ST. Francois County Community Partnership

ST. Francois County Community Partnership, a tax-exempt nonprofit community development corporation headquartered in Farmington, Missouri, is a federal grant recipient focused on youth substance use prevention and community partnership development, operating as a prime recipient on one grant award and as a sub-recipient on three additional awards from state agencies receiving federal pass-through funds.

The organization's federal footprint is concentrated in health and human services grant work. Its prime grant award is a five-year Drug-Free Communities Support Program project (CFDA program supporting youth substance use prevention) funded by the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with an award date of September 30, 2024 and ultimate completion date of September 29, 2029. The project employs the Strategic Prevention Framework to plan and implement programs preventing and reducing youth alcohol and tobacco use in St. Francois County, Southeast Missouri. Core activities include strengthening coalition capacity, developing action committees, implementing evidence-based prevention programs including Too Good for Drugs and Prevention Plus Wellness in local schools, conducting a responsible vendor campaign, and launching a Catch My Breath campaign to increase parental perception of risk associated with youth vaping. Progress is measured bi-annually through the Missouri Student Survey, tracking past 30-day use of alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and prescription drugs, as well as youth and parental risk perception and peer disapproval perception. The organization reports progress annually to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention through the Office of National Drug Control Policy reporting framework.

As a sub-recipient, ST. Francois County Community Partnership holds three Community Partnership Base Agreement sub-awards from the Missouri Department of Social Services (a state agency), dated June 2, 2022, June 4, 2025, and June 12, 2025. Across all four awards (one prime, three sub), the organization has obligated $894 thousand in federal funds. Activity shows two awards in 2025 and one each in 2022 and 2024, with customer engagement split between the HHS Administration for Children and Families (three awards) and the HHS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (one award).