FY 2005 Grant Opportunity
     

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Application Information:

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP)
 

Request for Applications (RFA)

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Drug Free Communities Support Mentoring Program

(Initial Announcement)

Request for Applications (RFA) SP 05-003-New and SP 05-003-Renewal
 
 

Grants.gov Notice: April 1, 2005

Receipt dates:

  • May 31, 2005 (for new applicants)

  • May 31, 2005 (for competing renewal applicants)
    Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) No.: 93.276
 
 

Key Dates:

Application Deadline

May 31, 2005 (new)

May 31, 2005 (for competing renewal applicants)

Intergovernmental Review

(E.O. 12372)

Letters from State Single Point of Contact (SPOC) are due no later than 60 days after application deadline.

Public Health System Impact Statement (PHSIS)/SSA 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.
The Executive Office of the President, Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announce the availability of funds for Drug Free Communities Support Mentoring Program (DFC Mentoring) grants. The purpose of the DFC Mentoring Program is to support and encourage the development of new, self-supporting, community anti-drug coalitions that are focused on the prevention of substance abuse in the new coalition's community. Applicants may propose to assist one or more communities in efforts to begin coalition operations or to expand or strengthen the operations of coalitions that want to receive such assistance. 

  • reduce substance abuse among youth;

  • help community coalitions strengthen collaboration;

  • enhance intergovernmental collaboration, cooperation and coordination;

  • enable communities to conduct data-driven, research-based prevention planning, and

  • provide communities with technical assistance, guidance, and financial support. 

Eligible Applicants

To be eligible to receive a DFC Mentoring Program grant, a coalition must be eligible to receive a new or competing renewal DFCSP coalition grant in FY 2005.  Applicants for DFC Mentoring Program grants must either be current DFCSP grantees or must have applied for a new DFCSP grant in FY 2005. 

Applicants that do not meet the eligibility criteria for the DFCSP will not be considered eligible for the DFC Mentoring Program.  DFC Mentoring Program awards will not be made to applicants that do not also receive a DFCSP award in FY 2005.

In addition, applicants for the DFC Mentoring Program grants must meet the following criteria:

  • The coalition must have been in existence for at least 5 years.  

  • The coalition must have achieved, through its own efforts, measurable results in the prevention of substance abuse among youth.

  • The coalition must have staff, volunteers, or members willing to serve as mentors for persons seeking to start or expand the activities of other coalitions in the prevention of substance abuse.

  • The coalition must have demonstrable support from the coalition to be mentored and from key sectors of the community(ies) where the coalition will carry out the specific mentoring activities supported by the grant.  Demonstrable support must be documented by the inclusion of memorandums of understanding (MOUs).
Additional Information

Approximately $2.9 million will be available for approximately 20 new and 19 competing renewal DFC Mentoring Program awards in FY 2005.  The maximum allowable award is $75,000 per year in total costs (direct and indirect).  No more than one award will be made to any single applicant.

DFC Mentoring Program grantees must demonstrate that they will receive and expend matching funds from other, non-Federal sources on a dollar-for-dollar basis.  
 

For questions regarding program issues, contact:

Ivette Ruiz

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

1 Choke Cherry Rd., 4th Floor

Rockville, MD  20857

240 276-1511

ivette.ruiz@samhsa.hhs.gov

For questions on grants management issues, contact:

Kimberly Pendleton

Office of Program Services, Division of Grants Management     

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

1 Choke Cherry Road, Room 7-1097

Rockville, Maryland 20857

240-276-1421

kimberly.pendleton@samhsa.hhs.gov
 

Documents needed to complete an application for this grant opportunity:

Download RFA:

   The complete Request for Applications (RFA) No. SP 05-003-New and SP 05-003-Renewal: 

Download forms:

 

PHS 5161-1 (revised July 2000): Includes the face page, budget forms, assurances, certification,  and checklist.

Applications that are not submitted on the required application form will be screened out and will not be reviewed.

Additional Materials:

 

For further information on the forms and the application process, see Useful Information for Applicants

Additional materials available on this website include:

 
 

For a complete application kit, call the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI): 

  • 800-729-6686

  • 800-487-4889 TDD