Technical Assistance

Staffing

Communication

Video Conferencing – In addition to onsite and telephone consultations, the IPRC evaluation team can provide video consultations via free vide conferencing. Requirements include free downloaded software, a computer camera, and a high-speed internet connection.

Website – Information, documents and resources are available via the IPRC website. Monthly updates are sent highlighting updates to this website.

Technical Assistance will take different forms, depending on the topic and on local needs. In general, IPRC is disposed toward methods that will build the capacity of local individuals and organizations to carry out the SPF process independently in the future. All recipients can expect, at the discretion of the IPRC’s representative and upon request, the following:

• General advising on the SPF process and assistance with planning local activities.
• Continuous feedback on SPF process fidelity.
• Connecting recipient staff, LEOW, LAC, and other entities to appropriate resources at the IPRC and elsewhere.
• Development of tools and documents to support SPF processes.
• Research (i.e., providing summaries of current scientific knowledge on specific prevention topic, such as risk factors for a specific subpopulation).
• Assistance with the selection or development of instruments and methods for data collection, analyses, etc.
• Group trainings on informational and skills topics as needed.

In a Nutshell - Assessment and Evaluation Tip Sheet – Given the similarities between assessment and evaluation, this tip sheet provides some clarification and distinction between these two very important processes. 

Training

DMHA-Sponsored Trainings:

Upcoming

May 15, 2008 Implementation Issues

IU Kokomo

IPRC-Sponsored Trainings:

Other Trainings:

Indiana Mid-America Public Health Training Center (IN MAPHTC) 2008 Spring/Summer Course Catalog.

Professional Development For Nonprofits sponsored by Indiana Youth Institute, Greene County Foundation, and Greene County Community Learning Center Greene County 4-H Center

January 23rd 9 am-12:00pm    Building a Case for Support

February 26th 9 am-12:00 pm    Good is Not Good Enough, Build a Great Organization

March 11th 9 am-12 pm    Effective Board Governance

April 8th 9 am-12 pm      Defining Non Profit Collaboration

Register by calling the Community Learning Center at 659-3862, the Greene County Foundation at 659-3142, or emailing the Foundation at gcfound@yahoo.com.

Past Trainings

IPRC Event Calendar

Strategic Plan

Sample Strategic Plan – A sample document that provides major sections of a strategic plan with descriptions of content of each section

Graphs in Excel- Instructions for creating graphs in Excel 2003 using the Chart Wizard.

Intervention Selection Scoring Sheet- Scoring sheet for rating existing community interventions on six important areas (level of effectiveness, evaluation results, capacity, target population, cultural competence, and benefits to prevention). May serve as selection criteria and justification for the selection of interventions to expand or continue using SPF SIG funds.

National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP): NREPP is a searchable database of interventions for the prevention and treatment of mental and substance use disorders. SAMHSA has developed this resource to help people, agencies, and organizations implement programs and practices in their communities.

Imagine Indiana Together - Framework document to advance the mission of the Indiana Substance Abuse Prevention System.  Appendix B provides helpful guidelines for determining the quality of evidence supporting the effectiveness of interventions.

Science-Based Substance Abuse Prevention:  A Guide - Provided to grantees courtesy of the IPRC.

Promising and Proven Substance Abuse Prevention Programs - Provided to grantees courtesy of the IPRC.

Principles of Substance Abuse Prevention - Provided to grantees courtesy of the IPRC.

CSAP Changing Lives:  Programs That Make a Difference for Youth at High Risk - Provided to grantees courtesy of the IPRC

Implementation Primer:  Putting Your Plan into Action - A CADCA publication that will assist your coalition in the implementation of comprehensive strategies designed to acheive population-level reductions of substance abuse.

Overview of Evidence-Based Programs- A tip sheet highlighting levels of effectiveness of science-based prevention, hierarchy of prevention effectiveness, and considerations for selecting an evidence-based program.

Successful Prevention Strategies- A tip sheet highlighting six prevention strategies and principles of successful prevention programming.

NREPP Programs- A sampling of NREPP programs including program summary, cost, and website information.

Additional Resources for Prevention Interventions - Descriptions of interventions, outcomes, and levels of effectiveness.

Resource Assessment

Capacity Self Assessment

• SPF Self Efficacy Survey – An optional tool for assessing LAC and Workgroup member’s capacity in each SPF step. This tool may be useful in determining training needs and may also be used for evaluation purposes.
       - A scoring key and data template are available for data entry.
• Capacity Building doc
• Capacity Building Powerpoint

Capacity Building Tools

• SPF Self Efficacy Survey – An optional tool for assessing LAC and Workgroup member’s capacity in each SPF step. This tool may be useful in determining training needs and may also be used for evaluation purposes.
       - A scoring key and data template are available for data entry.
• Capacity Building Worksheets: An optional tool for use by the LAC to find and structure their capacity, both existing and potential.  These worksheets could be particularly helpful with the strategic plan and CLI part II.
• Capacity Building Powerpoint: An overview that could be used to show to a workgroup/LAC about the needs and resources of existing and potential infrastructure.
  

Infrastructure Assessment

2007 Prevention Infrastructure/Resources by County (.xls)

Prevention Infrastructure Worksheets - An optional worksheet for mapping existing  alcohol, cocaine, and methamphetamine programs/services to determine the risk/protective factors and intervening variables already being addressed.  This tool may be helpful in identifying gaps in services.

Prevention Resource Assessment Detail Sheet- An optional tool for recording detailed information of existing community programs/services.  This tool may be helpful in completing the Prevention Infrastructure Worksheets.

Needs Assessment

SEOW 2007 Data Sources Summary (.xls)

SEOW 2006 Data Sources Summary

Tool
• Alcohol Assessment Toolkit
• Expanded Alcohol Assessment Toolkit (.pdf) with definitions, operationalizations, and data sources for logic model factors
• Summary of Data Sources for alcohol logic model factors from the Expanded Alcohol Assessment Toolkit
Data
• County-level data have been provided directly to each funded community contracting with the IPRC.
• Indiana Alcohol Licenses 2007 (.xls)

Tool
• Methamphetamine Assessment Toolkit
Data
• County-level data have been provided directly to each funded community contracting with the IPRC.

Tool
• Cocaine Assessment Toolkit
Data
• County-level data have been provided directly to each funded community contracting with the IPRC.

Epi Profile Worksheets - An optional worksheet for mapping epidemiological data onto the logic model for alcohol, cocaine, and methamphetamine use.  This tool and sample interpretation may be helpful in writing the epi profile.

Epi and infrastructure worksheet instruction sheets.

Risk & Protective Factors – Example of operationalized indicators of risk & protective factors.

National Outcome Measures (NOMs) Survey – Optional survey that may be collected at the community level during assessment phase to serve as a baseline for monitoring drug use trends over time, comparison with state telephone survey conducted by state evaluators or comparison with local program evaluation results.  The survey is available in WORD format (English / Spanish) or Survey Monkey (English / Spanish).

Alcohol and tobacco-involved births. Self-reported tobacco smoking and use of alcohol during pregnancy by new mothers, county and state-level counts and rates, from birth certificate data collected and reported by ISDH (Epidemiology Resource Center Data Analysis Team).

Workgroup Guides

Workgroup Recruitment Brochure

Workgroups Planning Advice Document

Training and Outreach Workgroup
Tips for Great Trainings and Meetings - A list of helpful tips for conducting great trainings and meetings.

LEOW
Sample Data Agreement - It is recommended that coalitions have a signed agreement on file with each data provider.  This sample agreement can be modified for your community.

Youth/Young Adult Workgroup
Youth Advisory Document

Cultural Competence

Cultural Competence Primer:  Incorportating Cultural Competence into Your Comprehensive Plan - A CADCA publication providing a basic understanding of cultural competence and its importance in the long-term success of the SPF.  

Effective Community Mobilization:  Lessons from Experience - Provided to grantees courtesy of the IPRC.

Being an Effective Coalition - CADCA Powerpoint presentation providing useful information about how to develop and maintain an effective coalition and develop your ability to successfully implement the Strategic Prevention Framework. 

Being an Effective Coalition Note Taking Guide - A companion to the CADCA Powerpoint presentation.

Other SPF States

North Carolina has some useful documents, such as tracking forms for the communities.

West Virginia has a useful checklist for communities

Michigan has a useful list of data sources for SPF-SIG that might serve as a model