Submit Applications for Drug-Free Communities Support Program

Deadline: 26-May-21

The Executive Office of the President, Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) are accepting applications for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program grants.

The purpose of the DFC Support Program is to fund community-based coalitions addressing youth substance use that have previously received a DFC grant, but have experienced a lapse in funding or have concluded the first five-year funding Page 2 of 37 cycle and are applying for a second five-year funding cycle (Year 6). In accordance with the DFC Act, DFC Support Program has two goals:

Establish and strengthen collaboration among communities, public and private non-profit agencies, as well as federal, state, local, and tribal governments to support the efforts of community coalitions working to prevent and reduce substance abuse among youth (individuals 18 years of age and younger).
Reduce substance abuse among youth and, over time, reduce substance abuse among adults by addressing the factors in a community that increases the risk of substance abuse and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse.

Focus Areas

Required sectors include:

Youth: An individual 18 years of age or younger (must provide the age of youth).
Parent: An individual legally responsible for a child, grandchild, or foster child.
Business: A representative of a business-related organization.
Media: A representative of a communication outlet that provides information to the community.
School: A representative of the school system with influence in school policies and procedures.
Youth-Serving Organization: A representative of an organization that provides services to youth.
Law Enforcement: A representative of a law enforcement agency. The representative must be an active sworn law enforcement officer, not retired.
Civic/Volunteer Group: A representative of an organization that provides civic or volunteer activities that serves the community (not a coalition member). Examples include Lions Clubs, Rotary Clubs, etc.
Religious/Fraternal Organization: A representative of a faith-based organization or representative from a fraternal organization that is based on a common tie or pursuit of a common goal. The organization must have a substantial program of fraternal activities.
Healthcare Professional: An individual and/or organization licensed to provide physical, mental, or behavioral healthcare services.
State/Local/Tribal Government: A representative of a government-funded agency with a focus on substance use.
Other Organization Involved in Reducing Substance Abuse: A representative of a community organization that addresses substance abuse.

Strategies

The Seven Strategies for Community-Level Change include efforts that affect individuals as well as an entire community.

Provide information about youth substance use: Educational presentations, workshops or seminars, and data or media presentations (e.g., Public Service Announcements (PSAs), brochures, town halls, forums, web communication, including social media).
Enhance skills so youth/adults can engage in positive social and decision-making capabilities: Workshops, seminars, or activities designed to increase the skills of participants, members, and staff (e.g., training and technical assistance, parenting classes, strategic planning retreats, model programs in schools).
Provide support to increase opportunities that reduce risk or enhance protection for youth/adults: Creating opportunities for participation in activities that reduce risk or enhance protection (e.g., alternative activities, mentoring, referrals for service, support groups, youth clubs).
Enhance access, reduce barriers, and improve connections between systems and services that help prevent youth substance use: Improving systems/processes to increase the ease, ability, and opportunity to utilize those systems and services (e.g., assuring transportation, housing, education, safety, recreational facilities, and cultural sensitivity) in prevention initiatives.
Change consequences to incentivize positive practices and disincentives negative practices: Increasing or decreasing the probability of a behavior (incentives/disincentives) by altering the consequences for performing that behavior (e.g., recognition programs for merchants who pass compliance checks; publicizing businesses non-compliant with local ordinances).
Change physical design of the community to reduce the risk for and enhance protection against youth substance use: Changing the physical design of the environment to reduce risk or enhance protection (e.g., re-routing foot/car traffic, adjusting park hours, alcohol/tobacco outlet density).NOTE: DFC federal funds cannot support landscape and lighting projects.As such, costs for these projects cannot be used as a match.
Educating and informing about modifying or changing policies that reduce access and availability to substances among youth:Change in written procedures, by-laws, proclamations, rules, or laws, to the extent applicable law and policies allow (e.g., workplace initiatives, law enforcement procedures, and practices, public policy actions, systems change).

Funding Information

Approximate Total Supplemental Funding: $ 12,500,000
Approximate Number of Awards: 100
Approximate Average Award: $ 62,500,000
Floor of Individual Award Range: $ 0
Ceiling of Individual Award Range: $ 125,000
This ceiling is for a 12-month budget period.
Budget Period Length: 12 month(s)
Period of Performance Length: 5 year(s)

Eligibility Criteria

County governments
Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments)
Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above),
Independent school districts
Private institutions of higher education
State governments
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Others
Special district governments
City or township governments