SPF SIG Step

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SPF SIG Step 1

Assessing Need, Resources, and Readiness
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SPF SIG Step1 Assessment

• Assessment of substance-related consequences and
  related consumption patterns leading to
  recommendations regarding State/Tribal priorities
• Collect, analyze, and interpret data on substance
  use and related consequences
• Inform problem identification and goal setting
  processes
• Part of ongoing tool in strategic planning and
  resource allocation decision making
• 5 year requirement

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SPF Step 1 Requirements Profile population
needs, resources, and readiness to address the
problems and gaps in service delivery

• State/Tribal Requirements
• Develop a State/Tribal Epidemiological and
  Outcomes Workgroup.
• Conduct a State/Tribal-wide needs assessment
  using epidemiological data.
• The Assessment should include
• A profile of consumption and related
  substance-related consequences in the State/Tribe
• Current capacity to implement the SPF
• Gaps in services and capacity
• Readiness to act

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Needs Assessment Components
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Setting the Stage

• Develop SPF SIG Advisory Group and State
  Epidemiological and Outcomes Workgroup (SEOW)
• Establish structural and procedural connections
  between Advisory Group and SEOW
• Advisory Group and SEOW collaborate to define
  purpose, goals and timeline for Needs Assessment

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Data Collection

• Identify key constructs to assess burden of
  substance use in State/Tribe
• Substance use-related consequences
• Substance use patterns related to these
  consequences
• Identify indicators with highest quality and
  utility

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Substance-Related Consequences (Examples)
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Substance Use Consumption Patterns

• Overall Consumption
• Acute, heavy consumption
• Consumption in risky situations
• Drinking and driving
• Smoking around young children
• Consumption by high risk groups
• Youth, College Students, Older Groups
• Pregnant women

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Data Analysis

• What is the burden of substance use in the
  State/Tribe?
• Establish criteria to assess burden (examples)
• Size/Magnitude
• Comparisons over time, to other States/Tribes,
  etc
• Severity
• Economic Costs
• Analyze data to examine data based on established
  criteria

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Integration and Communication

• Creating a State/Tribal Profile
• Description of substance use related problems
• across State/Tribe
• by age, gender, race/ethnicity
• by established criteria
• Description of consumption patterns that
  contribute to these problems
• across State/Tribe
• by age, gender, race/ethnicity
• by established criteria

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Next Steps

• Develop and utilize a prioritization process to
  examine consumption patterns and
  substance-related consequences
• Recommendations for Resource Allocation based on
  Needs Assessment Data
• Feed recommendations into Capacity Development
  (Step 2) and State/Tribal SPF SIG Plan (Step 3)

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Key milestones in Step 1 include

• Formation of an Epidemiological Workgroup
• Collaboration with SPF SIG Advisory Council
• Determination of key constructs and indicators to
  assess burden
• Collection and analysis of epidemiological data
• Identification of key substance-related
  consequences and/or consumption patterns

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Key milestones in Step 1 (cont.)

• Assessment of readiness, external factors, and
  potential barriers to success
• Assessment of organizational, fiscal, and
  leadership capacity
• Assessment of cultural competence
• Analysis of service gaps

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Implementing the SPFOutcome-Based Prevention
Determine State Priorities
Communities Implement SPF to determine/implement
strategies to address priorities
Allocate SPF SIG dollars
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SPF Step 1 Requirements (YEAR 2) Profile
population needs, resources, and readiness to
address the problems and gaps in service delivery

• Community Requirements
• Understand substance-abuse related consequences
  and related consumption patterns targeted (may or
  may not do re-assessment)
• Identify and assess factors that influence
  targeted consequence or consumption (risk and
  protective factors/causal factors)
• Assess community assets and resources, gaps in
  services and capacity, and readiness to act.