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Substance Abuse Council of Indian River County Right Choice Program CSAC of IRC 2. Briefly describe how your program addresses the stated need/problem. Describe how your program follows a recognized "best practice" (see definition on page 12 of the Instructions) and provide evidence that indicates proposed strategies are effective with target population. According to Center for Substance Abuse prevention (CSAP), Selected Findings In Prevention, A Decade of Results from the Center For Substance Abuse Prevention , 1997 , the findings indicate that the proposed strategies above are effective with target population. They demonstrated repeated documentation that adolescent risk perceptions were favorably impacted by reducing favorable parental, peer and community attitudes towards ATOD. 3. List staffing needed for your program, including required experience and estimated hours per week in program for each staff member and/or volunteers (this section should conform to the information in the Position Listing on the Budget Narrative Worksheet) . The Right Choice program is currently staffed by two Council employees and one Licensed Mental Health Counselor. The Prevention Program Coordinator assumes primary responsibility for the Right Choice program. Ninety percent (90%) of this position is currently allocated to the program. An Information Specialist is also assigned to this program and currently dedicates 100% of her time to the program. The Prevention Program Coordinator has had nine (9) years of experience in the substance abuse prevention field with extensive background in administration. The Information Specialist has an extensive background in program coordination and evaluation. The Licensed Mental Health Counselor holds a Masters Degree in Mental Health and is licensed by the State of Florida as a Clinical Certified Forensics Counselor with a specialty in criminal offender counseling and youthful offender counseling 4. How will the target population be made aware of the program? The Right Choice program awareness was designed with the target population in mind. Many different marketing campaigns are utilized to make the community at large aware the services are available. The program is open to all residents of Indian River County. The Council promotes the use of the Right Choice program via it' s newsletters and brochures. Law enforcement, school personnel, probation officers, student support specialists have all been briefed on the Right Choice program . The Council also recommends the Right Choice program to parents. Juveniles can be referred to the Right Choice program. Each juvenile referred to the program must complete the 26-week education program in order to achieve successful completion. Juveniles may be referred to the program as follows: 1 ) Any Juvenile Justice Intake Counselor or Case Manager may include a recommendation to the State Attorney' s Office for the Right Choice program as part of a disposition report on a juvenile arrested for a first time misdemeanor offense of: • Misdemeanor non-marijuana drug • Possession of alcohol • Marijuana misdemeanor • Other Alcohol Offenses The jurisdiction of the court may sentence a juvenile to the Right Choice program, any law enforcement agency, any school personnel or any parent. 5. How will the program be accessible to target population (i.e., location, transportation, hours of operation) ? The Council attempts to be very accommodating in service offering times / hours for the community. Currently group sessions are held Monday through Thursday at 4 : 30pm and 6 :00 pm. Times do vary throughout the year. Individual sessions are scheduled according to need, Monday through Saturday. 6