Friday, November 22, 2024
11/22/2024
The CHJ “Keeping it Sober” (KIS) Intervention Program will target incarcerated minority (primarily Black, Latinx, American Indian, and LBTQ+) youth and incarcerated adult females, aged 13-34, including focus to females with children and/or females as primary caregivers. A total of 450 participants will be served using the KIS Program. The KIS Program, will enhance and expand CHJ’s existing efforts to more comprehensively address needs related to SUD education and prevention among minorities (13-24) transitioning out of LAC Jails and back into their communities. Specifically, KIS will achieve its behavioral change goals through the following activities: a) local outreach and in-reach activities inside LAC Jails, Community-Based Organizations (CBO’s), and at SUD preventive services; b) in-custody classes on risk reduction; c) in-custody one-on-one support sessions; d) health coverage enrollment assistance; e) building additional and stronger connections between community providers; f) facilitating increased accessibility, integration, and management of SUD preventive services and interventions after release from custody; g) designing social media campaigns to promote improved health outcomes and prevention of SUD, among participants; h) provide education and training to substance use disorder preventive servers and other healthcare providers on the importance of promoting preventive measures and i) enhanced data collection, evaluation of program effectiveness, and dissemination of findings to inform development and implementation of programs in other settings. In the first year, KIS will reach 50 participants detained inside CRDF and/or the Central Juvenile Hall and the Juvenile Camps. The following years, KIS will reach 100 participants per year. The Program will align itself with the Strategic Prevention Framework guide to prevent the onset and reduce the progression of substance misuse and strengthen prevention capacity and infrastructure. KIS will implement, evaluate and sustain a community-based Strategic Prevention Framework Community Advisory Board (SPF CAB) to advise and guide the SPF Program throughout the course of the Program. SPF CAB Members will have a knowledge and background of their communities and will include formerly incarcerated females, parents, and culturally appropriate community leaders. The sustainability of the KIS Program is achieved in the relationships established to support KIS and give credence and legitimacy to community members who have an intimate and historical knowledge of their communities. KIS will empower the SPF-CAB to advocate for policy change aimed towards alternatives to incarceration. KIS Program Staff will continuously attend technical assistance trainings, including the Prevention Technology Transfer Centers (PTTCs) to enhance the dissemination and adoption of best practices in SUD prevention. An Evaluation Consultant will provide an independent assessment of Program progress and use Program findings to influence the development of strategies for direct and indirect environmental prevention.
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