Drug-Free Community Coalition

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The purpose of the Drug-Free Community Coalition is to mobilize and work with leaders in the community to identify and address local youth substance use problems and create sustainable community-level change through the use of the Seven Strategies for Community Change.

The DFC Support Program has two goals:

1. Establish and strengthen collaboration among communities, public and private non-profit agencies, as well as federal, state, local, and tribal governments to support the efforts of community coalitions working to prevent and reduce substance use among youth
2.  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.

               *Youth is defined as individuals 18 years of age and younger

The DFC Support Program does not fund the following 

(not a fully exhaustive list):

1. After-school programs
2. Youth mentoring programs
3. Sports programs
4. Treatment services/programs/facilities
5. Drug Courts
6. Construction
7. Landscaping/neighborhood revitalization projects