Dream Coalition, Inc.

Dream Coalition, Inc., a Kentucky-based nonprofit community development corporation, is a federal grant recipient focused on substance abuse prevention and workforce training initiatives in Central Appalachia, operating exclusively as a prime recipient with no federal contract awards or subcontract positions in the source data.

Dream Coalition operates as a tax-exempt nonprofit entity headquartered in Inez, Kentucky, serving Martin and Magoffin Counties in rural Central Appalachia. The organization's federal footprint consists entirely of federal grant awards under two grantor agencies: the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC). The vendor has received three prime grant awards totaling $1.5 million obligated across two distinct customer agencies over the past three years, with no involvement in federal contracting vehicles, IDIQs, or GWACs.

Dream Coalition's capability portfolio centers on community-based substance use prevention and workforce training. Under SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, Dream Coalition received a $249,694 Project Grant (CFDA 93.492) awarded September 30, 2026, to implement the Grow Well Prevention Partnership, a five-year evidence-based substance use prevention initiative operating through September 29, 2031. The project establishes a two-county prevention coalition and year-round youth hubs serving approximately 4,300 youth in grades 6–12 across Martin and Magoffin Counties, with direct annual services reaching at least 200 unduplicated youth. Programming delivers evidence-based prevention education, mentoring, protective-factor groups, family engagement, youth leadership development, and referral coordination, targeting youth at elevated risk due to behavioral health concerns, adverse childhood experiences, family substance use history, or involvement in child welfare or juvenile justice systems. Under the Appalachian Regional Commission's Appalachian Area Development program (CFDA 23.002), Dream Coalition holds two consecutive workforce training grants: $626,000 awarded October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2025, and $632,188 awarded October 1, 2025, through December 31, 2028. These grants fund workforce development and training designed to build employment pathways and economic self-sufficiency for residents in Kentucky's Appalachian communities. Dream Coalition operates with minimal federal award velocity — one award per year on average — and carries no recompete exposure within the standard twenty-four-month window beyond the September 2026 SAMHSA grant award already active.