SACADA-PFS communities - grounded in the strategic prevention framework (SPF), the SAN antonio council on alcohol and drug awareness partnership for success for the communities (SACADA-PFS), will help…

SACADA-PFS communities - grounded in the strategic prevention framework (SPF), the SAN antonio council on alcohol and drug awareness partnership for success for the communities (SACADA-PFS), will help reduce the onset and progression of substance misuse and its related problems by supporting the development and delivery of community-based substance misuse prevention and mental health promotion services. Leveraging existing relationship with the circles of SAN antonio community coalition, SACADA-PFS communities will expand and strengthen the capacity of local prevention providers to implement evidence-based prevention programs in SAN antonio texas. SACADA PFS-communities will use the 5-steps in samhsa's strategic prevention framework (SPF) throughout the 5-year project. In the first step of the SPF, SACADA will complete a community needs assessment (CNA) to identify and address local substance use prevention concerns, such as underage drinking, marijuana, tobacco, electronic cigarettes, opioids, methamphetamines, and heroin use data. The CNA will also document current resources, gaps, and the capacity to address the onset and progression of substance misuse and its related problems. Using the CNA to segway step two, capacity, SACADA will focus on strengthening the community's resources, partnerships and prevention skills. Local community partners and stakeholders will be trained in evidence-based strategies that will be carried out in the community. In step three and four the coalition will develop an implementation plan and begin to implement the strategies identified in the plan. In the fifth and final step, the coalition will evaluate the impact of the implementation plan activities delivered in the community on an on-going basis. The emphasis will be on the underserved communities greatly impacted by substance use disorders (SUD), the coalition will focus on the students and individuals who live in the SAN antonio independent school district (SAISD) and surrounding area. The nature of the problem within the geographic catchment area includes the need for prevention planners to have a comprehensive approach to understanding and addressing substance misuse and related behavioral health problems which will be the focus of SACADA-PFS communities project. Bringing the partners together to transform our community will focus on the priorities listed by the U.S. Surgeon general, "...to create healthier, more prosperous, and resilient communities...which is essential to our health and well-being" (U.S. Surgeon's general's advisory on the healing effects of social connection and community, 2023).