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A Public Health Approach to Drug Policy March 12, 2015 General Arthur T. Dean Chairman and CEO, CADCA www.cadca.org Building Safe, Healthy, and Drug Free Communities What Is CADCA? 2 Building Safe, Healthy, and Drug Free Communities What is a Coalition? 3 Building Safe, Healthy, and Drug Free Communities How do Coalitions Work? By mobilizing diverse sectors of the community to analyze local data and implement comprehensive strategies that foster effective programs, policies and practices to create population level reductions in substance abuse. 4 Building Safe, Healthy, and Drug Free Communities Coalitions Engage Diverse Community Partners • • • • • • • Youth Parents Businesses Media Schools Youth serving organizations Faith based community • • • • • Civic and volunteer groups Law enforcement Health care professionals State, local or tribal agencies Other organizations involved in reducing substance abuse 5 Building Safe, Healthy, and Drug Free Communities Coalitions are Strategic and Data-Driven Coalitions use the Strategic Prevention Framework to guide their planning. Coalitions that complete CADCA’s rigorous National Coalition Academy develop Five essential products: 1. community assessment, 2. logic model, 3. strategic & action plan, 4. evaluation plan, and 5. sustainability plan. Sources: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; CADCA National Community Anti-Drug Coalition Institute 6 Social Ecological Model Coalitions engage at each step within this Public health model. Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/health_equity/culturalrelevance.html 7 How Coalitions Achieve Impact 8 Building Safe, Healthy, and Drug Free Communities The U.S. Drug-Free Communities Program • The U.S. has invested a total of $1.25 billion in the DFC program since it began in 1998. • The DFC Program has funded more than 2,000 coalitions since it began. • Currently, the U.S. has 680 DFC Grantees. • CADCA was the driving force behind the passage of this program and is the primary training and technical assistance provider for the program. 9 Building Safe, Healthy, and Drug Free Communities DFC Coalitions Are Effective Source: Office of National Drug Control Policy, National Evaluation of the Drug-Free Communities Support Program Summary of Core Outcome Findings through 2013 10 A Coalition Example: Carter County, Kentucky Reduced Past 30 Day Use of Prescription Drugs Strategies Implemented to Achieve Outcomes: • Supported use of prescription drug monitoring programs • Led regular drug take back days and installed permanent drop boxes. • Implemented a social norms media campaign • Provided education to parents, teachers, youth and healthcare professionals • Convened a key leader community forum to educate about the growing prescription drug problem. Past 30 day use of prescription drugs among high school seniors decreased at a rate of 83.3%, from 12% in 2004 to 2% in 2012. 11 CADCA’s Framework is Published • CADCA’s problem-solving framework featured in Journal of Community Psychology • Article, “Testing A Comprehensive Community Problem-solving Framework for Community Coalitions,” published in August 2012 • Describes process coalitions use to contribute to population-level reductions in targeted substance abuse problems. 12 A Global Coalition Movement • CADCA began building anti-drug coalitions internationally in 2005 • Support from the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement • Helped build over 130 coalitions • Trained in 22 countries, on five continents • Training and technical assistance delivered in seven languages • The coalition model is adaptable around the world • Effective on problems associated with illicit drugs, alcohol, tobacco, and the abuse of medicines. 13 Building Safe, Healthy, and Drug Free Communities Stay Connected with CADCA Engage with CADCA – Visit: www.cadca.org Call: 1+1-800-54-CADCA Arthur T. Dean Major General, U.S. Army, Retired CADCA Chairman and CEO Email: [email protected] Join via Social Media: • Facebook: facebook.com/CADCA • Twitter: @cadca • Connected Communities Network: http://connectedcommunities.ning.com • YouTube: youtube.com/cadca09 • Linkedin: Linkedin/company/cadca 14 Building Safe, Healthy, and Drug Free Communities