Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program – COMPETING CONTINUATION (Year 6)

The Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program was created by the Drug-Free Communities Act of 1997 to establish and strengthen collaborations to support the efforts of community coalitions working to prevent and reduce substance use among youth. The program has two goals: to establish and strengthen the 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 use among youth, and to reduce substance use among youth and, over time, reduce substance use among adults by addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance use and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance use. • The program will fund applicants who have concluded the first (Year 1 – 5) funding cycle or have experienced a lapse in funding. • Eligible applicants are community-based coalitions addressing youth substance use that have previously received a DFC grant (Year 1–5), have experienced a lapse in funding, or have concluded the first five-year funding cycle and are applying for a second five-year funding cycle. • The program will support community coalitions in their efforts to prevent and reduce substance use among youth. • The funding opportunity will support the implementation of evidence-based strategies to prevent and reduce substance use among youth.