WV's Strategic Prevention Framework
State Incentive Grant (SPF SIG)
2004-2010
Overview
In 2004,
WV received a multi-year, more than 11 million dollar federal grant
for substance abuse prevention. Most of the Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant (SPF SIG) was
re-awarded to support county-level prevention planning and implementation.
In 2006,
prevention planning grants were awarded
to entities in each of the 53 counties that applied. Counties attended
Regional Learning Opportunities
and developed their County Prevention Partnerships and
county-wide prevention plans.
Meanwhile,
The WV Partnership To Promote Community Well-Being developed a data-driven
process/plan for distributing prevention implementation grants in WV. The process is best described as a “highest need” planning model.
Counties of highest need with regard to problems associated with substance abuse were identified with a Substance Abuse Well-Being Index
(SAWB). The SAWB was developed from a comprehensive repository of epidemiological indicators including substance abuse consumption and
consequence data. The data were then used to inform the WV Partnership’s recommendations to the Governor regarding WV SPF SIG grant
awards for prevention implementation.
From 2007-2010, SPG SIG funding was awareded to more than a dozen WV counties that had the highest need in regard to substance abuse
related issues and appropriately equipped to tackle their local concerns.
County Prevention
Partnerships in each of these counties used the funds to continue grassroots prevention initiatives such as media campaigns to
raise community awareness of substance abuse related issues, parenting programs, retailer stings to prevent the sale of alcohol to minors,
school-based curriculum such as the Too Good For Drugs Program, and community-based programs such as Communities Mobilizing for Change
on Alcohol.
Funding Source/Purpose
The source of WV's SPF SIG was a federal
Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant (SPF SIG)
from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration's (SAMHSA)
Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP). The SPF SIG was authorized under Section 516 of the
Public Health Service Act. It was intended to build prevention capacity and infrastructure at the state and local levels; prevent the onset and reduce the
progress of substance abuse including childhood and underage drinking; and reduce substance abuse and substance abuse-related problems in communities.
Responsible Parties
The
WV Governor's Office was the official recipient of WV's SPF SIG. The Governor directed the
WV Division of Criminal Justice Services (WV DCJS) to fiscally administer the SPF SIG sub-grants to counties.
The Governor also directed the
WV Prevention Resource Center (WVPRC) to coordinate the implementation of the SPF SIG in
the form of planning, grant administration, training, technical assistance, monitoring and evaluation.
The WV Partnership
to Promote Community Well-Being (The Partnership) advised the WVPRC as it planed and implemented the SPF SIG, and it advised the Governor regarding the SPF SIG
sub-grants to counties. WV's primary source of funding for substance abuse prevention comes from a federal Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant,
which is granted to a single state agency (SSA) in each state. Twenty percent of this grant must be designated for prevention. WV's SSA is the WV Dept. of Health
& Human Resources Bureau for Behavioral Health & Health Facilities (BBHHF). The BBHHF sub contracted with the WVPRC until September 30, 2010, to facilitate the
State's substance abuse prevention system and has a representative on the WV Partnership.
WV SPF SIG Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Among Responsible Parties