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Initial Announcement
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Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO)
NOFO Number: SP-19-005
Posted on Grants.gov: Tuesday, May 07, 2019
Application Due Date: Monday, July 08, 2019
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 93.276
Intergovernmental Review (E.O. 12372): Applicants must comply with E.O. 12372 if their state(s) participates. Review process recommendations from the State Single Point of Contact (SPOC) are due no later than 60 days after application deadline.
Public Health System Impact Statement (PHSIS) / Single State Agency Coordination: Applicants must send the PHSIS to appropriate State and local health agencies by application deadline. Comments from Single State Agency are due no later than 60 days after application deadline.
Description
The Executive Office of the President, Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) are accepting applications for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program grants. By statute, the DFC Support Program has two goals:
- Establish and strengthen 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 abuse among youth*.
- Reduce substance abuse among youth and, over time, reduce substance abuse among adults by addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse.
*For the purposes of this FOA, “youth” is defined as individuals 18 years of age and younger.
The DFC Support Program was created by the Drug-Free Communities Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-20). This announcement addresses Healthy People 2020 Substance Abuse Topic Area HP 2020-SA.
Eligibility
Eligible applicants are community-based coalitions addressing youth substance use that have never received a DFC grant. Statutory Eligibility Requirements, written into the DFC Act, are inherent in the language of the DFC Support Program. Applicants should refer to Table 1: Statutory Eligibility Requirements, which contains a summary of the minimum documentation applicants must provide to meet these criteria. The table also specifies evidence required and where to place it in the application (e.g., as an attachment, in the Project Narrative, or in the Budget Narrative).
Failure to meet any single statutory eligibility requirement will cause the application to be deemed ineligible; in such case it will not move forward to peer review. Should your application fail to meet the eligibility requirements, the person listed as the Business Official on the Application for Federal Assistance (SF-424) will receive a letter stating why the application was deemed ineligible. No additional information may be added to an application after the application deadline. Final authority lies with the DFC Administrator to determine the eligibility of an application.
NOTE: Coalitions that have already received 10 years of DFC funding are not eligible to apply for this grant.
All DFC applications will be jointly screened by ONDCP and SAMHSA to determine whether an applicant meets all the DFC Support Program Statutory Eligibility Requirements identified in Table 1. In addition, the non-profit status of the legal applicant (if applicable) will be verified along with its ability to fiscally manage federal funds. Applications submitted by eligible coalitions that demonstrate they meet all requirements will then be scored through a peer review process according to the evaluation criteria described in the Application Review Information of this FOA. Each year, DFC recipients must demonstrate compliance with all of the Statutory Eligibility Requirements to be considered for continuation funding.
A DFC legal applicant (an organization applying on behalf of a coalition, the coalition, or the applicant coalition) must reside within the United States and/or the U.S. Territories. The intent of the DFC Support Program is to fund coalition activities in the United States and does not authorize the funding of organizations or activities outside the United States.
Award Information
Funding Mechanism: Grant
Anticipated Total Available Funding: $18,750,000
Anticipated Number of Awards: 150
Anticipated Award Amount: Up to $125,000 per year
Length of Project: Up to 5 years
Cost Sharing/Match Required?: Yes
Additional Award Information: Proposed budgets cannot exceed $125,000 in total costs (direct and indirect) in any year of the proposed project. Annual continuation awards will depend on the availability of funds, grantee progress in meeting project goals and objectives, timely submission of required data and reports, and compliance with all terms and conditions of award.
Contact Information
Program Issues
DFC FOA Helpline Team
Office of Drug-Free Communities
DFC@ondcp.eop.gov
Grants Management and Budget Issues
Odessa Crocker Office of Financial Resources Division of Grants Management
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, Maryland 20857
DGM@samhsa.hhs.gov