Pascrell Announces $375K in Drug Prevention Grants for North Jersey

Federal awards will help combat addiction, substance abuse

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09) announced today that drug prevention organizations in Kearny, Pompton Lakes, and Secaucus would each receive $125,000 from the Biden Administration to combat the scourge of drugs in our communities. Administered by the Office of National Drug Control Policy, these federal Drug-Free Communities (DFC) grants will help strengthen local efforts to prevent youth substance abuse.

“Every single community in America must remain vigilant in our fight against opioids and substance abuse,” said Rep. Pascrell. “Our North Jersey anti-drug coalitions are leading the fight against harmful drugs, and I am elated that we have secured this funding to support their efforts. Our neighborhoods are safer thanks to public safety grants like this and I will never stop fighting for federal investments that keep our children safe from the plague that is substance abuse.”

The following organizations are set to receive DFC funding as part of today’s announcement:

• Kearny Prevention Coalition – $125,000
• Pompton Lakes Prevention Coalition – $125,000
• The Secaucus Coalition – $125,000

Congressman Pascrell has worked closely with the Office of National Drug Control Policy to bring increased resources to cities and community organizations fighting drug use. In 2018, Pascrell helped secure $450,000 in federal DFC awards for coalitions throughout Bergen and Hudson Counties, and in October 2014, he helped win $1.25M for the Rutherford Community Prevention Coalition.

Created by Congress in 1997, the Drug-Free Communities Support Program is the nation’s leading player in mobilizing communities and using grants to community coalitions to build and strengthen bonds between local partners to prevent youth substance use.

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