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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL

Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program- Competing Continuation

CDC-RFA-CE20-2004CC22

04/11/2022

Table of Contents Section I. Funding Opportunity Description

Section II. Award Information

Section III. Eligibility Information

Section IV. Application and Submission Information

Section V. Application Review Information

Section VI. Award Administration Information

Section VII. Agency Contacts

Section VIII. Other Information

Part 1. Overview Information Federal Agency Name:

Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Title:

Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program- Competing Continuation Announcement Type:

Competing Continuation- Type 2

Agency Notice of Funding Opportunity Number:

CDC-RFA-CE20-2004CC22

Assistance Listings Number:

93.276 Key Dates:

Due Date for Applications 04/11/2022

04/11/2022 Application must be successfully submitted to Grants.gov by 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time on the deadline date.

Additional Overview Content:

Executive Summary Please Note: As of March 21, 2022, this NOFO has been modified to include guidance regarding the DFC Pandemic Relief Act. For more information, refer to the section on Cost Sharing and/or Matching Requirements of this NOFO.

The Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program was created by the Drug-Free Communities Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-20). The Executive Office of the President, Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Injury

Prevention and Control (NCIPC) is accepting applications for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program Grants. The purpose of the DFC Support Program is to fund applicants that have previously received a DFC grant but have experienced a lapse in funding or have concluded the first five-year funding cycle and are applying for a second five-year funding cycle (Year 6). In accordance with the DFC Act, the DFC Support Program has two goals:

1. Establish and strengthen collaboration among communities, public and private non-profit agencies, as well as federal, state, local, and tribal governments to support the efforts of community coalitions working to prevent and reduce substance use among youth (individuals 18 years of age and younger).

2. Reduce substance use among youth and, over time, reduce substance use among adults by addressing the factors in a community that increases the risk of substance use and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance use.

Measurable outcomes of the program will be in alignment with one (or more) of the following performance goal(s) for the NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND

CONTROL

GPRA goal(s)

This NOFO supports the following public health priorities and strategies:

HHS Overdose Prevention Strategy (https://www.hhs.gov/overdose-prevention/) The National Prevention Council’s National Prevention Strategy – America’s Plan for

Better Health (Tobacco-Free Living) (https://ldh.la.gov/assets/docs/GovCouncil/MinHealth/NationalPreventionStrategyJune20 11.pdf)

The Office of National Drug Policy Priorities (https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BidenHarris-Statement-of-Drug-Policy-Priorities-April-1.pdf)

This announcement is only for non-research activities supported by CDC. If research is proposed, the application will not be considered. For this purpose, research is defined at https://www.govregs.com/regulations/title42_chapterI_part2_subpartD_section2.52. Guidance on how CDC interprets the definition of research in the context of public health can be found at https://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/regulations-and-policy/regulations/45-cfr-46/index.html (See section 45 CFR 46.102(d)).

Section I. Funding Opportunity Description Statutory Authority Drug-Free Communities Act, 21 USC 1531 et seq., P.L.105-20

Background Substance use is a global public health issue affecting individuals, families, and communities.

Provisional data indicate approximately 99,331 drug-overdose deaths occurred in the United States in the 12-months ending in February 2021, with these deaths being driven largely by fentanyl, synthetic opioids, cocaine, and methamphetamines. These changes represent a worsening of the drug overdose epidemic during the COVID-19 pandemic and the largest number of drug overdoses within a 12-month period. These data underline the need to implement https://www.hhs.gov/overdose-prevention/ https://ldh.la.gov/assets/docs/GovCouncil/MinHealth/NationalPreventionStrategyJune2011.pdf https://ldh.la.gov/assets/docs/GovCouncil/MinHealth/NationalPreventionStrategyJune2011.pdf https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BidenHarris-Statement-of-Drug-Policy-Priorities-April-1.pdf https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/BidenHarris-Statement-of-Drug-Policy-Priorities-April-1.pdf https://www.govregs.com/regulations/title42_chapterI_part2_subpartD_section2.52 https://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/regulations-and-policy/regulations/45-cfr-46/index.html primary prevention strategies designed to prevent substance use before it begins–for instance, by implementing programs, policies, and practices to prevent initiation of substance use among youth.

Preventing the initiation of and use of substances among youth is critical because substance use during childhood and adolescence may increase the risk of an overdose later in life. Substance use at a young age is associated with negative impacts on brain physiology, engagement in risky behaviors, and increased risk for harmful substance use. While youth substance use has declined over time, recent data from CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) show that more than 29% of high school students consumed alcohol, with almost 14% of high school students engaging in binge drinking. Tobacco use also remains common, with nearly 7 of every 100 middle school students (6.7%) and about 24 of every 100 high school students (23.6%) reporting current use of a tobacco product, mainly driven by e-cigarette use. Approximately, 22% reported current marijuana use and 7% reported current prescription opioid use.

Youth substance use patterns also differ among populations. Black and Hispanic youth are significantly more likely to use prescription drugs, cocaine, and methamphetamines, while non- Hispanic White youth report higher rates of current alcohol use and binge drinking. Also, youth who identify their sexual orientation as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender queer questioning, or are uncertain of their sexuality (LGBTQ+) report higher rates of substance use. Regardless of age, gender, race or ethnicity, income education, geographic location, disability, or sexual orientation, every person in every community across the nation deserves equal access to their best health.

Social determinants of health (SDOH), or the conditions in which people live, work, learn, and play, can also contribute to health inequities and result in an intergenerational risk for substance use and overdose. The root causes and risk factors related to substance use include adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), lack of parental involvement, positive parental attitudes towards substance use behavior, family rejection of sexual orientation, lack of involvement in school, availability, and accessibility of substances, and community norms favorable to substance use.

In contrast, protective factors can include youth engagement, parental involvement, social and emotional learning within the school setting, the availability of resources and after-school activities, and policies that limit the availability and accessibility to substances. The implementation of comprehensive strategies to address the individual, family, and community-level risk and protective factors requires partnership across a broad array of organizations and sectors within communities.

This funding opportunity is designed to prevent and reduce substance use among youth into adulthood.

Purpose The purpose of the DFC Support Program is to establish and strengthen collaborations to support the efforts of community coalitions working to prevent and reduce substance use among youth by addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance use and promote the factors that minimize the risk of substance use.

Program Implementation Recipient Activities The establishment of a cohesive multi-sectoral community coalition can facilitate the effective implementation of evidence-based and practice-based youth substance use prevention strategies within a community. Grant funds are specifically intended to support a comprehensive approach to address the youth substance use issues in communities and aim to fund coalitions with the capacity to maintain active sector membership and collaboration, assess the scope and nature of the problem, including the root causes and local conditions driving youth substance use, promote health equity, implement proven strategies, and monitor progress. The community coalition must be a 501(c)(3) organization, or the coalition can partner with an outside organization that is eligible to receive federal funds to serve as the Fiscal Agent on behalf of the coalition.

The DFC Framework (Table 1) outlines a comprehensive approach with recommended strategies and activities based on the Seven Strategies for Community-Level Change (refer to the CDC Project Description: Strategies and Activities section for additional information) and identifies the intended short-term, immediate, and long-term outcomes for this NOFO.

Table 1: DFC Framework

Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Framework

CDC RFA-CE20-2004CC22

Goal: Strengthen community coalitions and reduce/prevent youth substance use

Strategies and Activities Short-Term Outcomes

Intermediate Outcomes

Long-Term Outcomes

Provide information to the general public and key stakeholders about youth substance use.

Enhance skills among relevant stakeholders so youth/adults can engage in positive social and decision-making capabilities.

Provide support to increase opportunities that increase involvement in drug-free/healthy alternative activities.

Enhance access, reduce barriers, and improve connections between systems and services that help prevent youth substance use.

Change consequences to incentivize positive practices and disincentivize

Improved knowledge regarding patterns of youth substance use.

Improve knowledge of coalition efforts to address youth substance use in the community.

Increase outreach to relevant sectors of the community to address youth substance use.

Increase the capacity of local agencies and/or organizations to address youth substance use.

Reduce factors in the community that increase the risk of substance use.

Increase the promotion of factors that minimize the risk of substance use.

Increase the ease, ability, and opportunity for youth to access settings, such as programs emphasizing self-efficacy and learning skills that

Establish and strengthen collaboration among community stakeholders and organizations to address youth substance use.

Reduce substance use among youth, and over time, reduce substance use among adults.

negative practices.

Change the physical design of the community to enhance protection against or to reduce the risk for youth substance use.

Educate and inform about modifying/ changing policies that reduce access and availability to substances among youth.

Increase intergovernmental cooperation, coordination, and collaboration to change the conditions that impact youth substance use.

prevent substance use.

Decrease the ease, ability, and opportunity for youth to access substances.

Outcomes A series of short-term, intermediate, and long-term outcomes are expected to be achieved as a result of recipient efforts (shown in Table 1 DFC Framework) by the end of the period of performance. The short-term, intermediate, and long-term outcomes should be tailored in the detailed performance measurement plan.

Strategies and Activities Applicants are expected to work with youth, community members, and leaders of their communities to identify, discuss, plan, and implement evidence and practice-based prevention strategies to reduce the use of at least two named substances that are selected using on a community needs assessment or other local data and create sustainable community-level change.

These strategies should seek to: (1) limit access to substances; (2) change the culture and context within which decisions about substance use are made; (3) shift the consequences associated with youth substance use and (4) address issues related to health disparities and promote health equity. Well-conceived strategies, activities, and policies at the local, state, and national levels are powerful tools communities can reference and utilize to reduce youth substance use in their communities. Please see Appendix B: Evidence-Based Resources for more information.

Applicants are expected to provide as part of their application, strategies, and activities that are comprehensive and can be implemented during the period of performance (12-months) using the Seven Strategies for Community-Level Change. The seven strategies, described below, are included in the DFC Framework and include efforts that affect individuals as well as the entire community.

Seven Strategies for Community-Level Change The Seven Strategies for Community-Level Change include efforts that affect individuals as well as an entire community and are described below.

1. Provide information about youth substance use: educational presentations, workshops or seminars, and data or media presentations (e.g., Public Service Announcements (PSAs), brochures, town halls, forums, web communication, social media).

2. Enhance skills so youth/adults and community members can build positive social and enhance their decision-making capabilities: Workshops, seminars, or activities designed to increase the skills of participants, members, and staff (e.g., training and technical assistance, parenting classes, strategic planning retreats, model programs in schools).

3. Provide support to increase opportunities that reduce risk factors or enhance protective factors for youth/adults: Creating opportunities for participation in activities that reduce risk or enhance protection (e.g., alternative activities, mentoring, referrals for services, support groups, youth clubs).

4. Enhance access, reduce barriers, and improve connections between systems and services that help prevent youth substance use: Improving systems/processes to increase the ease, ability, and opportunity to utilize those systems and services (e.g., assuring transportation, housing, education, safety, recreational facilities, and cultural sensitivity) in prevention initiatives.

5. Change consequences to incentivize positive practices and disincentivize negative practices: Increasing or decreasing the probability of a behavior (incentives/disincentives) by altering the consequences for performing that behavior (e.g., recognition programs for merchants who pass compliance checks; publicizing businesses non-compliant with local ordinances).

6. Change the physical design of the community to reduce the risk for and enhance protection against youth substance use: Changing the physical design of the environment to reduce risk or enhance protection (e.g., re-routing foot/car traffic, adjusting park hours, alcohol/tobacco outlet density). NOTE: DFC federal funds cannot support landscape and lighting projects, or construction projects. As such, costs for these projects cannot be used as a match.

7. Educating and informing about modifying or changing policies that reduce access and availability to substances among youth: Change in written procedures, by-laws, proclamations, rules, or laws, to the extent applicable law and policies allow (e.g., workplace initiatives, law enforcement procedures, and practices, public policy actions, systems change).

For more information on the Seven Strategies for Community Change, visit http://www.cadca.org/resources/coalition-impact-environmental-prevention-strategies.

To help inform the strategies and activities, recipients are encouraged to use the Strategic Prevention Framework found at https://www.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/20190620-samhsa-strategic-prevention-framework-guide.pdf for assessment, planning, and decision-making.

Cultural competence and sustainability should be considered throughout all five steps of the process.

In addition, recipients are encouraged to use the National Coalition Institute’s (NCI) coalition logic model to identify root causes and local conditions to address youth substance use. The results of that analysis are used to determine the strategies and activities that will be implemented in this grant to support the outcomes identified in the DFC Framework. For more information on the CADCA's coalition logic model, visit https://www.cadca.org/sites/default/files/cadca_logic_model.pptx. Submission of a coalition’s logic model is not required.

Collaborations

a. With other CDC projects and CDC-funded organizations:

Recipients are encouraged to, where applicable and appropriate, collaborate with CDC programs that are implementing evidence-based and practice-based prevention strategies that align with the strategies identified in the Strategies and Activities Section of this NOFO. Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) or Memoranda of Agreement (MOAs) are not required. Examples of relevant CDC programs include, but are not limited to:

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Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/od2a/index.html Opioid Response Strategy (ORS), High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA)

Program https://www.hidta.org/ors/ Division of Adolescent and School

Health https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/partners/index.htm Suicide Prevention, Division of Violence

Prevention https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/suicide/index.html Office of Smoking and Health https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/about/osh/ Office of Tribal Affairs and Strategic Alliances https://www.cdc.gov/tribal/tribes-organizations-health/index.html Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country

CDC https://www.cdc.gov/healthytribes/ghwic.htm Division of Violence Prevention (DVP) Youth Violence Prevention

Centers https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/

b. With organizations not funded by CDC:

Recipients receiving DFC funds are expected to collaborate with other organizations and leaders that have a role in conducting the proposed activities and achieving the project outcomes. In addition to the sectors represented on the coalition, collaborations can include federal, national, state, local, and tribal organizations that can assist in identifying and addressing local youth substance use problems and help create sustainable community-level change through the implementation of evidence-based and practice-based prevention strategies. Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) or Memoranda of Agreement (MOAs) are not required.

Target Populations Applicants are expected to define the communities they propose to serve, using various geographic boundaries including neighborhoods, census tracts, zip codes, and school districts, as well as townships, counties, or parish lines, among others defining properties. Applicants should carefully consider the size and population of the area in which the coalition is established so they will have the ability to affect change. For example, choosing a community that is too large may be problematic due to the inclusion of multiple neighborhoods that have distinct problems or conditions that need to be addressed to affect change.

Applicants must also include the rationale for the selection of their chosen community and describe how their selection will help to achieve the program's purpose of preventing and reducing substance use among youth.

Health Disparities CDC is committed to addressing health inequities and to ensuring health equity, which is achieved when every person has the opportunity to live a healthy life. Health disparities are differences in health outcomes and their causes among groups. Health inequities can contribute to increased overdose deaths and other negative health outcomes, especially among groups that have been marginalized. Reducing health disparities and improving the social determinants of health among populations at greatest risk brings us closer to health equity.

Applicants should focus efforts on youth (i.e.,18 years of age or younger), with an emphasis on promoting health equity, reducing disparities that impact youth substance use, and addressing the risk and protective factors that negatively impact health outcomes in communities.

https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/od2a/index.html https://www.hidta.org/ors/ https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/partners/index.htm https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/suicide/index.html https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/about/osh/ https://www.cdc.gov/tribal/tribes-organizations-health/index.html https://www.cdc.gov/tribal/tribes-organizations-health/index.html https://www.cdc.gov/healthytribes/ghwic.htm https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/

Applicants are encouraged to pay particular attention to communities or populations disproportionately affected by substance use. Those communities include but are not limited to those with reduced economic stability; limited education attainment, access or quality; limited healthcare access or quality; non-English populations; tribal populations; rural communities;

geographically underserved areas; racial/ethnic minority groups; and sexual/gender minority groups.

Funding Strategy All DFC applications will be jointly screened by ONDCP and CDC to determine whether an applicant meets all the DFC Support Program Statutory Eligibility Requirements identified in Table 3. DFC Statutory Eligibility Requirements. Applications submitted by eligible coalitions that demonstrate they meet all requirements will then be scored through a merit review process according to the evaluation criteria described in Section E. Review and Selection Process of this NOFO. Each year, DFC recipients must demonstrate compliance with all the Statutory Eligibility Requirements to be considered for continuation funding. See Appendix A. Review and Selection Process for additional information.

Evaluation and Performance Measurement

i. CDC Evaluation and Performance Measurement Strategy Evaluation and Performance Measurement are tools used to highlight program accomplishments;

monitor the implementation and demonstrate the effectiveness of NOFO strategies and activities; build an evidence base for program strategies; clarify the applicability of the evidence base to different populations, settings, and contexts; and drive continuous program improvement.

The DFC National Cross-Site Evaluation is intended to measure the effectiveness of the DFC Support Program in achieving its goals of increasing collaboration and reducing/preventing youth substance use. The collection of key data is a critical component of this award.

DFC recipients are required to participate in the DFC National Cross-Site Evaluation, which includes providing data every two years on core measures for alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and prescription drug use in three grades (6th-12th). It is recommended to include at least one grade at the middle school level and one grade at the high school level.

Data will be collected for the following measures:

Past 30-Day Use The percentage of survey respondents who reported using alcohol, tobacco, or marijuana (prevalence of use) or misusing prescription drugs at least once within the past 30 days (prevalence of misuse).

Perception of Risk: The percentage of survey respondents who perceived that the use of a given substance has moderate risk or great risk.

Perception of Parental Disapproval: The percentage of survey respondents who perceived their parents would feel that regular use of alcohol (one or two drinks nearly every day), or engaging in any use of tobacco, marijuana, or misuse of prescription drugs is wrong or very wrong.

Perception of Peer Disapproval: The percentage of survey respondents who perceived their friends would feel it would be wrong or very wrong for them to drink alcohol regularly (one or two drinks nearly every day), or engage in any use of tobacco, marijuana, or misuse of prescription drugs.

It will be the responsibility of the recipient to know the National Cross-Site Evaluation reporting schedule (every 2 years for the substances named in the respective grade levels). Failure to submit the core measures means the recipient is out of compliance with Award Terms and Conditions.

In addition, recipients will be required to submit semi-annual progress reports that outline the community profile, sector and youth engagement, coalition capacity, risk, and protective factors, and implementation of youth substance use prevention strategies. Recipients should also identify and monitor measures of short-term, intermediate, and long-term outcomes, which can serve as benchmarks for measuring programmatic progress and impact.

CDC requires recipients for projects that involve the collection or generation of data with federal funds to develop, submit and comply with a Data Management Plan (DMP) for each collection or generation of public health data undertaken as part of the award and, to the extent appropriate, provide access to, and archiving/long-term preservation of, collected or generated data. These reports are due within the first six months of the award. For more information about CDC’s policy on the DMP, see Additional Requirement - 25|Grants|CDC

Applicants are not required at the time of application to be in compliance with the DFC National Cross-Site Evaluation’s Requirements nor the DMP requirement; however, recipients will be required to comply with the evaluation requirements once awarded. This includes sharing any survey(s) used to collect core measure data for review and approval through the DFC Me system and submitting the core measure data in specified increments (every 2 years) for the substances named in the respective grade levels.

ii. Applicant Evaluation and Measurement Plan Applicants must provide an evaluation and performance measurement plan that demonstrates how the recipient will fulfill the requirements described in the CDC Evaluation and Performance Measurement and Project Description sections of this NOFO. At a minimum, the plan must describe:

How the applicant will collect the performance measures, respond to the evaluation questions, and use evaluation findings for continuous program quality improvement.

How key program partners will participate in the evaluation and performance measurement planning processes.

Available data sources, feasibility of collecting appropriate evaluation and performance data, and other relevant data information (e.g., performance measures proposed by the applicant)

Plans for updating the Data Management Plan (DMP) as new pertinent information becomes available. If applicable, throughout the lifecycle of the project. Updates to DMP should be provided in annual progress reports. The DMP should provide a description of the data that will be produced using these NOFO funds; access to data;

data standards ensuring released data have documentation describing methods of collection, what the data represent, and data limitations; and archival and long-term data preservation plans.

For more information about CDC’s policy on the DMP, see https://www.cdc.gov/grants/additionalrequirements/ar-25.html.

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Where the applicant chooses to or is expected to, take on specific evaluation studies, the applicant should be directed to:

Describe the type of evaluations (i.e., process, outcome, or both).

Describe key evaluation questions to be addressed by these evaluations.

Describe other information (e.g., measures, data sources).

Recipients will be required to submit a more detailed Evaluation and Performance Measurement plan, including a DMP, if applicable, within the first 6 months of award, as described in the Reporting Section of this NOFO.

Additional information on reporting requirements is described in the Reporting Section of the NOFO and will be specified in the Terms and Conditions of award. Award recipients will receive additional training, evaluation technical assistance, and ongoing evaluation guidance on recipient-level evaluation and performance measures, including requirements for the evaluation plan and reporting. Applicants may contact the current DFC Evaluation Team (DFC_Evaluators@ICFI.com) for assistance in gathering the necessary information as it relates to the DFC National Cross-Site Evaluation.

c. Organizational Capacity of Recipients to Implement the Approach Applicants must demonstrate the organizational capacity to manage and implement the grant.

This includes 1) organizational structure, 2) key personnel, and 3) the community coalition described below.

1) Organizational Structure The applicant must describe the organizational structure of the recipient organization and how it will support the implementation of the grant. The organization must have the capacity to complete and submit reports, provide fiscal oversight of federal grant funds, and provide adequate communication. If the applicant is serving as a fiscal agent on behalf of a coalition, indicate that in this section and provide a memorandum of understanding describing the relationship between the fiscal agent and the community coalition. If the coalition is applying on its own behalf as a 501(c)(3), indicate that in this section.

2) Key Personnel At a minimum, the following key personnel are required:

Authorized Organization Representative (AOR): The AOR is the representative of the applicant/recipient organization with authority to act on the organization’s behalf in matters related to the award and administration of grants. In signing a grant application, this individual agrees that the organization will assume the obligations imposed by applicable Federal statutes and regulations and other terms and conditions of the award, including any assurances if a grant is awarded. These responsibilities include overseeing the financial aspects of the grant and the performance of the grant-supported project or activities as specified in the approved application This person must be an employee of the recipient organization.

Program Director/Principal Investigator (PD/PI): The PD/PI is the person who provides programmatic oversight of the grant and is accountable to officials of the recipient organization. The PD/PI must be an employee of the recipient organization and cannot be the same person as the AOR.

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Project Coordinator: The Project Coordinator manages the work of the coalition and program activities, including training, coalition communication, data collection, and information dissemination. The PD/PI and the Project Coordinator can be the same person.

Staff selected to fulfill key personnel positions should have skills in non-research program administration: program planning and implementation, program evaluation, performance monitoring, financial management and reporting, budget management and administration, personnel management, or project management. To demonstrate proficiency in these topic areas, applicants must submit resumes for positions currently filled (no more than 2 pages in length) and position descriptions for vacant positions (no more than 1 page in length) for key personnel outlined above. Resumes should be combined into one pdf with the title: Key Personnel Resumes.

For key personnel positions that are not filled, applicants can provide the position description, which should include:

1. Title of key personnel position;

2. Brief description of duties and responsibilities; and

3. 1-2 sentences on how the applicant plans to fill the position, including the expected timeframe.

NOTE: Regarding financial management, applicants are required to demonstrate that they have a primary party that is responsible for overseeing the financial aspects of the grant (e.g.

bookkeeping or accounting services) and a financial management system that will allow for proper funds management and segregation of funds by program and meet the requirements as stated in the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for HHS Awards found at https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-45/subtitle-A/subchapter-A/part-75(45

CFR 75.302).

The financial system should permit the preparation of reports required by general and program-specific terms and conditions; and the tracing of funds to a level of expenditure adequate to establish that such funds have been used according to the federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the federal award.

3) Community Coalition The applicant is required to describe the role of the community coalition in this section. For the purposes of this program, a community coalition is defined as a community-based formal arrangement for cooperation and collaboration among 12 required sectors of a community in which each group retains its identity, but all agree to work together toward a common goal.

Required sectors include:

1. Youth: An individual 18 years of age or younger (must provide age of youth) in a public, private, homeschooled, or alternative school.

2. Parent: An individual legally responsible for a child, grandchild, or foster child.

3. Business: A representative of a business-related organization that provides services that are not in conflict with the goals and objectives of the DFC program.

4. Media: A representative of a communication outlet that provides information to the community. Through an appropriate media platform, this representative should be capable of communicating and disseminating information that furthers the coalition’s mission (e.g., print, electronic, or social media).

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5. School: A representative of the school system with influence in school policies and procedures.

6. Youth-serving organization: A representative of an organization that provides services to support youth.

7. Religious/Fraternal organization: A representative of a faith-based organization or representative from a fraternal organization that is based on a common tie or pursuit of a common goal. The organization must have a substantial program of fraternal activities.

8. Law enforcement: A representative of a law enforcement agency. The representative must be an active sworn, law enforcement officer, not retired.

9. Civic/Volunteer groups: A representative of an organization that provides civic or volunteer activities that serves the community (not a coalition member). Examples include Lions Clubs, Rotary Clubs, etc.

10. Healthcare professional or organization: An individual and/or organization licensed to provide physical, mental, or behavioral healthcare services (i.e., pediatrician, CEOs, pharmacist, etc.).

11. State, local, or tribal governmental agency with expertise in the field of substance use: A representative of a government-funded agency with a focus on substance use prevention, treatment, or recovery support services.

12. Other organizations involved in reducing substance use: A representative of a community organization that addresses substance use.

Responsibilities of the coalition should include: formulate coalition goals and objectives; oversee operations of activities and programs; develop and carry out the 12-month action plan; create a credible and relevant sustainability plan; and retain and recruit members, in particular youth sector representatives. Coalitions should demonstrate substantial participation from volunteer leaders in the community who have worked together on substance use reduction initiatives.

Responsibilities of sector representatives can include, but are not limited to:

Being a community leader amongst the represented sector and acting as a positive role model for youth, families, and peers.

Attending coalition meetings, participating on committees, and engaging in coalition-sponsored training, town hall meetings, and other community events.

Ensuring clear communication between the sector represented and the coalition.

Contributing to the strategic action planning process and participating in sustaining the coalition’s capacity, involvement, and goals.

Promoting evidence-based and practice-based environmental strategies.

Using his/her activities as match, if applicable.

Work Plan Applicants are required to provide a detailed work plan (12-Month Action Plan) for the current performance period (2022-2023). The action plan should demonstrate a comprehensive approach to the reduction of the use of at least two substances and create sustainable community-level change.

Applicants should develop the 12-month action plan following the template provided (in Table 2: Detailed Work Plan (12-Month Action Plan)) and ensure the action plan:

Outlines the specific objectives, strategies, and activities that are in alignment with the DFC goals, including who is responsible and the anticipated timeframe

Addresses at least two named substances that are selected based on a community needs assessment or other local data. Note: Vaping is not a substance, it is a substance delivery method. The selection of these substances should include a rationale based on data such as school suspension rates, school suspensions, juvenile court data, emergency room data, or other applicable data. Strategies and activities should be specific to the selected substances.

Includes activities that address risk and protective factors, including root causes that may be driving substance use in the community (e.g. ACEs, mental health, health disparities).

Uses existing frameworks, such as the SPF and Seven Strategies for Community-Level Change.

Includes objectives that are specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-bound

(SMART).

Examples of SMART objectives

Regular Objective SMART Objective Reduce substance use rates for adolescents.

By July 31, 2023, reduce the percent of 9th graders in Random County who have used (specific substance) from 8% baseline to 7% as indicated in our annual youth survey.

Meet with 12 high schools to inform them about drug drop box programs.

Public Health Staff will meet with key stakeholders at all high schools in our jurisdiction resulting in 3 out of 4 high schools committing to work on educating about and implementing drug drop box programs by June 2023 as indicated in our annual school partner survey.

Table 2: Detailed Work Plan (12-Month Action Plan) DFC Goal One: Establish and strengthen collaboration among community stakeholders and organizations to address youth substance use.

Objective 1: Provide a SMART objective Strategy 1: Provide specific strategy

Activity Who is Responsible? By When?

Strategy 2: Provide specific strategy

DFC Goal Two: Reduce substance use among youth and, over time, reduce substance use among adults by addressing the factors in a community that increases the risk of substance use and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance use.

Objective 2: Provide a SMART objective Strategy 1: Provide specific strategy

Strategy 2: Provide specific strategy

Applicants are also required to provide a general summary (up to one paragraph) of what they aim to achieve at the end of the 5 years and how the objectives and strategies outlined in the 12-month action plan will help contribute to the long-term outcomes to foster sustainable, community-level change.

Recipients will have the flexibility to modify and finalize the work plan post-award and following the completion of the National Coalition Academy (NCA) as described in the section below.

CDC Activities CDC Monitoring and Accountability Approach Attending required trainings and conferences is critical for building and maintaining the skills of the staff with responsibility for carrying out the requirements of this NOFO. This NOFO requires attendance at specific trainings and conferences as a term and conditions of this award. Specific meeting dates and guidance related to travel will be provided at a later date. Listed below are the Required Trainings for newly funded recipients:

New Recipient Virtual Training: The New Recipient Virtual Training offered by the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) in collaboration with CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) and the Office of Grant Services (OGS). The Program Director/Principal Investigator (PD/PI), Project Coordinator, and the Authorized Organization Representative (AOR) must participate in all the training sessions. Training dates and topics will be shared within 90 days post-award.

National Coalition Academy: The National Coalition Academy (NCA) is a comprehensive training program developed by CADCA’s National Coalition Institute and teaches leaders “what they need to know” (the core competencies) and “what their team needs to do” (the essential processes) to establish or maintain a highly effective anti-drug coalition. All Year 1 DFC Recipients are required to attend and complete the

NCA during their first year of funding. Year 6 DFC Recipients are recommended to attend, especially if there is change in staff, but attendance is not required.

At the end of the NCA, recipients will have the opportunity to work with staff to develop and finalize a community assessment, logic model, strategic and action plan, evaluation plan, and sustainability plan.

Funding Strategy All DFC applications will be jointly screened by ONDCP and CDC to determine whether an applicant meets all the DFC Support Program Statutory Eligibility Requirements identified in Table 3. DFC Statutory Eligibility Requirements. Applications submitted by eligible coalitions that demonstrate they meet all requirements will then be scored through a merit review process according to the evaluation criteria described in Section E. Review and Selection Process of this NOFO. Each year, DFC recipients must demonstrate compliance with all the Statutory Eligibility Requirements to be considered for continuation funding. See Appendix A. Review and Selection Process for additional information.

Section II. Award Information Type of Award:

G (Grant) CDC substantial involvement in this program appears in the Activities Section above.

Award Mechanism:

HD4

Fiscal Year Funds:

Approximate Total Supplemental Funding:

$31,250,000 This amount is subject to availability of funds. Includes direct costs.

Approximate Number of Awards:

Approximate Average Award:

$6,250,000 This amount is for the budget period only and includes direct costs and indirect costs as applicable.

Floor of Individual Award Range:

$0 Ceiling of Individual Award Range:

$125,000 This ceiling is for a 12-month budget period.

Anticipated Award Date:

August 30, 2022

Budget Period Length:

12 month(s)

Period of Performance Length:

5 year(s)

If you are successful and receive a Notice of Award, in accepting the award, you agree that the award and any activities thereunder are subject to all provisions of 45 CFR Part 75, currently in effect or implemented during the period of the award, other Department regulations and policies in effect at the time of the award, and applicable statutory provisions.

Section III. Eligibility Information Eligible Applicants The following recipients may submit an application:

Eligibility Category:

12 (Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education)

00 (State governments)

01 (County governments)

99 (Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility")

02 (City or township governments)

04 (Special district governments)

05 (Independent school districts)

06 (Public and State controlled institutions of higher education)

07 (Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized))

11 (Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments))

20 (Private institutions of higher education)

13 (Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education)

25 (Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification))

Additional Information on Eligibility Government Organizations:

State governments or their bona fide agents (includes the District of Columbia) Local governments or their bona fide agents Territorial governments or their bona fide agents in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianna Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau

State-controlled institutions of higher education American Indian or Alaska Native tribal governments (federally recognized or state-recognized) Non-Government Organizations:

American Indian or Alaska native tribally designated organizations

Statutory Eligibility Requirement Eligible applicants are community-based coalitions addressing youth substance use that have previously received a DFC grant but have experienced a lapse in funding or have concluded the first five-year funding cycle and are applying for a second five-year funding cycle (Year 6). A DFC legal applicant must reside within the United States and/or the U.S. territories.

Statutory Eligibility Requirements, written into the DFC Act, are inherent in the language of the DFC Support Program. Applicants should refer to Table 3: DFC Statutory Eligibility Requirements, which contains a summary of the requirements, the evidence required, and where to place it in the application. Failure to meet any single statutory eligibility requirement will cause the application to be deemed ineligible; in such case, it will not move forward to merit review. The final authority lies with the DFC Administrator to determine the eligibility of an application.

Should your application fail to meet the statutory eligibility requirements, the person listed as the Authorized Representative on the Application for Federal Assistance (SF-424) will receive a notification stating why the application was deemed ineligible. Additional information may not be added to an application after the application deadline. It is the responsibility of the applicant to submit a complete application prior to the application deadline.

All forms, with the exception of the IRS form proving 501(c)(3) status, that demonstrate statutory eligibility must be dated between January 2021 and the deadline for submission of this application. All forms that require signatures must be signed and dated or the application will be screened out and not move forward to merit review. Handwritten and/or electronic signatures are acceptable.

Table 3: DFC Statutory Eligibility Requirements

Eligibility Requirement Item Evidence Required and Where to Document

Requirement 1: 12 Sectors The coalition must consist of one or more representatives from each of the following required 12 sectors:

1. Youth

2. Parent

3. Business

4. Media

5. School

6. Youth-serving organization

7. Law enforcement

8. Religious/Fraternal organization

9. Civic/Volunteer groups (i.e., local organizations committed to volunteering, not a coalition member

Evidence Required: The Sector Table and 12 Coalition Involvement Agreements that includes each of the 12 required sectors of a community as outlined in the DFC Act. See Appendix C.

Sample Coalition Involvement Agreement.

Where to Document:

Attachment 1: Sector Table and 12 Coalition designated as a "volunteer")

10. Healthcare professional or organization (i.e., primary care, hospitals, etc.)

11. State, local, or tribal governmental agency with expertise in the field of substance use (including, if applicable, the state agency with primary authority for substance use)

12. Other organizations involved in reducing substance use 21 USC 1532(a)(2)(A) An individual who is a member of the coalition may serve on the coalition as a representative of not more than one sector category.

21 USC 1532(a)(2)(C)

Involvement Agreements (CIAs)

Coalition members can not represent more than one sector category and paid staff (i.e., Program Director/Principal Investigator (PD/PI) and Project Coordinator) cannot serve as sector representatives. Doing so will deem an application ineligible.

Requirement 2: Six Month Existence

The coalition must demonstrate that members have worked together on substance use reduction initiatives for a period of not less than 6 months at the time of submission of the application, acting through entities such as task forces, subcommittees, or community boards.

21 USC 1532(a)(3)(A) The coalition must also demonstrate substantial participation from volunteer leaders in the community.

21 USC 1532(a)(3)(B)

Evidence Required: The date that the coalition was established and one set of meeting minutes.

Where to Document:

Attachment 4: General Applicant Information, Question #6

Upload: One set of coalition meeting minutes from one meeting that took place between January 2021 and the deadline for submission of this application.

Meeting minutes must: include the date of meeting, names of attendees, and sector represented.

Requirement 3: Mission Statement

The coalition must have as its principal mission the reduction of youth…