Circles of San Antonio Community Coalition

coalition@sacada.org

Circles of San Antonio Community Coalition

Mission: Creating Change through

Collaboration Education Preventing & Reducing Alcohol &

Substance Abuse

Meets Monthly – 2nd Wednesday of each month

Strategic Prevention Framework Model

Strategic Prevention Framework

Assessment Capacity Building Planning Implementation Evaluation

Environmental Prevention Strategies

Focus on causes and conditions Changing economic conditions

Cost and Availability Changing social conditions

What people thing and live Changing media conditions

What people read, watch , hear and see Changing political conditions

Who has power and influence

The Needle we are trying to move is

The age of alcohol initiation Percentage of binge drinking

among underage drinkers and young adults (18-25)

Percentage of intoxicated drivers involved in motor vehicle fatalities

STEP 1: Assessment

Assessing the situation and the needs of the community.

To assess a situation you need to do research, gather data on your community and analyze what you find.

Coalition Needs Assessment revised annually

STEP 2: Capacity

Building capacity means to mobilize people in your community or geographic location to address what you discovered through assessing the needs in step one.

STEP 3: Planning

Use the people that you brought together through capacity building to develop a plan based on the assessment from step one.

STEP 4:Implementation

Implement the plan. Carry out what you will be doing.

STEP 5:Evaluation

Evaluate your plan by collecting data to see if there has been any change from when you collected data for your assessment in step one.

Current Strategies

Increase Awareness of Underage Drinking in Bexar County

Reduce Youth Access to Alcohol Hold Adults Accountable for

providing Alcohol to youth Increase the alcohol excise tax

Coalition Staff and Officers

Coalition Chairperson- Shelah Simmons, Genesis Professional Services

Coalition Secretary- Maricela Morales, Bexar County Juvenile Probation

Coalition Director- Vickie Adams Coalition Coordinator- Boyd Baxter Data Analyst- Charles Villafranca