Under the 4.5m scheme, called Hat-Trick, 19 community football workers will be appointed across England to provide football activities for seven- to 16-year-olds over the next three years.
Starting this month, they will focus on 19 areas with high rates of poor health, housing and education, as well as crime and drug abuse.
Kelly Simmons, the FA's head of football development, said: "As young people become more active and involved in leadership and coaching opportunities, we are likely to begin tackling behaviour that stems from boredom and lack of direction."
The scheme is funded with 1.1m from European football governing body Uefa and 3.4m from the New Deal for Communities programme.
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