Opportunity Information: Apply for SP 19 003
The Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act (STOP Act) Grants are a discretionary federal grant opportunity offered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), specifically its Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP). This FY 2019 program is designed to help communities across the United States prevent and reduce alcohol use among youth and young adults ages 12 to 20. The central idea is to support local, community-driven strategies that change the conditions that make underage drinking more likely, rather than relying on one-off awareness efforts. Applicants are expected to use the funding to put practical prevention activities into place that can shift community attitudes, reduce access to alcohol, strengthen enforcement approaches, and ultimately lower the harmful outcomes linked to underage drinking.
The program focuses on changing community norms and environments that influence youth alcohol use. Funded activities may aim to address permissive beliefs about underage drinking, reduce opportunities for youth to obtain alcohol (for example, by limiting retail sales to minors or reducing social access such as adults providing alcohol at parties), and improve underage drinking enforcement efforts. The opportunity also highlights strategies that address penalties for underage use and reduce the prevalence of negative consequences tied to underage drinking, including serious public safety and health outcomes like motor vehicle crashes and sexual assaults. In other words, the grant is meant to support prevention work that is visible in the community and tied to measurable reductions in both use and related harms.
A key feature of this opportunity is that applicants are expected to build on strategic plans developed under a Drug-Free Communities (DFC) grant. This signals that the STOP Act awards are intended to reinforce and extend existing community coalition prevention planning, not start from scratch. The program aligns with coalition-based prevention models that use local data, coordinated community partners, and targeted interventions to reduce youth substance use and its consequences. While the eligible applicant category is listed broadly as "Others" with additional eligibility details referenced elsewhere in the full notice, the framing strongly suggests community coalitions and similar local entities are typical applicants, especially those already engaged in DFC-related planning.
From an administrative standpoint, the opportunity is listed as "Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act Grants" under Funding Opportunity Number SP 19 003. The assistance is offered as a grant within the health funding activity category and is associated with CFDA number 93.243. The opportunity was created on January 22, 2019, with an original application closing date of March 22, 2019. Awards are capped at an award ceiling of $50,000, and the agency anticipated making about 20 awards. In practice, that scale indicates a relatively small, targeted funding stream intended to help communities implement or strengthen specific underage drinking prevention strategies that can be carried out within a modest budget but still produce meaningful local impact.Apply for SP 19 003
- The Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminis in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act Grants" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.243.
- This funding opportunity was created on Jan 22, 2019.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Mar 22, 2019. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $50,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 20 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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