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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 04021991 - IO.6 - I.O.-6 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra FROM: .•.::= � ,` . INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE �! s Costa March 25, 1991 Count� �"' -'� ,,., .:fir; y DATE: COW STATUS REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COU'N'TYWIDE DRUG AND SUBJECT: ALCOHOL ACTION PLAN SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND:JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS 1. Request the Health Services Director to draft appropriate survey instruments designed to evaluate the impact on the community of the implementation of the Countywide Drug and Alcohol Action Plan, have them reviewed and approved by ADEC and the Regional Steering Committees, share an outline of the evaluation ' process with our Committee before implementing it and then report the status of the evaluation process back to our Committee within six months. 2. Request the Health Services Director to prepare a letter to the manufacturer of CISCO for signature by all members of the Board of Supervisors, expressing the Board' s appreciation for the cooperation and responsibility they have shown in repackaging CISCO, changing their marketing focus and generally taking steps to insure that CISCO is not accidentally purchased as a wine cooler or soft drink. 3 . Authorize the Health Services Director and County Administrator to discontinue further effort to pursue state legislation which would outlaw or otherwise restrict the sale of CISCO in California, in view of the steps which have been taken at the federal level. 4. Request the Health Services Director to keep our Committee advised of the status ! of federal regulations designed to institutionalize the agreement which has been reached with the manufacturer of CISICO. i i CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENTYe S YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY OR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE SIGNATURE(S): SCHRODER SUNNE WRIGHT McPEAK ACTION OF BOARD ON Apri 1 2, 1991 1 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER ! i VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE X UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. CC: ATTESTED ' . /Q 9 Health Services Director PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF County Administrator _ SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BY DEPUTY M382 (10/88) • i 5. Request the Health Services Director to urge that CSAC support efforts underway in this and other counties to enact "kegger party" ordinances and encourage all counties to enact such ordinances. 6. Agree to postpone the : scheduling of the next Countywide Coordinating Committee, ipending our Committee' s meeting with the Regional Coordinators in an effort to address their concerns regarding community input to the planning process for the OSAP grant. BACKGROUND: On March 5, 1991 the Board of Supervisors approved our last report on the status of the implementation of the Drug and Alcohol Action Plan and asked the Health Services Director to tell us on March 25, 1991 how he proposed to evaluate the extent to which the implementation ! of the Drug and Alcohol Action Plan has had a positive impact on community attitudes and behavior regarding the use and abuse of alcohol and other drugs. On March 25, 1991 . the Health Services Director met with our Committee and reviewed the attached report with us. Also present were the Alcohol Program Administrator, Drug Program Administrator and Colleen Floyd, Regional Coordinator for West County. Ms. Floyd asked that the Regional Coordinators have an opportunity to meet with the Internal Operations Committee to fine-tune the County' s compliance. with the terms of the OSAP grant before further steps are taken to schedule another Coordinating Committee meeting. We have agreed to schedule such a meeting. Our Committee reviewed the goals outlined in the attached report from the Health Services Director. We agree with the goals as specified, but believe that it is not necessary to spend additional money on an outside evaluation firm. The Health Services Department has, inlour opinion, sufficient expertise to accomplish such an evaluation design without additional outside assistance. What we are seeking here is to determine to what extent the implementation of the Countywide Drug and Alcohol Action Plan by the community has had a positive impact on the community. We are asking that the Health Services Director prepare the survey instruments which are required to evaluate the extent to which these goals have been achieved, review them with the Drug and Alcohol Executive Committee and Regional Steering Committees and return them to our Committee before they are put in use. We are also asking for a progress report on the status of the evaluation process after six months. We are very pleased with the cooperation which has been shown by the manufacturer of CISCO with the efforts of members of Congress, including Congressman George Miller and the Surgeon General of the United States to change the packaging of CISCO, place additional warning labels on the bottle and place the bottles in the same area of stores as other existing fortified wines. We are suggesting that the Board members join together in signing a letter to the manufacturer of CISCO expressing this appreciation. We were also advised that a; number of cities are considering the adoption of ordinances similar to that enacted recently by the City of Concord which allows the police to better enforce laws -2- i I against allowing minors to, consume alcoholic beverages in a private residence, the so-called "kegger party" ordinances. We are asking that the Health Services Director bring this type of ordinance to the attention of CSAC and encourage them to support efforts by all counties to enact such ordinances. Finally, we were advised of the initiative effort currently underway in Richmond to place on the ballot in November a measure which would increase the current 500 feet limit on cigarette and alcoholic beverage advertisements in proximity to schools to a limit of 2000 feet. We will continue to meet with the Health Services Director on a monthly basis in order to provide oversight to these efforts and report the results to the Board of Supervisors. -3- I I L. 4 r Contra; The Board of supervisors Costa. Health Services Department Tom Powers,1st District Cou Nancy C.Fanden.2nd District Robert I.Schroder.3rd District s OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR Sunne Wright McPeak,4th District �r Tom Torlakson.5th District Mark Finucane,Director:.��� � Administrative offices County ,administrator 20 Allen Street „o Martinez.California 94553 C County Administrator cam couii� c*y� (415)646-4416 I To: I.O. Committee From: Mark Finucane Health Services Director Re: Proposed Evaluation Design;For Community Drug and Alcohol Action Plan Date: March 21, 1991 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - In response to a request from the I.O. Committee for an evaluation plan for this Drug and Alcohol Action Plan we are proposing the following evaluation design. This evaluation plan would be conducted by the Center for Applied Local Research which is currently evaluating the OSAP Community Partnership grant along with several other federal grants. COMMUNITY DRUG AND ALCOHOL ACTION PLAN PROPOSED EVALUATION DESIGN Goal #1: Reduce the incidence and prevalence of alcohol and other drug abuse in Contra Costa County through: Prevention and Education; Intervention, Treatment, and Aftercare; and Law Enforcement and Interdiction. Recent surveys conducted in Contra Costa County by the Alcohol Research Group can provide baseline data regarding the prevalence of alcohol and drug abuse among the general population as well as among various special population subgroups - e.g., people seeking emergency medical care, people in!jail, etc. Abbreviated versions of these surveys should be repeated periodically (as often as every two years) to identify trends in overall levels of alcohol and drug abuse as well as in the use of specific types of drugs. Measurement of the incidence of alcohol and/or drug abuse is considerably more difficult. However, while most users are young adults, the majority of new users are youth in the 13 - 17 year age group. Accordingly, we can obtain approximate incidence rates with a brief annual survey in a sample of high school and junior high school classrooms throughout the County, the survey instrument should be ;limited to two questions about each of several different types of drugs and about alcohol:; (1) Current use (during the past 12 months) - I i e.g., none, rare, occasional, regular, frequent - and (2) Prior use (i.e., prior to the past 12 months). Such a survey could be administered in as little as 5-10 minutes. Despite its simplicity,it would yield valuable information about the success of prevention and education efforts directed at youth, as well as about'the need for additional intervention services. Goal #2: Empower individual citizens;community organizations, and key civic leaders to take responsibility for reducing the abuse of alcohol and other drugs. To measure the extent to which individual citizens are"empowered to take responsibility...." a series of simple survey questions can be added to the periodic general population survey proposed above. These items should focus on respondents sense of "loss of control" over alcohol and drug abuse in their community, and their awareness of and knowledge about ways they can participate in a "community partnership." To measure the extent to which community organizations are "empowered to take responsibility...." a brief written survey can be sent each year to a sample of community organizations from throughout the County. This survey should ask what the organization is doing (regarding alcohol and drug abuse) and what additional activities and program are under consideration. Several focus groups with leaders of various community groups should be conducted as an aid in designing this s.'urvey instrument. To measure the extent to which key civic leaders are "empowered to take responsibility...." a sample of community leaders can be drawn from each region in the County and asked to respond to an (anonymous)written survey regarding their potential and actual leadership role in fighting alcohol and drug abuse in their community. For example, for each of a series of possible roles (e.g. make community presentations or speeches, start a ballot initiative, organize a parents group, etc.), respondents could be asked to choose from responses such as "Not feasible for me to do this", "Feasible, but I haven't considered this", "Have considered but decided against", "Plan to do this", "Doing this now", or "Did this in the past, but not anymore". Respondents should also be asked to identify barriers to their more active participation. Goal #3: Encourage an integrated effort with participation from all sectors of the community--individuals,families, schools,law enforcement,media,business and labor, medical, mental .health and alcohol and drug services providers, religious and community :organizations, local government and service organizations. Regional committees (such as those currently working on the OSAP Community Partnership project) and local committees (such as CASA's) can play a major role in evaluating the extent to which this goal is achieved. All committee members should be asked to complete a brief, annual questionnaire focusing on: (1) the extent to which there is widespread participation (as described in Goal #3 above); and (2) the extent to which participating agencies and organizations have integrated their efforts. This questionnaire should also be distributed to selected service providers and other organizations. Goal #4: Mobilize and maximize the effectiveness of existing resources through cooperation and public-private partnerships. Generate new resources where needed. • Here, too, regional and community groups can participate in an annual evaluation. We recommend conducting a series of local focus groups that address the extent to which this goal has been accomplished. Participants; should be asked to discuss specific examples of cooperation and public-private partnerships and how these have contributed to enhancing the effectiveness of existing resources.. Similarly, they should be asked to identify new resources in their community and to discuss how these resources were planned and developed. Each year, one example (of special cooperation, public-private partnership, or the development of a new resource) should be selected from each region for further study through intensive interviews with those involved. These studies should be described in a series of brief articles to be submitted for possible media publication. Specific Objectives: The County's ActionPlan contains a number of recommendations for specific programs and activities. In addition, the Plan is supplemented by more detailed plans for each region. These regional plans also contain recommendations for many specific program and activities. A checklist of these specific action recommendations should be asked to specify: (1) Is this still recommended?; (2) Status (e.g., 'no action, in planning stage, grant application pending, etc.); and (3) Actual or anticipated barriers to accomplishment. A similar list should be prepared by County staff for county-wide recommendations. These lists should be submitted annually to the Board.