Florida State Universitys Florida Center for Prevention Research

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Florida State Universitys Florida Center for
Prevention Research

• STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS USING THE STRATEGIC
  PREVENTION FRAMEWORK
• A Community Substance Abuse
• Underage Alcohol Usage Capacity Building Project

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AGENDA

• OVERVIEW OF PROJECT Who were the participants
  Why was it conducted and, What was the project
  about.
• PANEL DISCUSSION including audience questions and
  comments.
• Our panelists are
• Ms. Karlene Tomlinson, Circuit 17 Substance Abuse
  Prevention Coordinator
• Ms. Patricia Castillo, Senior Director United
  Way of Broward County Commission on Substance
  Abuse
• Ms. Lynn Evans Guelzow, CAPPDirector of
  Prevention and Community Education Programs,
  Hanley Center
• Ron Manasa, Florida Center for Prevention
  Research, Substance Abuse Response Guide Project
  Coordinator

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PART 1

• OVERVIEW

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WHO WERE THE PARTNERS INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT?

• Substance Abuse Prevention Advisory Council
  (SAPAC)
• Department of Children and Families Substance
  Abuse Prevention Central Office and Circuit 17
  Office (Broward County)
• United Way of Broward County Commission on
  Substance Abuse
• Hanley Center (A Licensed Substance Abuse
  Prevention Provider)

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HYPOTHESIS

• If Strategic Prevention Framework-State Incentive
  Grant (SPF-SIG) can provide effective technical
  assistance and training on the transition from
  Strategic Planning to Implementation of the SPF,
  then local coalitions will be more consistently
  successful in engaging diverse local funding
  partners and fully implement programs, practices,
  and policies necessary to achieve their desired
  outcomes.

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FY 2006 CONDITIONS

• The Governors Office of Drug Control initiated
  strategic planning projects with coalitions in 27
  communities on the issue of Underage Alcohol Use
  (UAU).
• Very few of Department of Children and Families
  (DCF) circuit offices or other local stakeholder
  funding organizations make resource-distribution
  decisions based on coalition strategic plans
• Very few coalitions have a strong track record
  getting DCF circuits and other local stakeholder
  funding organizations to support their projects.

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PROJECT DESCRIPTION

• The Central Substance Abuse Program Office
  offered 100,000 for each of two years to DCF
  Circuits for an evidence-based prevention
  program, whose coalitions submitted a Strategic
  Plan for preventing and reducing underage alcohol
  usage.
• The Central Substance Abuse Program Office
  developed and applied a rubric to assess the
  extent to which local UAU strategic plans
  reflected the principles of steps 1, 2, and 3 of
  the SPF, i.e. Assessing the problem, building the
  capacity to address the problem, and proposing a
  strategic plan to prevent or reduce the problem.
• The SAPAC assessed the UAU strategic plans based
  on the rubric and select highest qualified
  strategic plans.
• The Florida Center for Prevention Research met
  with representatives of participating coalitions
  and corresponding DCF circuits to assess training
  needs on SPF Steps 3, Strategic Planning, and 4,
  Implementation.
• The Florida Center for Prevention Research
  facilitated an agreement between each coalition
  and DCF Substance Abuse circuit office that
  identifies the population that will be targeted
  and the consumption, consequence, and/or risk
  factor profile of that population for which the
  local DCF substance abuse office will procure
  services.
• The DCF Substance Abuse and Contract
  Administration circuit offices competitively
  procured an evidence-based programs, practices,
  or policy efforts that emanate from the selected
  strategic plans.

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WHAT WERE THE EXPECTED STATEWIDE OUTCOMES?

• An evaluation of the adequacy of local UAU
  strategic plans in reflecting the principles of
  the first three steps of the SPF
• The Development of training and technical
  assistance needed for those coalitions that
  submitted a non-qualifying UAU strategic plan
• Strengthening the partnership among local DCF,
  coalition and provider and,
• Helping coalitions understand requirements and
  timeframes of the DCF processes for selecting and
  contracting with providers.

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WHAT WERE THE EXPECTED LOCAL OUTCOMES?

• For DCF Circuit 17
• Able to address a local priority
• Able to make decision on data driven,
  evidence-based logic model
• Able to target resources to a specific population
  in a cost effective manner
• Built a positive relationship with both the
  coalition and provider
• For the Coalition
• Able to help their community
• Received recognition for developing data driven
  evidence-based logic model and theory of change
• Built a positive relationship with both the local
  DCF Substance Abuse Office and provider
• For the Substance Abuse Provider
• Able to grow their business
• Expand their expertise on evidence-based program
• Built a positive relationship with both the local
  DCF Substance Abuse Office and the coalition

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WHAT WERE THE CRITERIA THAT THE STRATEGIC PLAN
HAD TO MEET?

• It had to be based on the first 3 steps of the
  Strategic Prevention Framework
• Step 1 A Problem Assessment and Local Logic
  Model
• Step 2 An Analysis of the Coalitions Resources
  and Capacity to Address the Problem
• Step 3 A Comprehensive Community Action Plan
  Based on Evidence-Based Strategies

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PART 2

• PANEL DISCUSSION

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FROM THE CIRCUITS PERSPECTIVE

• What discussions did the circuit have when you
  learned that the Broward coalitions strategic
  plan was approved for funding?
• What material contained in the Broward
  coalitions strategic plan did you find useful
  and guided you when you developed the Request for
  Proposals?
• Did this project strengthen your partnership with
  the coalition? In what ways?
• Did the process of working and coordinating with
  the coalition create any added value or synergy,
  e.g. leveraging resources, selecting target
  population, and achieving higher performance
  measures for your circuit?
• What suggestions do you have to enhance this type
  of partnership in the future?

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FROM THE COALITIONS PERSPECTIVE

• Describe for us the process for doing your needs
  assessment and resource assessment.
• Describe for us how you developed your logic
  model, who was involved, and how it was approved.
  
• What discussions did the coalition have when you
  learned that your strategic plan was approved for
  funding?
• What aspects of your strategic plan do you
  believe were most helpful to the circuit when
  they were developing their Request for Proposals?
• Did this project strengthen your partnership with
  the circuit? In what ways?
• Did this project strengthen your partnership with
  the provider? In what ways?
• Did this project change how the coalition will
  interact with the circuit regarding future
  funding for substance abuse prevention?

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FROM THE PROVIDERS PERSPECTIVE

• Did this project strengthen your partnership with
  the circuit? In what ways?
• Did this project strengthen your partnership with
  the coalition? In what ways?
• Did this project change how the provider will
  interact with the circuit and coalition regarding
  future funding for substance abuse prevention?