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OJJDP FY 2026 Community and Schools Youth Drug Prevention Program

Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention

This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the OJJDP FY 2026 Community and Schools Youth Drug Prevention Program. This opportunity supports states, units of local government, federally recognized Native American Tribal governments and nonprofit organizations to deliver substance use preventi

Funding
Estimated total program funding: $12,000,000
Category
Uncategorized
Status
OPEN
Deadline
11/10/2026

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This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the OJJDP FY 2026 Community and Schools Youth Drug Prevention Program. This opportunity supports states, units of local government, federally recognized Native American Tribal governments and nonprofit organizations to deliver substance use prevention programs for youth in schools and extracurricular settings in coordination with law enforcement and community coalitions. This includes building community-based capacity and implementing a continuum of prevention strategies that address youth substance use, such as education, early intervention, mentoring, referral to treatment, and investigations in coordination with local law enforcement and community coalitions.

Applicant types

Grants.gov eligibility code 00Grants.gov eligibility code 01Grants.gov eligibility code 02Grants.gov eligibility code 07Grants.gov eligibility code 12Grants.gov eligibility code 13
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Notice-specific evidence check

What an applicant must verify for OJJDP FY 2026 Community and Schools Youth Drug Prevention Program

Applicant evidence

  • Applicant type: State governments
  • Applicant type: County governments
  • Applicant type: City or township governments
  • Applicant type: Federally recognized tribal governments
  • Applicant type: 501(c)(3) nonprofits other than higher-education institutions
  • Applicant type: Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status other than higher-education institutions

Opportunity boundaries

  • Recorded funding: Estimated total program funding: $12,000,000
  • Recorded deadline: November 10, 2026; confirm time zone and submission system.
  • Recorded focus: Law, justice and legal services
Do not infer missing fields: geographic eligibility. Absence from this directory record is not evidence that a restriction does not exist.
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Application checklist

How to apply for OJJDP FY 2026 Community and Schools Youth Drug Prevention Program

The steps below turn the recorded grant fields into a pre-submission check. They do not replace the current Notice of Funding Opportunity or its amendments.

Recorded eligibility

  • • Applicant types: Grants.gov eligibility code 00, Grants.gov eligibility code 01, Grants.gov eligibility code 02, Grants.gov eligibility code 07, Grants.gov eligibility code 12, Grants.gov eligibility code 13.
  • • Geographic scope is not structured in this record.
  • • No sufficiently specific eligibility summary is stored.

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Recorded deadline

November 9, 2026 — confirm the time zone and submission system

A missing or rolling date is not permission to assume an open application window.

  1. 1. Confirm fitMatch your applicant type, location, project scope and any cost-share or registration rule to the official notice.
  2. 2. Read the noticeCollect the current guidelines, amendments, budget rules, required attachments and submission instructions.
  3. 3. Check timingRecord the deadline time zone, internal review date and any earlier registration or portal cut-off.
  4. 4. Submit thereUse the official application route and save the confirmation or submission reference.

Official sources

Recorded source: https://www.grants.gov/xml-extract

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Last directory verification: Sep 23, 2026.