PR Welcome Book

W e l c o m e !

Prevention Resources, Inc. is a 501c3 not for profit agency with a 51-year history as a critical community resource, headquartered in Hunterdon County with service to Hunterdon, Somerset, Mercer, and Monmouth Counties. Prevention Resources (PR) promotes Health and Wellness for individuals, families and communities through Education, Collaboration, Advocacy and Treatment. PR’s core values reflect the agency ’ s philosophy and culture, and permeate all we do: empowerment, equality, integrity, confidentiality and collaboration PR is committed to integrating and aligning services across the regions we serve PR is overseen by an elected governance Board of Trustees that is diverse, participatory, and connected to the staff through bimonthly meetings, and utilization of a continued 360degree review of the agencies practices and policies PR’s “Best Practices” and “Thinking Out of the Box” is based on our adherence to all policies and practices recommended by the Center for Non-Profits, as well as adherence to the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) and New Jersey Standards for Prevention (NJSP), which is strength-based PR staff are highly trained in all curriculums delivered and participates in a liberal staff development program to ensure they are current with all trends, community issues and new resources PR has historically shown its ability to propose, plan, carry out, meet and exceed evaluative requirements for previously secured grants.

PR has experienced tremendous growth in the last ten years from its founding as an Information and Referral Center in 1972 to its current structure of three divisions serving over 15,000 people directly, and many more through our coalitions and environmental change strategy initiatives Our divisions are Family Success Centers, Prevention Services and Support Services All division services are predicated on Evidence-Based Practices to ensure we have substantive and measurable changes in all we do As long-term members of the Center for Non-Profits, we implement all recommended best practices to ensure growth, sustainability and accountability to the communities we serve

To learn more about our agency, please visit www.njprevent.com

Sincerely,

Karen Widico, MSW, CPS, CPRS Co-CEO Lesley Gabel, CPS Co-CEO

DIVISIONS & SERVICES

OUR VISION

To empower the counties we serve to flourish and thrive by maintaining healthy life choices through access to quality programs and services

OUR MISSION

Promoting health and wellness of individuals, families, and community through education, collaboration, advocacy and treatment.

OUR CORE VALUES

Our core values reflect the agency ’ s philosophy, and permeate all we do; Empowerment, equality, integrity, confidentiality, and collaboration

Our agency is broken into three divisions; FAMILY SUCCESS CENTERS, PREVENTION SERVICES AND SUPPORT SERVICES.

HEADQUARTERS

4 Walter E. Foran Blvd. Suite 410, Flemington, NJ 08822

FAMILY SUCCESS CENTERS

Harvest Family Success Center

5 East Main Street, Flemington, NJ 08822

Oceans Family Success Center

1004 Comstock Street, First Floor, Asbury Park, NJ 07712

PREVENTION SERVICES

Drug Free Task Force (DFTF)

Hunterdon County Youth Coalition (HCYC)

Overdose Fatality Review Team

Positive YOUTH

Prevention Education

Safe Communities Coalition (SCC)

4 Walter E. Foran Blvd. Suite 410, Flemington, NJ 08822

SUPPORT SERVICES

Early Intervention Services

5 East Main Street, Flemington, NJ 08822

4 Walter E. Foran Blvd. Suite 410, Flemington, NJ 08822

Virtual

Open Door Recovery Center of Hunterdon County

5 East Main Street, Flemington, NJ 08822

Open Door Recovery Center of Monmouth County

1004 Comstock Street, First Floor, Asbury Park, NJ 07712

Sharing the Hope Family Support Center

5 East Main Street, Flemington, NJ 08822

F U N D E D B Y

The Harvest Family Success Center has been serving the needs of Hunterdon County since 2011. We are funded by a grant from the NJ Department of Children and Families. (DCF)

P U R P O S E

The Harvest Family Success Center is a welcoming community resource for individuals and parents in Hunterdon County. to strengthen and empower families. This is achieved through programming, education, and collaboration. Families are empowered to create sustainability through familycentered activities, workshops, and access to needed resources The programs and resources at Harvest Family Success Center are open to everyone in Hunterdon County.

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The Harvest Family Success Center is open to all residents of Hunterdon County, regardless of age, or income We work with community resources to ensure the needs of community members are met.

Meghan Moore, Director/Family Partner - mmoore@njprevent.com

Amanda Gerko, Family Partner - agerko@njprevent.com

Claudia Roose, Bilingual Family Partner - croose@njprevent.com

Penni Trionfo, Director of Development and Special Projects - ptrionfo@njprevent.com

P U R P O S E

Oceans Family Success Center is a welcoming community organization serving individuals and families of the Greater Asbury Park area. Oceans Family Success Center strengthens and empowers families and builds resiliency through collaborative, educational, and supportive programming. We are determined to be there for each family in Monmouth County

F U N D E D B Y

Established in 2016, Oceans Family Success Center is one of over 50 centers throughout the State of New Jersey. We are grant funded by the NJ Department of Children and Families (DCF)

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Oceans Family Success Center offers services to families and individuals of all ages We work collaboratively with concerned residents, leaders, and agencies to address problems that may threaten the safety and stability of the families within the community

Amy Lockhart, Co-Director, Family Partner – amy@OceansFSC.com

Dennis Paul LoGiudice, Co-Director, Community Partner – dennis@OceansFSC.com

Amanda Brown, Volunteer and Community Partnership Coordinator – amanda@OceansFSC.com

https://oceansfsc.com/

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The Partnership for Health Drug-Free Task Force (DFTF) empowers youth and families to make healthy decisions, and implements sustainable environmental changes through collaborative community engagement and education to live long safe and healthy lives.

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U N D E D B Y

DFTF uses a federal Drug Free Communities (DFC) grant funded through the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) which is a component of the executive office of the President. This grant is managed through the CDC In 2021, we received funding through CARA (Comprehensive Addiction & Recovery Act)

W H O W E H E L P

We are a coalition composed of multiple sectors of our community with the goal of reducing substance use among Hunterdon County youth We are driven by local conditions to design, develop and implement local solutions that build a safe, happy and drug-free community.

Project Director – Lesley Gabel, CPS - lgabel@njprevent.com

Project Coordinator – Wendy Sidebottom, MA, CPS - wsidebottom@njprevent.com

Coalition Associate – Laura Talty - ltalty@njprevent.com

https://njprevent.com/drugfreetaskforce/

F U N D E D B Y

Supported by Prevention Services grants

P U R P O S E

We are leaders and role models, dedicated to the betterment of our community by promoting a substance-free lifestyle. The HCYC changes policies in schools and our community, making positive changes to create a healthier environment

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Hunterdon County students in grades 6th-12th grades are eligible for membership and are welcome to attend events throughout the year. Parents are always welcome to join any meetings

https://njprevent.com/hcyc/

Amanda Kovacs, Youth Coordinator - akovacs@njprevent.com

PREVENTION SERVICES

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The Positive YOUth Initiative focuses on building county-wide capacity to reduce substance misuse for youth 9-20 years old in Hunterdon County.

F U N D E D B Y

The Positive YOUth initiative is a 2019 Partnerships for Success awardee This 5-year federal grant is funded by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services (SAMHSA).

W H O W E H E L P

Positive YOUth serves youth ages 9-20 years old in Hunterdon County We also serve several underserved populations including the Latino population, High Risk Youth, and the LGBTQ+ community.

Lesley Gabel, Project Director- lgabel@njprevent.com

Erin Cohen, Project Coordinator- ecohen@njprevent.com

Paige Ewing, Multimedia Specialist- pewing@njprevent.com

Flor Sanchez, Latino Outreach Specialist- fsanchez@njprevent.com

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The Department of Health via Health and Human Services provides funding to PR via a grant from the NJ Department of Health Prevention Resources, manages the operations of the OFRT.

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OThe Overdose Fatality Review Team (OFRT), are designed to increase cross-system collaboration among various public safety, public health, and social service agencies; identify missed opportunities and system gaps; and develop recommendations for intervention efforts in hopes of preventing future overdose deaths

W H O W E H E L P

The OFRT provides many resources to the community based on the gaps and needs identified Ultimately, is to save lives of those with substance use disorder

Lesley Gabel, Project Director - lgabel@njprevent.com

Meghan Moore, Facilitator - mmoore@njprevent.com

Renata Denlinger, Community Outreach Specialist - rdenlinger@njprevent.com

PREVENTION SERVICES

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Prevention Education uses evidence-based educational programs to cultivate health and wellness within individuals, families, and the communities we serve. Each program is designed to provide the participant with information needed to feel confident when making healthy and informed decisions

F U N D E D B Y

Prevention Education is funded by a variety of resources. This includes Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DHMAS), the Governor’s Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (GCADA), county grants, and corporate and foundation grants.

W H O W E H E L P

Prevention Education offers diverse programs for all ages, such as substance use and misuse, life skills, and interpersonal dynamics.

Adult programs are also available, and include topics geared toward parent, teacher, and healthcare provider education

Erin Cohen, Prevention Director - ecohen@njprevent.com

Jean Cuillo, Senior Prevention Educator - jcuillo@njprevent.com

Wendy Sidebottom, Prevention Educator - wsidebottom@njprevent.com

Laurie Livesey, Prevention Educator - llivesey@njprevent.com

Joy Costigan, Prevention Educator - jcostigan@njprevent.com

https://njprevent.com/prevention-education/

P U R P O S E

To reduce substance use in Hunterdon/Somerset County, by implementing data driven strategies, for community level change We achieve these goals in collaboration with community sectors across the region

F U N D E D B Y

Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services of NJ Regional Coalition, Athletes in Hunterdon and Somerset, Strategic Prevention Framework Partnership for Success in Hunterdon and Somerset are all DMHAS and SAMHSA STOP (alcohol).

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Youth, teens, residents in Hunterdon and Somerset County

Jerri Collevechio, Regional Director/Somerset Coordinator - jcollevechio@njprevent.com

Amy Menes, Hunterdon Coordinator/ UAD Chair - amenes@njprevent.com

Amanda Kovacs, Rx Chair Hunt/Som - akovacs@njprevent.com

Nick Marcantuono, Marijuana Chair - nmarcantuono@njprevent.com

https://njprevent com/drugfreetaskforce/

We are here to help you live your best life!

INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP COUNSELING FOR TEENS AND ADULTS.

SERVICES INCLUDE:

MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENTS; Mental Health Assessments, Substance Use Assessments, Substance Use Counseling

INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING

Life transitions, Marital, Trauma, Conflict Management;

EARLY INTERVENTION FOR PROBLEMATIC SUBSTANCE USE/MISUSE

Six sessions to assist individuals with reducing use/misuse and to make healthy choices

EARLY INTERVENTION FOR MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS AND PREVENTION OF HIGH-RISK DECISIONS

SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD) COUNSELING

Open ended number of sessions to assist in resolution of high-risk use/misuse

GROUPS

Women’s support, Men’s support to discuss your goals and how to reach them

Prevention Resources therapy and counseling services utilize evidence-based practices, and help you achieve the life you envision

Our therapists/counselors are licensed and trained in cognitive behavioral therapy, utilize motivational interviewing, addictions trained, and trauma informed therapies

Sessions are hybrid; in person and via zoom

THERAPISTS

John Gross, LPC, LCADC, ACS, Trauma trained

Heather Clawson LSW

Karen Widico MSW, CPS, CPRS

Amy Menes, MA

Hunterdon County

P U R P O S E

Open Door Recovery Center believes in creating an inclusive environment to support, empower, and provide resources to all persons in recovery from problematic substance use while also working to decrease the stigma surrounding substance use disorders in our broader communities.

F U N D E D B Y

Open Door Recovery Center is grateful to be funded by grants on the federal, state, and county level, including the Building Communities of Recovery (BCOR) grant and the Community Peer Recovery Center (CPRC) grant.

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H O W E H E L P

Open Door Recovery Center’s services are available to all We believe that a person is in recovery when they say they are, and we work to represent the values of our diverse community. Accommodating each person ’ s needs ensures all with equitable opportunities for personal development.

Amy Hicks, Recovery Coordinator - ahicks@njprevent com

Matteo Giles, Recovery Advocate - mgiles@njprevent com

Keith Schwartz, Peer Recovery Coach - kschwartz@njprevent com

Mark Wixler, Peer Recovery Coach - mwixler@njprevent.com

Jose Figueroa, Recovery Advocate - jfiguera@njprevent.com

Tim Rich, Recovery Advocate - trich@njprevent.com https://njprevent

Monmouth County

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Open Door Recovery Center aims to reduce barriers for persons in recovery by decreasing the stigma surrounding substance use disorders in the broader community through hosting educational events, implementing community-wide stigma-free campaigns, and building key partnerships with medical practitioners and law enforcement

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Funding comes from the NJ Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) Located in the heart of Asbury Park, NJ, at Prevention Resources’ Open Door Recovery Center, all attendees have access to any of the social services and resources available through all the agency ’ s divisions

W H O W E H E L P

Open Door Recovery Center uses peer-based approaches within a safe and inclusive environment to support, empower, and provide resources to all persons in recovery from problematic substance use. We provide services such as direct peer-topeer support, peer-support groups, educational workshops, substance free activities and events, wellness planning, linkages to resources, and access to peer recovery coaching

Dennis Paul LoGiudice, CPRC Administrator – dennis@OceansFSC.com

Candace Palmer, CPRC Coordinator – cpalmer@NJPrevent.com

Patricia Matthews, Recovery Advocate – pmatthews@NJPrevent.com

Amanda Brown, Recovery Advocate – amanda@OceansFSC.com

https://njprevent.com/open-door-recovery/monmouth-county/

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Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS), State Opioid Response Grant (SOR)

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Deliver support services to people who have a loved one with substance use disorder (SUD). These services are free and confidential and include individual and group support The Family Support Center Advocates offer resources to families on SUD, treatment and non-judgmental encouragement All advocates are Certified Peer Recovery Specialists and trained in the Community Reinforcement Approach to Family Training (CRAFT).

W H O W E H E L P

This grant serves the Central Region of New Jersey. Prevention Resources is responsible for the overall administration of the FSC grant Prevention Resources’Advocates serve Hunterdon, Somerset and Mercer Counties Prevention Resources has a partnership agreement with Prevention Links that serves Middlesex, Monmouth and Union Counties.

Rocky Schwartz, Family Support Coordinator - rschwartz@njprevent.com

Pam Bianco, Family Support Advocate (Somerset) - pbianco@njprevent.com

Jennifer Denlinger, Family Support Advocate (Hunterdon) - jdenlinger@njprevent.com

Vanessa Peters, Family Support Advocate (Mercer) - vpeters@njprevent.com

https://njprevent.com/family-support-center/

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Facebook- @NJPrevent

Instagram- @hpr nj

LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/company/hunterdon-prevention-resources/

YouTube-

https://www youtube com/channel/UCybTPIsOy21ynFtRarIl8SQ

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwryGLMyEQ3ZoSOybmIGAdA

Facebook- @opendoorrecoverycenter

Instagram- @opendoorrecovery

Facebook- @hunterdondrugfree

Instagram- @hunterdondrugfree

Twitter- @DrugFreeHC

Facebook- @hcfsc

Instagram- @ harvestfsc

Facebook- @HCYCoalition

Instagram- @hcyc nj

YouTube- TheHCYouthCoalition

Facebook- @oceansfsc

Instagram- @oceansfsc

Facebook- @YOUthPositivelySpeaking

Instagram- youth positively speaking

Twitter- @speaking youth

YouTube: YOUth Positively Speaking

Facebook- @SafeCommunitiesCoalition

Instagram@safe coalition @safe communities

Twitter- @safecoalition

YouTube-

Facebook- @sharingthehopefsc

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmB-lWULjzxD0kK0HFyLhzg

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwPn34eM6 yOo3XUYO1nz5Q

T H E 1 2 S E C T O R S

Coalitions work together with representatives from 12 sectors to ensure that a broad range of community expertise is included The 12 sectors are youth, parents, business, media, school, youthserving organizations, law enforcement, religious or fraternal organizations, civic or volunteer groups, healthcare professionals, state or local agencies, and other local organizations

S T R A T E G I C P R E V E N T I O N

F R A M E W O R K

Prevention professionals use SAMHSA’s Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) as a comprehensive guide to plan, implement, and evaluate prevention practices and programs The SPF is a planning model to support coordinated, comprehensive, data-driven planning and accountability. Designed to be long-term and evolutionary in nature, the resulting plan should build on knowledge and experience over time, and lead to measurable outcomes and system improvements

The five steps and two guiding principles of the SPF offer prevention planners a comprehensive approach to understanding and addressing the substance misuse and related behavioral health problems facing their states and communities.

ENHANCING SKILLS

Workshops, seminars or other activities designed to increase the skills of participants, members and staff needed to achieve population level outcomes (e.g., training, technical assistance, distance learning, strategic planning retreats, curricula development)

PROVIDING SUPPORT

Supporting people in activities that reduce risk or enhance protection (e g., providing alternative activities, mentoring, referrals, support groups or clubs)

ENHANCING ACCESS/ REDUCING BARRIERS

Improving systems and processes to increase utilization of systems and services (e g , assuring healthcare, childcare, transportation, housing, justice, education, safety, special needs, cultural and language sensitivity).

CHANGING CONSEQUENCES (INCENTIVES/ DISINCENTIVES)

Changing the consequences for behavior that reduces risk or enhances protection against substance misuse (e.g., increasing public recognition for deserved behavior, individual and business rewards, taxes, citations, fines, revocations/loss of privileges)

PHYSICAL DESIGN

Changing the physical design or structure of the environment to reduce risk or enhance protection (e.g., parks, landscapes, signage, lighting, outlet density).

MODIFYING/ CHANGING POLICIES

Formal change in written procedures, by-laws, proclamations, rules or laws with written documentation and/or voting procedures (e g., workplace initiatives, law enforcement procedures and practices, public policy actions, systems change within government, communities and organizations).

SECTOR MEMBER & VOLUNTEER ROLES

Participate in coalition meetings and specific work groups

Help measure community resources, strengths, and needs

Gather and relay appropriate information to the coalition to serve as a basis for decisions

Offer ideas/suggestions for potential projects and initiatives

Collaborate, endorse, and support the implementation of activities

COMMUNITY WORKGROUPS

Underage Drinking workgroup

Reduce youth access and increase perception of harm

Educate parents and community regarding underage drinking laws, consequences and alternatives

National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week, social media campaign and school activities

Partnership with schools on Back to School night, Teen Safety Nights, Celebrate Safely, Know the Law and Parents Hold the Key initiatives

Marijuana/Vaping/Nicotine workgroup

Reduce youth access to marijuana through a campaign aimed at consequences for providing/selling marijuana and delta 8

Utilize social media and prints to launch media campaign about the harms of the substances

Youth and parent education to identify the impact of marijuana and nicotine on the teenage brain, discourage vaping and encourage healthy lungs

Encourage municipalities to limit dangerous forms of cannabis in retail establishments, pass ordinances protecting youth from access to these substances

RX/Opioid

Educate on the dangers of Fentanyl and misuse of prescription medications

Educate community on safe disposal of Rx medication and drop box locations

Promote and Advocate for the NO PAIN ACT and other alternatives to opioids

Educate the community through PSAs on OTC and Rx medicine safety

Youth leaders dedicated to the betterment of our community by promoting a substancefree lifestyle

Policy changes in schools and our community

Holiday parade float building advertising anti-drug campaign

Sticker shock campaign to promote community reach about social hosting and underage drinking

GLOSSARY

Many of the terms in this glossary are used interchangeably by various funding sources The definitions included here are those appropriate for DFC coalitions

Agent: In the public health model, the agent is the catalyst, substance, or organism causing the health problem In the case of substance abuse, agents are the sources, supplies, and availability.

ATOD: Acronym for alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.

Baseline: The level of behavior or the score on a test that is recorded before an intervention is provided or services are delivered

Capacity: The various types and levels of resources that an organization or collaborative has at its disposal to meet the implementation demands of specific interventions

Capacity building: Increasing the ability and skills of individuals, groups, and organizations to plan, undertake and manage initiatives The approach also enhances the ability of those individuals, groups, and organizations to deal with future issues or problems

CADCA: Community-Based; Advocacy-Focused; Data-Driven; Coalition-Building; Association; a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to strengthening the capacity of community coalitions to create and maintain safe, healthy, and drug-free communities.

CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, As the nation's health protection agency, CDC saves lives and protects people from health, safety, and security threats

Coalition: A formal arrangement for cooperation and collaboration among groups or sectors of a community, in which each group retains its identity, but all agree to work together toward a common goal of building a safe, healthy, and drug-free community

Community assessment: A comprehensive description of your target community (however your coalition defines community) The assessment process is a systematic gathering and analysis of data about your community

Community-level change: This is a change that occurs within the target population in your target area

Community readiness: The degree of support for or resistance to identifying substance use and misuse as significant social problems in a community. Stages of community readiness for prevention provide an appropriate framework for understanding prevention readiness at the community and state levels

Comprehensive strategies: Include both individual and environment-focused strategies that can be used to change specific local conditions identified on a coalition’s logic model

Continuum of Care: Provides a framework for understanding the range of approaches to addressing mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders The continuum distinguishes between health promotion, prevention, treatment, and recovery Prevention is further divided into three categories: Universal, Selective, and Indicated

Cultural competence: (1) A set of behaviors, attitudes, and policies that come together in a system, agency, or program or among individuals, enabling them to function effectively in diverse cultural interactions and similarities within, among, and between groups. (2) A point on a continuum with several guiding principles that enable coalitions to have positive interactions in culturally diverse environments.

Cultural diversity: Differences in race, ethnicity, language, nationality, or religion among various groups within a community A community is said to be culturally diverse if its residents include members of different groups

Dram Shop Law: Refers to an alcohol establishment's potential financial liability for serving alcohol to an intoxicated or underage person who later causes injury to a third party (i e , in a drunk driving crash) This law normally only covers businesses and not private parties

DFC: Drug Free Communities

DMHAS: Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services

Environment: In the public health model, the environment is the context in which the host and the agent exist The environment creates conditions that increase or decrease the chance that the host will become susceptible and the agent more effective. In the case of substance abuse, the environment is the societal climate that encourages, supports, reinforces, or sustains problematic use of drugs.

Environmental Scan: A form of community assessment that investigates the physical elements within a community that may contribute to alcohol, tobacco, or other substance use

Environmental strategies: Environmental strategies are prevention efforts aimed at changing or influencing community conditions, standards, institutions, structures, systems, and policies.

Evaluation: A process that helps prevention practitioners discover the strengths and weaknesses of their activities so that they can do better over time Time spent on evaluations is well spent because it allows groups to use money and other resources more efficiently in the future Some evaluations can be done at little or no cost and some can be completed by persons who are not professional evaluators

Evidence-based approach or strategy: An evidence-based approach or strategy has research information to suggest that it really works; that the intervention, not something else, brought about the observed improvements in related behavior and outcome

Expected outcomes: The intended or anticipated results of carrying out program activities There may be shortterm, intermediate, and long-term outcomes.

Framework: A framework is a structure that is used to shape something. A framework for a strategy or approach supports and connects the parts.

GCADA: Governor’s Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse

Host: In the public health model, the host is the individual affected by the public health problem In the case of substance abuse, the host is the potential or active user of substances

Intervention: An intervention comes between what exists (our assessment) and where we hope things will be (our goal) Intervention refers to what is done to prevent or alter a result the means by which we change behavior and environmental conditions related to a group ' s goals

Local Condition: Conditions or behaviors in the community that are maintaining or contributing to root causes Local conditions must be:

• Specific = must be an actual behavior (youth drink in the park at lunch) or condition (billboards are located near the schools) and not an attitude or a perception

• Identifiable = must be a behavior that occurs regularly in the community and can be measured • Actionable = the behavior can be changed

Logic model: Presents a diagram of how the effort or initiative is supposed to work by explaining why the strategy is a good solution to the problem at hand and making an explicit, often visual, statement of activities and results It keeps participants moving in the same direction through a common language and points of reference Finally, as an element of the work itself, it can rally support by declaring what will be accomplished and how

Multi-sector: More than one agency or institution working together

Multi-strategy: More than one prevention strategy such as information dissemination, skill-building, use of alternative approaches to substance abuse reduction, social policy development, and environmental approaches all working with each other to produce a comprehensive plan

Objective: Objectives are the specific, measurable results a coalition plans to accomplish and serve as the basis by which to evaluate the work of the coalition Each objective should have a timeframe by which it will be accomplished “To reduce the number of youth in our community who smoke at age 15 from 18 5 percent to 10 percent by 2007 ”

ONDCP: Office of National Drug Control Policy

Outcome: Outcomes are used to determine what has been accomplished, including changes in approaches, policies, and practices to reduce risk factors and promote protective factors as a result of the work of the coalition. An outcome measures change in what you expect, or hope will happen as a result of your efforts.

Partners: Groups or organizations that work with the coalition on specific issues or projects.

Readiness: The degree of support for, or resistance to, identifying substance use and abuse as a significant social problem in a community Stages of community readiness for prevention provide an appropriate framework for understanding prevention readiness at the community and state levels

Protective Factors: Those factors that increase an individual’s ability to resist the use and misuse of drugs, e g , strong family bonds, external support system, and problem-solving and coping skills

Resiliency Factors: Personal traits that allow children to survive and grow into healthy, productive adults despite having experienced negative or traumatic experiences and high-risk environments

Resources: A resource is any or all of those things that can be used to improve the quality of community life the things that can help close the gap between what is and what ought to be

Risk Factor: Those factors that increase an individual's vulnerability to drug use and misuse, e g , academic failure, negative social influences, and favorable parental or peer attitudes toward or involvement with drugs or alcohol

SAMHSA: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, is charged with improving the quality and availability of treatment and rehabilitative services to reduce illness, death, disability, and the cost to society resulting from substance abuse and mental illnesses

Stakeholders: Groups, organizations, or sectors of the community with an interest in and/or perspective on a common issue, such as reducing substance abuse

STOP: Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking

Strategy: Identifies the overarching plan of how the coalition will achieve intended results Substance misuse: The use or misuse of illegal drugs; the misuse of inhalants; or the use of alcohol, tobacco, or other related product as prohibited by state or local law

Sustainability: The likelihood of a strategy to continue over a period of time, especially after specific funding ends.

Synar Amendment: This amendment requires states to enact and enforce laws prohibiting the sale or distribution of tobacco products to individuals under the age of 21 States must comply with the Synar Amendment in order to receive their full Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant (SABG) awards