New Grantee Fiscal & Administrative Training Replay Available

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review answers to the trainings FAQ's.

DFC Award Announcements for FY 2009

The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy and our partners at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration are pleased to announce $21 million in new Drug Free Communities (DFC) Support Program grants to 161 communities, ten new DFC Mentoring grants and ten Continuation Mentoring grants across the United States.  A local press release is available for grantees to use in notifying your community and spreading the good news. There is also a map that depicts the grantees that work to prevent and reduce youth substance abuse in each State and in specific US Territories/Protectorates.  The new grantee awards are in addition to the $60 million in Continuation Grants that were announced last week.

Things New DFC Grantees Should Do

• Contact your Federal Project Officer at SAMHSA to begin to establish a relationship and understand his/her role in managing your grant.  This is the person who is often your lifeline and link to the Federal government.  It is vitally important that you get in touch with this person and begin to progress in the DFC Program.
• Contact your Grants Management Specialist (GMS) to establish a relationship and understand his/her role in managing your DFC grant.  All financial questions throughout the life of your grant will most likely end up here, so connect with this person and begin this very important relationship.
• Reach out to the National Coalition Institute at CADCA and begin to engage in proactive technical assistance (TA) to get your coalition off to a great start.  If you do not know what TA is available to you or how it helps a coalition, this is your best resource for learning how engaging in regular TA moves a coalition forward.  Call Kristy Miller, the Institute's TA Manager, at 800-542-2322, ext. 240 and become a TA “regular” today!  She will be able to tell you what coalition building resources are at your disposal through CADCA and its National Coalition Institute.

Upcoming New Grantee Training Events

Mandatory New Grantee Training in Washington, DC

DECEMBER 7-9, 2009
This training is mandatory for new grantees in Years 1 and 6, as well as new Mentoring grantees, on December 7-9, 2009 in Washington, DC, at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill.  Each coalition must bring two (2) individuals to this training.  

To register, go to https://www.cmpinc.net/dfcnewgrantee/registration.html.  Upon registering, you will receive an email confirmation letter in your Inbox, which contains all of the hotel information to obtain a room during the training.

DFC Funding for FY 2010

The DFC Program follows a similar cycle each year for publishing the Request for Applications (RFA), application due date and the awarding of new grants.  The 2010 RFA will be made public in January of 2010.  Applications will be due in March 2010.  New grant awards will be announced in late August.

Please view the following PowerPoint related to the evidence required to establish your coalition as eligible to compete for DFC funding.

The DFC Mentoring Program will publish an RFA a few weeks after the regular RFA.  Applications are due in early April and the new grants are announced at the same time as the Regular new grants (late August).   DFC Mentoring grants are only award to current DFC grantees, who have measureable reductions in substance abuse, have been in existence for at least 5 years (not funded for 5 years, but acting as a coalition for 5 years) and who are in good standing with their current DFC grant (i.e., not on high-risk, etc.).

FY 2010 DFC grant funding is contingent on FY 2010 Congressional appropriations.