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Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. “Using State Epidemiology Workgroups to Change Policy and Drive Funding “. By Ammie A. Bonsu, M.P.H. U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). SAMHSA
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Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Prevention “Using State Epidemiology Workgroups to Change Policy and Drive Funding “ By Ammie A. Bonsu, M.P.H.
SAMHSA Charles G. Curie, M.A., A.C.S.W. Administrator Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) Dennis O. Romero, M.A. Acting Director Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) A. Kathryn Power, M.Ed. Director Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) H. Westley Clark, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., CAS, FASAM Director ACCOUNTABILITY CAPACITY EFFECTIVENESS VISION A Life in the Community for Everyone MISSION Building Resilience and Facilitating Recovery ACE—thebasis of SAMHSA programs
The Role of Prevention To create healthy communities in which people have a quality life: • Healthy environments at work & in school • Supportive communities & neighborhoods • Connections with families & friends • Drug and crime-free • Access to needed services
Substance Abuse is LOCAL • The federal government and states should implement systems to support communities in reducing substance abuse and related problems. • Every community needs a comprehensive community wide plan---the community is the unit of analysis.
State Prevention Systems and the Single State Authority A servant–leadership role positioned to support the growth of community prevention systems by • Creating and participating in a State prevention system (which includes Governor’s office, legislature, other agencies) • Providing resources, capacity building, and tools necessary for communities to achieve targeted community change State success is dependent on community success!
State Prevention System • Prevention System LeadershipGroup—brings together the top-level decision makers across agencies and the Governor’s office to provide direction • Workgroups—bring together agency-specific staff involved in each area for common development and alignment of system functions
State Prevention System (continued) • Workgroups • EpidemiologyWorkgroup—collects and distributes appropriate data • CapacityWorkgroup—identifies skills and processes needed to do comprehensive planning (community training and TA) • StrategiesWorkgroup—identifies evidence-based policies, practices, and programs that make sense for communities
State Prevention System(continued) • Workgroups • Planning Workgroup---identifies funding mechanisms, services budgets, etc. • Evaluation/NOMs Workgroup—collects and analyzes outcome data, including NOMs in conjunction with the EPI Work group
WHAT IS SAMHSA’S STRATETIC PREVENTION FRAMEWORK (SPF)???????
Infusion of theStrategic Prevention Framework State Systems Prevention Infrastructure General Public Awareness and Outreach Community Coalitions Action Mechanism
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Ammie A. Bonsu, M.P.H. Project Officer FASD Center For Excellence Center For Substance Abuse Prevention (240) 276-2405