Drug-free grant paperwork renewal: Snore fest in Federal Register
Published Date: 8/14/2026
Notice
Summary
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) announces it will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) an information collection request.
Analyzed Economic Effects
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DFC grants: sizable yearly reporting time
If you are a Drug-Free Communities (DFC) grant award recipient, you must submit an annual progress report through the DFC & CARA Me system that ONDCP estimates will take about 24 hours to complete. You also may complete a Coalition Asset Survey (CAS) that takes about 1 hour and face-to-face interviews that take 1–2 hours; ONDCP estimates the total annual time required by all DFC respondents is 19,642 hours.
Data used to evaluate programs and inform opioid efforts
ONDCP will use the data collected from DFC and CARA recipients to assess each program's effectiveness in preventing and reducing youth substance use and to inform the Administration's efforts to address the opioid crisis. One stated objective is to regularly monitor and analyze data to report on program progress and to provide technical assistance to grant recipients.
CARA Local Drug Crisis grant reporting burden
If you are a CARA Local Drug Crisis grant award recipient, ONDCP expects each CARA annual report submitted via DFC & CARA Me to take approximately 10 hours to complete. ONDCP estimates the total time for all CARA respondents to complete their reports in a year is 640 hours.
Web system for reports reduces data entry burden
ONDCP requires DFC and CARA recipients to submit data through the DFC & CARA Me web system (launched in 2016 and updated since 2019). The system validates data during entry, provides a DFC Learning Center for resources, and is intended to make reporting more user friendly and reduce burden on grant recipients.
Selected coalitions face case study interviews
Approximately nine DFC grant award recipients are selected each year for case studies; case study interviews take about 1–2 hours and are used to document coalition practices, successes, and challenges. Information from these case studies will be used to show what works to reduce drug use in communities.
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