Thursday, November 21, 2024
11/21/2024
Abstract - NOFO No. SP-24-002. The Southwest Prevention Center (SWPC), at the University of Oklahoma (OU), will serve as the South Southwest Prevention Technology Transfer Center (SSW PTTC) for HHS Region 6, encompassing Arkansas (AR), Louisiana (LA), New Mexico (NM), Oklahoma (OK), and Texas (TX). The SSW PTTC will provide training and technical assistance (T/TA) to the prevention workforce, emerging prevention professionals/pre-professionals, prevention organization and system leaders, and affiliates and partners who support the work of prevention with children, youth, young adults, families, parents, and other adults. Services will be designed to increase the competency level of the prevention workforce in states, tribes, and communities and will intentionally be relevant and accessible to prevention professionals working in underserved and historically under-resourced communities. We propose to serve 2100 individuals in year 1, 2350 individuals in year 2, 2500 individuals in year 3, 2750 individuals in year 4, and 2900 individuals in year 5, for a total of 12,600 individuals served over the life of this cooperative agreement. The goals of this proposal are to: 1) Build the capacity of prevention organizations to provide culturally responsive and equitable implementation of evidence-based and promising prevention strategies to improve prevention outcomes for historically underserved communities. 2) Increase capacity of prevention leaders for systems integration and practice change around health equity to build systems that effectively serve all community members. 3) Build the partnership of faith communities and prevention professionals to increase engagement of community systems that are more approachable to diverse communities. 4) Build capacity of prevention systems to use comprehensive & equity-focused needs assessments to identify risk factors to improve implementation of prevention science. 5) Build the capacity of prevention professionals to use SAMHSA's Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) to improve the quality & effectiveness of prevention services. 6) Increase the sustainability of epi workgroups and data partnerships to support the use of epidemiological data to inform prevention strategies. 7) Support the development, planning, and delivery of foundational training for new prevention professionals to increase the number of certified professionals in the field. 8) Develop the capacity of the prevention workforce to work across the spectrum of behavioral health interventions (Spectrum) to increase productive partnerships with pre-addiction, harm reduction, mental health, and recovery support initiatives. 9) Develop the capacity of prevention programs to link prevention communication strategies with policy change efforts to improve the effectiveness of message development on substance misuse prevention, including alcohol, marijuana, and tobacco use. The objectives that will be implemented to support these goals include: 1) developing and delivering in-person and virtual trainings, 2) creating toolkits and guidance documents, 3) facilitating networking and learning communities, 4) establishing regional advisory groups, and 5) providing intensive TA. Topic areas for these services include: implementation of evidence- based and promising prevention practices; use of the SPF; use of epidemiological data to inform planning; equity in prevention planning, implementation of prevention science; engagement of the medical community; development of comprehensive community prevention activities; stigma reduction messages; message development on alcohol and drug misuse prevention including marijuana and tobacco; and the use of social marketing.
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