Stewart County Alliance For Substance Abuse Prevention

Stewart County Alliance For Substance Abuse Prevention, a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Dover, Tennessee, operates as a grant recipient under federal substance-abuse prevention programs, functioning as a prime recipient on one Drug-Free Communities Support Program award and as a sub-recipient on eight pass-through federal grants routed through the Tennessee Department of Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services.

The organization's federal footprint is concentrated within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). All nine awards in recent activity derive from HHS, split between the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)—which accounts for eight awards—and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which issued the prime grant. The single prime award, a $125,000 Drug-Free Communities Support Program grant (CFDA 93.276) from CDC, runs from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2031 and funds a community-driven prevention effort targeting youth ages 10–18 across Stewart County, Tennessee. The coalition addresses youth tobacco, nicotine, alcohol, and marijuana use through the Strategic Prevention Framework, convening schools, families, agencies, and community partners to address local risk factors including Stewart County's historical tobacco legacy, associations between alcohol and outdoor recreation, and substance-use normalization within military-connected households. Local prevalence data cited in the award show 12 percent past 30-day nicotine use via vaping, 14.6 percent alcohol use, and 11.1 percent marijuana use among Stewart County students.

The eight sub-awards, all flowing through Tennessee's Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services as pass-through prime grantee, span programs including the Tennessee State Opioid Response (SOR) III and IV Coalitions initiatives, the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Coalitions program, and a COVID-19 Supplemental Coalitions project. These sub-awards, awarded between February 2024 and June 2026, fund substance use prevention coalition infrastructure work, evidence-based program implementation, and prevention capacity building targeting opioid, stimulant, marijuana, and prescription-drug misuse among youth and young adults. Combined federal dollars obligated across all nine awards total $577 thousand, with activity spanning three awards in 2024, four in 2025, and two in 2026 year-to-date. Performance occurs exclusively in Stewart County, Tennessee.