OpportunityTitle: Drug-Free Communities Mentoring Program
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible applicants are currently funded DFC grantees with a coalition that has been in existence for at least five years (not to be interpreted as having been a DFC grantee for five years); has an active DFC grant at the time of application; and, is in good standing (not on high risk).
Description: The Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program was created by the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-20). DFC Mentoring grants were established as a component of the DFC Support Program when the program was reauthorized in 2001 (Public Law 107-82, 115 Stat. 814). The DFC Mentoring Program was also included in the Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-469). The primary goal of the DFC Mentoring Program is to assist newly forming coalitions in becoming eligible to apply for DFC funding on their own.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Virginia.Simmons@samhsa.hhs.gov
GrantorContactText: Virginia Simmons, Division of Grants Management, SAMHSA, 7-1109, 1 Choke Cherry Road, Rockville, MD  20857Phone: (240) 276-1422