Ten-Year Funding Limit.docx

This document is an assurance form that establishes compliance requirements for the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program under the Drug-Free Communities Act of 1997. The Ten-Year Funding Limit form requires the Legal Applicant to certify in writing that the applying coalition has not received more than ten years of DFC funding and will not violate any of the program's funding restrictions. The form mandates that applicants acknowledge two key restrictions: Legal Applicants serving as Fiscal Agents cannot receive DFC funds on behalf of coalitions that have already exhausted ten years of funding, and 501(c)(3) coalitions applying as their own Legal Applicant are limited to a maximum of ten years of cumulative DFC funding, regardless of whether funding was received through one or multiple Legal Applicants.

The assurance form requires the Legal Applicant to provide the coalition name, applicant name and title, signature, and date. The DFC Support Program, administered by the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in partnership with the Executive Office of the President's Office of National Drug Control Policy, provides grants to community coalitions working to prevent and reduce youth substance abuse among individuals 18 years of age and younger. Eligible applicants must be nonprofit, charitable, educational organizations, or units of local government, and must have worked collaboratively on substance abuse reduction initiatives for at least six months prior to application. Awards typically range from $250,000 to $500,000 annually with performance periods of up to five years, and recipients must provide a 100-150 percent cash or in-kind match while participating in program evaluation.