的 DEA 360战略 to combat opioid misuse and heroin use
Faced with a rising opioid epidemic, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) needed a novel solution to disrupt the cycle of drug violence, 人口贩卖, 和滥用. To resolve the underlying issues behind growing prescription opioid misuse and heroin use, 缉毒局推出了 360战略. DEA awarded a contract to ICF to rapidly assess the impact of its 社区外展 in these efforts.
挑战:
Assess the impact of 社区外展 and partnership efforts in funded cities—presenting actionable learnings for DEA decision-makers.
解决方案:
Develop city-specific approaches to quickly gather critical information, 总指标, conduct interviews with community-based stakeholders.
影响:
Five cities now have 覆盖面及影响报告s to inform the DEA’s next steps: Milwaukee, WI; Manchester, NH; Charleston, WV; Salt Lake City, UT; and Newark, NJ. ICF’s evaluation process for each municipality has generated valuable data and surfaced insights from community stakeholders—creating a foundation for progress in the fight against prescription opioid misuse and heroin use.
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Analyzing community-level learnings
“A vision is seeing something in the future and making a change to make that happen; I feel I can have a part of a greater vision—maybe not my own vision, but maybe the nation’s vision to get rid of this drug problem.”
- Feedback from youth training participant
的 DEA launched the 360战略 in 2015 with a targeted, three-pronged approach: coordinated 执法, 转向控制, 社区外展. 的 ICF团队 led the evaluation work on the community front—collecting data, 整合社区声音, 提炼出关键的经验教训.
Our experts used a city-specific rapid evaluation approach to gather relevant information and generate a 覆盖面及影响报告. We combined public health and media expertise to identify and aggregate reach metrics, along with qualitative interview data from the community. We then employed visual storytelling to demonstrate the impacts of DEA 360.
Understanding the context of a crisis
While the DEA is primarily a 执法 agency, its outreach efforts aim to strengthen local organizations, which then provide long-term support for building drug-free communities. 的 response in each DEA 360 city has been tailored to reflect the cultural context, 现有合作伙伴, ongoing initiatives of the community. ICF’s rapid evaluations and reports aim to capture these nuances—highlighting the diversity and richness in each unique city.
DEA 360城市
DEA 360曼彻斯特故事
在曼彻斯特, NH, DEA hosted a youth summit with 8,500 students to raise awareness and respond to the opioid epidemic. A local television station live-streamed the event, 达到另外35个,000 students and teachers online. 的se activities were followed by a youth leadership training, 电视转播的市政厅, the formation of a youth coalition, an educational campaign in local high schools. 集体, these activities changed the youth perspectives and contributions to ending the crisis in their community. 的 生成的报告—created by ICF—showed a meaningful impact in a city with some of the highest opioid misuse rates in the nation.
“I am really impressed with the report and still use it today. It helps us establish credibility for the entire program. We come in and tell our story, can share with new coalitions what an independent company found about our efforts.”
- Jon DeLena, Associate Special Agent in Charge of the New England Field Division
项目领导(s):
- Jessie Rouder, Lead 研究 Scientist
- Nora Kuiper, Senior 研究 Scientist
- Elizabeth Douglas, Senior Manager
- Elizabeth Vaughn, Senior 研究 Scientist
- 罗宾·戴维斯，高级主管
- Brian Keefe, Technical Specialist
