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Manhattan Area Risk Prevention Coalition |
SPF Grant
MARPC has been awarded a Strategic Prevention
Framework (SPF) grant, in the amount of $43,362.00, from the Kansas Department
of Social and Rehabilitation Services.
The grant will run from November, 2011-July, 2012. The SPF is a community-based approach to
substance abuse prevention that cuts across existing programs and systems. SPF executed a data-drive, five-step
process known to promote youth development, reduce risk-taking behaviors, build
assets and resilience, and prevent problem behaviors across the life span. The SPF was initiated by the Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Center for Substance
Abuse Prevention (CSAP). The five
steps of the SAMHSA Strategic Prevention Framework are designed to help
communities build prevention competencies and infrastructure necessary to
implement and sustain effective prevention policies, practices, and
programs.
The four SPF-SIG
Outcomes are:
1.Build
capacity and infrastructure at the state and local level to sustain effective
substance abuse prevention strategies.
2.Delay
the onset of substance use, including underage drinking, and reduce the
progression of substance abuse.
3.Reduce
substance abuse and related problems in targeted
communities.
4.Develop
a sustainable multidisciplinary structure to enhance prevention programs,
policies, and practices
This
funding will allow MARPC to:
· Work
with our mentor community, Sumner County
· Conduct
a comprehensive Underage Drinking Risk Assessment
· Identify
1-2 risk factors that contribute the most to the incidence of underage alcohol
use in Riley County and the Manhattan Area
· Develop
a logic model and action plan to address the risk factors through a
comprehensive set of activities that includes two environmental prevention
strategies and affect the community, family, school, and individual/peer
domain
The Strategic Prevention Framework
Click HERE for some fast facts on drugs and alcohol and teens in Riley County from the Communities That Care survey.
OUTCOMES:
Through this grant we conducted a media campaign which included three postcard mailings to USD 383 parents, click here to see the postcards. The mailing series concluded with a tri-fold brochure containing more indepth information and statistics of Manhattan, click here to see the brochure.
Additionally, the last week of April a large banner was displayed over Anderson Avenue. Click here to view the banner.
Underage Drinking Enforcement Seminar
On Tuesday, June 26th, MARPC will be hosting an Underage Drinking Enforcement Seminar for law enforcement officials and prosecutors, featuring Karen Wittman, Kansas Resource Prosecutor. Knowledge gained from attending this seminar includes: understanding changes in Kansas laws, new technology and teen use of technology, law enforcement's role in gathering evidence and investigative reporting, the prosecutor's role to understand and reporting and developing working relationships with law enforcement, and involving communities and parents.
To register for this event visit UFM's website and click the link on their homepage to register, or search for course code number 12BPIMARPC.