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LifeSkills Training Program Substance Abuse Council of Indian River County Children S ices Advisory Committee F. PROGRAM EVALUATION (Entire Section F not to exceed two pages) 1 . DEMOGRAPHICS : What information (data elements) will you need to collect in order to accurately describe your target population including demographics (age, gender, and ethnic background) required by the funder in Section H? What are the pieces of im formation that qualify them for your target population? How do you document their need for services or their "unacceptable condition requiring change" from Section Bl ? As a licensed substance abuse provider in the State of Florida, the Council is requir to utilize the State of Florida, Department of Children and Families, MA-SA (Mental Health-SubstanceAbuse) Data Warehouse Database. Complete, detailed, but confidential information is complied an all clients who request services of the Council . The demographic information required includes but is not limited to: • Name • Family composition aid status • Age • Living accommodation • Gender and ethnic background • Drug of Abuse • Address • Frequency of use • Social Security number • Age of onset • Type of services needed • Type of services provided • Duration of services • Length of stay In addition non-client specific data is also maintained. Time, duration, number of articipants, location of service delivery and date are maintained. Client and non-client specific data are maintained in a confidential, password protected database. Additionally the Council maintains statistics on the LST program The Council is al a part of the State of Florida, Florida Youth Initiative Evaluation program. The University of Miami conducts random, unannounced evaluation of both program process and content . Establishing performance targets for strategy goals and objectives is a very important part of prevention program 'implementation process. Ultimately they will also randomly sample our prepost test and conduct evaluations on their rate of change and validity. This additional information helps the Council to track new trends of use or abuse, types of drugs being used, types of services needed and provides information on the type of educati nal development and continuing education needed for both staff and community. The LST program utilizes several short term indicators to measure the impact onachievement of this program' s goals. The evaluation tools used are as follows: • Pre and Post testing - Pre test are performed to measure the audience' s basal knowledge prior to the presentation. Following the presentation, post tests are conducted . • Pride Survey • Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey (FYSA) 3 �