Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act Grants

The summary for the Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act Grants grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act Grants: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2008 for Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act (STOP Act) grants. The purpose of this program is to prevent and reduce alcohol use among youth in communities throughout the United States. It was created to strengthen collaboration among communities, the Federal Government, and State, local and tribal governments; to enhance intergovernmental cooperation and coordination on the issue of alcohol use among youth; to serve as a catalyst for increased citizen participation and greater collaboration among all sectors and organizations of a community that first demonstrates a long-term commitment to reducing alcohol use among youth; and to disseminate to communities timely information regarding state-of-the-art practices and initiatives that have proven to be effective in preventing and reducing alcohol use among youth.According to the Surgeon Generals Call to Action to Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking (http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/underagedrinking/calltoaction.pdf), cultural change is necessary to prevent and reduce underage drinking. The Call to Action points out that culture is complex, however, and changing it requires sustained efforts on the part of multiple segments of society. In addition, the culture around underage drinking is especially difficult to change because alcohol use is embedded in American society. The responsibility for preventing and reducing underage alcohol use belongs to everyone in the United States. Successfully addressing the public health problem of underage drinking will require cooperation, coordination and collaboration among various community sectors including local government, criminal justice, education, business, religious or fraternal organizations, civic or volunteer organizations, healthcare professionals, media, parents, youth, and other organizations involved in reducing substance abuse. Prevention research indicates that community coalitions are best suited to implement environmental-level strategies which address the broader culture and context within which decisions are made about underage drinking, and to create wide-scale community change, rather than implementing strategies that are designed to effect individual level change. Therefore, grantees must focus on environmental strategies for preventing and reducing underage drinking, and grantees and coalition member organizations should continue to seek other funding sources to implement individual (non-environmental) change strategies that are a part of a comprehensive community plan. STOP Act grants are authorized under the Pubic Health Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb-25b), Section 519B. This announcement addresses Healthy People 2010 focus area 26 (Substance Abuse).