Wholistic Stress Control Institute Inc

TO DEVELOP A MINORITY SA/HIV PREVENTION PROGRAM FOR 1,000 AFRICAN AMERICAN, IN METRO ATLANTA.

HEAL II

COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR PARTNERSHIPS FOR SUCCESS(CAPS)

REINTEGRATION OF EX-OFFENDERS

REACH2APPEAL PROGRAM

AMBASSADOR'S PROMOTING PREVENTION, EMPOWERMENT, ADVOCACY & LEADERSHIP (APPEAL)

THE PROJECT WILL UTILIZE THE POSITIVE ACTION (PA) CURRICULUM TO PROVIDE VIOLENCE PREVENTION EDUCATION FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. PA IS RESEARCH SUPPORTED EVIDENCE-BASED CURRICULUM FOR K12 STUDENTS THAT WAS LISTED AS ONE OF THE LINKED SUGGESTED PROGRAMS UNDER THE EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMS OR PRACTICES SECTION OF THE STOP GRANT INSTRUCTIONS. WHOLISTIC STRESS CONTROL INSTITUTE (WSCI) STAFF MEMBERS WERE IN CONTACT WITH THE PROGRAM DEVELOPER, WHO SHARED THAT THE CORE 12 HOURS OF CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION ARE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN FIDELITY AND PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS. REVIVE II PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS WILL RECEIVE THESE LESSONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LOCAL SCHOOL SCHEDULES, BEFORE, DURING OR AFTER SCHOOL HOURS. THE YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID (YMHFA) CURRICULUM, AN EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAM, WILL BE UTILIZED TO TRAIN AT LEAST 30 TEACHERS, ALONG WITH POLICE OFFICERS, PARENTS, AND OTHER COMMUNITY ADULTS COMMITTED TO SCHOOL SAFETY EACH YEAR TO RECOGNIZE POTENTIAL MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, INCLUDING VIOLENCE POTENTIAL, AMONG YOUTH. TRAINED TEACHERS AND OTHER INTERESTED ADULTS WILL SHARE ANY CONCERNS THEY HAVE NOTED AMONG THE STUDENTS WITH THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR, ADMINISTRATORS, AND REVIVE II STAFF MEMBERS TO COLLABORATE ON FINDING ASSISTANCE FOR THE STUDENTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THEIR PARENT/GUARDIAN. REFERRAL COMMUNITY PARTNERS WILL BE SOUGHT OUT FOR MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT FOR ANY SITUATIONS THAT CANNOT BE ADDRESSED WITHIN THE SCHOOL SETTING.

THE WHOLISTIC STRESS CONTROL INSTITUTE (WSCI) AND THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT WILL BE INVOLVED IN THE RESOURCES TO ELIMINATE VIOLENCE INVOLVING VALUES IN EDUCATION (REVIVE) PROJECT ARE COMMITTED TO ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO “REVIVE” A COMMITMENT TO VIOLENCE PREVENTION IN SCHOOLS AND THEIR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE METROPOLITAN ATLANTA AREA.  FULTON AND COWETA COUNTIES EXPERIENCE SIGNIFICANT LEVELS OF VIOLENCE THAT SPILLS OVER INTO THE SCHOOLS ATTENDED BY THE CHILDREN AND YOUTH BEING EDUCATED THERE.  FOR EXAMPLE, THE GEORGIA BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION MEDICAL EXAMINER’S OFFICE HAD ATTRIBUTED 566 TO DEATHS TO HOMICIDE IN FULTON COUNTY IN 2021, UP FROM 529 IN 2019.  ATLANTA POLICE HAVE INVESTIGATED 64 HOMICIDE CASES IN 2021. THE SURGE FOLLOWS A HISTORICALLY DEADLY 2020, WHEN AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATED 157 HOMICIDE CASES — THE MOST IN MORE THAN TWO DECADES. AS OF JUNE, ATLANTA’S MURDERS ARE UP AND SHOOTINGS HAVE INCREASED BY 40%, ACCORDING TO THE LATEST DATA. MEANWHILE, THE GBI EQUALLY SHARED OVER 2,718 CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES IN COWETA COUNTY THAT WERE CITED IN 2019, OF WHICH INCLUDED BURGLARY, LARCENY, MURDER, RAPE, AND ASSAULT.  THE SPECIFIC PROGRAM OBJECTIVES THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED TOWARDS ACHIEVING PROGRAM SUCCESS WILL INCLUDE:   OBJECTIVE 1) TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE-BASED VIOLENCE PREVENTION TRAINING FOR AT LEAST 300 MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS DURING PROJECT YEAR 1, AND 450 EACH DURING YEARS 2 AND 3, FOR A TOTAL OF AT LEAST 1,200 STUDENTS OVER THE LIFE OF THE PROGRAM, AS ASSESSED BY A REVIEW OF TRAINING ATTENDANCE RECORDS.             OBJECTIVE 2) TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE-BASED VIOLENCE PREVENTION VIA MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS TRAINING FOR AT LEAST 30 TEACHERS EACH PROJECT YEAR, FOR A TOTAL OF AT LEAST 90 TEACHERS OVER THE LIFE OF THE PROGRAM, AS ASSESSED BY A REVIEW OF TRAINING ATTENDANCE RECORDS.               OBJECTIVE 3) TO RECRUIT, TRAIN OR MAINTAIN AT LEAST 8 STUDENTS AS PEER EDUCATORS EACH PROJECT YEAR TO WORK WITHIN THE SCHOOLS AND THE COMMUNITY TO REINFORCE AND FURTHER DISSEMINATE THE MESSAGE OF VIOLENCE PREVENTION EACH PROJECT YEAR, AS ASSESSED BY A REVIEW OF PEER EDUCATOR TRAINING RECORDS.             OBJECTIVE 4) TO HAVE ALL TRAINED TEACHERS AND OTHER ADULTS IN MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WORK THROUGH THE SCHOOLS TO MAKE REFERRALS TO MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS, AS ASSESSED VIA A QUARTERLY REVIEW OF THE FILES OF THE MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINER.

NAVIGATORS UTILIZING RESOURCES TO UPLIFT RENEWAL VIA ENGAGEMENT (NURTURE) - WSCI IN COLLABORATION WITH PARTNERING ORGANIZATIONS, WILL OFFER THE NURTURE PROJECT, TO 1,000 PRIMARILY AFRICAN AMERICAN MSM AND OTHER HIGH RISK MINORITY GROUP MEMBERS, AGED 13 TO 24, ALONG WITH TREATMENT AND HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, BY PROVIDING THEM WITH EDUCATION AND ACTIVITIES THAT WILL HELP THEM AVOID HIV, HEPATITIS, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE, IN ADDITION TO OTHER RISKY BEHAVIORS. THE PROJECT IS TARGETING THE MOST IN NEED YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE MOST IMPOVERISHED AREAS OF FULTON COUNTY, IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA BY PROVIDING EVIDENCE-BASED CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION AND RELATED SERVICES INCLUDING HIV AND HCV TESTING, AND FOLLOW UP COUNSELING. WSCI THROUGH THE NURTURE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE AN INTENSIVE PROGRAM OF SERVICES FOR THE CORE PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS.

REACHING AND EDUCATING ADOLESCENTS TO IMPROVE COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH (REACH) SRAE PROGRAM

THE GOAL OF THE 2 HYPE "A" CLUB IS TO TEACH AN ABSTINENCE EDUCATION TO 300 AFRICAN AMERICAN YOUTH (12-18) IN METRO ATLAN

SEXUAL RISK AVOIDANCE EDUCATION

YOUTH RISE PROGRAM

COLOR IT REAL II

MINORITY HIV/SA/HEP SPF

COMPETITIVE ABSTINENCE EDUCATION PROGRAM

STOP UAD - WHOLISTIC STRESS CONTROL INSTITUTE, INC, A 35-YEAR-OLD AWARD-WINNING COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION, LOCATED IN ATLANTA, GA WILL IMPLEMENT THE PROPOSED PROJECT, ENTITLED THE, “STOP UNDER AGE DRINKING COALITION.” THE GOAL AND OBJECTIVES ARE: GOAL I: REDUCE AND PREVENT THE ONSET OF UNDERAGE DRINKING FOR MALES AND FEMALES, AGES 12 – 20 IN THE CATCHMENT AREA OF NEWNAN, GEORGIA, ZIP CODES 30263, 30264 AND 30365. OBJECTIVE 1: BY DECEMBER 2019, THE COALITION WILL HAVE CONVENED CITIZENS AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM VARIOUS SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY TO UPDATE STOP UAD ACTION PLAN TO REDUCE AND PREVENT THE ONSET OF UNDERAGE DRINKING FOR YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS IN NEWNAN. OBJECTIVE 2: EACH YEAR, THE STOP UAD COALITION WILL HAVE CONDUCTED QUARTERLY ACTIVITIES/EVENTS, INCLUDING TOWN HALL MEETINGS, FOR THE CITIZENS, GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AND SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY TO FOSTER LONG-TERM SUBSTANCE ABUSE REDUCTION COMMITMENTS. OBJECTIVE 3: EACH YEAR, THE STOP UAD PROGRAM WILL HAVE REACHED 250 UNDUPLICATED (1000 OVER FOUR YEARS) YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS, AGES12 TO 20, SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION DIRECT SERVICES AND ACTION PLAN STRATEGIES. OBJECTIVE 4: EACH YEAR, STOP UAD COALITION WILL HAVE DISSEMINATED TWELVE STATE-OF-THE-ART BEST PRACTICES, INITIATIVES, RESOURCES, AND PREVENTION MESSAGES TO 1000 (4000 OVER FOUR YEARS) YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. GOAL II: TO STRENGTHEN AND ENHANCE INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION AND COORDINATION IN ORDER TO REDUCE UNDERAGE DRINKING FOR YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS, AGES 12 – 20 IN THE CATCHMENT AREA IN OF NEWNAN. OBJECTIVE 5: EACH YEAR, STOP UAD COALITION WILL HAVE CONDUCTED TWO COALITION SUBCOMMITTEE WORKGROUP MEETINGS FOR NEWNAN TO ENHANCE INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION EFFORTS TO REDUCE UNDERAGE DRINKING IN THE CATCHMENT AREAS. OBJECTIVE 6: EACH YEAR, SUBCOMMITTEE WORKGROUP WILL PARTICIPATE IN TWO STOP UAD COALITION ACTIVITIES IN NEWNAN AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES TO INCREASE GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY COLLABORATION. POPULATION: THE POPULATION OF FOCUS INCLUDES 12 – 20 YEAR-OLD, MALES AND FEMALES, RESIDING IN THE CITY OF NEWNAN, GEORGIA, ZIP CODES 30263, 30264 AND 30365. TWENTY-TWO PERCENT OF TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS (AGED 16 – 24) ARE CONSIDERED “DISCONNECTED YOUTH” BECAUSE THEY ARE NEITHER WORKING NOR IN SCHOOL. PARTNERSHIPS: THE PROGRAM WILL COLLABORATE PRIMARILY WITH NEWNAN CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR OFFICE TO STRENGTHEN THE COLLABORATION AMONG THE COMMUNITY AND GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES TO IMPLEMENT COMPREHENSIVE DIRECT AND INDIRECT STRATEGIES. THE PROGRAM DESIGN IS BUILT UPON ONGOING EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RESEARCH DATA, EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE, AND UTILIZATION OF SAMHSA STRATEGIC PREVENTION FRAMEWORK PROCESS. ONGOING DATA COLLECTION OF ALL PROGRAM COMPONENTS WILL BE ANALYZED AND DISSEMINATED TO THE COMMUNITY AND STAKEHOLDERS.

THE HEAL COALITION OF THE WHOLISTIC STRESS CONTROL INITIATIVE, INC.

THE(SMART)PROJECT

DRUG FREE COMMUNITIES SUPPORT PROGRAM

COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR PARTNERSHIP FOR SUCCESS (CAPS) II - WHOLISTIC STRESS CONTROL INSTITUTE, INC, A 38-YEAR-OLD AWARD-WINNING COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION PROPOSING TO IMPLEMENT THE “COMMUNITY AMBASSADORS PARTNERSHIP FOR SUCCESS (CAPS) II.” THE GOAL AND OBJECTIVES ARE: TO HELP REDUCE THE ONSET AND PROGRESSION OF SUBSTANCE MISUSE AND ITS RELATED PROBLEMS BY SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT, DELIVERY, AND COMMUNITY CAPACITY OF SUBSTANCE MISUSE PREVENTION, MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION SERVICES AND BEST PRACTICE ACTIVITIES AMONG 50,000 YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS (9 TO 20 YEARS OLD) IN FULTON COUNTY, GA OVER A 5-YEAR PERIOD. COMMUNITY PRIORITY #1: PLANNING AND BOOSTING COMMUNITY CAPACITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE: OBJECTIVE 1: BY THE END OF JANUARY 2023, CAPS II WILL HAVE CONVENED A SUBSTANCE MISUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH COALITION TO ASSESS AND DEVELOP AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT REDUCE RISKS AND ENHANCE PROTECTIVE FACTORS IN THE COMMUNITY UTILIZING SAMHSA’S STRATEGIC PREVENTION FRAMEWORK STEPS (ASSESSMENT, CAPACITY, PLANNING, IMPLEMENTATION, AND EVALUATION).OBJECTIVE 2) EACH YEAR CAPS II WILL BOOST PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION CAPACITY BY IDENTIFYING, ENGAGING AND MAINTAINING 90% OF ITS PARTNERSHIPS TO DECREASE GAPS IN COMMUNITY SERVICES, STRENGTHEN PREVENTION RESOURCES, IMPLEMENTATION OF SUBSTANCE MISUSE PREVENTION AND OTHER RELATED PROBLEMS, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND STRENGTHEN EXISTING COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURES TO SUSTAIN PREVENTION INITIATIVES. COMMUNITY PRIORITY #2: INCREASE SUBSTANCE MISUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH RELATED KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, SELF-IMAGE, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL COMPETENCE: OBJECTIVE 3) BY END OF 2027, CAPS II WILL INCREASE SUBSTANCE RELATED KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, SELF-IMAGE, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL COMPETENCE REGARDING 1) ALCOHOL, 2) MARIJUANA, 3) ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES AND 4) OPIOIDS FROM PRE TO POSTTEST AS MEASURED BY THE GPRA BY IMPLEMENTING EVIDENCED BASED SUBSTANCE MISUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH CURRICULUM AND MIXED BEST PRACTICES TO 3,000 YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS (300 YEAR 1 AND 675 YEAR 2-5). OBJECTIVE 4) BY END OF 2027, CAPS II WILL HAVE INCREASED THE COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE BY TRAINING 150 YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS (30 ANNUALLY) AS COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR LEADERS TO ASSIST PROGRAMMING, DISSEMINATE SUBSTANCE MISUSE PREVENTION INFORMATION, AND MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION INFORMATION TO PEERS AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS. OBJECTIVE 5: BY THE END OF 2027, CAPS II WILL HAVE HOSTED 10 (TWO PER YEAR) MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION CAMPAIGNS TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF SERIOUS PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS, MENTAL ILLNESS, AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE FOR YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS. OBJECTIVE 6: BY END OF 2027, CAPS II STAFF, AMBASSADORS AND COALITION MEMBERS WILL HAVE CONDUCTED TWENTY (4 ANNUALLY) SUBSTANCE MISUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION FREE ACTIVITIES, TRADITIONAL AND SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS TO REACH 50,000 (10,000 A YEAR) YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS TARGETING HEALTHY ALTERNATIVES AND AVOIDANCE OF THE FOUR MISUSE PREVENTION PRIORITIES INCLUDING 1) ALCOHOL, 2) MARIJUANA, 3) ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES AND 4) OPIOIDS. COMMUNITY PRIORITY #3: INCREASE COMMUNITY POLICY COMPLIANCE: OBJECTIVE 7: BY END OF 2027, CAPS COALITION WILL HAVE INCREASED INFRASTRUCTURE TO REINFORCE POLICY COMPLIANCE, LAWS, AND ATLANTA CITY COUNCIL INITIATIVES VIA THREE (3) NEW STRATEGIES. POPULATION: THE PROGRAM WILL REACH 50,000 9 – 20-YEAR-OLD, MALES AND FEMALES OVER THE 5-YEAR GRANT PERIOD, WHO RESIDE IN THE FULTON COUNTY, GA. PARTNERSHIPS: THE PROGRAM WILL COLLABORATE WITH 1) COUNCIL WOMEN BOONE, 2) SEVEN ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 3) ODYSSEY FAMILY COUNSELING; 4) GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND CHILDREN SERVICES 5) WESTCARE GA MOBILE TREATMENT CLINIC, 6) LEE THOMPSON YOUNG SUICIDE PREVENTION FOUNDATION; AND 7) NADIM ALI, LPC MAC SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELOR.