Funder: Vermont Department of Health.

Amount: Communities can be awarded up to $130,000 each for a one-year project period. Responders to the RFP must apply to work on at least two of the following program areas:

1. Alcohol and Drug Abuse – up to $40,000 available

2. Nutrition and Physical Activity – up to $40,000 available

3. Tobacco Control – up to $40,000 available

In addition, all applicants must agree to participate in the Healthy Retailers project and may request up to $10,000 for this work.

Contact: Katie Martinez, Vermont Department of Health, 108 Cherry Street, PO Box 70, Burlington, VT 05402, (802) 863-7204, vdhcoalitiongrant@state.vt.us

Click here to view RFP details.

Deadline: February 15, 2012.

Funder: Kansas Family Partnership.

Eligibility: To be eligible to apply community coalitions must be registered on the Kansas Family Partnership coalition registry website at www.kansasfamily.com. Registration will be available on this website by February 2, 2012. Information required for registry includes the following: coalition name, contact information, and county. Additional information may also be entered into the registry such as membership roster, vision and mission statement, assessment data, logic model, strategic plan and evaluation plan. Community coalitions are comprised of parents, teachers, law enforcement, businesses, religious leaders, health care providers and other community leaders and activists. Coalitions mobilize at the local level to make their communities safe, healthier and drug free.

Amount: Up to $10,000 – Grants will range from $3,000 to $10,000 depending on their scope and estimated reach.

Contact: Send questions to ksfampart@kansasfamily.com by February 3, 2012. Answers will be posted on www.kansasfamily.com by February 7, 2012.

Click here for detailed RFP information.

Deadline: February 13, 2012.

To read the full interview, click here.

The STOP Act program was created to strengthen collaboration among communities, the Federal Government, state, local and tribal governments in order to enhance effective efforts for reducing alcohol use among youth. This mission includes disseminating timely information to communities about state-of-the-art practices and initiatives that have proven to be effective in preventing and reducing alcohol use among youth. The STOP Act program enhances, not supplants, effective local community initiatives for preventing and reducing alcohol use among youth.

Amount: SAMHSA anticipates providing funding up to $50,000 annually in individual grants for up to 78 grantees for up to a four year period. Actual amounts may vary, depending on the availability of funds.

Eligibility: The application must be submitted by domestic public and private non- profit entities that are current or former Drug Free Communities Support Program (DFC) grantees and who have not previously received a STOP Act award.

Application: Requests for a complete application package for SP-12-003 can be made from SAMHSA at 1-877-SAMHSA7 [TDD: 1-800-487-4889]. The required documents may also be downloaded from the SAMHSA Web site at http://www.samhsa.gov/grants/.

Contact: For questions about program issues contact Dan Fletcher at (240) 276-2578 or email dan.fletcher@samhsa.hhs.gov.

For information on grants management and budget issues contact Virginia Simmons at (240) 276-1422 or email virginia.simmons@samhsa.hhs.gov.

Deadline: March 6, 2012

Grant: The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) is now accepting concept papers to fund programs that benefit children of Luzerne County. Priority consideration will be given to projects that are data-driven and supported by research as to their effectiveness. The goal of the initiative under this solicitation is to support programs that benefit the health, safety and general welfare of children of Luzerne Count, and must be applicale and/or accessible to children residing in Luzerne County.

Funder: The Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency.

Funding Available: $2,166,750.

Contact: All questions must be sent by email to Wendy Poston at wposton@pa.gov in order for all potential applicants to benefit from this process. Answers will be available to all parties who register to receive them through the email process.

More grant information can be found here, click on Programs to Benefit Children of Luzerne County under Funding Announcement Title.

Deadline: March 12, 2012.

MBTA already bans advertisements for “tobacco, firearms, violence and nudity.”

Source: Newsroom.

The Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth announces its 2nd Healthy Communities Action Team (HCAT) RFP funding opportunity.

Virginia organizations (schools, faith centers, community service boards, clubs, etc.) are eligible to submit proposals. Individual grant awards will not exceed $40,000 per year/$80,000 total for two years. The grant period will be from July 1, 2012 until June 30, 2012.

Deadline: March 27, 2012.

For more information, please view the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth website.

The FDA is investigating if these products put children at risk for nicotine addiction or poisoning. Two companies will be test marketing smokeless tobacco products in different cities in the country – R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. will be testing Camel brand Orbs, Strips, and Sticks, all smokeless tobacco products. The other company, Star Scientific Inc., will be testing Ariva and Stonewall, two dissolvable tobacco products.

To read more about the FDA’s evaluation, click here.