Saturday, May 4, 2024
5/4/2024
Project Name: DuPage County Prevention Leadership Team (PLT) STOP Act Project. Project Summary: The DuPage County Prevention Leadership Team, a recipient of SAMHSA Drug-Free Communities (DFC) grant funding, will, through the DuPage County Health Department (fiscal sponsor), prevent and reduce alcohol use among DuPage County youth and adults ages 12-20. Project strategies will target issues of social access, favorable parental attitudes and youth alcohol use. Amount Requested: $50,000 Population to be Served: The PLT’s service area is DuPage County, Illinois. As the second most populous county in Illinois, DuPage County is home to 931,826 people and spans 327.4 square miles. Approximately 78.3 percent of residents are White, non-Hispanic, 14.1 percent are Hispanic or Latino (a fast-growing population), 11.4 percent are Asian, 4.7 percent are black or African American and less than one percent are American Indian/Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander (American Community Survey 2017 estimates). Nearly 23 percent of the population consists of youth under the age of 18. Specific strategies will focus on Glenbard Township School District. Strategies: Strategies include: social norming and communications campaigns for local high schools; training for law enforcement; alcohol-free prom events; expansion of parent education and focus groups; implementation of the “Those Who Host Lose the Most” mass media campaign about the dangers of social hosting; advocating for decreased density of liquor establishments and raised awareness of compliance issues; and expanded Town Hall meetings. Project Goal: DuPage County Health Department will expand and build on strategies identified in its current SAMHSA DFC grant action plan as well as implement new strategies to leverage STOP funding and prevent and reduce alcohol use among youth and young adults ages 12-20 in DuPage County, Illinois over a four-year time span. Strategies are based on DFC grant data that has presented the coalition with important opportunities and gaps in relation to prevention and reduction of alcohol use among youth and young adults ages 12-20. Project Objectives: The 4 objectives are aligned with the SAMHSA performance measurements for the STOP Act program and will be measured through the Illinois Youth Survey (IYS), administered every two years by the Illinois Department of Human Services: (1) Past 30-day use (alcohol only); (2) Perception of risk or harm (alcohol only); (3) Perception of parental disapproval of use (alcohol only); (4) Perception of peer disapproval of use (alcohol only) Numbers Served: Social Access: Social norming--994 students per year, 3,975 over 4 years. Training--75-150 law enforcement officers annually, 600 officers over 4 years. Alcohol-free prom—300 seniors annually, 1,200 over 4 years. Favorable Parental Attitudes: Parent education—12,000 parents annually, 48,000 over 4 years. Those Who Host—1.5 million impressions over 4 years. Focus groups—100 parents in Year 1. Youth Alcohol Use—includes all strategies/numbers served above. Town hall meetings—300 annually, 1,200 over 4 years.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).
