District of Columbia, Strategic Prevention Framework-Partnership for Success (DC SPF-PFS) - The DC Department of Behavioral Health (DBH) hopes to receive funding under the Strategic Prevention Framework- Partnership for Success (SPF-PFS) grant for States through the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Through this funding, DBH plans to fund a total of eight organizations to conduct a combination of evidence-based interventions and environmental strategies to address substance use prevention among youth 12-25 in each of the eight wards of Washington, DC. The need for relevant prevention efforts within each community is a major component of the implementation plan. For this proposed project, DC DBH has selected Model B of the required activities under this grant as the chosen model to be implemented. Under this model, DBH will not only fund local subgrantees to provide prevention services to high-risk youth but also address all five domains of the Strategic Prevention Framework (Assessment, Capacity, Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation) in its programming. The long-term health objective of this program is to decrease rates of substance use (ATOD) among youth aged 12-25 by 3-5% in Washington, DC, within five years of program implementation. The process objectives for this program are for subgrantees to conduct at least two (2) cohorts of a group-level evidence-based intervention with youth in the respective wards once a year for four years in Washington DC and conduct at least one (1) environmental strategy in their respective wards once a year for four years in Washington DC. The immediate program objectives of this program are to (1) Increase perceived susceptibility of long-term consequences of substance use (ATOD) by 65-85% among youth in Washington DC within one year of program implementation (2) Increase perceived severity of long-term consequences of substance use (ATOD) by 65-85% among youth in Washington DC within one year of program implementation. (3) Increase self-efficacy to prevent substance use (ATOD) by 65-85% among youth in Washington DC within one year of program implementation, and (4) Increase perceived benefits of preventing substance use (ATOD) by 65-85% among youth in Washington DC within one year of program implementation. The intermediate behavioral objectives are (1) to decrease initiation of substance use (ATOD) by 10-15% among youth in Washington DC within two years of program implementation. (2) Decrease existing substance use (ATOD use at least once in the past 30 days) among youth who currently engage in substance use by 10-15% in Washington DC within two years of program implementation. In addition, this program has also set certain community change objectives which are detailed in the
