The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services provides funding through its Alcohol/Drug Abuse Grant Program . Grants are available for both treatment and preventive services and include emergency care, intermediate care, outpatient, outreach, aftercare services, and prevention. Grants are also available to support new and successful continuing community and statewide efforts to prevent, reduce or eliminate alcohol, tobacco, and other drug abuse, including inhalants. For more information, call Susan Soule at 907-465-2071 or visit www.hss.state.ak.us/das/grants/narratives/ada/adag.htm.

The Division of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse are requesting proposals to provide culturally based substance abuse treatment services to designated clients and client families. Family Recovery Camps differ from other treatments services in that they are located in a rural setting, work with all family members, and rely heavily on the use of culturally relevant modalities. This grant program has approximately $697,800 for 2002 and 2003 from the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority. There is also an additional $266,500 in 2002 and $243,300 in 2003 in general operating funds. The deadline is January 4. For more information, call Barbara Ollila at 907-465-3037 or visit http//www.hss.state.ak.us8080/grants/GrantsPrograms.po#info.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has funds available for its Addiction Technology Transfer Centers . The goal of the program is to develop research-based and culturally appropriate substance abuse treatment and recovery curricula and provide academic and continuing education, professional development, and practicum training to students and practitioners in substance abuse treatment and related fields. The deadline is January 3. For more information, call 800-729-6686 or visit www.samhsa.gov.

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) has funds available for its Community-Based Family Resource and Support Program . This program provides funds to statewide networks of local child abuse and neglect prevention and family resource programs. ACF also provides Basic State Grants to develop, strengthen, and implement child abuse and neglect prevention and treatment programs. They also provide support through Research and Demonstration Program Grants that addresses causes, prevention, and treatment services. For more information, call 202-205-8618 or visit www.acf.dhhs.gov.

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation provides grants in the area of Human and Community Development. These grants focus on research, policy analysis, and practical interventions. Those strategies are applied to five thematic areas access to economic opportunity, building community capacity, child and youth development, regional policy, and mental-health policy and research. There is no deadline. For more information, contact Julia Stasch at 312-726-8000 or visit www.macfound.org.

Citigroup Foundation provides funding to nonprofit organizations through its subsidiary, Salomon Smith Barney , in the areas of community development, education, health and human services, arts and culture and the environment. There is no deadline. For more information, contact Todd Gerber at 907-277-2511.

The Nine Laws of Successful Advocacy Communications, by Kristen Wolf, describes the nine common denominators of planning and carrying out successful communication campaigns. The report, sponsored by The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, is free. To download the report, visit www.fenton.com.