IDHS SUBSTANCE ABUSE

PREVENTION PROGRAM

FY17 Program Update Featuring

Prevention First

The Center for Prevention Research and Development

PREVENTION FIRST

SUBSTANCE ABUSE

PREVENTION SERVICES

Funding provided in whole or in part by the Illinois Department of Human Services and the Substance

Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Prevention First SAP Services

• Training

• Technical Assistance

• Professional Development Resources

Professional Development Staff

• Anne Cox, Manager of SAP Training & Technical

Assistance

• Sara Christensen, Instructional Design Manager

• Kim Zambole, Master TTA Specialist

• Kellie Henrichs, Master TTA Specialist

• Jody Heavilin,TTA Specialist

• Tasha Wilkerson, TTA Specialist

• Cindy Dambacher, Training Registration Contact

SAP Training

• On-line, class-room & webinar trainings

• View Trainings, Training Policies & Register

through Uconnect at www.prevention.org

• New Training Policy for Webinars

• DHS SAPP Required Training Chart

Technical Assistance

• Technical Assistance is the process of providing

targeted support to an organization with a

substance abuse prevention development need

or problem.

• Prevention First’s goal is to build the capacity of

substance abuse prevention providers to

strategically plan and implement local, evidence-

based strategies to prevent substance abuse.

Technical Assistance

• Offered by Prevention First to Sub-grants A, B

and C

• Contact Anne Cox, Manager, SAP Training/TA

Anne.Cox@prevention.org

(217) 836-5346

Professional Development

Resources• www.prevention.org

• DHS Information

• Resource Guides

• Tip Sheets

• Fact Sheets

• Virtual Clearinghouse

• SAP news

Prevention First

Springfield Office:

2800 Montvale Drive

Springfield, IL 62704

217.793.7353

Toll free: 800-252-8951

www.prevention.org

Chicago Office:

33 W. Grand Ave., Suite 300

Chicago IL 60654

312.988.4646

Toll free: 800-252-8951

Questions?

Contact Anne Cox, Manager, SAP Training/TA

Anne.Cox@prevention.org

(217) 836-5346

CYCLE REPORTING UPDATESIn the Prevention Hub

What’s New in Cycle Reporting?

• There is now just one page to either add a new cycle, or edit existing

cycles

• You can now search for completed cycles by end date, or view

certain cycles within a designated time frame

• There are now improved field validations to help prevent reporting

errors

• We have created a new Completing Cycle Information manual,

located with the Tutorials on the Help page in the Hub.

Add/Edit Cycles Page

View Cycles

Validations for Cycle Fields

• Cycle name must be 25 characters or less, and each cycle across

all fiscal years must have a unique name.

• Completion Date: Cannot be a date in the future

• Number of sessions delivered: Number of sessions needs to be

between 1-30.

• Length of sessions (minutes): Length of session(s) needs to be

between 1-240 minutes.

• Number of youth/parents served: Number of youth/parents cannot

exceed 99.

• Number of youth/parents served who received 80-100% of sessions:

Number of cannot exceed 99 and cannot exceed the number of

youth/parents served.

Reminders!• Use the Quick Look screen under the Agency Tab in the Hub to

check that the information you have entered is complete before

you submit your quarterly reports

• Active staff

• Cycles

• Missing weeks (for time or population reporting)

CPRD Updates FY17

• IYS County and Chicago Community Area reports have been posted

to the IYS website - https://iys.cprd.illinois.edu/results

• Don’t forget you can check the final list of 2016 participating schools

and representation maps at

https://iys.cprd.illinois.edu/about/participation

• “Making the Most of Your Illinois Youth Survey Data” one day

training will be offered at Prevention First Office - Springfield

(September 28, 2016) and Prevention First Office- Chicago

(October 19, 2016)

• 2016 IYS State Report and 2016 IYS Trend Reports (school and

district) projected to be available by January 2017

• The FY16 Annual Review is currently underway and feedback

reports are expected to be sent to agency contacts by November 1,

2016