Empowering Youth for Safer Choices – SAMHSA Fentanyl Awareness Youth Challenge:

This challenge from SAMHSA is seeking the ideas from U.S. youth, aged 14-18, on a community strategy to increase youth awareness, education, and prevention around the dangers of fentanyl, especially the hidden dangers of fake pills and other contaminants that can lead to drug overdose deaths.

Award Information

SAMHSA Challenge Launch: December 1, 2023

  • Submission Start/End: December 1, 2023, to February 26, 2024 6 p.m. ET
  • Judging: February/March 2024
  • Winner Announced: April 2024

The top 6 ideas will be awarded a $5,000 prize each, and up to 25 youth will receive a $2,000 honorable mention prize.

As the FPC, we want to challenge our youth to see what ideas they can strategize and provide.

See full challenge details from SAMHSA.

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