Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program - NEW (Year 1) | CDC RFA CE 25 0114

Opportunity Information: Apply for CDC RFA CE 25 0114

The Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program - NEW (Year 1) (Funding Opportunity Number CDC RFA CE 25 0114) is a discretionary federal grant program jointly supported by the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), specifically CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC). Authorized under the Drug-Free Communities Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-20), this FY 2025 funding opportunity is designed to help communities launch or strengthen local, community-led coalition work focused on preventing youth substance use.

At its core, the program exists to build and reinforce collaboration in a community so that prevention is not handled by one organization alone, but instead coordinated across many sectors. The statute sets out two main goals. First, it aims to establish and strengthen cooperation among community groups, public and private nonprofit agencies, and federal, state, local, and tribal partners to support coalitions working to prevent and reduce substance use among youth ages 18 and under. Second, it aims to reduce youth substance use and, over time, reduce adult substance use as well, by focusing on the local conditions that drive risk (things that make substance use more likely) and increasing protective factors (things that help youth avoid or delay use). In practice, that means the program is oriented toward community-level change: aligning schools, families, youth-serving organizations, public health, law enforcement, local government, healthcare, and other partners around a shared prevention plan rather than isolated activities.

This "NEW (Year 1)" competition is specifically aimed at coalitions that have not previously received a DFC grant. The intended applicants are community-based coalitions addressing youth substance use, with a coalition defined in the notice as a formal arrangement where multiple community sectors agree to work together toward a common goal of a safe, healthy, drug-free community while each sector maintains its own identity. The application can be submitted by the coalition itself or by a legal applicant applying on the coalition's behalf (an organization applying on behalf of a coalition, the coalition, or the applicant coalition). In all cases, the legal applicant must be located in the United States or U.S. territories.

Eligibility is broad, but it is anchored in the idea that the applicant must be a legitimate domestic organization connected to a community coalition. The notice includes nonprofits (including 501(c)(3) organizations and other 501(c) entities), and it also allows a range of public and community entities when appropriate, including state, county, city or township governments, special district governments, independent school districts, federally recognized tribal governments, tribal organizations, and other community-based entities. The eligibility section also explicitly cites examples such as state-recognized tribes, urban Indian organizations (as defined in Public Law 94-437), public or private colleges and universities, professional associations, voluntary organizations, self-help groups, consumer and provider constituency groups, community- and faith-based organizations, and tribal organizations, consistent with Public Law 114-198 Section 103. The key limiting factor for this particular competition is not organizational type alone, but whether the coalition is truly community-based and has not previously been funded through DFC.

Funding details in the posted source indicate an award ceiling of $125,000, with an expectation of about 50 awards. The opportunity is classified under the health funding activity category and is associated with CFDA number 93.276. The application deadline listed is May 5, 2025, and the opportunity record shows a creation date of March 19, 2025. Overall, this grant is meant to support the early stage (Year 1) of DFC participation for new coalitions by helping them organize cross-sector partners, coordinate a prevention strategy, and pursue measurable reductions in youth substance use by changing community-level risks and strengthening protective conditions over time.

• The Centers for Disease Control - NCIPC in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program - NEW (Year 1)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.276.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2025-03-19.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2025-05-05. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $125,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 50 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Others, Unrestricted.

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