Arizona Parents Commission on Drug Education and Prevention Grant Program

The Arizona Parents Commission on Drug Education and Prevention was created through a 1996 Arizona voter initiative and established under ARS 41-1604.17. The Commission receives funding from the Drug Treatment and Education Fund established under ARS 13-901.02. The Governor's Office of Youth, Faith and Family, identified in the source as GOYFF, supports the Commission in administering these funds through a competitive grant application process. The program is focused on increasing and enhancing parental involvement and increasing education concerning the serious risks and public health problems associated with the abuse of alcohol and controlled substances. Grant funding is invested in programs that improve community education about alcohol and controlled substance abuse and its associated public health risks. The source describes a broad range of initiatives sponsored by the Parents Commission, including evidence-based programs, social media campaigns, training, social host ordinances, information fairs, information campaigns, victim impact panels, youth group meetings, speaker bureau presentations, and in-school programming. These examples demonstrate an emphasis on prevention, education, community engagement, and programming that can reach parents, youth, schools, and communities. The supplied material does not state specific unallowable costs, indirect cost limitations, matching requirements, or cost-sharing requirements. In State Fiscal Year 2026, GOYFF and the Commission awarded $4.76 million to support programs throughout Arizona. This amount represents funding awarded for that historical fiscal year and is not identified as the total funding available for the next competitive application round. The source also does not provide a minimum or maximum individual grant amount, the expected number of awards for the next round, a grant period of performance, or individual award tiers. Accordingly, the historical $4.76 million figure should not be interpreted as an individual award ceiling, award floor, or confirmed total program funding for the next Request for Grant Applications. The source identifies numerous organizations that received funding, including nonprofit and community organizations, a school district, prevention organizations, behavioral health providers, youth-serving organizations, and other community entities. Examples include Amistades, Inc., Arizona Youth Partnership, Boys & Girls Club Bisbee, Cottonwood-Oak Creek School District, Phoenix Indian Center, Pima Prevention Partnership, Southern Arizona Children's Advocacy Center, Inc., Southwest Behavioral & Health Services, and Tempe Community Council, Inc. However, the supplied material does not contain formal applicant eligibility requirements for the next grant round. It therefore does not establish which organizational categories will be eligible to submit future applications, and eligibility should be verified when the next Request for Grant Applications is released. The program is administered through a competitive grant application process, but the supplied source does not provide the next application form, portal instructions, required narratives, attachments, pre-application requirements, evaluation criteria, scoring methodology, application opening date, or final application deadline. It does explicitly state that the next Request for Grant Applications is expected in Spring 2029. This establishes a future anticipated solicitation period, but it does not provide a specific calendar date or demonstrate that applications are currently being accepted. Detailed submission requirements should therefore be taken from the future Request for Grant Applications when it becomes available. Questions about the program or requests to connect with grantees currently providing prevention and educational programming in a community may be directed to Alfreda Moore, identified as the Substance Use Manager. The source instructs interested parties to email their name, contact information, location, and the requested programming or training, but the actual email address is not included in the supplied text. The page also provides a general contact telephone number of (602) 542-4043 and an address of 1700 W. Washington St., Suite 230, Phoenix, AZ 85007. The next Request for Grant Applications is expected in Spring 2029; specific application dates, award amounts, eligibility requirements, evaluation criteria, award notification timing, and performance periods are not provided in the supplied material.

Align proposed programming with the Commission's stated focus on increasing parental involvement and improving community education about the serious risks and public health problems caused by alcohol and controlled substance abuse; the source identifies evidence-based programs, training, information campaigns, social media campaigns, youth activities, and in-school programming among sponsored initiatives.