Citizen Security through Anti-Drug Community Coalitions: Creation and Support of Anti-Drug Community Coalitions in Costa Rica | INL WHPCOSTARICA 17GR0022 03242017

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The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), announced a discretionary grant opportunity titled "Citizen Security through Anti-Drug Community Coalitions: Creation and Support of Anti-Drug Community Coalitions in Costa Rica." The program is framed as a citizen security and anti-drug initiative, meaning it is aimed at strengthening public safety and community resilience by supporting locally driven coalitions that address drug-related risks and harms. In practical terms, the opportunity is about helping communities in Costa Rica organize, build, and sustain multi-stakeholder anti-drug coalitions that can coordinate prevention, community engagement, and related safety efforts.

The funding instrument for this opportunity is a grant under the Law, Justice, and Legal Services activity area (CFDA 19.704). It was posted on March 24, 2017, with an original application deadline of May 24, 2017. The award ceiling listed is $600,000, and the opportunity anticipated making up to 10 awards. This structure suggests the program was designed to fund multiple projects rather than a single national implementer, potentially allowing work in different communities or regions and encouraging diverse approaches that still align with the central goal of community-based anti-drug coalition development.

Eligible applicants include public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, U.S.-based nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than institutions of higher education), and nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (also other than institutions of higher education). That eligibility mix indicates INL was open to partnering with universities and nonprofit organizations that can provide technical expertise, training, coordination support, and program management capacity. Because the focus is on "creation and support" of coalitions, the intended implementers are likely organizations capable of convening local actors, delivering structured coalition-building assistance, and maintaining the administrative and monitoring systems that federal grants typically require.

At a high level, the opportunity centers on the idea that community coalitions can improve citizen security by bringing together local stakeholders such as community leaders, schools, civil society groups, local government entities, and other relevant partners to prevent and reduce drug use and drug-related crime and violence. The emphasis on coalitions implies a coordinated model rather than isolated activities, with attention to building local ownership and sustained collaboration. Although the source summary does not spell out specific required activities or performance indicators, the title and framing strongly point to initiatives like coalition formation, capacity building, community prevention strategies, and ongoing support to keep coalitions functional and effective over time.

In short, this INL grant opportunity sought proposals to establish and strengthen anti-drug community coalitions in Costa Rica as a pathway to improved citizen security. It offered competitive discretionary grant funding, with awards up to $600,000, and expected to fund multiple projects (up to 10), targeting qualified nonprofits and public higher education institutions capable of organizing community-based, collaborative anti-drug efforts.

• The Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics-Law Enforcement in the law, justice and legal services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Citizen Security through Anti-Drug Community Coalitions: Creation and Support of Anti-Drug Community Coalitions in Costa Rica" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 19.704.
• This funding opportunity was created on Mar 24, 2017.
• Applicants must submit their applications by May 24, 2017. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $600,000.00 in funding.
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education.

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