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A <br />Application for Funding Assistance <br />Florida Department of Law Enforcement <br />Justice Assistance Grant — County -Wide <br />Section 2: Project Overview <br />General Proiect Information <br />Project Title: Indian River County Planning <br />Project Sequence No.: 3 <br />Subgrant Recipient: Indian River Board of County Commissioners <br />Impleme t nin g gency: n ianRive' r Bow of Coon ommissioners <br />Project Start Date: 10/01/2008 End Date: 9/30/2-009 <br />Problem Identification <br />The Substance Abuse Council of Indian River County is seeking funding to continue with the planning <br />and coordination of the JAG Byrne Anti -Drug Grant program in Indian River County. The Council has <br />administered the Byrne Anti -Drug Grant for Indian River County since 1990. All project related goals <br />were met through the grants tenure. These goals include: <br />Conduct Substance Abuse Policy Board meetings. <br />Write issue / research papers. <br />Conduct monitoring/coordinating reviews. <br />Review quarterly performance reports prior to submission to the State Administrating Agency. <br />Review financial reports prior to submission to the State Administrating Agency. <br />Provide technical assistance to specific local projects. <br />Indian River continues to experience a high level of drug related activity. The focus of the Council's <br />Administrative component is to provide a mechanism for identifying gaps in current services and county <br />needs. This mechanism includes the analysis of: <br />A County wide youth drug assessment survey. <br />A county emergency room drug related admissions. <br />Drug related deaths as reported by the Medical Examiners office. <br />Continued coordination and monitoring of alcohol and other drug abuse efforts within Indian <br />River County. <br />The analysis of this information plays an integral part in establishing priority needs and gap analysis <br />within Indian River County. <br />Based upon the most current assessment, the following has been established as short and long term goals <br />for the Council: <br />Short Term Goals: <br />Ongoing prevention education specifically geared at new drug trends, i.e. prescription abuse, <br />combining drugs or rolling. <br />Community awareness programs geared at different population groups for the need for <br />prevention, treatment and interdiction. <br />Acquisition of funding and development of programs for co-occurring mental health and <br />substance abuse related treatment issues. <br />