Prestigious federal grant from the Office of National Drug Control Policy awarded coalitions to address local substance use problems

The Arkansas Opioid Recovery Partnership (ARORP) is proud to announce that seven of thirteen Coalition Partnership Empowerment (COPE) coalitions who attended CADCA's new Opioid Coalition Academy have been awarded the prestigious Drug Free Communities (DFC) Grant from the Office of National Drug Control Program. This funding will provide each coalition with $125,000 annually for five years, amounting to a total of $625,000 per coalition and bringing a substantial $4,375,000 investment into Arkansas's cities and counties. Moreover, coalitions will have the opportunity to apply for a second five-year term of funding, doubling the potential total to an impressive $8.75 million.

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The Arkansas Opioid Recovery Partnership (ARORP) is proud to announce that seven of thirteen Coalition Partnership Empowerment (COPE) coalitions who attended CADCA's new Opioid Coalition Academy have been awarded the prestigious Drug Free Communities (DFC) Grant from the Office of National Drug Control Program. This funding will provide each coalition with $125,000 annually for five years, amounting to a total of $625,000 per coalition and bringing a substantial $4,375,000 investment into Arkansas's cities and counties. Moreover, coalitions will have the opportunity to apply for a second five-year term of funding, doubling the potential total to an impressive $8.75 million.

DFC-funded coalitions engage multiple sectors of the community to address local substance use problems. As demonstrated by independent evaluations, the DFC Support Program significantly reduces substance use amongst youth, the target population.

"This is a phenomenal achievement by ARORP, COPE, and CADCA, which shows the power of possibilities that we realize in partnership. These seven community-based coalitions just became self-sustainable with this Federal recognition. All involved in the training, education, and equipping of these seven coalitions should be extremely proud," says CADCAs President and CEO, Major General (Retired) Barrye L. Price.

Coalitions that received DFC Grants:

• Prevention-Awareness-Youth-Support (PAYS) Coalition (Mountain Home, AR)
• Sebastian County Opioid Task Force (Fort Smith, AR)
• The Opioid Prescription Drug and Synthetics Coalition (O.P.P.S.), formerly Healing in the Hood (Blytheville, AR)
• Newton County Partners in Prevention Coalition (Jasper, AR)
• Greene County Mental Health and Substance Abuse Coalition (Paragould, AR)
• Amazing Angels Coalition (Lake Village, AR)
• Carroll County Hometown Health Coalition (Green Forrest, AR)

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