The Executive Office of the President, Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) are accepting applications for 2026 Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program grants.
Donor Name: Centers for Disease Control – NCIPC
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/14/2026
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 5 Years
Details:
The purpose of this NOFO is to support community coalitions that work to prevent and reduce substance use among youth. This NOFO aligns with the Drug-Free Communities (DFC)’s Support Program’s two goals:
- Establish and strengthen collaboration among community stakeholders and organizations to address youth substance use.
- Reduce substance use among youth and, over time, reduce substance use among adults by:
- Addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance use.
- Promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance use.
Funding Information
- Expected total program funding over the performance period: $31,250,000
- Expected funding per applicant: Up to $125,000
Project Period
5 years in 12-month budget periods.
Eligibility Criteria
- The community coalition must be a 501(c)(3) organization. Or the coalition can partner with an outside organization that is eligible to receive federal funds to serve as the fiscal agent on behalf of the coalition. Fiscal agents can include the following types of organizations:
- State governments or their bona fide agents (includes the District of Columbia).
- Territorial governments or their bona fide agents in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
- County governments or their bona fide agents.
- City or township governments or their bona fide agents.
- Special district governments or their bona fide agents.
- Independent school districts.
- Public and state-controlled institutions of higher education
- Native American tribal governments (federally-recognized)
- American Indian, or Alaska native tribally-designated organizations.
- Public housing authorities and Indian housing authorities.
- Native American tribal organizations, other than federally-recognized tribal governments.
- Nonprofits with a 501(c)(3) status, other than institutions of higher education.
- Private institutions of higher education.
- State-controlled institutions of higher education.
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses.
- Small businesses.
For more information, visit Grants.gov.
