PROGRAM: High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program
FUNDING LEVEL REQUEST: $239,000,000
BACKGROUND: The High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) program enhances and coordinates drug control efforts among local, State, and Federal law enforcement agencies. The program provides agencies with coordination, equipment, technology, and additional resources to combat drug trafficking and its harmful consequences in critical regions of the United States. HIDTA operates a major command and control center in Atlanta, GA.
PROGRAM: Drug-Free Communities
FUNDING LEVEL REQUEST: $95,000,000
BACKGROUND: Originally funded by Congress in 1997 with the understanding that local problems need local solutions, the Drug Free Communities (DFC) program now supports over 700 drug-free community coalitions across the United States. As a cornerstone of ONDCP's National Drug Control Strategy, DFC provides the funding necessary for communities to identify and respond to local substance use problems.