1. GASPS Regional Meeting
Travis Fretwell, MAC, NCAC II, CCS
Assistant Executive Director & Director of the
Office of Prevention Services and Programs
(404) 657-2315 office
tfretwell@dbhdd.ga.gov

2. Travis Fretwell
WE L C O M E

3. Today’s meeting will cover:
Epi Updates
Pre-Assessment Tasks
Statewide Alcohol Awareness Campaign
Technical Support
FAQS from the Field
Save the Dates

4. Margie Irizarry-DeLaCruz
E P I U P D A TE S

5. Epi Data
• Limited community-level data
• Available Data
- County-level baseline data
(GSHS & GBI)
- Snapshot the State will use
to determine High Need
areas
- Indicators align with selected
goals

6. Epi Data
• Selected Indicators to determine HIGH NEED
areas
• Goal 1: Reduce the early onset of alcohol use
among 9 to 20 year olds
• Selected Indicator A: Age of Onset
• Goal 2: Reduce the access to alcohol and binge
drinking among 9 to 20 year olds
• Selected Indicator B: Binge Drinking
• Goal 3: Reduce binge drinking and heavy drinking
among 18 to 25 year olds
• Selected Indictor C: DUI Arrest

7. Criteria for Selecting High Need
Areas
Defining Communities
• Number of goals identified in each county that ranked
high
- 3 Goals vs. 2 Goals vs. 1 Goal
• Ranked high
- Counts
- Percentages
Why?
• Overlapping Issue
- High need areas with no providers
- Providers serving no high need areas
- Target population to be served
- Ethnic groups
- Age groups

8. Criteria for Selecting High Need Areas
Defining Communities
• Overlapping Issue (cont)
- Number of providers per county
- Number of providers serving single counties
vs. multiple counties vs. multiple regions
- Other counties to be served proposed by
providers
- Proposed budget
- Resources & capacity
- Feasibility based on timeline

9. Criteria for Selecting High Need Areas
Defining Communities
• Next Steps
- Narrowing down counties/defining
communities
- Individual cases
- Conference call/web meeting
• Sample Size will be determined at Need
Assessment Training
• Pre-Assessment Activities
- February Focus

10. Selected
Indicators
A = Goal 1
(4)
B = Goal 2
C = Goal 3
( ) = Number of
providers
* Note: This is only a snapshot
of HIGH NEED areas. Providers
will determine goals during
Needs Assessment.
A (6)
AB (1)
C (2)
AB (5)
A (1)
FY1 2 Region 3 Fund ed C ounties

11. A
C (1)
B
B C
C A B
(2)
A
A B C (1)
A B A
A B C (3)
(1)
A B B
(1) C (1) A C A
(2)
B
A C B C (1) (1)
(3)
ABC
(3)
A B
Selected Indicators
B (1)
(1) A = Goal 1
A C (1)
B C (1) B = Goal 2
C = Goal 3
( ) = Number of providers
A C
(1)
* Note: This is only a snapshot of HIGH NEED
areas. Providers will determine goals during Needs
FY1 2 Region 1 Fund ed C ounties Assessment.

12. Selected Indicators
A = Goal 1
B = Goal 2
ABC (2)
AB
B (0) AB
C = Goal 3
(0)
(0) ( ) = Number of
BC (3) providers
AB
(0)
* Note: This is only a snapshot of
BC (1) HIGH NEED areas. Providers will
determine goals during Needs
Assessment.
B (0) BC (1)
B (2)
A
AB
(0)
A C (2) (1)
(1)
ABC (1) AB (0)
(1)
AB (3)
AB (1)
AB
(0)
FY1 2 Region 2 Fund ed C ounties

13. (1)
AB (2)
B (1) AB (3)
(1) ABC C (3)
(2)
(1) (3)
AB B (3)
(2)
(1) AB (2)
C (2)
AC (3)
B (1)
AB (2) AB
(2)
AB (1) B (2)
C (2)
(1)
(2)
(1)
Selected AB AB (1)
(1)
Indicators AB (1)
(1)
(1)
A = Goal 1 ABC (2)
(1)
B = Goal 2
C = Goal 3
(2)
( ) = Number of (1)
C (1)
providers
* Note: This is only a
snapshot of HIGH NEED
areas. Providers will
determine goals during
Needs Assessment.
FY1 2 Region 5 Fund ed C ounties

14. Selected
Indicators
(1) (1)
A = Goal 1
B = Goal 2
AB (0)
C = Goal 3
( ) =
(3)
Number of
AB (1)
providers
C (2) * Note: This is only a
snapshot of HIGH
AB (1) (3) NEED areas.
Providers will
determine goals
AB (2) during Needs
AB (1) Assessment.
ABC (1)
(1)
AB (0)
ABC (1) AB (0)
C (1)
FY1 2 Region 4 Fund ed C ounties

15. Selected
Indicators
A = Goal 1
ABC (1)
B = Goal 2
BC (1)
AB (0)
C = Goal 3
(1)
AB (0)
AC
BC (1) ( ) =
(3) Number of
ABC
AB AB (2) ABC (1) providers
(2)
(1) * Note: This is only a
snapshot of HIGH
(2) NEED areas.
Providers will
determine goals
B (0)
(1) (2) during Needs
C (2)
Assessment.
AB (2) AB (1)
AC
(2)
(0) A (2) (1)
(1)
(1)
(1
) (1 A (3)
)
AC (2)
(0)
(0)
(1)
FY1 2 Region 6 Fund ed C ounties

16. RPS Team
P R E -A S S E S S M E N T
TA S K S

17. Pre-Assessment Checklist
Hire/Identify a Program Coordinator
 Submit resumes for Program Coordinator position.
 Submit contact information for all individuals involved with this
contract.
 Attend Georgia Strategic Prevention System (GASPS) Orientation
 Provide a list of individual(s) who attended the training.
 Attend required initial training convened by (OPSP) adhering to all
registration, logistical and learning assignments.
 Provide list of individuals who attended the training and their
role in this project.
 Organizational and Initiative charts
 Submit an organizational chart.
 Submit an alcohol prevention initiative staffing chart.

18. Pre-Assessment Checklist
 Join, establish and/or convene a substance abuse prevention/Drug-
Free Community coalition.
 Submit meeting minutes and signature roster along with MPR
reports.
 If the coalition has to be established, provide thorough description
of monthly progress.
 Establish and convene the Community Prevention Alliance Workgroup
(CPAW). Remember the mobilizing your CPAW is an ongoing process.
 Signed membership agreements from CPAW.
 Submit sub-workgroup meeting minutes and signature roster along
with MPR reports.
 Participate in the statewide Alcohol Awareness Campaign.
 Submit campaign plan and relevant materials to OPSP for approval.

19. Chris Wood
S T A T E W ID E A L C O H O L
A W A R E N E S S M E D IA
C A M P A IG N

20. Alcohol Awareness Campaign
Why?
• Increase community awareness around alcohol
• Part of larger media campaign (Did You Know?)
• April is Alcohol Awareness Month
• Build capacity among providers - working with various forms of media,
including social media
• Collect service data
• Deliverable in contract
What are we doing?
 Develop a campaign around alcohol during February
 Disseminate the campaign during March/April
 Submit campaign design and budget to your RPS by or before
February 29th (i.e. if your proposed design is ready now, submit it for approval
before you produce any campaign materials).
 For Alcohol Awareness Campaign, providers select the community or
communities in the region to target (You are NOT REQUIRED to wait for your GASPS
Community Defining conference call.)
 Each contract requires a campaign

21. Alcohol Awareness Campaign

22. Alcohol Awareness Campaign

23. Alcohol Awareness Campaign

24. Tiffiany Aholou
T E C H N I C A L S U P P O R T 10 1:
WH O , WH A T & WH Y

25. Requesting Technical Support
2 Some matters may
1 In some instances we require some 3 Some requests may
are able to give a additional research to require additional
response within a appropriately respond. approval before acting.
short amount of time. If this is the case, For example, the
your coach will keep request for a training.
you abreast.

27. 8 Great Things About Using ECCO
1. The State is vested in ensuring you get the
help you need.
2. If you’re thinking about it, chances are
somebody else is probably thinking about it ECCO is the
too...so enter it.
tool GASPS is
3. Your questions helps us to better support using to
other providers across the state. document all
4. There is no cap on the number of requests you requests for
can submit. technical
5. No login passwords to recall
support.
6. Completely web-based
7. Can enter using your Smart Phone 
8. Accessible 24/7

28. F A Q S F R O M T H E F IE L D

29. We heard you had some questions,
we're all ears…
| GASPS FAQS
OPSP and GSU have complied your
questions from ECCO entries and the RPS
in a FAQ document.
FAQs will be an ongoing document available
at www.ga-sps for additional guidance
throughout the GASPS intiative.

30. | FAQS from the Field Part I.
 What constitutes a community under the
GASPS process? (EPI data)
 How/when will I find out what geographic
service area I will be focusing on? (EPI data)
 What is the guidance around providers serving
multiple regions?

31. | FAQS from the Field Part I. Con't
 Can providers share CPAW if they are in same
county or other geo area?
 Can providers in the same region or county
share a coalition?
 What should providers be working on after the
CPAW has been formed?

32. | FAQS from the Field. part II.
• In an on-going effort to ensure that you have
information that will enable you to move forward
with your CPAW formation and subsequent
tasks, we will now offer time for you to think of
questions that have not been covered in our
presentation thus far.

33. | FAQS from the Field. part II.
• Locate the index cards that are around the room. Please
note: BLUE cards are for pre-assessment related task
questions. YELLOW cards are for contract, admin or
billing questions.
• Meet with members from your organization to discuss
the questions that you want to have addressed. Note:
Make sure the questions have not been covered in the
meeting or FAQs. Questions should only pertain to pre-
assessment activities and admin. Needs assessment
questions will be addressed at the needs assessment
training.
• Include your region on the cards.

34. S A VE TH E D A TE S