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The bill provides targeted, evidence-based school prevention grants and predictable funding to Drug‑Free Communities coalitions, improving local prevention capacity, but the modest per-grant cap, administrative set‑asides, single-partner rule, and supplement‑not‑supplant requirement may limit reach and complicate use—especially for larger or under-resourced schools.
Nonprofit Drug‑Free Communities coalitions nationwide receive predictable federal support ($7M/year, FY2026–2031), enabling sustained local prevention services and planning.
Students and school communities can access targeted, evidence-based prevention programs through grants (up to $75,000/year), funding direct prevention activities in schools.
Grants are required to supplement, not supplant existing federal/state/local prevention funding, which helps preserve other public prevention resources instead of replacing them.
Students in larger schools or districts may receive inadequate services because the $75,000 per-grant cap limits the scale and reach of funded programs.
Schools or districts with little or no other prevention funding may struggle to use these grants because the supplement‑not‑supplant requirement can complicate eligibility and budgeting.
Nonprofits and programs will lose up to 8% of authorized funds to administrative costs, reducing the portion of the $7M/year available for direct prevention services.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Authorizes ONDCP to award up to $75,000/year grants to Drug‑Free Communities coalitions partnered with local schools for school‑community drug prevention; $7M/yr authorized FY2026–2031.
Introduced January 31, 2025 by Linda T. Sánchez · Last progress January 31, 2025
Authorizes the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy to award grants to Drug-Free Communities coalitions that form formal partnerships with local elementary, middle, or high schools to carry out evidence-based drug prevention activities. Grants are limited to $75,000 per year, may be renewed for up to three additional years, and only one eligible coalition may receive a grant for a particular school. Applications must include a comprehensive plan and coordinated submission with partner schools. Awarded funds must supplement, not replace, other funding sources; evaluations already required under existing law apply; and the legislation authorizes $7,000,000 per year for fiscal years 2026–2031, with up to 8% available for administrative costs by the Director.