GASPS Regional Meeting

Travis Fretwell, MAC, NCAC II, CCSAssistant Executive Director & Director of the Office of Prevention Services and Programs (404) 657-2315 officetfretwell@dbhdd.ga.gov

WELCOMETravis Fretwell

Epi Updates

Pre-Assessment Tasks

Statewide Alcohol Awareness Campaign

Technical Support

FAQS from the Field

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Today’s meeting will cover:

EPI UPDATESMargie Irizarry-DeLaCruz

• Limited community-level data

• Available Data - County-level baseline data

(GSHS & GBI)- Snapshot the State will

use to determine High Need areas

- Indicators align with selected goals

Epi Data

• Selected Indicators to determine HIGH NEED areas

• Goal 1: Reduce the early onset of alcohol use among 9 to 20 year olds

• Selected Indicator A: Age of Onset

• Goal 2: Reduce the access to alcohol and binge drinking among 9 to 20 year olds

• Selected Indicator B: Binge Drinking

• Goal 3: Reduce binge drinking and heavy drinking among 18 to 25 year olds

• Selected Indictor C: DUI Arrest

Epi Data

Criteria for Selecting High Need Areas

Defining Communities

• Number of goals identified in each county that ranked high - 3 Goals vs. 2 Goals vs. 1 Goal

• Ranked high - Counts- Percentages

Why?• Overlapping Issue

- High need areas with no providers- Providers serving no high need areas- Target population to be served

- Ethnic groups- Age groups

Criteria for Selecting High Need Areas

Defining Communities• Overlapping Issue (cont)

- Number of providers per county- Number of providers serving single counties vs. multiple counties vs. multiple regions- Other counties to be served proposed by providers- Proposed budget - Resources & capacity- Feasibility based on timeline

Criteria for Selecting High Need Areas

Defining Communities• Next Steps- Narrowing down counties/defining

communities - Individual cases - Conference call/web meeting

• Sample Size will be determined at Need Assessment Training

• Pre-Assessment Activities - February Focus

FY12 Region 3 Funded Counties

A (1)

AB (5)

A (6)

C (2)AB (1)

Selected Indicators A = Goal 1B = Goal 2C = Goal 3

( ) = Number of providers

*Note: This is only a snapshot of HIGH NEED areas. Providers will determine goals during

Needs Assessment.

(4)

FY12 Region 1 Funded Counties

B

A C (3)

C (1)

(1)

B C (1)

B (1)

A B

C (1)

A C (1)

B

A B

A B C (3)

(1)

A

A B C (3)

A C (2)

B C (1)

A

A B

A C (1)

A B (1)

A B (1)

C

A

B

A B C (1)

C (2)

Selected Indicators A = Goal 1B = Goal 2C = Goal 3

( ) = Number of providers*Note: This is only a snapshot of HIGH NEED areas. Providers will determine goals during

Needs Assessment.

FY12 Region 2 Funded Counties

A C (2)

ABC (2)

AB (3)

BC (3)

BC (1)

AB (0)

AB (0)

AB (0)

AB (0)

ABC (1)

B (0)

B (2)

AB (0)

A

AB (1)

BC (1)

B (0)

AB (0)

(1)

(1)

(1)

Selected Indicators A = Goal 1B = Goal 2C = Goal 3

( ) = Number of providers

*Note: This is only a snapshot of HIGH NEED areas. Providers will determine goals during Needs

Assessment.

FY12 Region 5 Funded Counties

AB (2)

(2)

AB (1)

ABC (2)

(1)

(2)

AB (1)

(1)

C (2)

ABC (3)

C (1)

AB (3)

(1)

AC (3)

(2)

(1)

AB (1)

C (3)

B (3)

(1)

C (2)

(1)

B (1)

B (2)

(1)

AB (1)

(2)

(2)

AB (1)

(1)

B (1)AB (2)

AB (2)

AB (1)

Selected Indicators A = Goal 1B = Goal 2C = Goal 3( ) = Number of providers*Note: This is only a snapshot of HIGH NEED areas. Providers will determine goals during

Needs Assessment.

FY12 Region 4 Funded Counties

AB (1)AB (2)

ABC (1)

AB (1)

ABC (1)

AB (0)

C (1)

AB (0)

AB (0)

C (2)

AB (1)

(3)

(3)

(1)

(1)

(1)

Selected Indicators A = Goal 1B = Goal 2C = Goal 3

( ) = Number of providers*Note: This is

only a snapshot of HIGH NEED areas. Providers will determine goals during Needs Assessment.

FY12 Region 6 Funded Counties

(1)

(2)

ABC (1)

AB (1)

(1)

A (3)(1)

AC (3)

(1)

(0)

BC (1)

ABC (1)

(0)

(1)

AB (0)

(2)

AC (2)

(1)

BC (1)

B (0)

(1)

AB (0)

AC (1)

ABC (1)

(2)A (2)

AB (2)

AB (2)

C (2)

AB (2)

(0)

Selected Indicators A = Goal 1B = Goal 2C = Goal 3

( ) = Number of providers*Note: This is

only a snapshot of HIGH NEED areas. Providers will determine goals during Needs Assessment.

PRE-ASSESSMENT TASKSRPS Team

Pre-Assessment Checklist

Hire/Identify a Program Coordinator Submit resumes for Program Coordinator position. Submit contact information for all individuals involved with

this contract.

Attend Georgia Strategic Prevention System (GASPS) Orientation

Provide a list of individual(s) who attended the training.

Attend required initial training convened by (OPSP) adhering to all registration, logistical and learning assignments.

Provide list of individuals who attended the training and their role in this project.

Organizational and Initiative charts Submit an organizational chart. Submit an alcohol prevention initiative staffing chart.

Pre-Assessment Checklist

Join, establish and/or convene a substance abuse prevention/Drug-Free Community coalition.

Submit meeting minutes and signature roster along with MPR reports.

If the coalition has to be established, provide thorough description of monthly progress.

Establish and convene the Community Prevention Alliance Workgroup (CPAW). Remember the mobilizing your CPAW is an ongoing process.

Signed membership agreements from CPAW. Submit sub-workgroup meeting minutes and signature roster

along with MPR reports.

Participate in the statewide Alcohol Awareness Campaign. Submit campaign plan and relevant materials to OPSP for

approval.

STATEWIDE ALCOHOL AWARENESS MEDIA CAMPAIGN

Chris Wood

Alcohol Awareness Campaign

Why?• Increase community awareness around alcohol• Part of larger media campaign (Did You Know?) • April is Alcohol Awareness Month• Build capacity among providers - working with various forms of media, including social media • Collect service data• Deliverable in contract

What are we doing? Develop a campaign around alcohol during February Disseminate the campaign during March/April Submit campaign design and budget to your RPS by or before February 29th (i.e. if your proposed design is ready now, submit it for approval before you produce any campaign materials). For Alcohol Awareness Campaign, providers select the community or communities in the region to target (You are NOT REQUIRED to wait for your GASPS Community Defining conference call.) Each contract requires a campaign

Alcohol Awareness Campaign

Alcohol Awareness Campaign

Alcohol Awareness Campaign

TECHNICAL SUPPORT 101:WHO, WHAT & WHY

Tiffiany Aholou

Requesting Technical Support

1 In some instances we are able to give a

response within a short amount of

time.

2 Some matters may require some additional research

to appropriately respond. If this is the case, your coach will

keep you abreast.

2 Some matters may require some additional research

to appropriately respond. If this is the case, your coach will

keep you abreast.

3 Some requests may require

additional approval before acting. For

example, the request for a training.

1. The State is vested in ensuring you get the help you need.

2. If you’re thinking about it, chances are somebody else is probably thinking about it too...so enter it.

3. Your questions helps us to better support other providers across the state.

4. There is no cap on the number of requests you can submit.

5. No login passwords to recall

6. Completely web-based

7. Can enter using your Smart Phone

8. Accessible 24/7

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ECCO is the ECCO is the tool GASPS is tool GASPS is

using to using to document all document all requests for requests for

technical technical support.support.

8 Great Things About Using ECCO8 Great Things About Using ECCO

FAQS FROM THE FIELD

| GASPS FAQS

OPSP and GSU have complied your questions from ECCO entries and the RPS in a FAQ document.

FAQs will be an ongoing document available at www.ga-sps for additional guidance throughout the GASPS intiative.

We heard you had some questions, we're all ears…

| FAQS from the Field Part I.

What constitutes a community under the GASPS process? (EPI data)

How/when will I find out what geographic service area I will be focusing on? (EPI data)

What is the guidance around providers serving multiple regions?

| FAQS from the Field Part I. Con't

Can providers share CPAW if they are in same county or other geo area?

Can providers in the same region or county share a coalition?

What should providers be working on after the CPAW has been formed?

| FAQS from the Field. part II.

• In an on-going effort to ensure that you have information that will enable you to move forward with your CPAW formation and subsequent tasks, we will now offer time for you to think of questions that have not been covered in our presentation thus far.

| FAQS from the Field. part II.

1. Locate the index cards that are around the room. Please note: BLUE cards are for pre-assessment related task questions. YELLOW cards are for contract, admin or billing questions.

2. Meet with members from your organization to discuss the questions that you want to have addressed. Note: Make sure the questions have not been covered in the meeting or FAQs. Questions should only pertain to pre-assessment activities and admin. Needs assessment questions will be addressed at the needs assessment training.

3. Include your region on the cards.

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