Pierce County Leadership for Alcohol and DrugFree Youth

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Pierce County Leadership for Alcohol and
Drug-Free Youth

• Broad Community-Based Coalition
• Established 2005

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PC-LADFYPrevention is Primary Strategies for
Community Well-Being
VISION Good health and social justice for all
MISSION Prevent/Reduce ATOD among Pierce County
Youth by working collaboratively to promote a
community environment that strengthens factors
minimizing substance abuse and successfully
addressing factors increasing the likelihood of
abuse
ACCOUNTABILITY
CAPACITY
EFFECTIVENESS
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Creating an Action TeamTimeEnergyPassion
COALITION BUILDING
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Advantages of a COMMUNITY Coalition

• The number of people involved
• Implementation of varied activities and programs
• Networking opportunities
• New ideas and energy to existing programs
• Good source of information and feedback
• Publicity for the program
• A distribution network

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Community Prevention Coalitions

• Bring the power of individual citizens and
  institutions together
• Create a comprehensive plan that everyone in the
  community has a stake in and owns
• Foster continued systems approaches as the
  community experiences the outcomes of its
  investments
• Hold community institutions accountable

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SAMHSAs SPF Steps
Assessment
Capacity
Evaluation
Planning
Implementation
Community Readiness
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SAMHSAs SPF Steps
Assessment
Capacity
Evaluation
Planning
Implementation
Capacity Building
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SAMHSAs SPF Steps
Assessment
Capacity
Evaluation
Planning
Implementation
Community Strategic Plan
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SAMHSAs SPF Steps
Assessment
Capacity
Evaluation
Planning
Implementation
Implementation
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SAMHSAs SPF Steps
Assessment
Capacity
Evaluation
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation/Sustainability
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Evaluation and Sustainability

• Sustaining outcomes, not programs
• Think sustainability from the beginning
• Look to the system to sustain outcomes
• Sustain prevention by making it everyones job!

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Environmental Outcome Measures

• HYS
• Laws, policies practices related ATOD
• Norms Behaviors
• EBP

• Culturally competent
• Prevention activities in multiple sectors
• Motivated and engaged youth
• Committed coalition members

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PC-LADFY

• Inclusion of many voices
• Collective solutions
• Balanced power and strength
• Community change
• A single bracelet does not jingleAfrican
  Proverb

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Questions

• Community Based Prevention
• Environmental Framework
• Contact carolynn.morris_at_multicare.org

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Hierarchy of Outcomes
Death
Severe Disability
Major Injuries Hospital admissions
Minor InjuriesER visits, Office visits
Observed Behavior Change
Self-reported Behavior Change
Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs