FY 2010 Drug Free Communities Grantees Announced

The Office of National Drug Control Policy announced the FY 2010 grantees for the Drug Free Communities Support Program.

ONDCP will award a total of $22 million in new DFC grants to 169 communities and 16 new DFC Mentoring grants across the country. The awards, announced on Tuesday, are in addition to the $63 million in Continuation grants simultaneously released to 549 currently funded DFC coalitions and seven DFC Mentoring Continuation coalitions. These grants provide community coalitions needed support to prevent and reduce youth substance use. To view a listing of successful awardees, visit the DFC website.

The 169 new grantees were selected from 521 applicants through a competitive, peer-reviewed process. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration will be sending formal notices of grant award to each grantee through the U.S. Postal Service during the month of September.

“From everyone at CADCA, congratulations to the new and continuing DFC grantees! CADCA stands ready to help you reduce drug use in your communities. Remember, our National Coalition Institute was created exclusively to help DFC grantees and offers training, free technical assistance and helpful resources,” said Gen. Arthur T. Dean, CADCA Chairman and CEO. “For all of the new DFC year one grantees, who will attend CADCA’s National Coalition Academy, we look forward to seeing you soon!”

To discover the many publications and resources CADCA has available, visit the CADCA website.

The DFC program was created by the Drug Free Communities Act of 1997, and was reauthorized by Congress in 2001 and 2006. Since 1998, ONDCP has awarded approximately 1,600 Drug-Free Communities grants to local communities in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, Palau, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands and, for the first time in FY 2010, the Federated States of Micronesia.