Harper County Prevention of Underage Drinking Discovering our way.

Our Place on the Map! Harper County Kansas Population: 5952 Youth 18 years or younger: 1271 (21.4%)

Targeted Outcomes Past 30 Day Use Underage Drinking Outcomes: By December 31 st, 2011, Harper County will reduce the percentage of youth grades 6,8,10,12 that report consuming alcohol in the past 30 days by 9% from a baseline of 36.1% in 2007 Trend is decreasing! Goal was reached in 2011 Past 30 Day Use 2007 Baseline 36.1% % % % Goal27.1%

Targeted outcomes Binge Drinking Underage Drinking Outcomes: We did not target binge drinking in Harper County Trend is decreasing! Binge Drinking % % % %

Effectiveness

LIONS QUEST CMCA( COMMUNITIES MOBILIZING ON CHANGE ON ALCOHOL) STRENGTHENING FAMILIES YOUTH FRIENDS MEDIA LIONS QUEST CMCA( COMMUNITIES MOBILIZING ON CHANGE ON ALCOHOL) STRENGTHENING FAMILIES YOUTH FRIENDS MEDIA Strategies:

LIONS QUEST Implemented the past 3 years in the schools. USD 361 and USD 255 have 97% of teachers trained! Practice Changes: 5 All changes happened during implementation of the program with trainings, arrangement made with schools Policy changes: 1—Superintents & Principals made it required of all teachers Number of people reached with each year of implementation Lions Quest is a school-based program for K-12 th Grades, proven effective to reduce underage drinking and substance abuse, school bullying, disruptive behavior and violence. Curriculum builds responsibility and service citizenship.

Trainings for Lions Quest

LIONS QUEST By May 2011, Harper County will increase the percentage of youth in grades 6, 8, 10, 12 for school rewards factor scale from a baseline of 48% in 2008 to 60% in Increase the Pro-social Involvement and protective factors so that the youth of Harper County feel a bond to the community and school. The goal is to help youth develop positive commitments to their families, schools, peer and communities. YEARPercentage % % % % Increase of 15%

CMCA PROGRAMS DELIVERED—2 PRACTICE CHANGES--57 POLICY CHANGES IMPLEMENTED--7 Signs posted at ball diamonds in Anthony, moa signed, protocol signed, yearly Town Hall Meeting at CHS, bulletin boards in all the schools, yearly evaluations done for workers of grant was implemented, youth able to be dismissed from school for coalition meetings, participation at every health fair, county fair, children’s fair. We have implemented SADD in both High Schools and the Junior High at Anthony and Harper. We do round table discussions at the schools with students. Health Fairs at the schools with all 6 th graders, 4 th grades and2nd grade students. We have events at the 4 th of July celebration. We have meetings and attend meetings with Law Enforcement, Health Agencies, Schools, etc to educate and collaborate. SADD contracts signed: people reached yearly with this program times we connected with people over last 3 years! COMMUNITIES MOBILIZING FOR CHANGE ON ALCOHOL is a program designed to activate the citizenry of communities to achieve changes in local public policies and changes in the practices of major community institutions, including law enforcement, community events, churches, schools, and local media.

CMCA Using the scale for Perceived Risk of Drug Use and Parental Attitudes for Drug Use, Harper County will reduce baselines using data from more reliable 2009 survey results. Questions described in measure below* (Organize the community efforts to change policies and practices on ways to reduce access to alcohol by adults, thereby reducing teen drinking and the health and social problems associated with underage drinking) Social Norms: By May 2011, reduce the proportion of youth who report that their parents would feel it was not wrong at all if youth were to drink alcohol regularly by 2% from a baseline of 3% in 2009 YEARPercentage 2007na % % % Increase of 2.15% 12 th grade students were the largest increase: % 2011—16%

CMCA Second question dealing with social norms under CMCA program: Social Norms: By May 2011, reduce the percentage of youth reporting that there is a pretty/very good change that they would be seen as cool if they began drinking regularly at least once or twice a month from a baseline of 10.7% in 2007 to 3.7% in 2011 YEARPercentage % % % % Decrease of 5%-- Interesting observation: The students with the largest amount reporting they’d be seen as cool in consistently the Junior class in Harper County. Year10 th GradeState %7.3% %7.18% %6.14%

CMCA Third question dealing with social norms under CMCA program: Social Norms: By May 2011, reduce the percentage of youth grades 6,8,10 and 12 who report that they think there is no risk to harming themselves if they take one or two drinks of alcohol nearly everyday by 6% from a baseline of 15.5% in 2007 YEARPercentage % % % % Goal6% Decrease of 2% Again the observation is that the largest percentage is in the 12 th grade students of Harper County

YOUTHFRIENDS PROGRAMS DELIVERED—4 YouthFriends, EMentoring, Youthcorp, Headstart Mentoring PRACTICE CHANGES– 45 POLICY CHANGES—2 Total number of Volunteers—167 / Youth served--462 Number of people reached—2337 Many practice changes happening with YouthFriends and components of the program. Implemented in ALL schools and in the Early Headstart. Principals and Superintendents are on board with the program and the importance of continuing the program. There is continual volunteer recognition events throughout the year, trainings of new volunteers, updates to existing volunteers and presentation given to organizations and businesses to invite new volunteers.

YouthFriends By May 2011, Harper County will increase the percentage of youth in grades 6, 8, 10, 12 who have a high protection on the school rewards scale by 4% from an average baseline of 67.5% in The goal is to help youth develop positive commitments to their families, schools, peer and communities. YEARPercentage % % % % Goal60% Goal met! Increase of 15% Participation in strategy: 462 students

STRENGTHENING FAMILIES Program Delivered--5 PRACTICE CHANGES –10 POLICY CHANGES--2 Implemented through the Ministerial Alliance. In-kind donation of Churches and facilities for implementation. Flyers sent thru schools, counselors on board, teachers on board, trainers do a great job…trouble with getting commitment of parents. Number reached: 1197 STRENGTHENING FAMILIES is a 7-week program for youth ages and their parents or caregivers. Designed to build family strengths, youth skills and give parenting tools, the program teaches families to SHOW LOVE AND SET LIMITS.

Strengthening Families By May 2011, using the poor family management scale Harper County will reduce the percentage of youth grades 6,8,10 and 12 that are at risk for poor family management from a baseline of 42.9% in 2007 to 29 % in 2011 The goal is to promote a stronger family bond by creating rules and boundaries as it pertains to underage drinking for more consistent rewards and positive behaviors. YEARPercentage % % % % Goal29% We seem to be moving in the wrong direction with family management. Increase of 1.9% Barrier: Parental participation. Participation in strategy: 35 Family members

MEDIA 4 Local Newspapers Local Radio plus stations in Wichita Yard Signs--200 Posters--135 Bookmarks Tabletent-142 Banners –5

CONTINUUM OF IMPACT CMCA Strengthening Families Lions Quest Youth Friends

COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION

Most: Schools, Youth Least: Local Media, Community WHICH SECTORS ARE MOST INVOLVED IN PREVENTION EFFORTS?

WHICH SECTOR IN YOUR COMMUNITY ARE UNDER-UTILIZED??? Below are the Sectors we can engage more and include in our prevention efforts over the next 10 months: We need to educate the people better so that they understand our goals and the problem we are working on. We need to provide a clearer picture of how they can help. Media- Make sure they are invited to all events, make sure more articles are submitted to papers, have them be more engaged in new coalition Community- make sure that we collaborate with the fair boards and chamber of commerce and invite them to help in our efforts Government- Visit with the county commissioners, city officials and Judges to make sure that policies are where they would like for them to be and ask for assistance with new coalition and the work we are doing. Health— Become more involved in the hospitals and clinics and ask for assistance with our work and volunteer to help with their work.

WE SEEN COMMUNITY READINESS AND/OR AWARENESS CHANGE OR SHIFT AS A RESULT OF OUR EFFORTS: We now how our county law enforcement as a whole working towards more consistent punishment if the youth are caught drinking. The County Attorney along with the Police Chiefs and Sheriff Department designed a protocol that they now follow. Recently when a new restaurant opened and wanted to sell liquor near the elementary school, concerned citizens rallied to stop the license because of the location. It was discussed at the City Commission meeting and it was agreed to allow them to obtain a license but there should be no promotional signage about alcohol outside the restaurant. 200 yard signs were distributed to families during enrollment. The yards signs still stand! An annual block party event that takes place in Anthony, now makes sure that they send out a message that you must be 21 to drink at the party. We started a new prevention/wellness coalition!

KEY LEADER SUPPORT Leadership in prevention efforts takes courage!

Our key leadership comes from a core group of community that want to help the youth become strong, clear minded adults. Some of the leaders have children in school, some of them have been affected by teenage alcohol use, some have a stake in reputation of the community but they all have become leaders because they care deeply about our youth.

Next Steps! Continue implementing as many of the programs that we can throughout the county with the support of schools, churches and volunteers. Continue to grow our coalition keeping in mind the benefit of diversity within the 12 sectors. Look for additional funding. Continue reviewing our data to make sure we are targeting the areas that need to be targeted. We have all of the tools needed. Begin looking at a SPECIFIC target and work on ONE area deeply.

“ IF YOU’RE NEVER SCARED OR EMBARRASSED OR HURT, IT MEANS YOU NEVER TAKE ANY CHANCES.” “ IF YOU’RE NEVER SCARED OR EMBARRASSED OR HURT, IT MEANS YOU NEVER TAKE ANY CHANCES.” JULIA SOREL We have to be so proud of all the heroes that have been supportive of the efforts. We are proud of all the sectors and volunteers that have questioned, discussed and challenged the issue of underage drinking and to those that helped change policies and assist in prevention events that take place. I am most proud of the ICC, HCHC, Schools, Churches, Volunteers, Law Enforcement, all volunteer workers! “A hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles” Christopher Reeves

THE MOST SIGNIFICANT LESSON LEARNED This is REALLY HARD WORK!!!!!! It is coming to the realization that you have to make people feel uncomfortable before they will change.