Thursday, November 21, 2024
11/21/2024
Summary of Project: Through implementing the steps of the Strategic Prevention Framework, Drug Free Communities of Dallas County has designed a comprehensive program to prevent and reduce alcohol use among youth ages 12-20 in Dallas County, Alabama. The project addresses factors in the community that increase the risk of alcohol use and promotes factors that minimize the risks of alcohol use. Project Name: Drug Free Communities of Dallas County's STOP Act Project Population(s) to be Served: Demographics/Clinical Characteristics of Dallas County, AL: Total population is 36,165. Of our total population, 70.8% are black or African American, 27.3% white, 1.2% Hispanic/Latino, and 0.6% Asian with 53.3% of the population being female and 46.7% male. The median household income in Dallas County is $37,180 with 32.9% of people living in poverty. Strategies/Interventions: Drug Free Communities of Dallas County has developed a comprehensive Project Timeline that incorporates the goals of the STOP Act Grant and utilizes the Seven Strategies for Community-Level Change. Strategies include providing information, enhancing skills, providing support, reducing access/enhancing barriers, changing consequences, changing physical design, and educating and informing about changing policies that increase the perception of risks of harm for alcohol use in Dallas County, Alabama. Project Goals/Measurable Objectives: Goal One: Increase community collaboration in Dallas County, Alabama; Objective 1: By September 29, 2028, the coalition will have increased intergovernmental cooperation and coordination by facilitating a quarterly Dallas County Alcohol Response Team with 10 state and local law enforcement and local government members as measured by the meeting attendance tracking spreadsheet; Objective 2: By September 29, 2028, the coalition will have held 8 Town Hall meetings in Dallas County Schools and Selma City Schools to increase citizen participation to give input into strategies as measured by event sign-in sheets and updates to Action Plan; Goal Two: Prevent and reduce alcohol use among youth and young adults ages 12-20 in Dallas County, Alabama; Objective 1: By September 29, 2028, decrease by 10% the number of youth in grades 6-12 in Dallas County Schools and Selma City Schools who feel there is no risk or slight risk of harm of alcohol use as measured by the Youth Experience Survey (Baseline: 61.05% of 6th, 8th, 10th and 12th grade students in Dallas County Schools and Selma City Schools report there is no risk or a slight risk of harm for alcohol use, Spring 2022) Number to be Served: The coalition will serve 36,175 unduplicated number of individuals annually and over the entire course of the project. Through implementing comprehensive prevention strategies that target both the individual and environmental levels, Dallas County will reach its total population through the course of the project.
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