1. Florida Department of Children and Families Substance Abuse and Mental Health Program Office Behavioral Health Advisory Workgroup (BHAW) Web-Based Meeting December 16, :00 pm – 3:00 pm

2. Agenda Updates Data Trends – Jim Hall
National Drug Early Warning System - Jim Hall
BHAW Research Questions
Prioritization of Prevention Funding
Washington State Risk Scales
Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey Reporting Recommendations
Next Meeting

3. Updates Florida Youth Survey Invitation to Negotiate BHAW Membership
DCF Data Center Liaison
DOH FYSAS Liaison
ACHA
Coalition Certification
Establishes minimum standards for coalition performance

4. Updates KIT Solutions SAMHSA Prevention System Site Visit
Introduction of new data platform (Mosaix)
SAMHSA Prevention System Site Visit
January 2015

5. Discussion Items Coalition Certification KIT Solutions
What critical knowledge should coalitions demonstrate when conducting a needs assessment and evaluation?
KIT Solutions
How can the state improve and enhance the prevention data system?
SAMHSA Prevention Site Visit
How does the state accurately report prevention data?

6. BHAW Member Updates Data Trends
Synthetic Cathinone (Bath Salt)
Alpha-PVP (Flakka or Grave)
Phenethylamine
2-CB (pink cocaine)
Methamphetamine
Heroin
Routes of administration
National Drug Early Warning System (NDEWS) - generates critically needed information about new drug trends in specific locations around the country so rapid, informed, and effective public health responses can be developed.

7. Florida Youth Survey (FYS)
FYS is a multi-agency survey that involves:
Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey (FYSAS)
Florida Youth Tobacco Survey (FYTS)
Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)
Middle School Health Behavior Survey (MSHBS)
The Department is seeking a vendor to ensure accurate collection and analysis of data from the 4 surveys.
Timeline: June 1, 2015 – June 30, 2018

8. Invitation to Negotiate (ITN)
ITN for development, dissemination, data collection and analysis of FYS.
Minimum Programmatic Specifications:
Survey Development
Survey Protocols
Survey Administration Training
Data Collection and Data Analysis
Development of an On-line Data Reporting System

9. ITN Award Selection Criteria
RELATIVE VALUE
Understanding the Statement of Purpose 30
Vendor’s Qualifications
120
Vendor’s Approach To Accomplishing Tasks
105
Cost Proposal
Financial Stability 20
TOTAL
305

10. Discussion Items
What criteria demonstrate proficiency in data collection, analysis and reporting?
What criteria should be used to rank vendor’s approach to data collection, analysis and reporting?
What reporting capabilities should the on-line data reporting system have?

11. Prevention Funding Prioritization
Washington State developed “Risk Scales” to leverage limited resources for 50 communities.
A data-informed approach for prevention funding allocation which considers communities with the highest need.
Based on two components:
Risk Profiles
Healthy Youth Survey (HYS)

12. Risk Scale Components – Risk Profiles
Community Domain
Availability of Drugs
Extreme Economic & Social Deprivation
Transitions & Mobility
Antisocial Behavior of Community Adults
Low Neighborhood Attachment
Community Disorganization
Family Domain
Family Problems
School Domain
Academic Achievement
School Climate
Individual/Peer Domain
Early Criminal Justice Involvement
Problem Outcomes
Child and Family Health
Criminal Justice
Substance Use

13. Risk Scale Components - HYS
Washington State Healthy Youth Survey (HYS)
Targets students in grades 6, 8, 10 and 12
Collects data every two years
Captures data on physical, mental, and behavioral health (including alcohol use)

14. Outcomes Risk scales developed for each school district based on:
Alcohol consumption
Consequences of youth alcohol use
Assessments conducted to determine individual districts readiness to engage in prevention activities.

15. Discussion Items
Is developing risk scales a valuable tool for the prevention system?
Is there sufficient data available to develop Florida risk scales?
Should risk scales be created across all four priority substance abuse problems?
How would risk scales be operationalized in the prevention system?

16. Web-Based Meeting Schedule
March 2015
June 2015

17. Thank you