United Way of Broward County

Commission on Substance Abuse

Annual General Meeting

Thursday, September 13, 2012 

Mission, Vision & Values Mission:

To empower our diverse community to live healthy and drug-free. Vision: To be the nation's most influential, respected, and compassionate leader in addressing substance use and abuse issues.Values:

Quality/Excellence Collaboration Integrity Inclusion

The Year We Had…

#24!

Data & Data Analysis Continues to DRIVE OUR WORK

Drug Trends & Tracking Reports Report on RX Drug Nonmedical Misuse in S. FL New Emerging Data Sources

◦ Florida Poison Information Centers◦ South Florida Crime Lab data◦ Florida Agency for Health Care Administration

(ACHA) “Barefoot” Epidemiology

Needs Assessment

Commission’s Board of Governor’s -47 members strong!

Task Forces (75 Volunteers)→ S-PATs & SCs◦ Children & Youth◦ Adults◦ Communities◦ Surveillance◦ Media & Marketing

Health Care Prevention Think Tank Formed◦ 12 Board of Governors

Byrne/JAG Review Committee: 9 Board of Governors + 2

Capacity

Planning & Implementation Initiative Highlights - Media 2012 Media Campaign Reach

4th Annual Media Leadership Luncheon June 2012 International Media Reach

◦ France (Canal +)◦ England (The Guardian)◦ BBC Website◦ Canada (Online The Toronto Star)

 

Planning & Implementation Initiative Highlights – Events Family Day 2011

◦ 2400 Participants /8 Agencies

23rd Annual Youth Leadership Institute - July 2012◦ 80 Students

“A-Mazing Choices” Life Skills Maze

Recovery and Resiliency Conference – 2011◦ Conference/Celebration – 420 Participants◦ Agencies - 40

Oversaw 23 Programs & 17 Community Initiatives◦ Byrne/JAG -11 Agencies = 3,570 youth & adults

impacted

◦ Partnership for a Healthy & Drug Free Broward -12 Agencies = almost 17,000 youth & adults impacted

◦ STOP – “alcohol free youth zones” – 17 zones impacting 1,000 youth & adults

Substance Abuse Prevention Program and Contract Oversight

Florida National Guard – 1st in the State of Florida

Nova Southeastern University – 1st Conference & Webinar

City of Sunrise

City of Pembroke Pines

City of Oakland Park

Project Bridge Core Team

New/Ongoing Partnerships

VetCorps◦ Partnership with CADCA & National Guard Bureau◦ 1st in Florida◦ Will align with United Way’s “Mission United”

Aligning Processes Between CI & Commission◦ ANDAR◦ Program Monitoring Tool

United Way Initiatives & Collaborations

South Florida Coalition Alliance

Florida Coalition Alliance

Florida Attorney General Office

Regional/Statewide Initiatives

Pat Castillo◦ School of Prevention Leadership Program◦ CADCA National Mid-Year Institute

Jim Hall◦ Organization of American States to Help Create

the Caribbean DEN ◦ US State Department and UCLA to Set Up

Epidemiology Workgroup in Iraq

National/International Presentations

Partnership for Healthy & Drug Free Broward DCF $1.2 million

Partnership for Success $837,000 Byrne/JAG – $611,930 (cut 21%) Jim Moran Foundation funded Choose Peace

for 2nd year - $188,000 STOP - $50,000 GIS mapping $30,000 App Design for “A-Mazing Choices $28,000

Funding We’ve Received

Judge Melanie May, 4th District Court of Appeal Fred Volpe & Mike Muni, SAMHSA/Drug Free Communities Dr. Dennis Embry, PAXIS Institute Dr. Del Elliot, Blue Prints for Violence Prevention Dr. Russ Sabella, FL Gulf Coast University Dick Ogburn, South Florida Regional Planning Council Linda Quick, President, South Florida Hospital Association Regine Kanzki, Broward Regional Health Planning Council Evelyn Ullah, Broward County Health Department Dr. Lora L. Brown, & Shannon Sayre Dir. “The Pain Truth”

Special Guests We’ve Hosted

New Emerging Drugs Youth Leadership Training Institute - Funding Byrne/JAG

◦ Increased requirements for invoice documentation verification

◦ Multiple monitoring requirements from Federal, State and Local

Delicate juggle of day-to-day Community Coalition Work with the Administration/Oversight of Community Funding along with United Way Initiatives.

Challenges/Opp’s We’ve Faced

Commission will celebrate it’s 25th year, starting in 2013!

Managing Entity for Broward RFP process for local Partnership for Healthy and Drug

Free Broward Byrne/JAG goes to 3 year funding cycle Increase Use of Technology Coalition Evaluation Role in Behavioral Health Committee Guide & Integrate Substance Abuse Prevention

through All Local Funding Streams Build Coalition Sustainability

What’s Ahead?

What Opportunities Lie Ahead For the Board of Governor’s in 2012-2013?

Continued involved in S-PATs & SCs Healthcare Prevention (Think Tank) and ACA –

Commission’s Future Managing Entity of Broward County – Advocacy and

Participation as this Continues to Develop

“A SOCIETY GROWS GREAT WHEN OLD MEN & WOMEN PLANT TREES WHOSE SHADE THEY KNOW

THEY SHALL NEVER SIT IN”