1. One Department Vision Mission Core Set of Values Washington State Department of Social & Health Services Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery Building Support and Growing Prevention Prevention Redesign Initiative (PRI) Purpose-Objectives-Community Selection Process December 15, 2010

2. One Department Vision Mission Core Set of Values Purpose To provide effective prevention services to reduce alcohol, tobacco and other drug use by our state’s youth, and the related negative consequences. To leverage resources and concentrate our efforts. Build on what works, have a deeper impact, better measure those impacts, and build support for additional investments in prevention. Washington State Department of Social & Health Services

3. One Department Vision Mission Core Set of Values Washington State Department of Social & Health Services PRI Objectives Selected communities will: Have a community coordinator Implement proven strategies through a prevention coalition Use evidence-based capacity building Implement environmental and targeted direct services (programs, policies and practices).

4. One Department Vision Mission Core Set of Values Washington State Department of Social & Health Services PRI Objectives Selected communities will: Partner with school-based prevention/intervention specialists Evaluate chosen programs, policies and community- level change, and participate in statewide evaluation. Support state efforts to reduce youth access to tobacco and comply with federal Synar regulations

5. One Department Vision Mission Core Set of Values PRI Objectives State level objectives include: Distributing funding statewide to communities working with county governments, OSPI and educational service districts (ESDs) Establishing performance-based contracts Workforce Development Providing Technical Assistance Preparing for Health Care Reform Washington State Department of Social & Health Services

6. One Department Vision Mission Core Set of Values Defining Communities Communities must be described in geographic terms or at-risk populations Have baseline data about substance abuse risk, and ability to measure community-wide change in risk and protective factors and prevalence Be small enough to make an impact with existing funding and measure change Washington State Department of Social & Health Services

7. One Department Vision Mission Core Set of Values Minimum criteria for community participation Have a community coalition established by July 1, 2011. Participate in the Healthy Youth Survey Have a half-time community coordinator Have a full-time prevention/intervention specialist Washington State Department of Social & Health Services

8. One Department Vision Mission Core Set of Values Community Selection Process Communities and schools must show a level of readiness to benefit Schools are committed to support communities County must submit an overall community profile Washington State Department of Social & Health Services

9. One Department Vision Mission Core Set of Values Community Selection Timelines November: Discuss data and community selection/ readiness. December: final community selection packets provided to participants, community selection process January: Community selection documents due to DBHR, discuss project deliverables at K20 meeting February: DBHR review of selected communities, meeting with Cohort 1. Washington State Department of Social & Health Services

10. One Department Vision Mission Core Set of Values Additional information For forms, maps, data and community selection packet: www.TheAthenaForum.org Contact: Washington State Department of Social & Health Services