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Posted: February 16th, 2012
The new STOP Act Request for Applications (RFA) was modified and re-released by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) last week. The RFA is specifically for current or former Drug Free Communities Support Program (DFC) grantees. The due date for applications to be received under the modified STOP RFA is March 29th. Click here to read the modified RFA. Posted: February 1st, 2012
Have you visited the 2012 Town Hall Meeting website yet? There is lots of great information and resources for any community interested in directing community efforts towards preventing underage drinking including media tool-kits, talking points, handouts and how to connect to larger nation wide efforts. Also check out their great articles including: A Healthy Return on Your Town Hall Meeting Investment | Getting to Outcomes: Alcohol Compliance Checks. Posted: February 1st, 2012
SAMHSA’s Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
In December 2011, the National Institute on Drug Abuse’s Monitoring the Future survey posted some fantastic news: Underage drinking by 8th, 10th, and 12th graders has reached historical lows. Among 12th graders, for example, past-month alcohol use dropped to 63.5 percent in 2010, down from a high of 74.8 percent in 1997. While this decrease is heartening, it also signals a need to step up our prevention game on college campuses. Underage college students drink often and excessively. How can we help maintain our progress in reducing underage drinking as today’s high school students enter college? How can we help current college students who drink make healthier choices? Posted: February 1st, 2012
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| SAVE THE DATE | ||
| February 1, 2012 | ||
| 10:00 am | to | 12:00 pm |
North Carolina Centers for Prevention Resources
Facilitated by: Donna Dayer
Wednesday, February 1st 10AM – 12 Noon
Underage drinkers have made a dramatic shift in the last decade. Beer, once the beverage of choice for young people, is being replaced by distilled spirits, particularly “white” drinks including vodka, tequila and rum. Why did this shift occur and what implications does it have for public health and safety? The January 2012 edition of the American Journal of Public Health has published a new study – “Joe Camel in a Bottle: Diageo, the Smirnoff Brand, and the Transformation of the Youth Alcohol Market” – addressing these questions. It focuses specifically on the successful marketing tactics of Diageo, a British company and the world’s largest distilled spirits producer.| SAVE THE DATE | ||
| September 17, 2012 | to | September 20, 2012 |
Information for Potential ApplicantsThe Office of National Drug Control Policy, in partnership with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), is pleased to announce the release of the FY2012 Drug Free Communities Request for Applications (RFA). The DFC RFA provides the guidelines for meeting statutory eligibility requirements, completing the application, the questions that must be answered and guidelines for assembling the budget. Applicants must follow the FY2012 DFC RFA explicitly and be deemed statutorily eligible before moving onto the peer review process for scoring. The following timeline will be adhered to for the FY2012 DFC funding cycle:
DFC RFA Released: Tuesday, January 17, 2012
DFC RFA Due Date: March 22, 2012
Peer Review: End of May/Early June 2012
Announce New DFC Awards: End of August 2012
To access the FY2012 DFC RFA, click here*.
The PACT360 website is being enhanced. One of the areas being added is a section called “Your Stories.” This section will include stories on how you and your organization are doing great work at the local level to reduce substance abuse. This is your opportunity to “brag” about the great work you do every day in your very own state/city.This new section is being designed to have site visitors publicly share their stories about local programs, events and substance abuse prevention efforts they may have attended or held themselves so that others can learn from their experiences. Please send submissions to rlinder@drugfreenc.org or your local CPR.
We are pleased to announce that funds will be made available
(up to $30,000 per site in the first year)
for up to eight (8) Partnerships, Alliances, Coalitions and Collaboratives (PACCs)
working to address substance abuse in North Carolina to strengthen their capacity to implement environmental strategies.
Currently, this grant program is approved for a two-year period.
RFA submission deadline: April 13, 2012 by 5 p.m.
A Letter of Intent (encouraged but not required) is due March 2, 2012
DEADLINE TO REGISTER of APPLICANT WORKSHOP is FRIDAY, FEB. 17!
| A collaboration with the Governor's Institute on Alcohol & Substance Abuse, Inc. Funded wholly or in part by the federal Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant Fund (CFDA #93.959) as a project of the NC Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities & Substance Abuse Services. |
