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SAPCA Action Plan: September 30, 2013 – September 29, 2014

DFC Goal 1: Increase community collaboration

Objective 1: Create a broader, more racially diverse membership within 5 years

Measure 1: Increase in membership of ten percent in business and faith sectors

Measure 2: Provide volunteer orientations to new members bi-monthly

Change Strategy Potential Interventions Who Could Do This In Our Community?

Provide

Information

1. Meet with and present to ethnically

and racially diverse communities,

business groups, parent groups and

youth groups

Board, Coordinator

2. Meet individually with faith leaders

in Alexandria to discuss and promote

collaboration opportunities

Board, Coordinator

3. Enhance collaboration with

Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS)

leaders and staff

Board, Coordinator, ACPS

4.Continue to work with Alexandria's

Children, Youth and Families

Collaborative Commission(CYFCC)

Board, Coordinator, CYFCC

5. Reach out to individual prospective

volunteers; have current volunteers

share their experiences

Volunteer Committee

Objective 2: Inform coalition members about key and current issues regarding alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana

use in Alexandria and nationally

Measure 1: Newsletter is sent on a monthly basis

Measure 2: Website is updated at least every two weeks

Measure 3: A social media plan is developed by December 31


Provide

Information

1. Send monthly e-newsletter to

Coalition members. Hold quarterly

meetings

Coordinator, Board

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2. Ensure SAPCA website unites all

sectors through current, engaging and

relevant content through a continuous

process of updating and maintaining the

site

Coordinator

3. Develop and follow a social media

plan that will increase our impact in the

community

Communication Committee; Social Media

Intern

4. Disseminate YRBS and

Developmental Assets survey data and

results from the 2013 community

assessment through presentations,

newspaper stories, SAPCA’s e-

newsletter and website

Communication Committee

5. Advocate that community

organizations disseminate survey data

and results from the community

assessment internally throughout their

organization

Board

Objective 3: Ensure SAPCA leaders have a stronger awareness of SAPCA's direction and progress for the year

and are actively involved in adjusting strategies as needed as measured by the annual member survey.

Measure 1: Annual board retreat is held

Measure 2: Evaluation is conducted quarterly

Measure 3: Cultural competency training is held


Provide

Information

1. Continue to hold an annual board

retreat, including committee chairs and

other SAPCA members, to discuss

progress towards achieving goals and

assessment of strategies

Board

2. Use survey data from SAPCA-

sponsored presentations (e.g Preventing

Risky Behaviors, wreckED and events

to assess progress against goals and

their impact

Board, Coordinator

3. Review evaluator's report on

SAPCA's work and refine priorities

accordingly

Board

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4. Use data from board dashboard tool

and board assessment to strengthen

board functioning

Board

Build Skills 5. Conduct cultural competence training

to ensure we are making diverse

population level change

City - Office of Human Rights

6. Ensure Above the Influence

Campaign members are aware of

changes in SAPCA’s action plan

Board

Reduce

Barriers/Enhance

Access

7. Provide youth with transportation to

events that teach leadership skills, i.e.,

annual CADCA conference

Recreation Department, SAPCA, ACPS

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DFC Goal 2: Reduce youth substance use

Local Condition 1: Youth have easy access to alcohol * Qualitative

Measure 1: 59% of youth report that it was "sort of easy or "very easy" for minors to get alcohol

Measure 2:

30% of parents said it would be “sort of easy” and 23% said “very easy” for their child to

get alcohol

Measure 3:

27% of parents reported that they know of parents who provide alcohol to their children

Change

Strategy

Potential Interventions Who Could Do This

In Our Community?

Status

Provide

Information

1. Disseminate “Those Who Host Lose

the Most” material in the community (at

events)

Providing

Information

Workgroup

Ongoing

2. Promote the posting of “Parents Who

Host Lose the Most” material at Police

Station and at other appropriate

locations

Providing

Information

Workgroup

Completed

3. Host April is Alcohol Awareness

Month events focusing on the

consequences of providing alcohol to

minors

Providing

Information

Workgroup,

SAPCA’s Above the

Influence Club

April 2014

4. Send beach week/graduation/prom

letter to parents advising about the easy

availability of alcohol and the

importance of monitoring youth

ACPS, Providing

Information

Workgroup

March 2014

5. Post information on ACPS Daily

Digest and the City's weekly Youth

Topics eNewsletter

ACPS

communications

representative, Ms.

Jaci Coachman,

DCHS Office of

Youth Services for

Youth Topics

Ongoing

6. Disseminate information at athletic

orientations and events through schools

and recreation centers

SAPCA, ACPS,

Recreation

Department

Ongoing

7. Send letters to alcohol vendors and

hotels where prom is taking place and

include inserts in letters sent by All

Night Grad Party (ANGP) to sponsors

who sell alcohol

Coordinator,

Providing

Information

Workgroup

April/May 2014

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Provide

Support

8. Support non-alcoholic youth events -

e.g., T.C. Williams ANGP, Department

of Rec’s out of school activities

PTSA Ongoing

Build Skills 9. Provide presentations to parents at

sports orientations that promote talking

to youth the issue of underage drinking

and educate parents on the need to

monitor alcohol at home

Providing Info

Workgroup

Not Started

Reduce

Barriers and

Enhance

Access

10. Support law enforcement’s quarterly

compliance checks Law Enforcement,

Coordinator, Board,

Above the Influence

Club

Ongoing

11. Conduct Project Sticker Shock at

least once a year Various SAPCA

sectors (Recreation

Department, Law

Enforcement, DCHS)

Sept 2014

Change the

Consequences

12. Send congratulatory letters to

vendors that pass compliance checks SAPCA, Law

Enforcement

Ongoing

13. Recognize retail outlets that

participate in Project Sticker Shock SAPCA, Sticker

Shock Partners

Sept 2014

14. Work with law enforcement to

ensure enforcement of Social Host Law Law Enforcement,

Commonwealth

Attorney’s Office

Ongoing

Change the

Physical

Design of the

Environment

Modify Policy

*Focus group data

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Local Condition 2: Youth glamorize alcohol use * Previous YRBS data

Measure 1: 41% of 7th through 12th graders have at least a few friends who drink alcohol once a week or

more

Measure 2: 70% of 12th graders reported they have at least a few friends who drink alcohol once a week

or more

Measure 3: 25% of 12th graders reported most or all of their friends drink alcohol once a week or more

Change

Strategy

Potential Interventions Who Could Do This In

Our Community?

Status

Provide

Information

1. Present wreckEd presentations to PE

classes at Minnie Howard and TC

Williams campus; to ELL classes, and

to other youth groups

Shelly, Coordinator

Volunteers

Jan/Feb 2014

2. Partner with Alexandria Police (APD)

Youth Services Coordinator and the

Recreation Centers to conduct substance

abuse prevention/risky behavior

workshops and wreckED for youth

during the summer

Recreation, Law

Enforcement, SAPCA

Members

Summer 2014

3. Provide youth with literature on the

harms of alcohol at various venues SAPCA, Various

Partners

Ongoing

Provide

Support

4. Provide alternative activities worthy

of glamorization - youth win Volunteer

awards, attend conferences, make

presentations

Recreation

Department, SAPCA,

ACPS

Ongoing

5. Support non-alcoholic youth events -

e.g., T.C. Williams ANGP, Department

of Rec’s out of school activities

SAPCA Same as LC1, Strategy

9; ongoing

Build Skills 6. Encourage youth to write and submit

op-eds to the local papers during key

times/events such as Alcohol Awareness

Month, before Project Sticker Shock,

prom, and graduation

SAPCA Board,

Communications

Committee, Above the

Influence Club

April, Sept 2014

7. Hold activities such as “Tag It”, “Be

It” or “Express It” for National Above

the Influence Day – October 18, 2013

Providing Support

Workgroup, ROTC,

ACPS

Oct 2013

Reduce

Barriers and

Enhance

Access

9. Provide material in multiple

languages ACPS, SAPCA ongoing

10. Create and/or support events that

encourage non-alcohol activities. Poll

youth to determine which activities they

will attend

SAPCA, Recreation

Department, ACAP,

ACPS, Above the

Influence Club

Ongoing (need to

expand)

Change the

Consequences

11. Reward teens who participate in

non-alcoholic activities. Poll youth to

determine what they consider an

ACPS, SAPCA, Youth Ongoing (need to

expand)

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incentive/what they want as a reward

Change the

Physical

Design of the

Environment

Modify Policy 12. Advocate for revised and enforced

ACPS substance use regulations in the

handbook

ACPS, SAPCA, Law

Enforcement,

Community Members,

Youth

Ongoing

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Local Condition 3: Parents are unaware of the extent that teens are at risk for drinking *DA data

Measure 1: 23% of 7th through 12th graders had alcohol in the last 30 Days

Measure 2: 38% of 12th graders had alcohol in the last 30 days

Measure 3: 25% of 12th graders had five or more drinks in a row in the last two weeks

Change

Strategy


Our Community?

Status

Provide

Information

1. Provide information to parents about

the numbers/rates of youth engaging in

alcohol use in Alexandria through

presentations, reports, and meetings

SAPCA, ACPS Ongoing

2. Make information readily available to

all SAPCA members via website,

newsletter, and through social media

SAPCA; Social Media

Intern

Ongoing

3. Develop and distribute materials

through a variety of techniques with

clear messaging for parents regarding

the risks of alcohol use, information on

how to recognize and prevent use, and

how to talk with children about

substance use

SAPCA; Social Media

Intern

Ongoing

Provide

Support

4. Encourage the creation of Parent

Leadership Chat Groups by actively

recruiting parents to host chat groups

using tools such as www.meeptup.com

to create a group where parents can

discuss youth risk behaviors (Meetup is

the world’s largest network of local

groups)

SAPCA, Parent

Groups, Parent

Leadership Training

Institute

Not Started

Build Skills 5. Hold Community of Concern Dinners

in the middle schools and at T.C.

Williams Minnie Howard Campus

PTSAs, ACPS,

SAPCA

Francis Hammond-

March 2014

Minnie Howard – Feb

2014

GW – March 2014

6. Hold Parent Leadership Chat Groups SAPCA, Parent

Groups

Not Started

7. Conduct Preventing Risky Behaviors

Workshops in collaboration with other

organizations at the Family and

Community Engagement Centers, at

PTAs and other parent groups and/or

community organizations

SAPCA, ACAP, Gang

Prevention

Ongoing

Reduce

Barriers and

Enhance

9. Provide transportation to/from and

baby-sitting at Community of Concern

dinners

ACPS As needed

http://www.meeptup.com/

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Access 10 Host Parent Leadership Chat Groups

in Spanish Tenants & Workers

United

Not Started

Change the

Consequences

11. Recognize parents who support

initiatives (volunteer awards) SAPCA, ACPS Not Started

Change the

Physical

Design of the

Environment

Modify Policy

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Local Condition 4: Encourage youth to engage in healthy activities as alternatives to engaging in alcohol and

other drug use * DA data

Measure 1: 39% of 7th through 12th graders strongly agreed or agreed that adults in Alexandria made

them feel important

Measure 2: 36% of 7th through 12th graders strongly agreed or agreed that adults in Alexandria listen to

what they have to say

Measure 3: 83% of 7th through 12th graders were "not sure", "disagreed" or "strongly disagreed" that

adults in Alexandria cared about people their age

Change

Strategy


Our Community?

Status

Provide

Information

1. Continue to disseminate the results of

Community YouthMapping reports and

work with organizations to implement

the reports' recommendations

CYM Partners,

Collaborative

Children, Youth and

Families Commission

Ongoing

Provide

Support

2. Create volunteer opportunities for

youth such as Project Sticker Shock,

mentoring, service on a board or

commission, and encourage their active

participation

Volunteer Alexandria,

SAPCA, Boards and

Commissions

throughout the City

Ongoing

Build Skills 3. Provide volunteer opportunities for

youth where they can learn marketable

job skills

JobLink, City Council Not Started

4. Support SAPCA Club at TC Williams

to lead alcohol awareness month

activities

SAPCA April 2014

5. Hold a Youth Leadership Conference,

in collaboration with other organizations

ACAP, Teen Wellness

Center, SAPCA

August 2014

6. Provide leadership and skills training

to youth through their attendance at the

CADCA Youth Leadership Forum

CADCA February 2014

Reduce

Barriers and

Enhance

Access

7. Provide youth with transportation to

volunteer activities SAPCA, Community

Partners

ongoing

Change the

Consequences

8. Reward youth that volunteer and

participate in SAPCA Club activities ACPS, Volunteer

Alexandria, SAPCA,

Recreation

ongoing

11

Change the

Physical

Design of the

Environment

Modify Policy

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Local Condition 5: Stores sell tobacco to minors * DA data

Measure 1: 7% of 7th through 12th graders smoked cigarettes in the past 30 days

Measure 2: 12% of 12th graders smoked cigarettes in the past 30 days

Measure 3:

Change

Strategy


Our Community?

Status

Provide

Information

Provide

Support

1. Conduct Operation Storefront Survey

– where youth record the amount of

alcohol and tobacco advertising at local

retailers

Building Better

Futures, Above the

Influence Club,

Coalition for Clean

and Smoke-Free Air,

Y Street, Department

of Recreation

March 2014

Build Skills

Reduce

Barriers and

Enhance

Access

Change the

Consequences

2. Recognize retailers that have minimal

alcohol and tobacco advertising SAPCA Not Started

Change the

Physical

Design of the

Environment

3. Encourage vendors to have more

signage in stores about ID requirements Individual retailers,

Clean and Smoke-Free

Air Coalition, SAPCA

Members

Dec 2013

Modify Policy

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Local Condition 6: Parents do not express disapproval about marijuana use to their teens * DA data

Measure 1: 91% of 7th through 12th said their parents would disapprove of their using marijuana

Measure 2: 86% of 12th graders said their parents would disapprove of their using marijuana

Measure 3:

Change

Strategy


In Our Community?

Status

Provide

Information

1. Disseminate material espousing the

addictiveness and negative

consequences of marijuana use

SAPCA Ongoing

2. Maintain a page on SAPCA web site

focused on marijuana including a link to

ONDCP's Marijuana Resource Center

Coordinator Complete

Provide

Support

3. Coordinate with the Commonwealth

Attorney to present harms of marijuana

facts to judges annually

Commonwealth

Attorney

Feb/March 2014

Build Skills 4. Host workshops teaching parents

how to talk to their teens about the

dangers of marijuana smoking and how

to counter arguments by pro-medical

marijuana supporters that it is not

harmful

SAPCA Ongoing – this occurs

during Risky

Behavior

presentations

Reduce

Barriers and

Enhance

Access

5. Ensure information is in multiple

languages SAPCA ongoing

Change the

Consequences

6. Recognize youth who participate in

marijuana prevention campaigns SAPCA & City

Council

Not Started

Change the

Physical

Design of the

Environment

Modify Policy

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Local Condition 7: Friends tell friends that marijuana isn’t dangerous because there is a lack of knowledge

surrounding the harms of marijuana.

Measure 1: In the 2008 qualitative assessment, students said they got marijuana from friends

Measure 2:

Change

Strategy


In Our Community?

Status

Provide

Information

1. Provide information to youth on the

harms marijuana causes to the growing

brain. Fun facts on twitter, via fb.

Counter fact hash tags for people to use,

“Stuff you didn’t know that’s true”

Social Media Intern,

Above the Influence

Campaign members

(ATI)

Ongoing

2. Hold discussions with middle school

youth explaining the dangers of

marijuana use and emphasizing the

social harms

ATI members Not Started

3. Encourage peers to like the SAPCA

fb page and follow us on twitter ATI members Ongoing

4. Advertise/ put facts on “Everyday

Titan” in the morning announcements ATI members Will start in Dec

2013, then ongoing

Provide

Support

5. Hold alternative activities including

ones that involve goal setting

Partner with Labyrinth, creating

more competitions

Reflections type contest with

elementary and middle school

participants

ATI members,

Alexandria

Recreation Centers

Not Started

Build Skills 6. Hold forums with youth that discuss

marijuana use

Show excerpts from Haze

movie, DiGrassi show


7. Conduct workshops in middle and

high schools explaining effects on brain/

body & future consequences (wreckED)

SAPCA members Jan/Feb 2014

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8. Create a “fun” version of the ATI

Campaign in the Middle Schools

Middle School

Counselors, ATI

members

Not Started

Reduce

Barriers and

Enhance

Access

9. Sponsor “fun” activities as

alternatives to marijuana (ex. “powder

puff” games and organic “pick-up”

games)


Change the

Consequences

10. Provide volunteer opportunities for

youth. Group will identify specific

volunteer opportunities.

Volunteer

Alexandria, SAPCA,

ACAP, City

Departments

Not Started

Change the

Physical

Design of the

Environment

Modify Policy 11. Change policy of consequences in

schools

SAPCA Policy

Workgroup

Not Started

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Local Condition 8: Friends and older students provide marijuana to youth by giving or selling it to them

Measure 1: Will confirm with current community assessment

Measure 2:

Change

Strategy

Potential Interventions Who Could Do

This In Our

Community?

Status

Provide

Information

1. Provide harms of marijuana use information to

college students (check for existing organizations

at colleges that we can partner with)

NOVA Not Started

2. Send/e-mail letters to 9th and 10

th parents

asking them to talk to their kids about marijuana

SAPCA Not Started

Provide

Support

3. Hold activities outside of school

kind? how often? partners?


Build Skills 4. Have seniors speak to sophomores, freshman

and middle schoolers about harms caused by

marijuana use


Reduce

Barriers and

Enhance

Access

Change the

Consequences

6. Enforce school rules/regulations of marijuana

use & sale (more research)

Speak to the ACPS School Board if necessary

ACPS Not Started

Change the

Physical

Design of the

Environment

7. Research where students are using – possible

need for lighting in certain alleys and woods ATI members Not Started

Modify Policy 8. Harsher punishments (change laws) – requires

more research

VA legislation Not Started

9. Change school rules/regulations of marijuana

use & sale if necessary (more research)

ACPS Not Started

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