Orange County Underage Drinking Task Force Update & Drug Free ...

Orange County Underage DrinkingTask Force Update & Drug FreeCoalition Annual ReportPresented toBoard of County CommissionersJanuary 27, 2009

Orange CountyUnderage DrinkingTask Force Report UpdateMayor Richard T. Crotty, Orange CountyPresident John Hitt, University of Central Florida

Presentation Outline• Mission• Scope of the Problem• Goals• Structure• Key Subcommittee Recommendations• Implementation CommitteeOrange CountyUnderage DrinkingTask Force Report

Mission StatementThe Orange County Underage Drinking Task Forcewill clearly define the magnitude of underagedrinking and high-risk drinking in the community,educate and engage the community stakeholders(e.g. parents, retailers, educators) and provide viablesolutions that will reduce and prevent harms relatedto underage drinking.Orange CountyUnderage DrinkingTask Force Report

Underage Drinking: The Scopeof the Problem• Alcohol is the most widely abused drug by teensand young adults• Underage alcohol use linked to poor academicperformance• Underage alcohol use linked to injuries, sexualassault and fatalities• Alcohol is relatively easy to obtain by teens andyoung underage adultsOrange CountyUnderage DrinkingTask Force Report

It Takes a Community to RaiseAwarenessTask Force Goals:• Reduce Underage Alcohol Demand• Reduce Underage Alcohol Access• Data Management• Implementation PlanOrange CountyUnderage DrinkingTask Force Report

Task Force Structure• 25 Member Task Force met for past seven months• Four Subcommittees• Alcohol Education & Prevention• Access to Alcohol• Enforcement• Retailer Responsibility• National, State and Local Presenters• William DeJong, PhD, Boston University• Major Mark Willingham, Alcohol Solutions, Inc.• Virginia Dodd, PhD, University of Florida• Judge Jerri Collins, Eighteen Judicial Circuit• Roger Casey, PhD, Rollins College• Michael Dunn, PhD, University of Central Florida• Tom Hall, LCSW, University of Central Florida• Captain Mark Bong, MA, Florida Division of Alcoholic Beveragesand Tobacco• Carol Burkett, Dir., Orange County Public Safety• Mosi Bayo, MS, Orange County Victim ServicesCenterOrange CountyUnderage DrinkingTask Force Report

Key SubcommitteeRecommendationsOrange CountyUnderage DrinkingTask Force Report

Alcohol Prevention & Education• Focus Areas• Secondary Education• Higher Education• ParentsRecommendation:• Increase middle & high school students’ exposure to health-affirmingprint & electronic media• College campus messages will focus on “I Drink Less Than YouThink.”• Community messages focusing on positive contributions of students• Parent Education (Web-based print and electronic media)Funding Requested: $75,000In-Kind Funding: $25,000Orange CountyUnderage DrinkingTask Force Report

RecommendationsRecommendation:• Hire three Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug (ATOD) PreventionSpecialists to coordinate and implement ATOD prevention and earlyintervention programs (selected 4-9 th grades)• ATOD Prevention Specialists provide direct support and/orcounseling for high risk students and their families (grades 6through 9)• ATOD Prevention Specialists provide ATOD prevention parentingprograms for parents of middle and high school students• Create and distribute alcohol & drug prevention Newspaper inEducationFederal Grant Funding: $1.2MOrange County Public Schools Safe School/Health Students GrantOrange CountyUnderage DrinkingTask Force Report

Access to Alcohol• Focus Areas• Parents• Retailers• Social Liability• Alcohol-Related DataRecommendation:• Develop and maintain central database for law enforcementrelated to underage and problem drinking• Add last drink served question to all DUI tickets• Develop and maintain a central database for Orange Countycritical care providersFunding Requested : $80,000Orange CountyUnderage DrinkingTask Force Report

• Focus Areas• Vendor Compliance Checks• House Parties• Responsible Vendor Training• Local OrdinancesEnforcementRecommendations:• Increase number of coordinated, multi-agency, vendor compliancecheck details• Develop local ordinances related to “breach of peace” violations andrepeated underage alcohol sales and service• Conduct compliance checks to ensure operators of “party buses”comply with state and local laws• Draft proposed county ordinance that limits hours of operation forvendors who repeatedly are in violation of selling alcohol tounderageFunding Requested: $25,000Orange CountyUnderage DrinkingTask Force Report

Retailer Responsibility• Focus Areas• Responsible Hospitality• Vendor Training Programs• High-Risk Drink PromotionsRecommendation:• Establish a Responsible Retailers (RR) Forum- RR Forumdesigned to:• Acquaint community & media with problem of underage andyouthful abusive drinking• Spur participation and buy-in from variety of potential partnersand members of coalition• Develop infrastructure that provides necessary resources to helpretailers comply with lawGrant Funding: $50,000Orange County Substance Abuse Response GuideOrange County Federal Drug Free Communities Project GrantOrange CountyUnderage DrinkingTask Force Report

FundingGrant/In-Kind Funding: $1,528,500Requested Funding: $ 196,600Grand Total: $1,725,100

Implementation Committee“ONE VOICE”ONE VOICE Implementation Committee• 18 Task Force and Subcommittee Committee Members• Co-Chaired by Carol Burkett & Tom Hall• Committee Goals:• Meet monthly to develop and implement strategic actionplan• Establish timelines• Finalize grant funding/New Grant Opportunities• Provide quarterly status reports and annual presentationsOrange CountyUnderage DrinkingTask Force Report

Implementation Committee“ONE VOICE”• ONE VOICE Committee held first meeting Jan 12 th• Review of Implementation Timeline• City of Winter Park Alcohol Ordinances – 1stReading Approved by City Commission• Relating to Alcoholic Beverages Ordinance• Extended Hours Of Permit to sell alcoholpast 11:00 pm• Three violations within three month period forselling alcoholic beverages to underage youthOrange CountyUnderage DrinkingTask Force Report

Implementation Committee“ONE VOICE”• Illegal Open House Party Ordinance• Owner’s and landlords held responsible for illegal openhouse parties – underage alcohol consumption or useof illegal controlled substances• First Violation – Written Notice• Second Violation - $1,000 Fine• Third Violation - $2,000 Fine• Prevention – Alcohol Media Literacy Forums• Parent and Community Forums with Dr. PeterDeBendettitis: leading expert on media education andprevention on underage and binge drinking (March2009) Orange CountyUnderage DrinkingTask Force Report

Implementation Committee“ONE VOICE”• Collection of ED Alcohol-Related Data• Several meetings with local hospitals to developdata criteria• Similar format to DAWN Reporting for ED• Trends and patterns of alcohol, prescriptiondrugs & illicit drug use9 Month Period – 2,000 EmergencyDepartment Alcohol-Related Visits(under 21 years of age)Cost: $4M ($3M not reimbursable)Orange CountyUnderage DrinkingTask Force Report

Orange CountyDrug Free CoalitionAnnual Report

Presentation Outline• Mission Statement• Organizational Chart• Strategic Goals• Drug Trends• Accomplishments• Grants• Budget• Ongoing Initiatives

Mission StatementTo identify and utilize the resources within OrangeCounty that institute initiatives that effectivelyprovide education, prevention, intervention andtreatment of substance abuse issues resulting in athriving Drug Free Community.

Organizational ChartChief Mike McCoyDirector of Public SafetyCarol Burkett, DirectorEileen May, Project CoordinatorRonaa Ali, AdministrativeAssistantAngelina Sandoval, Intern

Drug Free Coalition• Coalition Board comprised of15 members (Chaired byMayor Crotty)• Law Enforcement• Medical• Schools• Higher Education• Faith• Business• Health• Judiciary• Prevention• Treatment• Nine Working Committees• Meet on monthly basis• Over 100 volunteersTheWorship Center

Coalition CommitteesWorking Committees• Education & Media• Family & Neighborhoods• Treatment/Intervention/Recovery• Faith• Drug Free Workplace/BusinessCommunity• Law Enforcement/Courts/Corrections• Youth• Higher Education• Addictions & Disabilities

Strategic Goals• Prevention – Stopping Use Before ItStarts• Enforcement – Aggressively AttackingUnlawful Drug Activity• Treatment/Recovery – GettingTreatment Resources Where They AreNeeded

Central Florida Drug Threats• Cocaine (powered and crack) – greatest drugthreat in Florida• Heroin – high rate of overdoses in 1999;consumption declining• Methamphetamine –reduction in clan labsdue to state law restricting precursors• Marijuana – hydroponic “indoor grow”increased• Prescription Drugs – used in combinationwith other drugs• MDMA (Ecstasy) – club drug prevalentamong teens and young adults

Drug Threats (Youth/YoungAdults)• Alcohol – most widely used drug byadolescents & college students• Marijuana – second most abused drugby teens & college students• Prescription Drugs/OTC – non-medicaluse on the rise nationally• Inhalants – no change amongmiddle school students

Orange County Youth Substance Use(Past 30-Day) 200835302527.4%29.8%Orange CountyFlorida201514.8%11.1%1012%9.1%58.7%7.6%3.5% 3.4%04.3%2.8%AlcoholBingeDrinkingMarijuana Cigarettes Inhalants PrescriptionDrugs

Prevention Highlights• Underage Drinking PreventionCampaign – 3,000 Licenses• Red Ribbon Celebration – 1,000Youth• Reach Out Now YMCA SummerYouth Program - 570• National Family Day• Back to School Fair & FamilyFun Day

Prevention Highlights• Eight Parent & DistrictCommunity Crime Forums• Understanding TeenDrinking Cultures inAmerica Focus Groups• CADCA Prescription DrugsFocus Group• National Guard DrugDemand Reduction Program– 10,000• Community Outreach – 116events

Enforcement Highlights• Coordinated Drug Enforcement Operation(weeklong detail) – 282 Arrests• 1,758 Grams of Cocaine• 125 Pounds of Marijuana• 42 Grams of Heroin• 205 Xanax Pills• 51 MDMA• 34 Grams Oxycodone• 118,000 Cash• 43 Guns• Underage Drinking Coordinated StingOperation• 221 Compliance Checks & 28 Arrests• Annual Law Enforcement Conference

Treatment Highlights• Adult Drug Court Program• Intensive Outpatient, CaseManagement & Drug Testing• 75% Success Rate• Juvenile Family Counselors• 65 families attend group sessionsquarterly• New Horizons Counselor• 380 students served and 40 familysessions• Annual Treatment Conference• Recovery Month Promotion• Proclamation• Recovery Breakfast• Recovery Walk

Drug Free Grants• Federal Drug Free Communities Program -$625,000• Federal Adult Drug Court EnhancedCapacity - $900,000• Underage Alcohol Use Lab - $100,000• Substance Abuse Response Guide Grant -$27,000 - $100,000 (Phase III)

Budget Summary22%4%8%65%ContractsPrevention/EducationGrantsProjects/EventsFY08-09 Budget -$1.1M

Ongoing Initiatives• Parent & Community Forums focus onunderage drinking, marijuana,prescription drugs/OTC• Distribution of the Addictions &Disabilities Resource Guide• Prescription Drug Awareness Campaign• Quarterly Underage Drinking ComplianceChecks• Increase number of Drug FreeWorkplaces

Ongoing Initiatives• Methamphetamine Education– 40presentations in community• Methamphetamine Clan Labs - 12-15 in2008• 43 Meth-related cases• Methamphetamine Remediation –Orange County Health Department• Statewide Methamphetamine TaskForce Member• Meth training video for law enforcement• Requested federal appropriation forMeth prevention, training andremediation - $100,000

Orange County Underage DrinkingTask Force Update & Drug FreeCoalition Annual ReportPresented toBoard of County CommissionersJanuary 27, 2009