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IOWA PARTNERSHIP FOR SUCCESS APPLICATION OVERVIEW

Reminders

 Not all details have been finalized and could change

in the coming months

 This presentation is a broad overview  Questions? Contact Julie Hibben

PFS Grant Overview

 Designed to address two of the nation’s top substance

abuse prevention priorities:

1) underage drinking among persons aged 12 to

20; and

2) prescription drug misuse and abuse among

persons aged 12 to 25.

 Bring the SPF process to scale  Continue to work started through SPF SIG

PFS Grant Overview

 States, tribes and territories that have completed a

SPF SIG were eligible to apply

 Iowa applied for $1.626 million per year for 5 years

Iowa’s PFS priority

 Due to less funding, only one priority issue was listed

in the application

Reducing underage drinking with 12-20 year olds,

with a focus on youth binge drinking

Iowa’s PFS Objective

 Reduce the rate of underage alcohol use and binge

drinking by at least 5% in 90% of the sub-recipient counties.

Iowa’s PFS Structure

 IPFS Advisory Council  State Epidemiological Workgroup (SEW)  Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Workgroup  Capacity Coach system

 Six coaches  Selected through an RFP process

Subrecipient Selection Process

 Counties were identified for funding based on the following:

 Population  Racial and Ethnic diversity (federal race and ethnicity codes)  Education Level (high school graduation, college)  Economic Status (median household income, poverty rate)  Portion of population under age 18  Crime rate per 100,000  8th grade current alcohol use rate  8th grade binge drinking rate  11th grade current alcohol use rate  11th grade binge drinking rate

Subrecipient Selection Process

 Counties were ranked on the indicators from highest to

lowest rates

 County population size was considered  Averaged rankings across all indicators

Subrecipient Selection process

 1. Allamakee 91.5  2. Chickasaw 84.4  3. Appanoose 84.3  4. Lee 83.8  5. Lucas 83.4  6. Dubuque 83.1  7. Clayton 80.2  8. Sac 78.7

 9. Jackson 76.9  10. Van Buren 74.6  11. Woodbury 73.4  12. Webster 71.5  13. Marshall 69.8  14. Des Moines 69.1  15. Emmet 67.5

List of Identified Highest Need Counties

Funding Process

 12 “high need” counties will be funded but 15 will be

eligible to apply

RFP process to measure capacity Funded counties will need to “quickly build capacity

and enhance their community-level infrastructures using the SPF process”

Funded Services

 Utilizing the SPF through a tiered process

 At least three Environmental strategies addressing

underage drinking

 Strategies that were successful within the SPF SIG  EBP Workgroup will help decide

 At least one Individual strategy

 Strategies that are effective, not cost prohibitive  EBP Workgroup will help decide

Questions?