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2010 DFC Request for Applications Now Available

Due Date: March 19, 2010

View the factsheet for RFA deadlines and details.

ONDCP, in partnership with SAMHSA, is pleased to announce that the 2010 DFC Request for Applications (RFA) is now available for review and response.

Download the RFA from the DFC site. You can also access it through SAMHSA's Web site and through Grants.gov. We have posted an online workshop and PowerPoint slides to this site to support you in responding to the 2010 DFC RFA.

To assist you in recreating the tables, charts and other supporting documents in your response, you can access a Word version of the RFA.

The DFC Program funds community coalitions addressing youth substance use. Any coalition, that meets the statutory eligibility requirements may apply for DFC funding. In responding to the 2010 DFC RFA, please ensure that you carefully read the statutory eligibility requirements to determine if your coalition is eligible. All eligibility requirements must be met in order to move forward to Peer Review. Please do not wait until the last minute to get your eligibility requirements secured for your application.

This year's RFA is comprised of 18 narrative questions that seek to understand an applicant's current standing as a healthy coalition and its ability to be a successful DFC grantee. We encourage you to remember your audience and write your application for one of your peers to read. Tell your story through relevant data and create an understanding of how the DFC Support Program funding, should your coalition receive it, will assist you in leveraging resources to address youth substance use.

Good luck in responding to the 2010 RFA!

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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.

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