SR-09-08-2015-3I
City Council
Report
City Council Regular Meeting: September 8, 2015
Agenda Item: 3.I
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To: Mayor and City Council
From: Jacqueline Seabrooks, Police Chief, Police Department
Subject: Second Amendment to the Strategic Prevention Framework - State Incentive
Grant
Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute an amendment to the Strategic
Prevention Framework - State Incentive grant in the amount of $28,800.
2. Authorize budget changes as outlined in the Financial Impacts & Budget Actions
section of this report.
Executive Summary
On August 12, 2014, Council accepted a grant award in the amount of $48,000 from the
Strategic Prevention Framework - State Incentive Grant Program (SPF SIG) to fund
operations targeting underage and binge drinking in youth and young adults as part of
the Westside Impact Project managed by the Institute for Public Strategies (IPS), a non-
profit organization.
On March 24, 2015, Council accepted an additional $9,600 in SPF SIG grant funds and
amended the grant agreement for the first time.
Additional funds will become available on October 1, 2015, due to a grant extension.
IPS awarded funds in the amount of $28,800 to the Santa Monica Police Department to
fund an additional twelve operations targeting underage and binge drinking in youth and
young adults. These funds must be spent by May 31, 2016.
Background
The SPF SIG program is a federal grant administered by the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA). SAMHSA allocates the grant funds to the California Department of Alcohol
and Drug Programs who then distribute a portion of the state funding to the County of
Los Angeles Department of Public Health, Substance Abuse Prevention and Control to
fund the Westside Impact Project. No local match is required.
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Discussion
In September 2010, the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs (ADP)
was awarded SPF SIG funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services. The SPF SIG program aims to build prevention capacity and infrastructure at
the state and local levels; prevent the onset and reduce the progress of substance
abuse including childhood and underage drinking; and reduce substance abuse and
substance abuse related problems in communities.
The priority of California's SPF SIG is to reduce underage and binge drinking among
youth and young adults, ages 12 to 25 years old. As required by the SPF SIG program,
project communities were selected based on a data -driven needs assessment process
that compared county and state level indicators of substance abuse, its prevalence and
its consequences.
Based on the State's strategic plan, state funds were allocated to the County of Los
Angeles Department of Public Health to fund the Westside Impact Project. The County
of Los Angeles identified the Institute for Public Strategies (IPS) to fill the role of
community partner to implement and manage the Westside Impact Project. IPS was
originally awarded $95,000 for the project. Since the original allocation , the funding has
grown to $355,000 to be expended by May 31, 2016. Santa Monica initially received
$48,000 in funding followed up by an additional $9,600. The new addition of $28,800
would bring the total Santa Monica allocation to $86,400. New project funds were
allocated based on the number of operations that could reasonably be completed within
the time frame.
To date, Staff has used the grant monies to fund 24 enforcement operations targeting
underage drinking and excessive drinking among youth and young adults, ages 12 to 24
years old; this age range is consistent with the City’s Youth Wellbeing Project target
population, and the need to address underage drinking aligns with Santa Monica’s
Cradle to Career initiative, as data from the California Healthy Kids Survey shows that in
addition to high binge drinking rates, half of all of the 11th grade students surveyed
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reported substance or alcohol use over the previous month, a rate that is above the
average reported in Los Angeles County. Staff's aim is to provide education and
enforcement to reduce the illegal purchase, distribution and consumption of alcoholic
beverages by minors. With the added $28,800 in grant funding, the Police Department
would be able to fund an additional twelve operations for a total of 36 program
operations. The operations would be completed by May 31, 2016. The 24 operations
completed to date have yielded minor decoy operations at over 104 locations that sell
alcohol, police response to 34 party calls, and undercover over-service operations at 32
locations. During these operations, detectives from the Police Department’s Vice Unit
and School Resource Officers monitor high school football games, Main Street, the 3rd
Street Promenade, the Pier, as well as arriving party buses for underage and binge
drinking.
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Financial Impacts and Budget Actions
Award of an additional $28,800 from the Institute for Public Strategies as part of the
Strategic Prevention Framework - State Incentive Grant Program requires the following
FY 2015-16 budget changes:
1. Increase revenue budget at account 20304.406101 In the amount of $28,800.
2. Appropriate the following expenditures to reflect receipt of the SPF-SIG grant:
$28,800 at account 20304.569101 97070W .
Prepared By: Nicole Bustamante, Senior Administrative Analyst
Approved
Forwarded to Council
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