Grant: The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) is making approximately $5 million in Federal Justice Assistance Grant funds available to develop and implement programs at the local level.

Funder: The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency.

Eligibility: Local units of government (includes counties) and private non-profit organizations.

Amount: The total amount available under this solicitation is approximately $5 million. The maximum amount that may be requested for any project is $250,000 in federal funds.

Contact: https://www.pccdegmis.state.pa.us/pccd_egmis/Public/OpenAnnouncements.aspx

Grant: To build community capacity, through partnerships and collaborations, to support and sustain abuse prevention efforts throughout Central Nebraska.

Eligibility: Counties served by Region 3 - Adams, Blaine, Buffalo, Clay, Custer, Franklin, Furnas, Garfield, Greeley, Hall, Hamilton, Harlan, Howard, Kearney, Loup, Merrick, Nuckolls, Phelps, Sherman, Valley, Webster and Wheeler.

Amount: Total grant allocations of $15,000 will be awarded to successful applicants within the 22 county area of Region 3. Mini-grant awards last year ranged from $300 to $1,100.

Grant: Kansas Family Partnership announces the release of a Request for Proposal (RFP) to fund a minimum of 20 mini-grants to Kansas coalitions through grant funding from the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services (SRS), Division of Disability and Behavioral Health Services, Addiction and Prevention Services. The purpose of these mini-grants is to assist coalitions in their efforts to reduce underage alcohol use (defined as past 30-day alcohol use and binge drinking among students in grades 6, 8, 10 and 12) and/or past 30-day cigarette use and/or past 30-day smokeless tobacco use.

Funder: Kansas Family Partnership

Eligibility: To be eligible to apply community coalitions must be registered on the Kansas Family Partnership coalition registry website at www.kansasfamily.com. Registration will be available on this website by February 2, 2012. Information required for registry includes the following: coalition name, contact information, and county. Additional information may also be entered into the registry such as membership roster, vision and mission statement, assessment data, logic model, strategic plan and evaluation plan. Community coalitions are comprised of parents, teachers, law enforcement, businesses, religious leaders, health care providers and other community leaders and activists. Coalitions mobilize at the local level to make their communities safe, healthier and drug free.

Amount: Up to $10,000 - Grants will range from $3,000 to $10,000 depending on their scope and estimated reach.

Contact: Send questions to ksfampart@kansasfamily.com by February 3, 2012. Answers will be posted on www.kansasfamily.com by February 7, 2012.

Click here for detailed RFP information

Grant: The Vermont Department of Health will award a total of $1.2 million beginning in July 2012 to prevent chronic disease and promote wellness in communities around the state. The grants are designed to target alcohol and drug use, nutrition and physical activity, and tobacco control - and to expand the Healthy Retailers initiative.

Funder: Vermont Department of Health.

Amount: Communities can be awarded up to $130,000 each for a one-year project period. Responders to the RFP must apply to work on at least two of the following program areas:

1. Alcohol and Drug Abuse - up to $40,000 available

2. Nutrition and Physical Activity - up to $40,000 available

3. Tobacco Control - up to $40,000 available

In addition, all applicants must agree to participate in the Healthy Retailers project and may request up to $10,000 for this work.

Contact: Katie Martinez, Vermont Department of Health, 108 Cherry Street, PO Box 70, Burlington, VT 05402, (802) 863-7204, vdhcoalitiongrant@state.vt.us

Grant: focuses its giving on programs addressing the needs of youth and women with children living in (or at risk of) long-term poverty, especially children of inner-city residents. The Foundation gives strong preference to innovative programs and organizations with small or modest operating budgets located in Chicago, IL, Minneapolis, MN, and Washington, DC.

Amount: Award amounts vary. Nonprofit organizations are eligible to apply.

Contact: http://www.lirf.org/grant_guidelines.php

Grant: TUPE funds support health education efforts aimed at the prevention and reduction of tobacco use by youth. TUPE in grades six through twelve is funded through a competitive application process. Funding consideration to local educational agencies is based on projects that propose to implement research-validated prevention programs for the general student population, provide youth development activities for both general and priority populations, and provide intervention cessation services to students currently using tobacco.

Funder: California Department of Education.

Eligibility: local education agencies. Local educational agencies must be certified tobacco-free by July 1, 2011. Funding is available to districts, charter schools, consortium leads, and county offices of education that serve students in grades six through twelve.

Amount: Total available is $16,500,000.

Contact: http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/profile.asp?id=2154

Grant: Fostering Desistance through Effective Supervision.

Purpose: Provides a comprehensive response to the increasing number of incarcerated adults and juveniles who are released from prison, jail, and juvenile residential facilities and returning to communities.

Funder: U.S. Department of Justice.

Eligibility: States, units of local government, territories and tribes.

Amount: $1 million total program funder for an unspecified number of awards.

Contact: www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/grant/12SecondChanceDFEsol.pdf.

Grant: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is accepting applications for up to a four year total of $15.6 million to fund STOP Act grants aimed at preventing alcohol use among underage youth in communities across the nation.

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.

Amount: 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.

Eligibility: The application must be submitted by domestic public and private non-profit entities that are current or former Drug Free Communities Support Program (DFC) grantees and who have not previously received a STOP Act award.

Application: Requests for a 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.samsha.gov/grants/.

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

For information on grants management and budget issues contact Virginia Simmons at (240) 276-1422 or email virginia.simmons@samhsa.hhs.gov.

Grant: The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) is now accepting concept papers to fund programs that benefit children of Luzerne County. Priority consideration will be given to project that are data-driven and supported by research as to their effectiveness. The goal of the initiative under this solicitation is to support programs that benefit the health, safety and general welfare of children of Luzerne County, and must applicable and/or accessible to children residing in Luzerne County.

Amount: $2,166,750 available.

Contact: All questions must be sent by email to Wendy Poston at wposton@pa.gov in order for all potential applicants to benefit from this process. Answers will be available to all parties who register to receive them through the email process.

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Grant: The DFC Support Program aims to establish and strengthen communities, private nonprofit agencies, and Federal, state, local, and tribal governments and entities to collaborate and support community-based efforts to prevent and reduce youth substance use.  To access the FY2012 DFC RFA, click here.

Eligibility: Community-based coalitions that are focused on addressing youth substance use and meet all of the DFC statutory eligibility requirements. 

Amount: 30 grants will be awarded of up to $125,000 each.

Contact: For questions about program issues contact: DFC RFA Hotline Team, Division of Community Programs, (240) 276-1270, dfcnew2012@samhsa.hhs.gov; For Federal forms and budget questions contact Virginia Simmons, Division of Grants Management, (240) 276-1422, virginia.simmons@samhsa.hhs.gov

Funder: The Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth.

Eligibility: Virginia organizations such as schools, faith centers, community service boards, clubs, etc).

Amount: Individual grant awards will not exceed $40,000 per year/$80,000 total for two years.

Grant period: July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2014.

Contact: This is an online application process. Organizations may register to apply and read additional details and information by going to the VFHY website (www.vfhy.org) and selecting the Funding tab.

MANDATORY OFFERORS' CONFERENCE: Mandatory informational offerors' conferences will be held at 3 different locations on 3 different dates from 9:30am-12:30pm. The dates and locations are:

• February 3, 2012 in Blacksburg
• February 9, 2012 in Fredericksburg
• February 10, 2012 in Newport News

Attendance is required at only ONE of these conferences in order to apply. To register for one of the offerors' conferences, go to the VFHY website (www.vfhy.org) and select the Funding tab for more information.