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Office of National Drug Control Policy Executive Office of the President 750 17th Street, NW Washington, DC 20503

FY 2018 Competitive Cooperative Agreement Solicitation Drug-Free Communities Support Program – National Youth Leadership Initiative (NYLI) ONDCP-NYLI-2018

Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) No:

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) No: 95.008 Release Date: May 1, 2018

The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), Executive Office of the President, is seeking applications from a non-profit entity that is described in Section 501(c)(3) with expert knowledge and extensive experience in community mobilizing using the Seven Strategies for Community Change. Applicants must have served as an essential partner in assisting the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program with technical assistance to community coalitions in their substance use prevention efforts and have experience training youth to be substance abuse prevention leaders.

Authorizing Statutes and Governing Regulations Applicable to this Funding Opportunity: The authority for this opportunity is 21 U.S.C. 1534(a)(1)(B) and applicable appropriations statutes providing funding to ONDCP for this purpose. The Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards are applicable to the government and applicants, grant applications, and grant awards to non-Federal entities. See, 2 CFR Part 200, et seq., as adopted in full by ONDCP via 2 CFR Part 3603, et seq.

HOW TO APPLY

Applicants must register in, and submit applications through Grants.gov, a “one-stop storefront” to find Federal funding opportunities and apply for funding. Find complete instructions on how to register and submit an application at www.Grants.gov.

Applicants that experience technical difficulties during this process should call Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726 or 606-545-5035, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except Federal holidays. Registering with Grants.gov is a one-time process; however, processing delays may occur, and it can take several weeks for first-time registrants to receive confirmation and a user password. ONDCP encourages applicants to register several weeks before the application submission deadline.

In addition, ONDCP urges applicants to submit applications 72 hours prior to the application due date to allow time to receive validation messages or rejection notifications from Grants.gov and to correct, in a timely fashion, any problems that may have caused a rejection notification. Further, ONDCP strongly encourages all prospective applicants to sign up for Grants.gov email notifications regarding this announcement. If this announcement is cancelled or modified, individuals who sign up with Grants.gov for updates will be automatically notified.

DEADLINE

Applicants must register with Grants.gov prior to submitting an application. All applications are due to be submitted and in receipt of a successful validation message in Grants.gov by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on May 30, 2018.

A. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) coordinates a government-wide public health and safety approach to reduce drug use and its consequences in the United States.

Preventing drug use before it starts is a fundamental element of the DFC program. Findings from the 2016 DFC National Evaluation indicate that from first to most recent report, youth in DFC communities report not using alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and (illicit) prescription drugs in the past 30-days. ONDCP would like to enhance the efforts of the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program by engaging youth to become involved in coalition work and become substance abuse prevention leaders within their communities.

DFC-funded community coalitions are required to work with various sectors of their community to identify local drug problems and implement comprehensive strategies to create community-level change. The contributions of community coalitions constitute a critical part of the Nation’s drug prevention infrastructure. DFC-funded community coalitions are a catalyst for creating local change where drug problems manifest.

ONDCP expects to award one Federal cooperative agreement under the National Youth Leadership Initiative (NYLI), for a two year period, beginning approximately June 2018.

The successful non-Federal entity (NFE) receiving award must equip youth and their adult advisors with the essential knowledge and skills needed to make significant community-level change. Implementation of the National Youth Leadership Initiative must follow a youth-led, adult-guided approach that follows the best practices in youth development, empowering young people to be vocal and visible as they work to impact a broad range of public health issues where they live, learn, and play.

B. FEDERAL AWARD INFORMATION

ONDCP expects to award one Federal cooperative agreement under the National Youth Leadership Initiative, for a two year period, beginning approximately June 2018. All applications and awards are subject to such additional requirements expressed in governing law. See, 2 CFR Part 200, et seq.

ONDCP expects that it will make an award of financial assistance from this announcement in the form of a cooperative agreement. Substantial involvement of ONDCP is anticipated.

Estimated Amount and Length of Award:

C. ELIGIBILITY

ONDCP encourages applications from non-profit corporations with expert knowledge and extensive experience in community mobilizing using the Seven Strategies for Community Change. Applicants must have served as an essential partner in assisting the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program with technical assistance to community coalitions in their substance use prevention efforts and have experience training youth to be coalition leaders. NFE must provide proof of non-profit status and its exemption from income tax under section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code. OMB Circular 2 CFR 200, Subpart E - Cost Principles applies to this program.

D. APPLICATION AND SUBMISSION INFORMATION

Application Content:

1. Proof of Eligibility: ONDCP encourages applications from non-profit corporations with expert knowledge and extensive experience in community mobilizing using the Seven Strategies for Community Change. Applicants must have served as an essential partner in assisting the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program with technical assistance to community coalitions in their substance use prevention efforts. NFE must provide proof of non-profit status and its exemption from income tax under section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.

2. Technical Expertise and Experience: In no more than 3 pages, applicants must justify how the organization, its mission, and its submitted plan will contribute to the goals and objectives of the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program. Please include the organization’s relevant experience and ability to effectively support the efforts of the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program by engaging youth to become involved in coalition work and become substance abuse prevention leaders within their communities.

3. Program Narrative: The narrative must respond to the announcement and each of the specified criteria in Section C. The program narrative should be double-spaced, using standard 12-point font, with 1-inch margins and should not exceed 20 pages. Please number pages in the following manner: “1 of 20,” “2 of 20,” etc.

4. Budget Detail Worksheet and Budget Narrative: Applicant must provide an itemized budget for the cooperative agreement project period. Applicant must submit budget worksheets and budget narrative in one file. At a minimum, the following categories need to be addressed: Personnel, Fringe Benefits, Overtime, Travel, Facilities, Services, Equipment, Supplies, and Other Costs. The budget narrative should thoroughly and clearly describe every category of expense listed in the worksheet. Proposed budgets are expected to be complete, reasonable and allowable, cost-effective, and necessary for project activities. The narrative should be mathematically sound and correspond with the information and figures provided in the budget detail worksheet. The narrative should explain how costs were calculated and how they are relevant to the completion of the proposed project.

5. Performance Measures: The awardee will be required to provide to ONDCP monthly progress reports on all required performance areas.

6. What an Application Must Include: Applicants should anticipate that if they fail to submit an application that contains all of the specified elements, it may negatively affect the review of their application; and should a decision be made to make an award, it may result in the inclusion of diverse conditions that preclude the recipient from accessing or using award funds pending satisfaction of the conditions. Moreover, applicants should anticipate that applications that are determined to be nonresponsive to the announcement, or that do not include the application elements that ONDCP considers to be critical, will neither proceed to peer review nor receive further consideration. The following are considered to be critical: Eligibility, Technical Expertise and Experience, Program Narrative, Budget Detail Worksheet and Narrative.

The SF-424 is a required standard form used as a cover sheet for submission of pre-applications, applications, and related information. This funding opportunity is not subject to Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review. (In completing the SF-424, applicants are to make the appropriate selection in response to question 19, indicating that the “Program is not covered by E.O. 12372.”)

Each applicant is required to (i) Be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) before submitting its application; (ii) provide a valid DUNS number in its application; and (iii) continue to maintain an active SAM registration with current information at all times during which it has an active Federal award or an application or plan under consideration by ONDCP. ONDCP will not make an award until an applicant has fully complied with all applicable SAM and DUNS requirements; and if the applicant has not so fully complied by the time ONDCP is ready to make award, ONDCP may determine that the applicant is not qualified to receive the award and use that determination as a basis for making award to another applicant.

7. Submission Dates and Times: Applicants must register with Grants.gov prior to submitting an application. All applications are due to be submitted and in receipt of a successful validation message in Grants.gov by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on May 30, 2018.

8. Funding Restrictions:

· Cost Sharing and Match Requirements: This announcement does not require a match. However, if a successful application proposes a voluntary match amount, and ONDCP approves the budget, the total match amount incorporated into the approved budget becomes mandatory and subject to audit.

· Pre-Agreement Cost Approvals: ONDCP does not typically approve pre-agreement costs; an applicant must request and obtain the prior written approval of ONDCP for all such costs. If approved, pre-agreement costs could be paid from cooperative agreement funds consistent with an awardee’s approved budget, and under applicable cost standards. However, all such costs prior to award and prior to approval of the costs are incurred at the sole risk of an applicant. Generally, no applicant should incur project costs before being awarded a Federal grant award. Should there be extenuating circumstances that appear to be appropriate for ONDCP’s consideration as pre-agreement costs, the applicant should contact the point of contact listed in the title page of this announcement for details on the requirements for submitting a written request for approval.

E. APPLICATION REVIEW INFORMATION

Merit Criteria: The merit of each application will be based on review of the following, with regards to scores, as addressed:

A. Initial Evaluation Criteria

Applications will not be further considered that fail to demonstrate the organization’s expert knowledge and extensive experience in community mobilizing using the Seven Strategies for Community Change. Applicants must have served as an essential partner in assisting the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program with technical assistance to community coalitions in their substance use prevention efforts. Applicant must have proven experience in equipping youth and their adult advisors with the essential knowledge and skills needed to make significant community-level change. Implementation of the National Youth Leadership Initiative must follow a youth-led, adult-guided approach that follows the best practices in youth development, empowering young people to be vocal and visible as they work to impact a broad range of public health issues where they live, study, and play.

B. Specific Selection Criteria

Program Design and Implementation (50 points of 100): Describe the overall goals, objectives, and how the applicant intends to meet all of the deliverables for ONDCP’s National Youth Leadership Initiative. Identify strategies for designing and implementing all deliverables described herein. Include a timeline for completing tasks and responsible entity/person.

Capabilities and Competencies (30 points of 100): Describe how the applicant has expert knowledge and extensive experience in community mobilizing using the Seven Strategies for Community Change. Applicants must also describe how they have served as an essential partner in assisting the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program with technical assistance to community coalitions in their substance use prevention efforts. Describe the management structure, staffing, and in-house or contracted capacity to complete each of the deliverables/projects.

Budget and Budget Narrative (10 points of 100): Provide a proposed budget and budget narrative that is reasonable and allowable, cost-effective, and necessary for project activities. ONDCP may enter into negotiations where the budget and the budget narrative fail to demonstrate price reasonableness and/or price realism.

Performance Measure Data Collection (10 points of 100): Describe the process the applicant will use to research, collect, and analyze successes in equipping youth and their adult advisors with the essential knowledge and skills needed to make significant community-level change. This should include measures of adhering to timelines and meeting deliverable schedules.

ONDCP will review the risk posed by applicants using publicly available information in the OMB-designated integrity and performance system accessible through SAM prior to making a Federal award.

ONDCP will review applications against the established evaluation criteria and make an award to the responsive applicant determined to offer the best value to ONDCP and the President’s National Drug Control Program.

F. FEDERAL AWARD ADMINISTRATION INFORMATION

A notice of Federal Award, signed by the ONDCP Chief of Staff, will be issued and is the authorizing document for the successful awardee to begin performance. A formal cooperative agreement award document will follow.

Federal Financial Reports (FFR) are required to be submitted quarterly and within 90 days after the cooperative agreement is closed out. Program income must be accounted for and reported on the FFR. Awardees must electronically submit FFR using the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Payment Management (DPM). Completion of the Domestic Banking Direct Deposit Form (SF-1199), available at www.pms.psc.gov.

FINANCIAL MANGEMENT AND SYSTEM OF INTERNAL CONTROLS

If selected for funding, the NFE must:

(a) Establish and maintain effective internal controls over the Federal award that provides reasonable assurance that the non-Federal entity is managing the Federal award in compliance with Federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal award. These internal controls should be in compliance with the guidance in “Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government,” issued by the Comptroller General of the United States and the “Internal Control Integrated Framework,” issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).

(b) Comply with Federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal awards.

(c) Evaluate and monitor the non-Federal entity’s compliance with statute, regulations, and the terms and conditions of the Federal awards.

(d) Take prompt action when instances of noncompliance are identified, including noncompliance identified in audit findings.

(e) Take reasonable measures to safeguard protected personally identified information and other information the Federal awarding agency or pass-through entity designates as sensitive or the non-Federal entity considers sensitive consistent with applicable Federal, state, and local laws regarding privacy and obligations of confidentiality.

ORGANIZATION INVOLVEMENT & DELIVERABLES

The assistance provided under this award will support the NFE’s performance of the award and fulfillment of the following two performance areas:

DELIVERABLES FOR YEAR 1

Deliverable I: NYLI at Training Events

1. The National Youth Leadership Initiative will be conducted at two events to be determined by ONDCP as early as July 2018.

2. Materials will be developed for youth and their adult advisors to be trained in the Strategic Prevention Framework and to learn how to help coalitions be more effective in creating community change. These coalitions include Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program funded communities, as well as other coalitions addressing the prevention of youth substance use.

3. The ONDCP Director and/or the DFC Administrator will have the opportunity to engage with NYLI participants during each event.

4. NYLI youth will have opportunities for involvement in ONDCP projects, as appropriate. Applicant will act as the point of contact and conduit for all communications to NYLI participants. ONDCP may highlight NYLI activities during specific DFC and/or substance abuse prevention initiatives.

5. A written report on the NYLI community-based change projects will be provided to ONDCP to document the outputs of NYLI participants at the local level in support of coalition work. Report will at a minimum identify:

a. Case studies featuring NYLI engagement in their communities

b. Summary information on youth participation and outcomes/successes

c. Feedback from DFC coalitions on NYLI impact in their communities

d. Future goals and plans for NYLI Deliverable II: Outreach to Youth

1. Applicant will develop new and innovative youth centric resources that will be made available for all Drug-Free Communities’ coalitions so that they may build and support the capacity of youth in their communities to engage in local substance abuse prevention. Youth centric resources to include (at a minimum):

a. Factsheets

b. Webinars

c. PowerPoint templates

2. Applicant will develop a new youth centric webpage focused on providing evidence-based youth centric resources specific to youth coalitions, community mobilizing, substance abuse prevention and using social media for community change.

3. Applicant will develop a method to assess the effectiveness of these outreach efforts. During the span of this agreement, they will generate baseline information on diverse population involvement within community coalitions.

Deliverable III: Sponsorship for Youth Training

1. Applicant will sponsor 10 youth in recovery from DFC-funded community coalitions and their adult advisors to attend one of the two NYLI Training events.

a. Youth must be in recovery.

b. Youth must be from a currently funded Drug-Free Communities Support Program coalition and in compliance with grant terms and conditions.

c. Applicant will be responsible for properly documenting rules, regulations, and submission requirements to include (but not limited to):

i. important dates;

ii. methods of entry;

iii. eligibility criteria; and

iv. selection criteria.

DELIVERABLES FOR YEAR 2

*Year two of this project must demonstrate within the Project Narrative how applicant intends to build upon, maintain and expand on the deliverables for project period one.

Deliverable I: NYLI at Training Events

1. The National Youth Leadership Initiative will be conducted at two events to be determined by ONDCP as early as July 2019.

2. Materials will be developed for youth and their adult advisors to be trained in the Strategic Prevention Framework and to learn how to help coalitions be more effective in creating community change. These coalitions include Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program funded communities, as well as other coalitions addressing the prevention of youth substance use.

3. The ONDCP Director and/or the DFC Administrator will have the opportunity to engage with NYLI participants during each event.

4. NYLI youth will have opportunities for involvement in ONDCP projects, as appropriate. Applicant will act as the point of contact and conduit for all communications to NYLI participants. ONDCP may highlight NYLI activities during DFC and/or Substance Abuse Prevention initiatives.

5. A written report on the NYLI Youth in Action community-based change projects will be provided to ONDCP to document the outputs of NYLI participants at the local level in support of coalition work. Report will at a minimum identify:

a. Case studies featuring NYLI engagement in their communities

b. Summary information on youth participation and outcomes

c. Feedback from DFC coalitions on NYLI impact in their communities

d. Future goals and plans for NYLI

Deliverable II: Outreach to Youth

1. Applicant will develop new and innovative youth centric resources that will be made available for all Drug-Free Communities’ coalitions so that they may build and support the capacity of youth in their communities to engage in local substance abuse prevention. Youth centric resources to include (at a minimum):

a. Factsheets

b. Webinars

c. PowerPoint templates

2. Applicant will develop a new youth centric webpage focused on providing evidence-based youth centric resources specific to youth coalitions, community mobilizing, substance abuse prevention and using social media for community change.

3. Applicant will develop a method to assess the effectiveness of these outreach efforts. During the span of this agreement, they will generate baseline information on diverse population involvement within community coalitions.

Deliverable III: Sponsorship for Youth Training

1. Sponsor 10 youth in recovery from DFC-funded community coalitions and their adult advisors to attend one of the two NYLI Training events.

a. Youth must be in recovery.

b. Youth must be from a currently funded by the Drug-Free Communities Support Program coalition and in compliance with grant terms and conditions.

c. Applicant will be responsible for properly documenting rules, regulations, and submission requirements to include (but not limited to):

i. important dates;

ii. methods of entry;

iii. eligibility criteria; and

iv. selection criteria.

G. FEDERAL AWARD AGENCY CONTACTS

For technical assistance with submitting an application, contact Grants.gov Customer Support Hotline at 800-518-4726 or 606-545-5035, or via email to support@grants.gov. The Grants.gov Support Hotline hours of operation are 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except Federal holidays.

Applicants who experience unforeseen Grants.gov technical issues beyond their control that prevent them from submitting their application, by the deadline, must email all required application data to HHernandez@ondcp.eop.gov within 24 hours after the application deadline, including a brief explanation of issue(s) experienced, evidence of issue(s) experienced, and a formal request for acceptance of an application not submitted via Grants.gov.

For assistance with any other requirements of this solicitation, applicants may contact Helen Hernandez, Administrator of the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program, Office of National Drug Control Policy by email at HHernandez@ondcp.eop.gov.

H. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Applicant Disclosure of Pending Applications: Applicants are to disclose whether they have pending applications or awards for Federally funded grants or sub-grants (including cooperative agreements) that include requests for funding to support the same or similar projects being proposed under this solicitation and will cover identical cost items outlined in the budget worksheet and narrative in the application under this announcement. The disclosure should include both direct applications for Federal funding (e.g., applications to Federal agencies) and indirect applications for such funding (e.g., applications to State agencies that will sub-award Federal funds). ONDCP seeks this information to help avoid any inappropriate duplication of funding. Leveraging multiple funding sources in a complimentary manner to implement comprehensive programs or projects is encouraged and is not seen as inappropriate duplication.

Disclosure of Lobbying Activities: All applicants must complete this information. Applicants that expend any funds for lobbying activities are to provide the detailed information requested on the form, “Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (SF-LLL). Applicants that do not expend any funds for lobbying activities are to enter “N/A” in the text boxes for Item 10 (“a. Name and Address of Lobbying Registrant” and “b. Individuals Performing Services”).