Trump administration awards largest number of grants for drug-free communities
The $89 million in DFC Support Program grants to 719 local drug prevention coalitions, announced on September 20, is the largest number of single-year grantees since the program’s founding.
The grants will provide local community coalitions funding to prevent youth substance use, including prescription drugs, marijuana, tobacco, and alcohol.
The DFC Program, created by the Drug-Free Communities Act of 1997, is the Nation’s leading effort to mobilize communities to prevent youth drug use. Grounded in the philosophy that local problems need local solutions, the DFC Program is designed to support communities as they mobilize individuals and organizations to reduce youth substance use.
For Fiscal Year 2017, the new DFC grant awards represent a total Federal investment of $12.6 million in grants. DFC continuation grants represent a total Federal investment of $76.7 million. The DFC Support Program is a matching Federal grant where each community provides a minimum of one-to-one match in local funding for each Federal dollar awarded, thereby doubling the government’s investment while leveraging local support.
Included in these FY 2017 awards are 3 new DFC Mentoring grants totaling $225,000 and 3 DFC Mentoring continuation grants totaling $225,000. Mentoring grants are awarded to existing DFC coalitions to assist new coalitions build the capacity necessary to apply for DFC funding on their own in the future.
To learn more about the DFC Program as well as our Fiscal Year 2017 grant award recipients, please visit: https://www.whitehouse.gov/ondcp/grants-programs.
The grants will provide local community coalitions funding to prevent youth substance use, including prescription drugs, marijuana, tobacco, and alcohol.
The DFC Program, created by the Drug-Free Communities Act of 1997, is the Nation’s leading effort to mobilize communities to prevent youth drug use. Grounded in the philosophy that local problems need local solutions, the DFC Program is designed to support communities as they mobilize individuals and organizations to reduce youth substance use.
For Fiscal Year 2017, the new DFC grant awards represent a total Federal investment of $12.6 million in grants. DFC continuation grants represent a total Federal investment of $76.7 million. The DFC Support Program is a matching Federal grant where each community provides a minimum of one-to-one match in local funding for each Federal dollar awarded, thereby doubling the government’s investment while leveraging local support.
Included in these FY 2017 awards are 3 new DFC Mentoring grants totaling $225,000 and 3 DFC Mentoring continuation grants totaling $225,000. Mentoring grants are awarded to existing DFC coalitions to assist new coalitions build the capacity necessary to apply for DFC funding on their own in the future.
To learn more about the DFC Program as well as our Fiscal Year 2017 grant award recipients, please visit: https://www.whitehouse.gov/ondcp/grants-programs.
