Dubuque County Initial Stakeholder Meeting

April 20, 2011

Welcome and Introductions

Project Overview

SPF SIG Characteristics• Iowa received funding in July 2009 from the

Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), SAMHSA

• $2.13 million for five years–15% for state-level activities–85% for community-level activities after

Strategic Plan is approved• Build system capacity at the state and local

level

Project Overview

•Federal Funding

•Iowa Department of Public Health

•Local Comprehensive Prevention Provider

Project Overview

SPF SIG Priorities– Reduce underage alcohol use (under age 21)– Reduce adult binge drinking (18 and over)

Project Overview

Sub-recipient Selection Process• Highest Need Model• Community is defined as “county”• Indicators included 11th grade 30 day alcohol

use, adult binge drinking, and law enforcement data

• Counties were ranked and scored• 23 counties were identified

Strategic Prevention Framework

• Step 1: Assessment• Step 2: Capacity• Step 3: Planning• Step 4: Implementation• Step 5: Evaluation

Inherent within each step is cultural competency and sustainability

Assessment

Community• Creation of a Local EPI Workgroup• Community Assessment Workbook

Capacity

Community• Capacity Assessment• Cultural Competency Plan• Training

Planning

Community• Develop Action Plan/Logic Model• Identify Evidence-Based Strategies• Reviewed and Approved by the Evidence-

Based Practice Workgroup

Implementation

Community• Execute plans created in Step 3 • Strategies must be evidence based– Federal List of Evidence-Based Programs – Peer reviewed journal with proven effectiveness– Documented effectiveness

Evaluation

Community• Evaluation of local outcome and process

data• Use of Data collection systems including the

Online Documentation Support System (ODSS) and the Management Reporting Tool (MRT)

Cultural Competency

• Infused Throughout the SPF Process• Training• Cultural Competency Plan• Focus on Specific Involvement– Youth–Returning veterans and their families

Sustainability

• Infused Throughout the Process• Training• Sustainability Plan

Questions

Creating The LEW

• Epidemiological Workgroup created by May 13• Membership to include at least 3 people• Includes the SPF coordinator, but the coordinator

cannot be the chair• Will meet monthly, possibly more often in beginning• Members should:– be interested in data collection, analysis and

dissemination– Represent more than one agency or organization

Responsibilities of the LEW Chair• Can be a subcontracted position• Attend regional SPF trainings • Attend at least one contractor meeting each year• Will oversee completion of– Community assessment workbook (CAW)– Collecting local data– Baseline workbook– Update the CAW on a yearly basis– Cross-site evaluation surveys and other questionnaires– Help identify data gaps and other community indicators

LEW

Volunteers or suggestions for membership

Identifying Current Efforts

• Reducing underage and binge drinking• Shared priority areas and consequences

Leading Us Forward: Project Coordinator

• Full time position• IDPH has said that this person can be hired by

the prevention agency, Drug Free Community grantee or other substance abuse prevention coalition

• Decisions to make:– Who will hire the coordinator?– Where will the coordinator be housed?– Who will directly supervise the coordinator?

Leading Us Forward: Project Coordinator

• Identify local options• Each interested organization will briefly share

– Ability to hire, supervise and/or house – Ability to provide a county wide substance abuse

prevention effort– Other relevant information

Leading Us Forward: Project Coordinator

• Create Guiding Questions

Moving Ahead Together

• We need to ensure:– Continued stakeholder input– A countywide effort– Ongoing coalition involvement– Youth involvement

Timeline and Next Steps

• Collaborative Agreement and MOU– Due May 6

• LEW members identified– Due May 13

• Was anyone missing from the table today?

Thank You!

Additional information

Iowa’s SPF SIG websitewww.iowaspfsig.org

Helping Services for Northeast IowaClare Jones, Director of Prevention Services

563-582-5317cjones@helpingservices.org