Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program - NEW (Year 1)
Forecasted Federal grant Posted
- Opportunity number
- CDC-RFA-CE-27-0058
- Agency
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Department of Health and Human Services
- Applications expected due
- Award size
- Up to $125,000
Opportunity facts
- Expected posting
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Health
- Eligible applicants
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- Unrestricted
- Tribal Organizations (Not Federally Recognized)
- Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Higher Education Inst. (Public)
- Independent School Districts
- Higher Education Inst. (Private)
- City/Township Governments
- 501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- Non-501(c)(3) Nonprofits
- County Governments
- Other
- Special District Governments
- Points of contact
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- Christi Jones dfc_nofo@cdc.gov
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in partnership with the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), is soliciting applications for Fiscal Year 2027 Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program grants to establish and strengthen community coalitions working to prevent and reduce youth substance use, with no published deadline currently specified.
Eligible applicants are community-based coalitions that have not previously received DFC funding and must be nonprofits (501(c)(3) organizations or entities affiliated with established legally recognized domestic public or private nonprofits, including state and local governments, federally recognized and state-recognized tribes, universities, colleges, professional associations, voluntary organizations, faith-based organizations, and urban Indian organizations). The applicant coalition must be legally domiciled within the United States and U.S. territories.
Coalitions must demonstrate at least six months of prior substance abuse reduction work, maintain a 12-sector membership structure, ensure substantial community volunteer effort, and provide 100–150 percent cash or in-kind match. The program requires participation in program evaluation and development of a sustainability strategy.
Award magnitude typically ranges from $250,000 to $750,000 for performance periods of one to five years. After initial award, projects may continue non-competitively subject to satisfactory progress and federal funding availability. Evaluation criteria include scientific and technical merit, program relevance to CDC priorities, and fund availability. Annual and final Federal Financial Reports and progress reports are required; records must be retained for three years or until final audit completion.
The CFDA number is 93.276.
Forecast synopsis
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) are accepting applications for Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program grants. The purpose of the DFC Support Program is to establish and strengthen collaboration to support the efforts of community coalitions working to prevent youth substance use. By statute, 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 abuse among youth (individuals 18 years of age and younger). 2) Reduce substance abuse among youth and, over time, reduce substance abuse among adults by addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse.
Eligibility
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education. A DFC legal applicant (an organization applying on behalf of a coalition, the coalition, or the applicant coalition) must reside within the United States and/or the U.S. territories.Additional Information on Eligibility: Eligible applicants are community-based coalitions addressing youth substance use that have not yet previously received a DFC grant. Applicants must be a nonprofit (as defined by the IRS as a 501(c) organization); or an entity that the Administrator determines to be appropriate; or part of, or is associated with an established legally recognized domestic, public or private nonprofit organization. For example, state and local governments, federally recognized tribes, state-recognized tribes, urban Indian organizations (as defined in Pub. L. No. 94-437), public or private universities and colleges, professional associations, voluntary organizations, self-help groups, consumer and provider services-oriented constituency groups, community- and faith-based organizations, and tribal organizations. (Pub. L. No. 114-198 Sec 103). For the purposes of this NOFO and the DFC Support Program, a coalition is defined as a community-based formal arrangement for cooperation and collaboration among groups or sectors of a community in which each group retains its identity, but all agree to work together toward a common goal of building a safe, healthy, and drug-free community.
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