The Community Mental Health Partnership of Southeast Michigan (CMHPSM) is requesting proposals from bidders for sustaining the Monroe County Substance Abuse Coalition (MCSAC) to ultimately reduce substance abuse and the associated consequences in Monroe County. Bidders must demonstrate the implementation of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) for developing coalition plans that lead to community-level change.
For the purpose of this RFP and according to the SAMHSA Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program, “a coalition is defined as a community-based formal arrangement for cooperation and collaboration among groups or sectors of a community in which each group retains its identity, but all agree to work together toward a common goal of building a safe, healthy, and drug-free community.”
Identifying and understanding substance abuse related issues in Monroe County is vital to establishing a coalition and making recommendations for potential improvements. Thus, coalitions must utilize data to guide local decisions and create a comprehensive plan based on the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF). The SPF is an outcome-based, data driven, population-level approach to substance abuse prevention planning. SPF includes five steps; assessment, capacity, planning, implementation and evaluation. For more information, please refer to Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (www.samhsa.gov).
