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The West Virginia Partnership
To Promote Community Well-Being

Workgroups

The Partnership has established several workgroups (listed below) to carry out its work. Each workgroup consists of at least three Partnership members and is staffed by a WV Prevention Resource Center staff member. Workgroups may also include other non-Partners who have volunteered to participate because of their expertise in and experience with a workgroup's particular focus.s listed below in addition to documentation of workgroup meetings. All of the files listed were created in Adobe Acrobat. A free reader can be downloaded from Adobe Systems Inc.


Community and Youth (CYI) Workgroup

Purpose: Improve WV's prevention system by building a mechanism to gain community and youth input.

Partner Members: Judy Crabtree, Michelle Foster (Chair)

Other Members: Donna Patton

Staff: Monica McFarland

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Comprehensive Plan Workgroup

Purpose: To develop a statewide comprehensive prevention plan for West Virginia.

Partner Members: Joe Barker, Sue Hage, Steve Heasley, Steve Mason, Brenda Thompson

Staff: Wayne Coombs and Monica McFarland

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Controlled Substances Advisory Board

Purpose:

Partner Members: Mike Lacy, Mike O Neil (Chair), David Potters

Other Members:

Staff:

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Coordination of Specialists and Services (COSS) Workgroup

Purpose:

Partner Members: Don Chapman, Debi Gillespie, Sue Hage, Denise Smith

Staff: Jo Beyer (Lead Staff), David Bailey

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Epidemiological (EPI)Workgroup

Purpose: To serve in an advisory capacity to the WV Partnership to Promote Community Well-Being on the collection and analysis of archival indicator data and/or other primary data collection efforts as part of a statewide needs assessment.

Goals: Bring systematic, analytical thinking to prevention; promote data-driven decision making, and provide core support for data-driven decision-making to the Partnership on the basis of an analysis of epidemiological data compiled at the state, county, and to the extent possible, sub-county geographic levels.

Partner Members: Joseph Barker,Steve Heasley (Chair), Steve Mason

Other Members: Robert Bossarte,Ron Childress, Dan Christy, Rick Deem, Jim Elzey, Mary Emmett,Robert Pack, Helen Snyder

Staff: Andy Whisman

Meeting Agendas and Notes

Intervention Workgroup

Purpose: Advise the WVPRC on the development of a working model of a Substance Abuse Early Intervention Program (EIP). The EIP would provide screening, prevention education, and referral services for their families.

Partner Members: Jason Carlson, Sue Hage, Mike Lacy, Steve Mason, Angie Saunders, Brenda Thompson

Other Members: Charles Brown, Lisa Bruer, Steve Collins, Denny Dodson, Jim Lee, Lavetta McKnight, Patty Snodgrass, Linda Watts

Staff: Jamie Albert

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Funding Study Workgroup

Purpose: The purpose of the Funding Study is to track funding streams administered by West Virginia state agencies that provide services to families and children. More than 2000 funding streams are tracked, catalogued into six functional categories including: Education, Health Care, Economic Support, Safety and Family Stability, Economic Development, and Community Capacity. The goal of the study is to improve cross system planning coordination and program development, implementation, and evaluation. The program began in 1998 and is made possible through funding from the Department of Criminal Justice Services.

Partner Members: Sue Hage (Chair), Steve Heasley, Mike Lacy, Steve Mason, Angie Saunders, Brenda Thompson

Staff:

Website: www.prevnet.org/fundingstudy/

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Legislation Review Workgroup

Purpose:

Partner Members: Michael Baylous, David Potters (Chair)

Other Members:

Staff:

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Policies and Procedures Workgroup

Purpose: To develop, implement, and maintain the formal structure of the Partnership.

Partner Members: Jason Carlson (Chair), Karen Eskew, Mike Lacy, Gig Robinson, Angie Saunders, Brenda Thompson

Staff: Michele Burnside

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Sub-Granting Workgroup

Purpose:

Partner Members: Sgt. Michael Baylous, Jason Carlson, Michelle Foster, Sue Hage, Mike Lacy, Helena Lee, Angie Saunders, Bill Woodrum

Staff: Melissa Crawford, Jamie Albert, Laura Sarver

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Underage Drinking Prevention (UDP) Workgroup

Purpose: Coordination of a comprehensive statewide network for the prevention of underage drinking.

Partner Members: Jason Carlson, Judy Crabtree, Gig Robinson (Chair), Denise Smith, Brenda Thompson, Gary Winter

Other Members: Lisa Bruer, Deena Ellison, Travis Helmondollar, Larry Kendall, Carla Lapelle, Kim Mason, Sergeant Ken McCord, Greg Puckett, Sherri Ritter, Master Sergeant George Saunders

Staff: Stephanie Southall, Bill O'Dell

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