Porter County Substance Abuse Council (Indiana)

PY 13-14 Year End Report

Porter County Substance Abuse Council Over 25 years of Funding Prevention, Treatment and Law Enforcement programs in Porter County

County Coordinates

From the President

With almost 70 members strong, the Porter County Substance Abuse Council continues moving in the direction of hope, health and healing by tirelessly working to reduce substance abuse. As Porter County’s oldest coalition, the PCSAC members understand the necessity of updating our credentials, reading the latest research, and working with diverse partnerships throughout our county. Thanks to countermeasure fees from the county, help from local law enforcement officials, county employees, and adjudication from the bench, the PCSAC contributes to reduction in youth substance abuse. Each and every supporter of the PCSAC improves recovery, and keeps our community safe and sober.

Because our work directly impacts over 30,000 lives with countless resonant implications, making positive contributions continues to be a PCSAC focus. In addition to the financial, professional, and community support the PCSAC receives, our organization funnels funds back into our police departments for removing drunk drivers from our roadways, publishes a guidebook for parents on dealing with youth substance abuse issues, and organizes the campaign for Red Ribbon week with contests and a collegiate scholarship award.

Through the three “Cs”: communication, collaboration and cooperation, the PCSAC shares and discusses issues affecting our neighborhoods by collaborating with diverse and wide-ranging organizations in Porter County.

Cooperation is tantamount to assisting Porter County residents with directions for mapping out a positive, productive direction. The PCSAC invites you to read our annual report and join us in bringing healthy changes to our community by contacting us at 219-462-0946 or visiting our website at www.pcsac.org.

Michelle M. Volk PCSAC Board President

Michelle Volk

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Leadership 2015 Board Officers

Michelle Volk, President Great Lakes Labs

Larry LaFlower, Vice President Porter County Sheriff’s Department

Jaime Bauer, Secretary PATH

Chris Buyer, Treasurer Porter County Juvenile Probation

Tim Beach Ogden Dunes Police Depart.

Lita Peters Respite House

April Russ Porter County Adult Probation

Jacqueline Sterling Red Ribbon Campaign

Tracy Traut TrautPoint0

Burns Harbor

41° 37’ N/87° 8’ W

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Mission & Goals

The Porter County Substance Abuse Council’s mission is to reduce youth and adult substance abuse by assessing for, promoting through, and educating about effective community-based programs.

The Porter County Substance Abuse Council is the state-mandated local coordinating council (LCC) in the county. Our LCC-related functions are subject to the Open Door laws.

Our members conduct a comprehensive review of the data in our community to determine the substance abuse problem. Without a thorough understanding of the problem an appropriate solution will not be forthcoming. Members review the data, ascertain the problem and then create, fine-tune, and implement a long- ranging plan. This plan and the supporting data are reviewed every year. Every grant that is funded from the Substance Abuse Council must provide programming that directly addresses our plan.

Chesterton

41° 36’ N/87° 3’ W

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PY 13-14 Year End Report

Porter County Substance Abuse Council receives its funding dollars from several sources.

The primary funding source is through DUI convictions and drug interdictions. These dollars are awarded as grants to Porter County organizations that are members of the Substance Abuse Council, are eligible for grant funds, and have applied for grants. In October, 2013, the Substance Abuse Council awarded 36 grants totaling $159,438.89 to 22 organizations.

During this grant cycle over $32,000 was grant funded directly to Porter County governmental agencies. These dollars went to support a variety of programs for the purchase of new equipment, replacing old equipment and providing for expert testimony and expertise for court cases. In addition, the Porter County Substance Abuse Council funded programs that directly supported the justice program including the court required ADD program, education modules for DUI offenders, and drug testing of offenders.

This year, for the first time, we were able to fund drug testing in the schools. These dollars were matching dollars. All schools were eligible if they could provide an equal match for their program: six high schools participated.

A number of the programs that were funded are evidence-based including Too Good for Drugs, Passport to Manhood, Families Matter and counseling.

Portage

41° 34’ N/87°10’ W

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Grant Awards

Grants are awarded in 3 categories: Awareness/Prevention, Treatment/Intervention and Justice/Law Enforcement.

Grant Recipients Awareness/ Prevention

Porter

41° 36’ N/87° 4’ W

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Grant Awards

Grant Recipients Table Treatment/Intervention

Beverly Shores

41° 41’ N/86° 58’ W

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Grant Awards

Grant Recipients Table Justice/Law Enforcement

Per state mandate 25% of grant dollars collected are to be used for administrative purposes. The Porter County Substance Abuse Council office was granted $29,307.00 for administrative and personnel expenses.

Dune Acres

41° 38’ N/87° 5’ W

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Community-Wide Coalition Strategies

In addition to funding individual programs (oftentimes referred to as indicated or selective) the coalition works on community strategies that effect the entire county or population such as all school-age children. These strategies (universal or environmental) work by addressing norms, providing education and changing policy among other tactics. During the program year 2013-2014 the Substance Abuse Council conducted numerous community strategies including: Red Ribbon Campaign – touching the lives of all of the school-age children in Porter County; Drunk Driving Task Force – providing training for servers, Goggles & Carts program in the schools, DUI patrols, marketing campaigns; Anonymous People – 133 people came out to see the first public showing of this movie in Porter County; Town Hall – Blunt Truth about Marijuana-collaborating with sister coalitions in Lake and LaPorte to educate professionals about the potential dangers of marijuana use by teens; Parent Guidebook and Resource Guidebook, among others.

The Blunt Truth

Red Ribbon Campaign

Goggles & Carts

Annonymous People

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Prevention / Awareness

Lives Touched: 26,900 Dollars Awarded: $45,605.75 Eleven (11) grants were awarded in this category. The total dollars awarded was $45,605.75. Programs funded in part or wholly by the Council between October 1, 2013 and September 30, 2014 touched over 95% of the students in Porter County. The 26,900 students we reached via evidence-based programs, the Red Ribbon Campaign, retreats, alternative to suspension program, scholarships, and more.

While all students in Porter County were touched via the Red Ribbon Campaign, an awareness program, we grant-funded direct prevention programs that reached 4,045 students directly. Positive outcomes as a result of these programs, as reported by the schools and youth-serving organizations, include: • Sixty-nine (69) of the adolescents in the Family & Youth Services Bureau program completed their program.

• Valparaiso Schools noted that students state they now have first-hand knowledge that the program is working to keep students who were previously engaged in substance use to stop using.

• IOP program at Portage High School reported a 100% attendance and a 100% completion rate.

• Union Township Schools noted that their program is in its third year and continues to be seen as necessary and effective.

• The program at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Porter County noted a 94% participation rate in its program.

Grants that were funded from this program area also included adult-centric programs. In the offender intervention program over 3,700 modules were purchased for use by offenders in the PCADOS program. The Porter County Drunk Driving Task Force focused on education for adults via several marketing campaigns (print, billboard, flyer), the website and through Server Training and children with the Goggles & Carts program.

Hebron

41° 19’ N/87° 12’ W

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Justice / Law Enforcement

DUI Arrests: 1,003 Dollars Awarded: $56,916.29 The Burns Harbor Police Department, Chesterton Police Department, Drunk Driving Task Force, Kouts Police Department, Portage Police Department, the Porter County Adult Health Department, Porter County Prosecutor’s Office, Porter County Sheriff’s Department, and PACT all received grant dollars totaling $56,916.29. The Porter County Substance Abuse Council underwrote an additional 61 patrol officers on Porter County roads pulling over impaired drivers. Together these patrols made 32 arrests. Grant dollars funded an additional 2 OWI arrests and 2 possession of marijuana arrests. The Substance Abuse Council funded over 6% of the DUI arrests in the County.

The grant dollars helped purchase portable breathalyzer tests, drug testing kits, one K-9 unit and 1 camera for use in substance abuse-related court cases. Sixteen (16) caches of drugs/narcotics were found in one department through the use of K-9s and drug safes.

Grants funded drug testing at a variety of levels in the law enforcement and justice arena including 2,497 drugs tests in the Problem Solving Courts and Day Reporting, a minimum of 74 in the Prosecutor’s Office including expert testimony, and a minimum of 48 arrests by law enforcement.

Ogden Dunes

41° 28’ N/87° 3’ W

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Treatment / Intervention

Lives Touched: 194 Dollars Awarded: $56,916.85 A total of 7 Porter County treatment providers were awarded grants for 11 programs.

The total dollar amount of these awards was $56,916.85. The continuum of care in the treatment of substance abuse disorders includes: individual and group counseling, intensive outpatient, family programming, scholarships for program attendance, recovery and continuity sustainability, and drug testing. Programs in these seven levels of care were grant funded.

Ninety individuals, 49 families, and 468 students received treatment funded by these grant dollars. In addition, there were 426 drug tests completed with the grant funds.

Over 900 hours of counseling were grant funded.

Kouts

41° 19’ N/87° 1’ W

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Community Support

“The Porter County Alcohol and Drug Offenders Service would like to extend sincere gratitude and thanks to the members of the Porter County Substance Abuse Council for its continuous support for the monetary contribution to the program. Without your support it would be difficult to maintain this effective intervention.”

Lynn Slate, PCADOS Administrator PACT “We hope to be able to continue this program for the good of our student body and the funds from this grant helps to make that possible. Thank you again for the opportunity to work with you and our community.”

Dr. Mike Stephens, Assistant Superintendent Union Township Schools “The grant provided residents with the skills and counseling to improve their coping ability, stress reduction, and managing addiction cravings. The residents were extremely grateful that the program was available, as it helped them work their program to stay sober. Thank you for your support of our organization and for helping us make a difference in the community.”

Kathy Flores, Director Alice’s House “Because of the support from PCSAC, Frontline can educate families about addiction while rebuilding healthy family systems that reinforce successful sobriety for those seeking treatment.”

Derek Frazier, Development Director Frontline Foundations

Valparaiso

41 ° 37’ N/87° 11’ W

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Community Collaboration “The Chesterton Police Department is extremely pleased with the performance of the acquired equipment and very grateful to the Porter County Substance Abuse Council for the grant funding of this project.”

Lt. David A. Lohse Chesterton Police Department “The money we received from the Porter County Substance Abuse Council really helped go towards a very valuable and highly used piece of equipment to help combat drunk driving and underage drinking in Porter County.”

Sgt. Larry LaFlower, PIO Porter County Sheriff’s Department “The Burns Harbor Police Department would like to thank the Porter County Substance Abuse Council for the support in making the grant a success and assisting with the betterment and safety of our community.”

Police Officer Jeremy McHargue Burns Harbor Police Department "The presence and use of our K-9’s have made a definite impact on our ability to locate and seize drug evidence. The Portage Police Department is very appreciative of the support and financial assistance of the Porter County Substance Abuse Council.”

Master Patrolman Robert Nichols Portage Police Department

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Substance Abuse Council Members Alice’s House, Boys and Girls Clubs of Porter County, Burns Harbor Police Department, Care Counseling, Chesterton Police Department, Choices!

Counseling, Concerned Citizens, Duneland School Corporation, East Porter Schools Corporation, Empower Porter County, Family & Youth Services Bureau, Frontline Foundations, Great Lakes Labs, Hebron Police Department, Housing Opportunities, Indiana National Guard, Indiana State Police, Kouts Police Department, Moraine House, New Beginnings, Ogden Dunes Police Department, PACT/PCADOS, Portage Police Department, Portage Township Schools, Porter County Adult Probation, Porter County Community Foundation, Porter County Coroner’s Office, Porter County Health Department, Porter County Prosecutor’s Office, Porter County Sheriff’s Department, Porter Police Department, Porter –Starke, Porter Township Schools, Positive Approach to Teen Health, Respite House, Union Township Schools, United Way of Porter County, Valparaiso Community Schools, Valparaiso Police Department Thanks to donations, grant dollars and volunteer work: Anderson Foundation, Great Lakes Labs, Joe’s Towing, Chesterton FOP Lodge 141, Westchester FOP Lodge 152, Valparaiso FOP Lodge 76, Jacquelyn Sterling, Valparaiso FOP Lodge 165, Vernon Reibly FOP Lodge 145, Porter County Expo Center, Frontline Foundations, Porter County Recorder Jon Miller, Restaurant Management Corporation, Glenn & Audra Peterson, Lynn Wilson, Norman & Katherine Mikrut, Terrance & Margo Levenda, Paula Stevens, Feet First, Portage IMAC, Anton Insurance, NIPSCO, Porter County Coroner Chuck Harris, County Commissioner Adams, County Commissioner Blaney, County Commissioner Evans, RSVP, Porter County Clerk Karen Martin, Strack & Van Til, Porter County Treasurer Mike Bucko, Shanahan & Shanahan, LLP, Cender & Company, Mitchell Gaffigan, View Outdoor Advertising, Valparaiso Library, Applebee’s of Chesterton, Rodini’s, Galveston Restaurant, Probation Officer Steve Gray, Valparaiso Police Department, Porter County Sheriff Porter County Substance Abuse Council 254 S. Morgan Blvd. Valparaiso, IN 46383 219-462-0946 (office) info@portercountysac.org

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