Transaction Description:
ROCKVILLE CENTRE COALITION FOR YOUTH - RVCCY PFS PROJECT WILL SERVE THE GEOGRAPHIC CATCHMENT OF ZIP CODE 11570, LOCATED IN THE CITY OF ROCKVILLE CENTRE, IN NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK. THE POPULATION OF FOCUS IS YOUTH IN GRADES 9-12, WITH A SPECIAL CONCENTRATION OF BLACK, INDIGENOUS, PEOPLE OF COLOR (BIPOC) STUDENTS AND STUDENTS WHO ARE UNHOUSED OR HAVE UNSTABLE HOUSING. ACROSS THE THREE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT SERVE THIS ZIP CODE, 47% OF STUDENTS ARE WHITE, 25% HISPANIC, 19% BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN, 4% ASIAN, AND 4% TWO OR MORE RACES. ONE PERCENT OF THE SCHOOL POPULATION IS HOMELESS. WHILE ONLY 2% OF WHITE INDIVIDUALS IN NASSAU COUNTY DO NOT HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE, 4% OF BLACK INDIVIDUALS, 5% OF ASIAN PEOPLE, AND 10% OF HISPANIC PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE. OVERALL MORTALITY DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTS BIPOC IN NASSAU COUNTY, WITH BLACK PEOPLE HAVING AN OVERALL MORTALITY RATE OF 695.9 PER 100,000, FOLLOWED BY WHITE PEOPLE AT 617.2, HISPANIC PEOPLE AT 536.0, AND ASIAN AT 373.6. THE OVERALL MORTALITY RATE FOR THE WHOLE OF NASSAU COUNTY IS 620.2 PER 100,000 POPULATION. BLACK RESIDENTS LEAD IN POTENTIALLY PREVENTABLE HOSPITALIZATIONS AT 195.9 PER 10,000, FOLLOWED BY HISPANIC RESIDENTS AT 104.4, WHITE AT 85.8, AND ASIAN AT 53.4, WITH A TOTAL COUNTY RATE OF 103.4 PER 10,000 POPULATION. GROUNDED IN COALITION BUILDING AND THE STRATEGIC PREVENTION FRAMEWORK (SPF), RVCCY PFS PROJECT WILL HELP REDUCE THE ONSET AND PROGRESSION OF SUBSTANCE MISUSE AND ITS RELATED PROBLEMS BY SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY OF COMMUNITY-BASED SUBSTANCE MISUSE PREVENTION AND MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION SERVICES TO SERVE THE POPULATION OF FOCUS. IN THE FIRST STEP OF THE SPF, RVCCY WILL COMPLETE A COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT (CNA) TO IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS LOCAL SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION CONCERNS SUCH AS ALCOHOL, MARIJUANA, PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, AND VAPING. THE CNA WILL DOCUMENT CURRENT RESOURCES, GAPS, AND THE CAPACITY TO ADDRESS THE ONSET AND PROGRESSION OF SUBSTANCE MISUSE AND ITS RELATED PROBLEMS. THE CNA WILL SEGUE INTO STEP TWO - CAPACITY-WHICH WILL FOCUS ON STRENGTHENING THE COMMUNITY'S RESOURCES, PARTNERSHIPS, AND PREVENTION SKILLS. LOCAL COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS WILL BE TRAINED IN EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGIES THAT WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. IN STEP THREE AND FOUR (PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION), THE COALITION WILL DEVELOP AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND BEGIN TO IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES IDENTIFIED IN THE PLAN. IN THE FIFTH AND FINAL STEP, EVALUATION, THE COALITION WILL EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ACTIVITIES DELIVERED IN THE COMMUNITY ON AN ONGOING BASIS.
