Friday, December 27, 2024
12/27/2024
The Porter County Substance Abuse Council (PCSAC) will expand Porter County's prevention infrastructure by forming three new coalitions serving the three largest cities in Porter County (Chesterton, Portage, and Valparaiso). Thirty-six community partners have committed to support SPF-PFS implementation through the expansion of a mix of evidence-based prevention programs and activities. Porter County is a mix of urban and rural. The American Community Survey (2019) estimates a population of 169,594. The racial and ethnic makeup of the count is 82.8% White, 4.2% Black, 0.4% Native American, and 1.5% Asian. The Hispanic/Latino community doubled in size over the past 5years form 4.8% in 2013 to 10.3% in 2019. PCSAC will facilitate implementation of each component of the SPF (assessment, capacity, planning, implementation, and evaluation) ensuring a high degree of cultural competence and probability for sustainability. The assessment step will being with updating the existing Porter County Epidemiology Profile within the first 60 days along with a Behavioral Heath Disparities Impact Statement. The updated Epidemiology Profile will provide more complete information on the origin and effect of substance abuse, addiction, and recovery in Chesterton, Portage and Valparaiso. In addition, the project will engage Porter County youth in geo-mapping and environmental scans to identify root causes of alcohol, marijuana, and opioid use and abuse. This new information will be used to strengthen prevention capacity, build infrastructure, and leverage other funding streams and resources using coordinated outreach and messaging strategies. Planning will result in three additional epi reports. At the end of the 5 year project, PCSAC will have expanded Porter County prevention infrastructure and significantly reduced youth and adult alcohol, marijuana and opioid abuse.
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