Safe and DrugFree Schools Title IV NH Department of Education

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Safe and Drug-Free SchoolsTitle IVNH
Department of Education

• May 2006
• Workshops

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SDFS Program Status

• Money is available for the 06-07 school year,
  however the amount of money is approximately 75
  of what was received for the 05-06 school year.
• SDFSC States Grant Program is cut (zeroed out) in
  the Presidents version of the 07-08 federal
  budget
• The program could be reinstated, cut or reduced
  by congressional action for 07-08.

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WHY?

• Program still has problems with proven
  effectiveness even though the federal government
  has placed stricter standards on the program.
• Money is spread thinly with many approved
  activities, difficult to aggregate evaluation
  results

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Principles of Effectiveness

• Assessment of objective data
• Performance Measures
• Scientifically based research
• Analysis of risk and protective factors
• Consultation with parents
• Program Evaluation

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Application Materials

• NH DOE website www.ed.state.nh.us
• Choose Programs, Information and Services,
• Select S for
• Safe and Drug-Free Schools, or
• Select C for
• Consolidated Application

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Writing the Application

• Title IV application
• 06-07 application guide
• Allocation table
• Common pages
• (non-publics/transferability, GEPA)
• DEADLINE 12/1/06

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Section I-Consultation with Stakeholders

• Collect input from parents, faculty and staff,
  CBOs, students, community coalitions,etc.
• Consider all grade levels that are represented in
  the school district
• Include parents who are not employed by the
  school district
• Plan for ongoing consultation

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Section 1-Public Notice

• Indicate how the public will be notified of the
  intent to submit a SDFS application
• Include a name and contact information for a
  citizen to access the application
• Describe the location where the application could
  be reviewed

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Section I-Identification of Priority Needs

• Analyze the objective data which is available to
  identify priority needs (discipline data, YRBS,
  safety/climate survey, community input, public
  health data)
• Choose priority areas for this application

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Data collection

• YRBS is a CDC sponsored survey, not a US
  Department of Education survey
• Discipline data is a good source of objective
  information
• SDFS funds may be used to conduct surveys-caution
  on parental permission

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YRBS

• YRBS coordinator is Mary Bubnis
• mbubnis_at_ed.state.nh.us, 271-3889
• State level YRBS information may be useful even
  if it is not local data

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Section II-Proposed Programs

• Authorized activities that do not require a
  waiver-letters (a)-(g) of the application
• Waiver requests-additional information describing
  the research to date and reasons why the approach
  should work (h)-(J). More detail now needed for
  the waiver.

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Expandable Boxes

• Create a description for each program
• Examples of programs Project Alert in grade 6,
  Student Assistance Program, Project Safeguard,
  Peer Mediation, Peer Led Anti-Drug/Anti-Violence
  Council

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Section III-Goals and Performance Measures

• Outcome Measures-reduction of incidents
• Process Measures-how the program is conducted
  (e.g. attendance, number of implementations,
  evaluations of a specific program activity)

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Outcome Measures

• Baseline data
• Percentage change
• Target for new year

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Sample Outcome Measure

• Reduce the number of physical assaults by 10
  from 100 reported incidents in school year 04-05
  to 90 by the end of 05-06.

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Sample Process Measure

• Increase the number of parent meetings from 2 to
  4 (50 increase from two meetings in school year
  04-05 to four meetings in school year 05-06).

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Section IV-Assessing and Reporting Progress

• When will data be examined to measure the
  progress occurring during the school year?
• How will the public be notified of the projects
  progress? Where will the project evaluation be
  made available to the public?

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OBM FORM 1

• New form this year-available in excel
• Budget and contract
• Very particular about details on this form
• Two sided document, both pages must be signed
  when it is printed on two pieces of paper
• 2 limit on Title IV Indirect Costs
• DATES!!

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Form 1 continued

• Please be complete with project manager contact
  information
• If you have questions about a revision you may
  fax it to us for review before getting it signed
  and mailing a hard copy

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Project Dates

• Project may not begin until on or after the day
  that the Form 1 is received at the NH Department
  of Education
• Select June 30 as the end date of the project
  unless summer programming is planned

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Carryover

• Check with your business office, look at your
  Form 2, or call us to estimate carryover
• Carryover from the previous year becomes
  available when the old project is closed
• Carryover must be authorized and a spending plan
  must be written
• Carryover is added in a revised Form 1 or may be
  written into the original application

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Evaluations

• Evaluations for the previous project year must
  be received before a new project will be fully
  funded

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Technical Assistance

• Call or email for help- Cheri White
• Phone [phone]
• cwhite_at_ed.state.nh.us
• Fax [phone]