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Overview
ATOD prevention programming is funded by multiple sources including:
- Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant (SAPT)
- Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant
- Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities
- State General Fund
Programs that fall under the Direct Services title serve children from birth to 17 years old. Most prevention programming is provided in school settings or out-of-school/after school settings however, some programming also addresses community environment and community mobilization.
0-6: the Family Assessment Scale
Prevention programs working with children from birth through age 6 primarily work with parents to decrease potential risk factors and increase protective factors that may influence later substance use. This might include ATOD use by the parents, parenting skills, attachment and bonding between parent and child, education, and financial security.
The Family Assessment Scale will be revised during FY 09. If you use the FAS tool in your program, please consider being part of the revisions process. Contact Martha Waller or Liz Lilliott to find out more about the revisions process.
Pre-K through 6
Programs that work with children from kindergarten through 6th grade may work with parents, teachers, and/or children. Evaluation efforts may focus on feedback provided from parents, teachers, and/or students. The student survey in this case is only used with 5th & 6th graders because of the reading level of the survey. When working with children in lower grades, use only the parent survey and add teacher survey if possible.
Special Note for those using the K-6 Student Instrument: If you are using the K-6 Student instrument for evaluation purposes (meaning you are evaluating 5th & 6th graders only), then you are not required to also collect parent and teacher data. However, if you want to collect data from parents and teachers and are successful at doing so, please feel free to do so. You must use the parent and teacher instruments if you do not have student data. If you have any questions about which instruments you should be using, please contact Martha Waller or Liz Lilliott.
12-17: Strategies For Success (SFS)
Programs working with teens focus on multiple risk and protective factors such as ATOD use, attitudes and perceptions, building resiliency and leadership skills to improve the student’s ability to resist drugs, and relationship and socialization skills.
The Strategies for Success instrument was revised for FY 09. There are now 6 modules available in both Spanish and in English. A detailed protocol is also available with instructions on how to use the instruments.
Prevention Coalitions
Coalitions develop community needs assessments, strategic plans for prevention, build local capacity, and work to mobilize the community around ATOD prevention efforts.
Methamphetamine Prevention
ValueOptions New Mexico and the Office of Substance Abuse Prevention effectively prevent methamphetamine use in two New Mexico sites with local community agencies that are already part of New Mexico’s VO–OSAP provider network. Using the Strategic Prevention Framework, programs will be implemented in the four southwest counties of the state by Border Area Mental Health Services and in San Juan County by the San Juan County Partnership.
The projects will use a community organizing approach to change local institutional policies and practices. Institutional change includes the development of new ordinances and written policies, and changes in informal practices such as more frequent patrolling by local police agencies or increased media coverage of methamphetamine-related issues. Organized citizens in each of the intervention communities identify and promote a variety of policy initiatives designed to change the local environment in a way that makes it more difficult for young people to obtain and use methamphetamine, and make its use less acceptable within the local culture.
Total Community Approach (TCA)
The Total Community Approach is a partnership between the New Mexico Behavioral Health Collaborative (Collaborative) and local communities most affected by substance abuse. The Total Community Approach teams local municipalities/Local Collaboratives and targets resources from prevention to treatment and law enforcement to the areas where they are most needed to deal with substance abuse challenges. Community members, health care practitioners, and consumers of behavioral health services are engaged in planning and implementing the services best suited to address the substance use issues in their communities. 3 million dollars was made available for this initiative by the State Legislature for FY08. This is recurring funding and it is strongly recommended that 20% of each grant be allocated for prevention. The Director of Substance Abuse Prevention for ValueOptions New Mexico has worked with recipients of these funds in order to develop evidence-based prevention strategies.
Technical Assistance
Coming soon.
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