SDFSC Program Achieving Outcomes at the Local Educational Agency (LEA) Level

LEAs across the country are using their funding to implement “science based” programs and to address emerging drug trends such as meth.

LEA Program in Reinbeck, Iowa Reduces Meth

• The SDFSC program coordinator worked to develop a state certified mentoring program and became a certified SAFE (Substance Abuse Free Environment) community.
• Funding from the SDFSC program was used to purchase and implement science-based curricula for the Strengthening Families, Project Alert and Life Skills Training prevention programs.
• The cooperation of multiple community sectors, including the LEA, also helped to create the Get a Grip program, which focuses on youth substance abuse screening, intervention and treatment referrals.

Decreased at a rate of 100.0%, from 5.0% in 1999 to 0.0% in 2003, as measured by the American Drug and Alcohol Survey.

Increased at a rate of 3.2%, from 96.1% in 2004 to 99.2% in 2005, as measured by the American Drug and Alcohol Survey.