What is CPI and what can it do for California Communities?

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What is CPI and what can it do for California
Communities?
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What is CPI?
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CPI is

• ADPs vehicle to provide Technical Assistance
  (TA) and Training services to community AOD
  prevention practitioners.

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Goals

• Bridge the gap between research and the practical
  needs of community AOD prevention practitioners.
• Establish a system to transfer research-based AOD
  prevention information to the field.
• Increase the number of effective community
  prevention practitioners.
• Increase the number of effective community
  prevention systems programs and services.
• Enhance the health and safety of communities
  throughout California.

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Performance Objectives

• Deliver 2000 days of Technical Assistance
• Provide 80 training events
• Produce and deliver four prevention bulletins
• Prepare two prevention documents
• Monitor and synthesize prevention research
  including evidence-based programs, strategies and
  approaches
• Develop capabilities to share and transfer
  information

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Why is CPI Needed?
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Need for CPITA and Training Services

• High turnover in the prevention field
• Rapid expansion in knowledge about prevention
  practices
• Need to implement Community Strategic Prevention
  Framework (5 Steps)
• Broaden community focus versus individual
  approaches.

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How does CPI differ from past ADP TA and
Training efforts?
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• ADP role
• More involved
• Focus on Communities
• Less on individual programs
• Emphasis on the Community Strategic Prevention
  Framework (SPF)
• Profile of needs/resources
• Mobilize/build capacity
• Development of a comprehensive plan
• Implement evidence-based prevention service
• Monitor process/evaluate
• Bridging to the research community
• Proactive versus Reactive

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Community FocusWhy?
Changing individual behaviors

• Costly
• Difficult
• Ignores (often) complex interplay of societal
  factors

Community

• Should be the focus
• Difficult
• Ignores (often) complex interplay of societal
  factors

Community Health

• The well-being of the people who share a common
  place or experience require changes in both the
  behavior of large number of individuals and in
  the conditions that affect their health.

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Strategic Prevention Framework Process
Profile population needs, resources, and
readiness to address the problems and gaps in
service delivery
Mobilize and/or build capacity to address needs
Develop a Comprehensive Strategic Plan
Implement evidence-based prevention programs and
infrastructure development activities
Monitor process, evaluate effectiveness, sustain
effective programs/activities, and improve or
replace those that fail
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Coalitions Primer

• Defining Problems Impact on Community
• Data need identification Problems/Resources
• Planning Process
• - Getting partners
• - Building capacity
• - Developing a plan
• Implementation
• - Selecting appropriate interventions
• Assessment
• - Evaluate programs and effectiveness

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What services are provided?
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CPI Services

• Product Development
• Research-based briefings/bulletins/papers
  (4 Tactics)
• County level documents (AOD County Profiles)

Involvement of broader Prevention Research
community

• Developing network of research centers throughout
  the country

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Binge Drinking
Social Norms
Policy Panels
Social Host Ordinances
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CPI Services (continued)

• Trainings
• Broad range of trainings through Prevention
  Extension (16 Titles)
• New Series being prepared community focused
• Technical Assistance
• Facilitations to project/program specific
  services
• Subject matter expertise consultant pool 200
  plus
• On-line advancements (Training and TA )

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What services would you like to see provided?
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What have been your successes/challenges in
implementing community level prevention efforts?
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Types of Community Based TA Services

• Community organizing
• Coalition building/maintenance
• Strategic planning assistance
• Data (needs) assessment
• AOD policy development
• Media Advocacy
• RBS trainings
• Development of culturally appropriate programs
  services
• Evaluation
• and many more -

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How are CPI services managed and delivered?
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CPIOrganizational Structure
ADP
CARS(3.75 FTE)
ONTRACK(2.5 FTE)
Consultant Pool (4.25 FTE
Consultant Pool
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CPI Technical Assistance Request Protocol
CPI Receives TA Request
CPI Determines Appropriateness and
Prioritizes HIGH PRIORITY MODERATE
PRIORITY LOW PRIORITY
Review and Refine Need
CPI Submit Request With CPI Recommendation To ADP
For Approval
Once CPI Notified By ADP CPI Will Follow-up With
Appropriate TA Designee Enter Summary Into
SharePoint
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What has CPI accomplished this year?
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Accomplishments

• TA Assignments
• 200 separate assignments (1800 days)
• Examples
• Service Providers Network (Los Angeles County)
• St. Helena Community Project
• Training Workshop
• 82 Training workshops (1600 participants)
• Example
• Tools for regulating local availability
• RBS training to 450 (Padres Project)

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Accomplishments(continued)

• Products
• Examples
• Tactics (4)
• County AOD Profiles (58)
• Quality of Life Indicators
• Binge Drinking Strategic Plan
• High Rate Users Report

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How can I get services?
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How to get services

1. Contact CPI Direct call, e-mail, mail, visit or
   Complete an Interest Form
2. Discuss needs with project manager
3. Complete a TA Application
4. Approval by State
5. Selection of personnel/consultants, time and
   place
6. Delivery of services

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CPI Web Sitewww.ca-cpi.org
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www.ca-cpi.org 771 Oak Avenue Parkway, Suite
3 Folsom, CA 95630 916-983-8929-MAIN 916-983-5738
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