Substance Use Prevention Coalition
Assesses Community Resources
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[August 16, 2023]
After
a brief summer hiatus, the Substance Use Prevention Coalition (SUPC) met
at Lincoln Memorial Hospital (LMH) on Thursday for their August meeting
to assess the available programs and resources for substance use and
prevention in Logan County. The mission of SUPC is to “promote awareness
of substance use disorder, prevent youth substance use, and improve
access to resources.” Members of area community organizations gathered
in the Steinfort Conference rooms at LMH to analyze and discuss the
coalition’s Strategy Portfolio Map, which outlined the SUPC summer
assessment of programming. The goals of the summer assessment were to
find areas where growth in resources is needed and to identify SUPC’s
targets for support. Nadia Klekamp of Chesnut Health Systems led
discussion of the Strategy Portfolio Map by phone.
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The SUPC Strategy Portfolio Map follows the Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) published by the
American Psychiatric Association for its indicators, meaning populations
the SUPC aims to serve are grouped according to DSM definitions. Groups
that are “Indicated” are “those who are known to exhibit the behavior
you are seeking to address.” In the case of SUPC, the behavior being
addressed is substance use. Groups that are “Selective” are those who
are “at-risk of exhibiting the behavior.” A “Universal” group is the
general focus audience the organization is trying to serve.
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The SUPC further organizes populations into four
categories for support: individuals, families, schools, and the
community. For example, for “Indicated” Individuals, there are
resources such as the Mobile Crisis Team and Logan County Jail
Recovery meetings and for “Universal” in the Community category Safe
Ride, 211, and www.logancountyresources.org provide general support,
among many other Logan County services and organizations.
After examining each category, the coalition members
discussed what existing resources are missing and should appear on
the list or should be moved to a different category. The Strategy
Portfolio Map also allowed members to spot categories where needs
may not be being filled.
Klekamp concluded the discussion by briefly presenting identified
gaps in resources and then offered a plan for next steps. The Tasks
for the Coalition that Klekamp introduced are: 1) To recognize gaps
and find opportunities to fill those gaps. 2) To provide support for
best practices already established. 3) To take inventory of programs
implemented within schools, make recommendations, and support the
programs schools are willing to implement. 4) To conduct an
environmental scan of Logan County. More information about Task 4
will be presented at SUPC’s September meeting.
[Stephanie Hall]
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