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More than $1.1 Million in Grants Available for Community-Based Drug Prevention Coalitions
More than $1.1 million in grants are now available for new Drug-Free Communities Support Mentoring program (DFC Mentoring). An estimated 15 new mentoring grants will be awarded (up to $75,000 per grant, per year) to drug and alcohol prevention community coalitions from across the nation. The length of the project period is up to two years.
The primary focus of the DFC Mentoring program is to provide grant funds to existing DFC grantees, so they may serve as mentors to newly formed and/or developing coalitions that have never received a DFC grant to increase their capacity to implement effective drug-prevention strategies in the communities they serve.
To be eligible for a DFC Mentoring grant, a coalition must have been in existence for five years; be a current DFC grantee or grantee applicant; have achieved measurable results in youth drug and alcohol prevention; and have dedicated staff, volunteers, or members to assist the mentee coalition(s). Prevention-ready communities seeking to be mentored under a DFC Mentoring grant must demonstrate the ability to garner community support from local key sectors and stakeholders, including youth, parents, businesses, media, law enforcement, government, and religious and civic organizations.
“The Drug-Free Communities support program is the largest community-focused Federal drug prevention effort in the United States,” said Gil Kerlikowske, director of National Drug Control Policy. “By providing new drug and alcohol prevention coalitions with invaluable insight and direction, the DFC Mentoring program enhances community-based drug prevention efforts. It helps communities address their particular substance abuse risks and challenges, and empowers them to craft their own prevention strategies and responses.”
DFC Mentoring grants are awarded through a competitive peer review process. Click here to learn more about the Drug-Free Communities support program, grant application and its requirements.
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, February 23, 2010 This resource provides models, methods, and approaches for building health and equity in communities. Written in accessible and understandable language, this comprehensive book includes the theory, concepts, and models needed to harness social justice and practice primary prevention of unnecessary illness and injury in the first place. This resource, written by associates of the nationally renowned Prevention Institute, is a theory-to-practice book for students, faculty practitioners and community leaders who want to take a proactive stance against the most pressing health problems in the community including asthma, tobacco, violence, HIV, poor nutrition and physical inactivity, health disparities and environmental injustice. This volume provides a comprehensive and practical understanding of prevention on a community level. The authors define the elements of comprehensive, quality prevention efforts — from the necessary partnerships that need to be developed to the training, vision and policies that go into successful efforts.
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