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LifeSkiffs Training Program Substance Abuse Council of Indian River County Children Servi = Advisory Committee 2. MEASURES: What data elements will you need to 'collect to show that you lis ve achieved (or made progress toward) your Measurable Outcomes in Section D? What tools or items are you using as measures (grades, survey scores, attendance, absences, skill levels) fo r your program? Are you getting baseline information from a source on your Collaboration Liq t in Section E? Are there results from your Activities in Section D that need to be documented? How often do you need to collect or follow-up on this data? Pre test are administered to the entire population of cohorts simultaneously, prior to instruction . Post testing is conducted following the completion of instruction. These pre and post test are evaluated by the University of Miami to establish achievement of measurable outcomes. Other program data elements such as program delivery and maintaining program fidelity are collected on a weekly basis and sent to the University of Colorado for evaluation. Required demographic data is complied and reported to the State of Florida monthly. PRIDE and FYSA Surveys are conducted alternating every other year. The 2003 PRIDE Survey results are due in the summer of 2003 and the FYSA Survey is due in 2004 3. REPORTING: What will you do with this . information to show that change hits occurred? How will you use or present these results to the consumer, the funder, the program , and the community? How will you use this information to improve your program? Establishing performance targets for strategy goals and objectives is a very impo part of prevention program implementation process. These performance measures indicate the success of the LST program by establishing the rate of change in perceived harm, level of drug use and the v idity of the program implantation. 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 educational development and continuing education needed for both the community and its staff. All program data is complied via computer database programs. All program data and statistics are shared with the community, funders and concerned parties, as the law allows.