grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CFDA 93.276) to prevent and reduce alcohol and marijuana use among youth ages 12-18 in Wabash County, Illinois. The 5-year project will utilize evidence-based strategies and data-driven approaches to address individual and environmental risk factors, such as providing information, building skills, changing consequences, and...

The Pender Substance Use Prevention Partnership is a $250,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, a division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), under the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program (CFDA 93.276). The grant, with a period of performance from September 30, 2024 to September 29, 2029, will enable the Coastal Horizons Center, Inc., a non-profit organization based in Wilmington, North Carolina, to implement...

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...

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....