North Carolina Coalition Initiative

Winter 2011 

The North Carolina Coalition Initiative:
Building Capacity for Substance Free Communities

Release date: January 13, 2012

Funding Opportunity

For Partnerships, Alliances, Coalitions and Collaboratives (PACCs) Working to 
Address Substance Abuse

  We are pleased to announce that funds will be made available (up to $30,000 per site in the first year) for up to 8 substance abuse prevention coalitions or PACCs in North Carolina to strengthen their capacity to implement environmental strategies.

Currently, this grant program is approved for a two-year period.

 The Request for Application (RFA) can be accessed online at www.nc-coalition.com

RFA submission deadline: April 13, 2012 by 5 p.m.

  A Letter of Intentis due March 2, 2012 
(encouraged but not required)

 In an effort to assist applicants in completing the RFA, the NCCI Coordinating Center will hold an Orientation and Applicant workshop. This workshop will provide an overview of the NC Coalition Initiative, including the RFA process as well as the fundamental principles of a coalition-based and environmental approach to substance abuse prevention. The training will be a collaborative effort between the NC Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services and the NCCI Coordinating Center at Wake Forest School of Medicine.

NCCI Orientation and Applicant Workshop

 Date: Friday, February 24^th, 2012
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. 
Where: Piedmont Plaza I, Kitty Hawk Conference Room
1920 West 1^st Street
Winston-Salem, NC 27104

Who: Partnerships, Alliances, Coalitions and Collaboratives (PACCs) interested in applying for NCCI capacity building grant funds

 RSVP:  By February 17^th to Maria Parries at mparries@wakehealth.edu

  Important Dates  

• RFA available online 1/13/12
• Orientation and Applicant workshop 2/24/12 (please rsvp by 2/17/12)
• Letter of Intent due 3/2/12 (encouraged but not required)
• Application submission deadline 4/13/12 by 5 p.m.

  For complete details, rsvp’s or additional information visit: http://www.nc-coalition.com
Email:  mparries@wakehealth.edu
Phone: 336-716-6196

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