{"id":234,"date":"2016-03-01T03:15:24","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T03:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tcysapc.org\/?page_id=234"},"modified":"2024-06-15T00:31:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-15T00:31:52","slug":"who-is-ysapc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tcysapc.org\/?page_id=234","title":{"rendered":"Mission & History"},"content":{"rendered":"

Notice as of August 2023:<\/span>
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\nTo our Travis County Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition (TCYSAPC) family, membership, and community: TCYSAPC has been working with Kids Living Well (KLW)<\/a> for the past year and this partnership has been one that has brought about a tremendous amount of good to the community.<\/p>\n

For all future endeavors, the 2 coalitions will no longer operate separately but will merge. Kids Living Well incorporates a whole health approach to address youth substance use prevention in our community. We are excited about this transition.
\nTo learn more, please visit: https:\/\/kidslivingwell.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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TCYSAPC Mission Statement 2013:<\/strong><\/p>\n

To establish and strengthen collaboration among community partners that support
\nefforts to prevent or reduce youth substance abuse in Travis County.<\/p>\n

Who the Coalition Is:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coalition members include representation from youth substance abuse prevention, treatment, recovery, law\u00a0enforcement, business, healthcare, public education, non-profit, research, local government, students, parents, and\u00a0youth-serving organizations.<\/p>\n

The goals of the volunteer\u2013run Coalition are to:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2666 Increase Community Collaboration
\n\u2666 Reduce Youth Substance Use<\/p>\n

History of the Coalition:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The need for a Coalition emerged in March 2013 following a presentation by the Children\u2019s Optimal Health (COH) to\u00a0the Child and Youth Mental Health Planning Partnership (CYMHPP). YSAPC formally started in August 2013 to\u00a0address the identified community need to raise awareness of youth substance abuse issues in the Austin area and\u00a0to have a strategic focus on youth substance abuse prevention. Community advocates had noted an increased use\u00a0of substances among youth and a decreased perception of harm from substances.<\/p>\n

Accomplishments<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

\u2666 Nominated an Executive Committee<\/span> with a Chair, Co-Chair, Past Chair, Secretary and Treasurer
\n\u2666 Held monthly or bi-monthly meetings\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u2666 Enlisted membership<\/span> from the 12 required sectors*
\n\u2666 Have had several coalition members receive training<\/span> in SAMHSA\u2019s Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF).
\n\u2666 Held a Community Summit in October 2013<\/span> planned by schools, health providers, substance abuse\u00a0treatment and prevention providers, and community planners. The Summit included presentations from\u00a0local experts on youth brain development and substance use impact integrating an Adverse Childhood\u00a0Experiences (ACE) perspective, presentation of the mapping study, community orientation to the SPF model,\u00a0a multi-sector panel describing prevention efforts and challenges, and a work session based on an action\u00a0research model. The Summit was attended by more than 80 participants from over 30 organizations and\u00a0across sectors.
\n\u2666 Held a Prevention Summit in November 2015<\/span> entitled A Call to Leaders: Keeping Kids Sober in Travis County … by\u00a0Enhancing Community Systems; attended by more than 75 participants to increase\u00a0attendees\u2019 knowledge of systems and resources supporting prevention and identify gaps in systems and\u00a0resources in Travis County. The Summit included a Keynote address on The\u00a0Choices\u00a0program, a\u00a0comprehensive, systemic, multiple high-risk behavior prevention program for high school students that\u00a0targets students’ decision making skills around certain high-risk behaviors, a Systems Panel comprised of\u00a0representatives from the School, Judiciary, Health and Information sectors, and a Youth Panel\u00a0and Youth\u00a0PSA Showcase. \u00a0A Big Ideas Activity identified 5 proposed action steps to build community systems: 1.\u00a0Targeted, Comprehensive Substance Abuse Program Model, 2. Alternative Peer Groups, 3. Mentoring, 4.\u00a0Parent Engagement, and 5. Promotion of Substance Abuse Resources
\n\u2666 Shared information<\/span> with the AISD School Health Advisory Council (SHAC) several times.
\n\u2666 Submitted an application for a Drug Free Communities (DFC) grant<\/span> in 2014 and will be submitting a DFC\u00a0grant application in 2016.
\n\u2666 2017-20:\u00a0 Received a federal grant for:\u00a0 <\/span>Preventing Opioid Misuse Among Girls \u2013 Community of Practice (CoP) from the Office of Womens Health to develop, implement and evaluate a “Preventing Opioid Misuse Among Girls community of Practice (CoP)” to educate healthcare professionals in Region 13 schools and Travis County clinics about opioid misuse among girls ages 10-17, especially pregnant and parenting girls, and enhance knowledge of relevant prevention policies and practices in their respective organizations.\u00a0 Total CoP participants engaged in webinars and quarterly calls will increase by a total of 25 participants annually from 50 participants in Year 1, to 75 participants in Year 2, and to 100 participants in Year 3.<\/p>\n

Future of the Coalition (2022):<\/strong><\/p>\n

YSAPC\u2019s future goals include:
\n\u2666 Increasing active membership and participation in Coalition initiatives, specifically increasing youth\u00a0involvement and including the recovery community
\n\u2666 Using evidence-based frameworks from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration\u00a0(SAMSHSA) to guide strategy development
\n\u2666 Implementing a campaign to more broadly publicize substance use consequences for youth, using social\u00a0media such as a website, PSAs, etc.
\n\u2666 Ensuring that substance abuse prevention messaging comes from culturally appropriate youth mentors
\n\u2666 Receiving funding to provide staff, increase the implementation level of environmental strategies, and enhance\u00a0the ability of school district\u2019s to collect useful youth substance use data.<\/p>\n

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Travis County Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition (TCYSAPC) Proposal for SUD Pilot Project:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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  1. Targeted, Comprehensive Substance Abuse Program Model<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n