SPF Indiana

the acronym "R.O.C.K." represents the mission of the program to provide Recreation, Object lessons, Culture and values, and Knowledge thru focused and supportive prevention activities designed to teach youth about social and media influences, conflict resolution and refusal/resistance skills, gang and violence prevention and the structuring of leisure time to be free of alcohol, tobacco and other drug use http://www.rock.indiana.edu/index.html

many times used to reference the annual conference http://www.apha.org/

another online resource listing of Evidence Based Programs, Policies, and Practices (EBP's) http://www.colorado.edu/cspv/blueprints/index.html

a center of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) which, through collaboration, creates the expertise, information, and tools that people and communities need to protect their health – through health promotion, prevention of disease, injury and disability, and preparedness for new health threats http://www.cdc.gov/

a web-based survey used for funded SPF-SIG communities

the highest level of certification offered through Indiana Association of Prevention Professionals (IAPP) http://www.preventionprofessionals.org/cred_cpp.asp

a center of SAMHSA which provides national leadership in the Federal effort to prevent alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs http://www.samhsa.gov/about/csap.aspx

the Community Board's and Key Leader's go-to person for CTC system implementation. Their roles include:

• Provision of staff support
• Working with the Program Director to coordinate trainings
• Handle Community Board meeting preparation and follow-up
• Document the CTC effort
• Prepare reports, as needed

 http://www.drugs.indiana.edu/spf/ a five step prevention planning tool which guides communities through the SPF approach to prevention. The steps are:

• Phase 1: Getting Started
• Phase 2: Organizing, Introducing, and Involving
• Phase 3: Developing a Community Profile
• Phase 4:  Creating a Community Action Plan
• Phase 5: Implementing and Evaluating the Community Action Plan

a program supporting over 700 drug-free community coalitions across the United States by providing the funding necessary for communities to identify and respond to local substance use problems.
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/dfc/

an Act of the Indiana General Assembly in an effort to accelerate Indiana's fight against substance abuse http://www.in.gov/cji/2425.htm

Part of the FSSA which supports network of mental health care providers and Funds addiction prevention and treatment programs http://www.in.gov/fssa/dmha/index.htm

14 subsections involving all 92 Indiana counties which are used as designations for SPF-SIG, CTC, and Afternoons R.O.C.K. in Indiana

responsible for one or more specific defined service areas and also functions as the CTC trainer by providing trainings and technical assistance for CTC system implementation

Programs, policies, and practices that have been proven effective through research

Indiana's health care and social service funding agency http://www.in.gov/fssa/

the United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves.  http://www.hhs.gov/ 

an association which established and provides a system for training and credentialing prevention professionals in Indiana. http://www.preventionprofessionals.org/index.asp

represents all components of Indiana's criminal and juvenile justice systems and serves as the state's planning agency for criminal justice, juvenile justice, traffic safety, and victim services. http://www.in.gov/cji/index.htm

an annual survey, coordinated by the Indiana Prevention Resource Center,  which measures alcohol, tobacco and other drug (ATOD) use by children and adolescents in the state of Indiana
http://www.drugs.indiana.edu/data-survey_monograph.html

a project, funded by the Division of Mental Health Addiction and led by the Indiana Prevention Resource Center, which exists to raise the awareness of problem gambling and promote treatment options in Indiana http://www.ipgap.indiana.edu/

DMHA's substance abuse prevention technical assistance contractor which assists Indiana based alcohol, tobacco and other drug (ATOD) prevention practitioners in order to improve the quality of their services http://www.drugs.indiana.edu/

councils found within all of Indiana's (92) counties that are charged with implementing comprehensive community plans which address substance abuse challenges through treatment, prevention, and enforcement http://www.in.gov/cji/2953.htm

Many times used to reference the annual meeting http://nasadad.org/

an institute of NIH which provides leadership in the national effort to reduce alcohol-related problems http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/Pages/default.aspx

an institute of NIH which leads the nation in bringing the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction.  http://www.nida.nih.gov/nidahome.html

one of the world's foremost medical research centers, and the Federal focal point for medical research in the United States. http://www.nih.gov/

the minimum data set required by SAMHSA for all SAPT Block grantees and also a dataset collected from funded SPF-SIG communities.

many times used to reference the annual conference http://swpc.ou.edu/npn/

an online resource listing of EBPs http://www.nrepp.samhsa.gov/ 

an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)  which exists to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America's communities  http://www.samhsa.gov/

an entity from IUPUI's Center for Health Policy which exists to review the epidemiological profile of substance use and abuse in Indiana.

http://www.drugs.indiana.edu/spf a community-based approach to prevention which uses a step-by-step process to help communities identify, manage, and evaluate their substance abuse prevention and mental health needs. The steps are:

• Assessment: Profiling needs and response capacity
• Capacity: Mobilizing and building needed capacity
• Planning: Developing a prevention plan
• Implementation: Using programs, policies, and strategies based on what is known to be effective
• Evaluation: Considering program effectiveness and sustaining what works well

A grant awarded to in Indiana in 2007 to fund the beginning of the SPF approach in the state http://www.drugs.indiana.edu/spf/

state government program designed to systematically monitor the effectiveness of tobacco retail compliance http://www.trip.indiana.edu/

monitors priority health-risk behaviors and the prevalence of obesity and asthma among youth and young adults. The YRBSS includes a national school-based survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state, territorial, tribal, and district surveys conducted by state, territorial, and local education and health agencies and tribal governments  http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/yrbs/index.htm