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

modeling regarding alcohol consumption around the holidays. Volunteersdistributed over 300 packets to patrons at a Maquoketa grocery store, and alsodistributed packets to banks across Jackson County.• Communication and Collaboration with Other Community OrganizationsProject staff members have collaborated with several community organizations toprovide education and additional services to youth and adults in Jackson County.The CMCA Coordinator has also become actively involved with CommunityPartnerships for Protecting Children, the Prevention of Child Abuse Coalition,and Jackson County Planners, and has gotten information on substance abuseand available services placed in guides, calendars, and other materialsdisseminated by those organizations.Community Member Recruitment• Project staff met with local groups to introduce CMCA and to discuss upcomingCMCA actions. Thirty-one meetings were held with a variety of groups and clubsincluding, but not limited to, the City Council, Rotary Club, Optimists Club, SchoolBoard, and Chamber of Commerce.• A total of 102 one-on-one interviews with community members were completedduring the first half of the project (8 in Andrew, 19 in Bellevue, 61 in Maquoketa,and 14 in Preston). These interviews included representatives from mostcommunity sectors (see Figure 15 on page 23 for the full list of interviews bycommunity and sector). The sectors with the highest number of interviews arebusiness, faith, and education; the sectors with the fewest interviews includesenior citizens and social services.• Project staff distributed 500 tote bags at grocery stores in Maquoketa, Preston,Bellevue, and Andrew in March 2010. The tote bags contained information aboutthe coalition and an upcoming town hall meeting.• Project staff and coalition members created a webpage in July 2009 entitledCoalition Connections (http://www.coalitionconnections.com/jacksoncoalitions.php),which contains information about the coalition and CMCAactivities.• The CMCA Coordinator and a coalition member set up a Facebook page withinformation on the coalition and recent activities, such as “Hidden in Plain Sight.”• Two community members joined the coalition as a result of the “Hidden in PlainSight” presentation.Jackson County GRAA Evaluation Report 22