Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Department of Health, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division (ADAD), Prevention Branch, is requesting proposals from qualified applicants to procure additional substance use prevention services (tutoring, peer-to-peer prevention programs, and family support programs) to prevent substance use disorders (SUD) by addressing risk and protective factors that influence the likelihood of substance use, misuse, or abuse and related behaviors. The ADAD supports the implementation of the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF), a data-driven planning process that can be applied to prevention systems at both the state and local levels to select and deliver effective prevention interventions appropriate across the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Categories (universal, selective, and indicated) and using the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) Strategies; The goal of the substance use disorder (SUD) prevention system is to reduce the prevalence, incidence and consequences of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs (ATOD) by addressing community conditions that promote substance misuse and by enhancing community conditions that buffer individuals from the consequences of SUDs. The ADAD supports the implementation of the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF), a cost-effective, structured planning process that can be applied to prevention systems at both the state and local level. Focused on systems development, the SPF reflects a public health, or community-based, data-driven approach to selecting and delivering effective prevention interventions appropriate for the community and the identified target population.
