Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration

The STOP Act program was created to strengthen collaboration among communities, the Federal Government, state, local and tribal governments in order to enhance effective efforts for reducing alcohol use among youth. This mission includes disseminating timely information to communities about state-of-the-art practices and initiatives that have proven to be effective in preventing and reducing alcohol use among youth. The STOP Act program enhances, not supplants, effective local community initiatives for preventing and reducing alcohol use among youth.

SAMHSA anticipates providing funding up to $50,000 annually in individual grants for up to 78 grantees for up to a four year period. Actual amounts may vary, depending on the availability of funds.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE: The statutory authority for this program (stated in the STOP Act CFDA: 93.243, Legislative Authority, 42 U.S.C. 290bb-25b, Section 519B of the Public Health Service Act) limits eligibility to domestic public and private nonprofit entities that are current or former Drug Free Communities Support Program (DFC) grantees. For example: local governments, federally recognized American Indian/Alaska Native Tribes, Territories, and Pacific and Caribbean Jurisdictions may be eligible. The statutory authority for this program prohibits grants to for-profit agencies.

The legislation also states that one of the purposes of the grant is to “prevent and reduce alcohol use among youth in communities throughout the United States." In order to maximize the impact of this program among communities throughout the United States, current and former STOP Act grantees are not eligible.

HOW TO APPLY: Requests fora complete application package for SP-12-003 can be made from SAMHSA at 1-877-SAMHSA7 [TDD: 1-800-487-4889]. The required documents may also be downloaded from the SAMHSA Web site at http://www.samhsa.gov/grants/.

APPLICATION DUE DATE: March 29, 2012. Applications must be received by the due date to be considered for review.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: For questions about program issues contact Dan Fletcher  at (240) 276-2578 or email dan.fletcher@samhsa.hhs.gov .

SAMHSA is a public health agency within the Department of Health and Human Services. Its mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America’s communities.