Jackson County Program Evaluation Project Year 3, Report 1.pdf

Figure 14. Number of People Trained in Each Program Through 12/31/10Number of People Trained in Each ProgramSchoolProgramLST TND LRPMaquoketa 2 2 4Andrew 6 2 -Bellevue 7 2 2Preston 3 2 -ASAC/GRAA Staff 4 4 4Project Total 22 12 10Program KeyLST Life Skills TrainingTND Project Towards No Drug AbuseLRP Leadership and Resiliency ProgramCommunities Mobilizing for Change on Alcohol (CMCA)Implementation of CMCA activities remains mostly on schedule. Project staff andcommunity members were trained to implement CMCA in November, 2008, and theCMCA group began meeting that month. Project staff and volunteers conducted 102one-on-one interviews with community members to assess perceptions of alcoholproblems in the county and what should be done about them, and to encourageinvolvement in the community coalition or other CMCA activities. In addition, projectstaff have led a CMCA kick-off event, twenty-two community coalition meetings, fourtown hall meetings, and hosted and participated in numerous community events inseveral towns across Jackson County. The local media have provided extensivecoverage of CMCA events and activities, and the local radio talk show has hostedJackson County GRAA staff and featured project events on numerous occasions.One variance from the project action plan is that a CMCA group was not formed in eachdistrict. Rather, one CMCA group for the entire county was formed, due to the small sizeof some of the districts and a lack of initial interest in the project within some districts.This group was designed to include representatives from across Jackson County, withthe possibility of splitting the group into smaller community groups as the projectprogresses. Despite project staff’s consistent efforts, community member interest incoalition work was slow to develop. However, during the second half of the secondproject year, the coalition began to see an increase in interest and attendance fromparents in the community. In addition, a local acting company, the Peace Pipe Players,began collaborating with the group to enhance events by adding dramatizations.A comprehensive action plan for the county was developed by project staff shortly afterthe CMCA training. This plan was followed during the first project year. During thesecond project year, staff decided to focus on issues and goals outlined in the CMCALogic Model. (See Appendices 3 and 4 on pages 45 through 48 for the Project ActionJackson County GRAA Evaluation Report 17