Roane County Anti-Drug Coalition

Roane County Anti-Drug Coalition, a tax-exempt nonprofit based in Kingston, Tennessee, operates as a federal grant recipient (57% of recent awards as prime recipient, 43% as sub-recipient) delivering substance abuse prevention, senior volunteer coordination, and community coalition services to the Department of Health and Human Services and the Corporation for National and Community Service.

The coalition's federal footprint centers on grant work rather than contracts. HHS Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) dominates the customer base with twelve awards across multiple funding streams — Strategic Prevention Framework coalitions work, opioid response initiatives, and American Rescue Plan Act supplemental programs — alongside four awards from the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Grants Management and three awards from the CDC. The top five customer agencies account for 90% of recent awards. The coalition's most recent and largest prime award is a $119,445 AmeriCorps Seniors Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) grant from the Corporation for National and Community Service, awarded June 24, 2026, running through March 31, 2029. This award funds senior volunteer activities focused on substance abuse education and community outreach in Roane County, with volunteers ages 55 and older delivering opioid and substance abuse education workshops, youth mentoring, and workforce development support; the coalition must meet a 10% statutory match requirement.

The coalition also carries a prior AmeriCorps RSVP grant awarded July 1, 2023, which funded the 2023–24 and 2025–26 program years with a 30% match requirement for the first year, reducing to 10% for 2025–26. As a sub-recipient, Roane County Anti-Drug Coalition receives pass-through funding from the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services under multiple SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse Prevention programs, including the Tennessee State Opioid Response III and IV Coalitions initiatives, American Rescue Plan Act coalitions work, and COVID-19 supplemental coalitions funding. Sub-awards span February 2024 through May 2026, with the coalition implementing evidence-based substance use prevention interventions targeting youth ages 12–25 through community coalition partnerships and the Strategic Prevention Framework methodology. Recent activity shows volatility (one award in 2021 and 2023, four in both 2024 and 2025, two in 2026 to date), with combined federal dollars obligated across the full award portfolio totaling $4.4 million.