$18.75 million available for 150 awards of up to $125,000 per year for up to five years for Faith-Based and other Community Coalitions

New Federal Funding Opportunity - DFC Support Grants

Here-4-You Grant Consulting can help you complete the 2010 application, reapplication, or renewal application is successful in securing this valuable funding (www.npfunds.com/DFC).

Jeffrey J. Rodman of Here-4-You Grant Consulting has served as the Director of two Anti-Drug Coalitions, has administered the DFC grant, and has secured the DFC grant on numerous occasions.

DFC Support Grants

Agency: HHS is making $18.75 million available for 150 awards of up to $125,000 per year for up to five years for organizations that qualify for its drug-free communities awards.

Eligibility: Community-based coalitions focused on addressing youth substance use.

Insider's Tip: Eligibility rules are complex, but manageable. An easy way to see that eligibility criteria are being met is using the chart on pages 12-14 of the full announcement.

Deadline: March 19.

Purpose: The purpose of the program is to establish and strengthen collaboration to support the efforts of community coalitions working to prevent and reduce substance use among youth. The initiative has two major goals:

Establish and strengthen collaboration among communities, public and private nonprofit agencies, and federal, state, local and tribal governments to support the efforts of community coalitions to prevent and reduce substance use among youth (18 years of age and younger).

Reduce substance use 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. (Substances include, but are not limited to, narcotics, depressants, stimulants, hallucinogens, inhalants, marijuana, alcohol and tobacco, where their use is prohibited by federal, state or local law. Substances may also include the non-medical use of prescription drugs or over-the-counter medicines.)

Note: To apply for a grant under this funding opportunity, a coalition must fall into one of the following three categories:
• A coalition that has never received a drug-free community grant.
• A coalition that previously received a drug-free community grant but experienced a lapse in funding.
• A coalition that has concluded the first five-year funding cycle and is applying for a second five-year funding cycle.

Here-4-You Grant Consulting & the Drug-Free Communities Program

We have applied to the DFC Support Program EIGHT times and have been successful on SEVEN of those occasions.

The one missed was a new coalition. I reapplied on their behalf the following year and they were successful.

If you review my experience you will see that I am not just a successful grant writer.
• I am a substance abuse prevention expert with nationally recognized credentials.
• I am a Licensed Professional Counselor with a private practice focused on substance abusing adolescents.
• I am nationally recognized as a public speaker and trainer and have presented at the CADCA National Leadership Conference in Washington DC.
• I am a successful nonprofit executive with over a decade of experience working for Community Anti-Drug Coalitions.
• I am the Chair of the Board of Directors for our local Anti-Drug Coalition (a DFC Grantee)

DFC Government Grant Development
This involves the development of an individual grant for the Drug-Free Communities Support Program. We offer THREE levels of consultation for DFC Grant Development:
• Full Application Development: Approximately $2,999
• Outline, Consultation, & Scoring Review: $999
• Outline & Scoring Review: $499

Jeffrey J. Rodman will be attending the DFC Application Workshop in National Harbor, Maryland and would be happy to schedule an appointment to meet with you while at the conference.

Please contact Here-4-You Grant Consulting for more information about how we can help you apply for this funding.

I would welcome the opportunity to work with your organization.

In His Service,
Jeffrey

Jeffrey J. Rodman, MEd, CFRE, CGS
Here-4-You Consulting President and CEO
Here-4-You Consulting & Grant Writing
Grant Writing & Funding Development for Christian Ministries and Churches
http://www.npfunds.com ~ jeffrey@npfunds.com
P.O. Box 2361, Front Royal, Virginia 22630
540-635-3518 ~ 866-HERE-4-U-1 (Toll Free) ~ 413-702-9031 (Fax)