Working Together to Reduce Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse
in Summit County
2008 - 2009
Annual Report
373 S. Portage Path • Akron, Ohio 44320
Phone: (330) 374-0947 Fax: (330) 374-0958
sccp1@sbcglobal.net www.summitcountycommunitypartnership1.org
Printed with support from:
Pastoral Counseling
HISTORY: Representatives from education, law enforcement, business, parents, faith-based community, treat-ment, prevention, social services, medicine and government formed the Coalition in 1990 under the auspices of the Summit County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services (ADM) Board. The Partnership is Summit County’s Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition and is the only one of the 13 Ohio Partnerships origi-nally funded by the federal Office of Substance Abuse Prevention Demonstration Program that continues to exist.
MISSION: The mission of the Partnership is to facilitate coalitions of community resources in order to prevent alcohol and other drug abuse in Summit County. The Coalition uses science based prevention techniques, in-formation, and activities in an attempt to infuse them into every community system. The goals of the Partner-ship along with the state of Ohio's prevention goals guide our strategies and activities.
MEMBERS: The coalition strives to involve the entire community. Representatives from medicine, business, law enforcement, education, families, social service organizations, local, county and national government, and ethnic/cultural communities work together as part of the coalition. The Partnership engages Community Leaders in collaborating within a Social Responsibility model and holds consistently high expectations for achievement and sustainable impact across the public/private sectors creating environmental change. By de-veloping strategic collaborative partnerships the Community Partnership ensures an alignment of goals and measures of success, effective use of funds to address neighborhood conditions in a productive fashion and links to developing and retaining employees
OUR FUNDING
Some federal monies are ONLY available to communities with a prevention Coalition. The Summit County Community Partnership, Inc. is among this community’s representatives to federal and state agencies with prevention research and funding streams such as Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services (ODADAS) . The Partnership has brought over $2.7 million dollars into Summit County since the Coalition’s inception.
The Partnership thanks these contributors for our 2008 operating funds
SAMHSA $ 80,577
ODADAS $ 40,000
UNIVERSITY OF AKRON $ 9,514
ADM BOARD $ 6,500
COMDOC $ 1,500
PASTORAL COUNSELING $ 1,000
BOARD OF TRUSTEES $ 800
AKRON CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL $ 250
COHEN AND COMPANY $ 150
SCHWAB CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS $ 500
(at the behest of Larry Frank)
THE ENTREPRENEURS
(at the behest of Larry Frank) $ 100
DOUGLAS POWLEY $ 50
RICHARD BURUTSA $ 30
CONFERENCES & ACTIVITIES $ 7,761
MISC $ 180
TOTAL $148,912
OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL AND INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS
Judi Adam, ComDoc Jeff Ennis, Board of Trustees
Hylton Baker, Summit County Sheriff’s Office Larry Frank, Board of Trustees
Joy Kosiewicz, Board of Trustees Chrissy Lockhart Community Health Center
Phil Lucco, Board of Trustees Robert Liebelt, M.D., PhD, Board of Trustees
Iris J. Meltzer, Board of Trustees Brian Pendleton, PhD, Univ. of Akron
Elizabeth Piatt, PhD, Board of Trustees Mellissa Reed, Board of Trustees
Jan Wagner, Board of Trustees Randy Zumbar, Board of Trustees
A Partnership of Service
“A September 2008 report from the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) says that
alcohol, tobacco and other drug use rates were lower than national averages in cities and towns with coalitions funded by the Drug Free Communities (DFC) program.
Annual youth marijuana, alcohol and tobacco use in DFC communities was 9.9 percent, 23.3 percent , and 10 percent lower respectively, than the national average for use of these substances. Trends in current use among DFC communities were compared with national data from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System.
The report also found that youth drug use declined more rapidly in communities with DFC coalitions that the national average.” - Join Together Online (www.jointogether.org).” September 25, 2008
In 2008, the Summit County Community Partnership coalition completed its tenth and final year as a fed-eral Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Drug Free Communi-ties Grantee. Thousands of communities competed for this support and received grants for part of the funding period. The Summit County Partnership was successful in meeting all requirements and expecta-tions to garner a full decade of support, the maximum possible within federal guidelines. With this fund-ing the Partnership supported: The Youth Drug Use Survey conducted since 1992, which generated front page stories (Akron Beacon Journal [ABJ], 3/31/2000; 6/29/07) and editorials (ABJ. 7/1/2007). Without Partnership support and guid-ance, a county-wide survey would cost the community at least $300,000. The Partnership’s locally pro-duced drug use data reflects results that mirror those reported by the Office of National Drug Control Pol-icy. Summit County demonstrated reductions from the 2005 levels in use of beer (from 28% to 23%), wine coolers (from 27% to 15%) and tobacco (from 23% to 15%) among 8th graders in Summit County. Drug Free Workplace (DFWP) supervisor and employee training. The Partnership is an ODADAS listed DFWP provider; The University of Akron and surrounding community— The Partnership provides ID scanners for al-cohol service training and provides Responsible Seller Server Trainings to help curtail binge and underage drinking; Methamphetamine Identification and Avoidance; Diversity and prevention training with local organizations. Services for community agencies, organizations, business, schools and law enforcement including:
Evaluation consultation
Program implementation support
Translation of prevention research to “best practices” evidence-based programming
Coordination of community resources for “calls to action”
The Partnership Saves Money for Summit County:
“Investing in addition prevention programs yields a 10-1 return for society”
Join Together Online (www.jointogether.org) March 16, 2009
2008– 2009 Community Partnership Board of Trustees
Jeffrey Ennis, Sec./Treasurer Larry Frank, Co-Chair Joy D. Kosiewicz
Secretary Chief Executive Officer Attorney at Law
Akron Host Lions ComDoc Brouse McDowell
Robert Liebelt, M.D., Ph.D. Phillip Lucco Iris J. Meltzer, Chair
Medical Director Emeritus Coordinator, Diversion Unit Administrative Director
Ignatia Hall Acute Alcohol Summit County Juvenile Court Adolescent Services
and Drug Treatment Center Akron Children’s Hospital
Summa Health System
Elizabeth Piatt, Ph.D. Mellissa R. Reed Jan Wagner
Assistant Professor Manager Chief Operating Officer
Community Health Sciences Cohen & Company Community Health Center
NEOUCOM/P
Mike West William (Randy) Zumbar
Media/Outreach Consultant Regional Resource Manager
Cuyahoga County Department of Psychiatry
Board of Elections Summa Health System
Community Partnership Staff
Executive Director: Gwendolyn Wilson
Project Coordinator: Darryl A. Brake
Contract Evaluator: Brian F. Pendleton, Ph.D.