Sustainability Plan
CMCA Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition
This plan was developed with input from all CMCA Coalition members at the October 2013 meeting. This plan is a draft and will be reviewed by the Coalition on a regular basis and revised as needed.
Strategy/Program to be Sustained / Need / Impact/Outcomes/ Resources Required / Potential New Funding Sources/Strategies / Potential Funding Partners
Communities Mobilizing for Change on Alcohol Coalition / · Pull individuals and individual organizations together in an effort to create a united front to combat substance abuse in Anchorage
· Centralized entity that works within other prevention programs/agencies
· Find funding streams for future sustainability.
· Survey CMCA members to ensure retention/satisfaction / · ~17 leadership members representing key community stakeholders/sectors working together on substance abuse in Anchorage
· Comprehensive work plan with measurable objectives
· Cooperation from police, schools, city government, other
· Data driven, producing results and guiding next steps
· Provides push for efforts that may not otherwise get accomplished (i.e. community social norms changed, development of school SA protocol, new appointments of leaders who understand SA prevention and are willing to facilitate)
· Increased youth civic engagement; ~18 middle and high school youth part of coalition initiatives
· Expanded visibility in community
· Enabled community members to analyze and solve problems
· Risk & protective factors identified
· Identified gaps in services / · Paid Director
· Paid Project Assistant
· Federal/State/City financial and political support
· Leadership support from all sectors
· Volunteer support
· Time
· Meeting space / · Coalition members trained in grant writing, evaluation and sustainability through local training series
· Add a “fundraising request” piece to Annual Report
· Membership dues of Coalition key stakeholder organizations
· Set up guidelines to collect presentation donations/fees
· Hire fundraising consultant in Year 3 (pending state funding)
· Develop Fundraising Action Team Discuss donations to Coalition “in lieu of flowers” through local funeral homes/hospices
· Partner with other agencies regarding fund raiser events/activities
· Request services/goods vs. cash funds during fund raising
· Seek private sources of funding (endowments) / · Providence Hospital, Alaska Regional Hospital, Insurance Companies, APD,
· Rotary Club
· Chamber of Commerce
· National businesses such as Credit Union 1, Alaska USA Federal Credit Union, Teamsters Union, Nordstroms, Target, Wal-Mart, IBEW, Comcast/ Verizon/Target/Marshalls/Eastern Bank
· Apply for state Healthy Community Planning Grant
CMCA Director / · Liaison/Point Person
· Provide ongoing training to coalition members
· Continue to foster networking opportunities / · Centralized Coalition Coordinator prevents duplication of efforts
· Assess, analyze and address community readiness
· Delegate to coalition team members
· Sustain vested coalition membership / · Funds for position / · Federal/State/Municipal grants
· Foundation grants/awards
· Fund raising / · State
· City
· Local businesses
Data Team / · Data dashboard creation for organizations to post data for community to use / · Using risk/protective factor data from various sources, grant applications submitted by: Melrose Alliance Against Violence, Melrose Police Dept, Melrose-Wakefield Hospital, Melrose Partnership for Healthy Youth, YMCA / · School Health Advisory Committee/School Dept for YRBS
· Alaska Wellness Coalition
· Database/wiki consultant
· CMCA Adult Perceptions, Attitudes and / · Discuss need for data collection for all to use with United Way of Anchorage, State of Alaska, Alaska Wellness Coalition, Alaska School District / · CADCA
· State of Alaska Behavioral Health
· Alaska Team Media Institute
· University of Alaska Anchorage
Youth Action Team / · Youth involvement in substance abuse prevention solutions / · Youth voice-peer to peer impact
· Youth buy-in
· Empower youth to make positive change within their community / · Youth
· Adult point person / · Discussions with ASD and local churches inclusion of the CMCA youth action team into their existing structures. / · School
· City
· Baseball Players grants
· Local youth serving organizations
Environmental Strategies
School Policy Enforcement / · Increase youth perception of risk involved in being caught in violation of alcohol/other drug policies
· Increase consistent/fair policy enforcement by faculty/staff
· Raise awareness of policy / · Policy reviewed/improved
· Policy protocol for violations for faculty/staff created
· Number of violations to increase (i.e. # tickets issued for smoking on school grounds, youth caught involved in drug/alcohol engagement at school functions)
· New School Resource Officer hired
· Reduce # of offenders / · High School faculty/staff/administration
· School Resource Officer
· School Principals/Vice Principals / · Police/School budget / · Police/School budget
Shoulder Tap Surveys / · Reducing the practice used by minors to get alcohol from strangers at retail outlets
· Police officers develop relationships with local youth
· Vendor and communities more aware of accountability
· Reduce “yes” by % TBD
· Frequency of ST’s / · Number of adults who refused
· Train youth to become paid informants for ABC Board
· Train Resident Advisory at UAA on education of providing access to alcohol to minors for all campus residents. / · Students
· Police
· Cooperation from liquor stores
· Grant money from outside agencies
· UAA RA’s / · Youth in Action baseball players grant
· Partnership with Mid-town Rotary
· Funds from Health and Wellness Department at UAA
· Partnership with Greek Life at UAA / · Rotary Club
· Chamber of Commerce
Media campaigns (i.e. Don’t Trade My Future for a Drink, Feed the Seed What it Needs, Bad Ideas ) / · Educating community about norms regarding youth access to alcohol through the home
· Using local stations for PSA’s, local newspapers, print supplies such as posters/bookmarks/newspaper inserts / · CMCA media campaignà83% of those surveyed in 2012 had heard of the campaign.
· Of those who heard about the camping 67% reported they learned something new about underage drinking,
· Of the 67%, 49% of respondents reported they share new knowledge with someone else. / · Campaign materials
· Staff/volunteers
· Media support-print and video
· Community + school buy-in / · Non-Profit posting PSA’s on their websites
· Posting Potty Press in additional locations in community
· / · Paid advertising provided by Coastal television,
· Recovery Alaska local television
· Anchorage School District cable station
·
Healthy Alternatives for Youth / · Provide Pro-Social Support
· Supports collaborations with local youth serving organizations
· Less idle time for teens and provides designated area for teens
· 3-4 additional band, open mic, and/or talent nights at 12-100Teen Center
· 3-4 Open Gym nights planned for late Winter 2013
· Increase Coalition presence at youth ongoing and one-time events
· Continued youth buy-in to Coalition / · No data to-dateàcurrently in planning/pilot phase, as stated in Need column / · Locations/venues
· DJ’s, entertainment, prizes, music
· Public support
· Police support / · YMCA national grants
· Plan with 12-100 Teen Center, Police Department
· Discuss adding place on youth membership YMCA application to track who joined due to Open Gym attendance / · Chamber of Commerce
· PTO’s
· YMCA
· Community Fundraisers involving Youth creatively raising public funding for/at these events
· Rabbit Creek Community Church
· Municipality of Anchorage Parks and Rec Department
Educational Programs
Prime of Live / · Community Assessment data shows family management problems and favorable parental attitudes toward alcohol use to be risk factors in Anchorage
· Direct contact with parents/children
· Drug prevention skills
· Bonding/communication shills (Parents/children) / · Fall 2007 = 1st round of sessions
Ø 4 of 12 trained facilitators used
Ø 20 participants
· Greatest positive change seen pre to post = 55% parents now strongly agree with statement that “children who are bonded to their families are less likely to use drugs” / · $ for curriculum materials
· Program space
· Keep facilitators available and trained/re-trained
· Good marketing to get participation i.e. thru student homework assignment, guidance counselors, local media outlets. Church bulletins / · Develop in-kind space plan with places of worship
· Use facilitators and past participants to use word of mouth to find businesses willing to fund in future / · PTO’s
· Rotary
· Chamber
· Local Businesses
Alcohol and Drug Information School / · Evidence-based curricula focused on alcohol prevention (#1 drug of choice among Alaska youth) / · High School YRBS data show positive trends in current/lifetime alcohol use since implementation / · Buy in from school staff
· $ for curricula
· Time in Health class schedule to teach it
· Training for staff to implement by consultant
· Buy in by parents / · Court ordered class for all first time offenders of Alcohol and/or drug violations
· Include training in Drivers Educational courses
· Partnership with local insurance agencies
· Part of health course for charter/private schools
· Military youth and families / · School Committee
· Juvenile Justice Grant
· Mayor’s Special Taskforce grant
· Charter/Private schools
· Insurance offices
· Military
Botvin Life Skills Training Class / · Life skill development in the areas of; communication skills, setting boundaries, refusal skills, self-worth / · Implementation scheduled for January in Trailside Housing project, Williwaw Elementary school, and for detention youth at McLaughlin Youth Center.
· Expectation is to have 350 youth attend course in next two years.
· Train 10 community members to conduct education classes / · $ for curricula
· Health/Wellness teacher support / · Discussions with Juvenile justice System to adopt this as their one of their sentencing conditions for alcohol/drug prevention / · School Dept
· School Committee
· Baseball Players Trust Grant
· DJJ
Mandatory Pre-Prom forum/Community Briefing / · Underage drinking discussions with parents, students, community leaders
· Change social norms around underage house parties being “acceptable”
· Discussion/education around Social Host Liability Law
· Open-to-community and youth-led event scheduled for March 2013 / · Expect 450 attendees (parents plus their child)
· Conduct post parent survey to show % of parents who agreed with the statement: “My child knows our family’s expectations and consequences for underage drinking” / · High School’s
· Student Council
· PTO / · Student Government / · School Organizations
· Anchorage United for Youth
· Alaska Teen Media institute
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