Higher Education Prevention Programs
On September 15, 2003, Utah was awarded a three-year SIG-E Cooperative Agreement from SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), which will be administered by the Utah State Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health (DSAMH). The SIG-E funds are available on contract from the Utah State Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health (DSAMH) to the following public institutions of higher education: the College of Eastern Utah, Dixie State College, Salt Lake Community College , Snow College , Southern Utah University, the University of Utah, Utah State University, Utah Valley State College and Weber State University .
The specific objectives of the Utah State Incentive Enhancement Project are to:
• Enhance Utah's prevention data infrastructure and capacity to collect and analyze prevention data by further developing the Utah Prevention Administration Tracking System (PATS) and expanding it to include Utah's public higher education institutions.
• Utilize the Risk and Protective Factor Model to coordinate and, where legally permissible, redirect and leverage substance abuse prevention resources that are directed toward Utah's public higher education institutions.
• Continue the development of Utah's comprehensive, statewide prevention strategy to increase the capacity of Utah's public higher education institutions to implement evidence-based prevention and early intervention programs utilizing the Risk and Protective Factor Model to reduce alcohol, tobacco and other drug use, as well as other related high-risk behaviors among students enrolled on their campuses.
• Demonstrate a reduction in evidence-based risk indicators, substance use, and related high-risk behaviors among students who are enrolled at Utah's public higher education institutions.
• Enhance Utah's state prevention plan to ensure the substance abuse prevention and early intervention services established at Utah's public higher education institutions are sustained following the conclusion of the State Incentive Enhancement Project.
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