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SPF SIG
UPDATES
The
Partnership
Perspective
–
By Drug Free
Partnership
Coordinator
Jeane Bock
Thank
you to our
LaPorte
County
judges!
Because our
circuit
court judges
have been so
diligent in
collecting
drug offense
related
fines, the
Drug Free
Partnership
had more
than
$160,000 to
appropriate
in grants
this year!
How does
this work?
Funding is
obtained
through
court
imposed
fines from
convicted
alcohol and
drug related
offenders.
By state
law, it is
placed into
the
Community
Drug Free
Fund.
Seventy five
% of these
funds are
annually
awarded
through a
grant
process to
community
organizations
and
individuals
involved in
designing
and
implementing
projects and
services
addressing
the actions
recommended
in the Drug
Free
Partnership’s
County
Plan. The
Partnership
attacks this
complicated
issue via a
three-pronged
approach:
Prevention
and
Education,
Treatment,
and
Justice.
Twenty
LaPorte
County
projects are
being funded
this year.
Six Justice
grants are
being
awarded:
LaPorte
County
Sheriff
Breathalyzers:
$5,574, Teen
Court,
LaPorte:
$8,045,
Teen Court,
Michigan
City:
$8,635,
LaPorte
Metro
Operations
Drug Task
Force:
$7,500,
LaPorte
Police
Department:
$4,800 for
portable
breath
tests, Risk
Reduction/Women’s
Groups at
Bradley
Center:
$800.
There are
nine
Prevention
grants and
projects:
TRIAD pill
drops:
$1,000,
South
Central
Junior/Senior
High School
self-esteem
program:
$1,977,
Community
Corrections
Teacher:
$9,600,
Project Ed:
$10,000,
County Jail
Relapse
Through
Employment
Mentor and
Education:
$8,600,
Boys and
Girls Club:
$8,738 ,
YANA:
$1,000,
Special Red
Ribbon
Projects:
$2,000,
Youth Making
Moves:
$2,000,
Special
Coalition
Projects:
$4,000,
Drug Free
Partnership:
$2,816 for
coalition
building and
public
education.
Also, we’re
giving six
Treatment
grants:
Prenatal
Substance
Use
Prevention
Program at
Dunebrook:
$5,000,
Pathway
Family
Center for
adolescent
treatment:
$15,000,
Open Door
Adolescent
Treatment:
$8,250,
Community
Corrections
In-House
Treatment:
$5,000,
County Jail
Substance
Abuse
Treatment:
$8,500, It
Takes a
Village
Community
Action Board
/ Rejoice:
$10,000
Subsequent
columns will
focus on
some of
these
programs so
you can hear
firsthand
what is
going on in
our county,
the problems
we see, the
stories we
hear, and
what is
being done.
So thank you
Honorable
Judges
Kathleen B.
Lang, Steven
E. King,
Paul J.
Baldoni, and
William J.
Boklund for
all your
support in
2008. We
could not do
this without
you. |
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SPF SIG PROGRAM
Work has continued at a hectic pace over the
past several months as the project team for the
Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive
Grant (SPF SIG) has gathered a wealth of
valuable data for the county’s drug / alcohol /
tobacco epidemiological study. Community members
still are invited to become involved in this
federally-funded initiative to improve local
drug and alcohol prevention efforts.
The SPF SIG grant focuses on reducing youth
access to alcohol and tobacco; reducing alcohol,
tobacco and marijuana use among Indiana youth
and adults, along with substance abuse-related
crime and problem behavior; and increasing
capacity and effectiveness of Indiana's
prevention system.
To gather the statistics and data reflecting use
and abuse trends in our communities, several
local workgroups have formed to determine where
and how to collect this essential information.
The groups include:
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 Local
Advisory Council oversight group,
consisting of the Drug Free
Partnership board.
Local
Epidemiological Outcomes Workgroup
headed by Roosevelt University
to gather stakeholders from law
enforcement, health care, mental
health,
schools, social service
organizations, etc. to collect
specific data.
Evaluation
– to determine the process moves
forward effectively.
Training
/ Outreach – to inform the community
about the process.
Cultural
Competency – to consider cultural
implications in regards to the
issues.
Youth
– to actively involve students in
the process.
Program
Policy – to evaluate existing local
prevention and treatment
programs.
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