Monday, May 6, 2024
5/6/2024
The North Mississippi Commission on MI/MR (d.b.a. Communicare), an established political subdivision with 52 years of experience and a 30-year track record as an experienced SAMHSA prevention provider with proven ability to strengthen prevention capacity to address underage drinking, proposes the Northcentral Region Partnerships for Success to prevent the onset and reduce the progression of underage drinking in Calhoun, Marshall, Lafayette, Panola, Tate and Yalobusha counties, designated as High-Need Communities (HNCs). Name. Northcentral Region Partnerships for Success. Population. High-risk individuals, ages 9-20, focusing on racial/ethnic minorities; 35% African American; 5% Hispanic; 2% LGBTQ; and 10% in need of substance abuse services. Strategies/Interventions: 1) Complete data-driven SPF planning within first 6 months; 2) Implement a comprehensive prevention approach, including S-BIRT, Project Northland, LifeSkills Training, Alcohol Literacy Challenge, policies, and/or practices that address the selected prevention priorities; 3) Identify TA and training needs and develop responsive activities; 4) Build capacity to address underage drinking among participants identified through SPF; 5) Collect and report community-level data to monitor progress in addressing SPF-PFS prevention priorities; 6) Utilize coalition building strategies to advance substance abuse prevention efforts; 7) Develop prevention messaging and other strategies and disseminate via a social media campaign; and 8) Utilize and share effective resources with the Prevention Technology Transfer Centers to enhance dissemination/adoption of substance abuse prevention best practices. Goals. Aligned with MS SPF PFS goals: 1) Prevent the onset and reduce alcohol use by participants in HNCs by implementing EBPs, policies, and practices that address individual, relationship, community, and environmental domains; 2) Reduce underage drinking consequences by participants in HNCs by implementing EBPs that address individual, relationship, environmental, and societal domains; 3) Increase the capacity of HNCs to reduce underage drinking consumption, consequences, and risk factors for participants by building coalitions that will employ a comprehensive prevention approach; 4) Strengthen and sustain the capacity of the prevention data management and systems infrastructure at state and community levels; and 5) Increase HNC stakeholders willingness to leverage, and align area prevention funding streams/resources. Objectives. Following completion of the SPF, annually and over 5-years: 1) 85% of prevention providers will participate in bi-monthly community prevention activities that address individual, relationship, environmental, and societal domains; 2) At least 85% of youth leaders will participate in community prevention activities that address individual, relationship, environmental, and societal domains; 3) 80% of participants will achieve abstinence from substance use; 4) 80% will improve employment status; 4) 80% will improve housing stability; 5) 80% will reduce criminal justice involvement. # of people to be served. 50 = Year 1 and 100/Year(s) 2-5, totaling 450 within 5 years.
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