Coalition For A Drug-Free Hawaii

Coalition For A Drug-Free Hawaii, doing business as Drug Free Hawaii, is a Hawaii-based tax-exempt nonprofit organization that acts as a prime recipient of federal substance-abuse prevention grants and as a sub-recipient on grants flowing through the Hawaii Department of Health and the Hawaii Department of Transportation. The organization operates exclusively in the substance-abuse prevention and community health space, with no federal contract awards in its footprint.

Drug Free Hawaii's recent federal footprint centers on SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. The organization holds a $9.2 million combined-obligation portfolio spanning nineteen awards over two decades, with activity concentrated in the past three years: two awards in 2014 and 2019, but six awards in 2024 and one in 2025. The organization splits evenly between prime grants (ten awards, 53%) and sub-grants (nine awards, 47%), indicating a mixed posture of direct federal grant receipt and pass-through sub-recipient work under state agencies.

Customer concentration is narrow and mission-aligned. SAMHSA's Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration accounts for eleven of nineteen awards across two funding lines (the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention and two additional SAMHSA line items within HHS). The Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention round out the active set, together accounting for 89% of recent awards. The organization has no GSA Schedule presence, no parent GWAC or IDIQ vehicles, and no private-sector teaming relationships reflected in the source data.

Drug Free Hawaii's recent work exemplifies its prevention and equity focus. As a prime recipient, the organization received a $9.2 million project grant from SAMHSA beginning September 2024 (ultimate completion September 2028) to support the Ewalution Rainbow Collaboration, targeting underage drinking prevention among LGBTQ+, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and Asian youth in the 'Ewa Beach community. As a sub-recipient, Drug Free Hawaii coordinates substance-abuse prevention and treatment resource centers under sub-grants from the Hawaii Department of Health (four awards, June 2023 through September 2024), and executes impaired-driving prevention and traffic safety work under sub-grants from the Hawaii Department of Transportation (three awards, October 2024), including coordination of at least seven community murals across all four counties and Youth Day workshops.