West Virginia's Strategic Prevention Framework
State Incentive Grant (SPF SIG)
Overview
In 2004,
WV received a multi-year, more than 11 million dollar federal grant for substance abuse prevention. Most of the Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant (SPF SIG) was
re-awarded to support county-level prevention planning and implementation.
Early in 2006,
prevention planning grants were awarded to entities in each of the 53 counties that applied. Counties attended
Regional Learning Opportunities and developed their County Prevention Partnerships and county-wide prevention plans. From 2007-2010, SPG SIG funding continued to more than a dozen WV counties that had the highest need in regard to substance abuse related issues and appropriately equipped to tackle their local concerns.
County Prevention Partnerships in each of these counties will use the funds to continue grassroots prevention initiatives such as media campaigns to raise community awareness of substance abuse related issues, parenting programs, retailer stings to prevent the sale of alcohol to minors, school-based curriculum such as the Too Good For Drugs Program, and community-based programs such as Communities Mobilizing for Change on Alcohol.
In the meantime,
The WV Partnership To Promote Community Well-Being developed a data-driven process/plan for distributing prevention implementation grants in WV. This process is best described as a “highest need” planning model. Counties of highest need with regard to problems associated with substance abuse were identified with a Substance Abuse Well-Being Index (SAWB). The SAWB was developed from a comprehensive repository of epidemiological indicators including substance abuse consumption and consequence data. The data were then used to inform the WV Partnership’s recommendations to the Governor regarding WV SPF SIG grant awards these past several years.
Funding Source/Purpose
The source of WV's SPF SIG is a federal
Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant (SPF SIG) from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration's (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP). The SPF SIG is authorized under Section 516 of the Public Health Service Act. It is intended to build prevention capacity and infrastructure at the state and local levels; prevent the onset and reduce the progress of substance abuse including childhood and underage drinking; and reduce substance abuse and substance abuse-related problems in communities.
Responsible Parties
The
WV Governor's Office is the official recipient of WV's SPF SIG. The Governor has directed the
WV Division of Criminal Justice Services (WV DCJS) to fiscally administer the SPF SIG sub-grants to counties. The Governor has also directed the
WV Prevention Resource Center (WVPRC) to coordinate the implementation of the SPF SIG in the form of planning, grant administration, training, technical assistance, monitoring and evaluation.
The WV Partnership to Promote Community Well-Being (The Partnership) advises the WVPRC as it plans and implements the SPF SIG, and it advises the Governor regarding the SPF SIG sub-grants to counties. WV's primary source of funding for substance abuse prevention comes from a federal Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant, which is granted to a single state agency (SSA) in each state. Twenty percent of this grant must be designated for prevention. WV's SSA is the WV Dept. of Health & Human Resources Bureau for Behavioral Health & Health Facilities (BBHHF). The BBHHF sub contracts with the WVPRC to facilitate the State's substance abuse prevention system and has a representative on the WV Partnership.
WV SPF SIG Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Among Responsible Parties
Additional Information
Please direct questions about WV's SPF SIG Prevention Grants to your local Community Development Specialist (CDS). CDSs contact information is available at
www.PrevNET.org/cds/areamap/. If your CDS can not answer your question, he or she will obtain an answer from or refer you
to another appropriate WV Prevention Resource Center staff member. If you have specific
grant-related questions (eligible expenditures, reporting, etc.), please contact
Laura Sarver at (304) 766-6301 ext 36.