coalition orientation for sacada board members
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Circles of San Antonio Community Coalition is a program of the San Antonio Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse SACADA). This presentation was used during a new SACADA board member orientation.TRANSCRIPT
Vickie Adams, Coalition Coordinator
Circles of San AntonioCommunity Coalition
The coalition’s mission is to create change through collaboration with community stakeholders to educate and motivate individuals, families, organizations and
institutions with the goal of preventing and reducing alcohol and substance abuse.
Coalition Member of the Year 2012Maricela Morales, Bexar County Juvenile
Probation
Coalition Structure
How do we as a community or as a coalition make the desired change?
How coalitions operate1. Analyzing Information About the Problem, Goals, and Factors Affecting Them
1. Analyzing Information About the Problem, Goals, and Factors Affecting Them1. Analyzing Information About the Problem, Goals, and Factors Affecting Them
1. Analyzing Information About the Problem, Goals, and Factors Affecting Them
2. Establishing Vision and Mission2. Establishing Vision and Mission2. Establishing Vision and Mission2. Establishing Vision and Mission
3. Defining Organizational Structure and Operating Mechanisms
3. Defining Organizational Structure and Operating Mechanisms3. Defining Organizational Structure and Operating Mechanisms
3. Defining Organizational Structure and Operating Mechanisms
5. Developing and Using Strategic and Action Plans
8. Developing and Using Strategic and Action Plans5. Developing and Using Strategic and Action Plans
8. Developing and Using Strategic and Action Plans
6. Arranging Resources for Community Mobilization
6. Arranging Resources for Community Mobilization6. Arranging Resources for Community Mobilization
6. Arranging Resources for Community Mobilization
7. Developing Leadership5. Developing Leadership7. Developing Leadership5. Developing Leadership
8. Implementing Effective Interventions
9. Implementing Effective Interventions8. Implementing Effective Interventions
9. Implementing Effective Interventions
9. Assuring 4. Assuring Technical Assistance9. Assuring 4. Assuring Technical Assistance
10. Documenting Progress and Using Feedback
12. Documenting Progress and Using Feedback10. Documenting Progress and Using Feedback
12. Documenting Progress and Using Feedback
11. Making Outcomes Matter11. Making Outcomes Matter11. Making Outcomes Matter11. Making Outcomes Matter
12. Sustaining the Work10. Sustaining the Work12. Sustaining the Work10. Sustaining the Work
A. AssessmentA. Assessment
B. CapacityB. Capacity
D. ImplementationD. Implementation
C. PlanningC. Planning
E. EvaluationE. Evaluation
4. Developing a framework or model of change
7. Developing a framework or model of change4. Developing a framework or model of change
7. Developing a framework or model of change
1Best processes identified through a literature review conducted by Dr. Renee Boothroyd, University of Kansas – used with permission.
Best Processes1 for Implementing the Strategic Prevention Framework
Seven Strategiesfor Community Change
1. Providing Information
2. Enhancing Skills
3. Providing Support
4. Enhancing/ Reducing Access
5. Changing Consequences
6. Physical Design
7. Modifying/Changing Policies
Bexar County Youth and Young Adults
Age Range 2010 Census
Under 5 years old 130,087
5-9 years old 130,307
10-14 years old 128,117
15-19 years old 132,660
20-24 years old 133,455
total 654,626
Seven Strategiesfor Community Change
1. Providing Information
2. Enhancing Skills
3. Providing Support
4. Enhancing/ Reducing Access
5. Changing Consequences
6. Physical Design
7. Modifying/Changing Policies
Education/ Awareness(Individual Strategies)
Environmental Strategies
(Entire Community)
New View of Prevention
Family Services Association Prevention Staff
What Are Developmental Assets?
Building Blocks for Raising Healthy Children and Youth
Background—Grounded in extensive research in youth development, resiliency, and prevention, the
Developmental Assets represent the relationships, opportunities, and
personal qualities that young people need to avoid risks and to thrive.
http://www.search-institute.org/
#4 Caring Neighborhood
#5 Caring School Climate
#8 Youth as resources
#9 Service to others
#13 Neighborhood boundaries
#14 Adult Role Models
#17 Creative Activities
#18 Youth Programs
#21 Achievement Motivation#26 Caring
#27 Equity and Social Justice#28 Integrity#29 Honesty
#30 Responsibility#32 Planning and decision making
#35 Resistance Skills#39 Sense of Purpose
Fiesta-Bexar County Proclamation
Remember the Red Prevention Day at Fiesta Carnival 2013
Remember the Red 2013
Advocacy- 83rd Legislature
BOYD BAXTERCoalition Specialist
Circles of San Antonio
Environmental Strategies• Incorporate prevention efforts that affect the entire
population
• Identify a community problem
• Implement proven cost effective strategies producing widespread behavior changes in community norms, structures, systems, and policies
• Lead to long term outcomes in reducing substance use and abuse
Problem: Under-age Drinking• Average age of first alcohol use >12 years old
• 61% of youth reported having used alcohol
• Early onset of alcohol consumption leads to misuse and dependence
• Alcohol use is seen as a right of passage
• Teens and young adults (under 21) report that they get access to and consume alcohol in social settings such as parties, friends, peers, family• 63% of secondary students• 78% of college students
Under-age Drinking Parties• Parties are high risk settings for binge drinking and
consequences associated drinking
• Alcohol provided free or at low cost
• Often unsupervised; sometimes with parental/adult permission
• Increased risk for DUI/DWI, riding with drunk driver, sexual assault, violence, injuries, vandalism
Cost of Underage Drinking in Texas over $6 Billion a year
Under-age Drinking Parties
• “UTSA Police Sergeant Geoffrey Merritt said the key to keeping crime rates down is stopping underage drinking.”
Social Host Accountability• Social Host
• An individual who provides alcohol to minors in a home or other private property and/or is the “responsible party” of a social setting where underage drinking occurs
• Accountability• Hold the responsible persons accountable• Educating and developing Community Advocates• Report underage drinking parties to law enforcement• Educate the public on the costs and dangers of underage drinking
• Advocate for Social Host Accountability
Social Host Forum – Friday, June 14, 2013
Social Host Training 2012
Controlled Party Dispersal Training
Zero Alcohol for Youth Campaign• A youth led, youth driven, adult supported community-
wide campaign to promote awareness and implementation of Texas’ Zero Tolerance law on youth alcohol use.
• Teaches youth to be community advocates• Utilizes youth in community engagement, and
environmental strategy process
Zero Alcohol for Youth training
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Zero Alcohol for Youth
Zero Alcohol for Youth Campaign
When parents “make deals” with youth, or allow their children to drink as long as they promise not to drink and drive, youth are more likely to drink in other places not typically supervised by adults (like parties), to drive after drinking, or ride with a driver that has been drinking. Youth get the message from adults that underage drinking isn’t so bad.
What can you do to help?
Act as a Community Lifeguard
Report underage drinking parties to law enforcement
Work to Reduce Access to Alcohol in Your Own Home
Be a Spokesperson
Educate the public on the costs and
dangers of underage drinking
Advocate for Social Host Accountability
Join our Coalition
Help your community build
awareness
Learn about other strategies that are
effective at reducing underage
drinking
CONTACT US!
Vickie Adams
Boyd Baxter
Office - 210-225-4741
sacada.org
www.Facebook.com/Circlesofsa
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