What the buyer needs
AI summaryThe government authority located in Washington, DC requires a vendor to provide a community and schools youth drug prevention program service. The buyer needs a vendor to support new programs or enhance existing comprehensive drug prevention and intervention programs that target youth in school and extracurricular settings. The requested scope includes delivering substance use prevention and intervention programming through coordination with local law enforcement and community coalitions. Programming approaches may encompass investigations, substance use treatment or referral services, and substance use education. The buyer restricts eligibility to onshore USA organizations only. The vendor will perform all work offsite. The buyer is looking for proposals regarding the budget and does not provide specific evaluation criteria or key dates in the text.
Scope of work
- Designing and implementing comprehensive prevention programs for students from preschool through grade 12
- Delivering early identification, intervention, mentoring, and referral to treatment services
- Designing and implementing family engagement strategies to provide parents and caregivers with tools to address youth substance use
- Offering training for school personnel, parents, law enforcement, and community members to strengthen coordinated prevention efforts
- Supporting local law enforcement and community partners to establish and maintain safe zones of passage for students
How proposals are evaluated
| Criterion | Weight / scoring |
|---|---|
| Project Design and Implementation | 35% |
| Capabilities and Competencies | 30% |
| Project Goals and Objectives | 15% |
| Budget | 15% |
| Description of the Need | 5% |
Minimum qualifications
- Must be a State, County, City, Township, or federally recognized Native American Tribal government, or a nonprofit with or without 501(c)(3) status.
Documents to include with your response
- Application for Federal Assistance: SF-424
- Standard Applicant Information
- Proposal Abstract
- Financial Management and System of Internal Controls Questionnaire
- Agency Funding Priorities Inventory
- Proposal Questionnaire
- Budget Detail Worksheet
- Indirect Cost Rate Agreement (if applicable)
- Timeline
- Disclosures and Assurances forms
How to submit
- Method
- Electronic via Grants.gov and JustGrants
- Instructions
- Step 1 requires submitting the SF-424 in Grants.gov. Step 2 requires submitting the full application including web-based forms and required attachments in JustGrants.
Grants.gov funding details
- Funding opportunity
- O-OJJDP-2026-172734 · OJJDP FY 2026 Community and Schools Youth Drug Prevention Program
- Agency
- Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention
- Assistance listing
- 16.838 Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and other Substances Use Program
- Total program funding
- $12.0M
- Award size
- $750.0K
- Expected awards
- 16
- Applications close
- Nov 9, 2026
- Instrument
- Grant
- Cost sharing required
- No
- Eligible applicants
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized); Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education; State governments; County governments; City or township governments; Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Source: Grants.gov (U.S. federal public data).