Advocacy Grants Program: Advancing Drug Policy Through Partnership & Community Engagement Attendees of “NOT ONE STEP BACK," a panel discussion led by our partners during our annual Policy Change Partners Gathering. The Drug Policy Alliance’s (DPA) Advocacy Grants Program has been making small grants to grassroots organizations working on drug policy reform since 2005. The main fund within this program is Promoting Policy Change, an annual cycle that provides general operating support to proven drug policy reform organizations. The Advocacy Grants Program funding priorities are guided by DPA’s mission to advance policies and attitudes that best reduce the harms of both drug use and drug prohibition, and to promote the sovereignty of individuals over their minds and bodies.