The Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Program provides grants to community coalitions to strengthen the infrastructure among local partners to prevent youth substance use.
The DFC Program is the nation's leading effort to mobilize communities to prevent youth substance use. Joining this program provides community-based coalitions with up to 10 years of funding to promote positive youth engagement and address the local conditions that drive youth substance use.
Directed by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), the DFC Support Program partners with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and ONDCP’s grant recipient, CADCA, to provide support and guidance to DFC coalitions related to coalition-building, programmatic expertise, and evaluation support.
The substances of focus are:
A community coalition is a community-based formal arrangement for cooperation and collaboration among community groups, or sectors. Eligible entities are community-based coalitions. Community-based coalitions that are non-profits (501c3 status) can apply.
If community-based coalitions don't have 501c3 status, they can partner with another organization (e.g., school districts, local health departments, YMCAs, Boys and Girls Clubs, local hospitals, local governments, or other agencies) to apply for funding.
To apply, coalitions must: