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RE: APPROVE COMMUNITY HEALTH PROJECT GRANT APPLICATION FOR JOHNSTOWN-MILLIKEN
PEER-VENTION PROGRAM WITH COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH'S COLORADO ACTION
FOR HEALTHY PEOPLE
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado,
pursuant to Colorado statute and the Weld County Home Rule Charter, is vested
with the authority of administering the affairs of Weld County, Colorado, and
WHEREAS, the Board has been presented with a Community Health Project Grant
Application for Johnstown-Milliken Peer-Vention Program between the Weld County
Health Department and Colorado Department of Health's Colorado Action for Healthy
People, commencing March 15, 1993, and ending March 14, 1994, with the further
terms and conditions being as stated in said application, and
WHEREAS, after review, the Board deems it advisable to approve said
application, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by
reference.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Weld
County, Colorado, that the Community Health Project Grant Application for
Johnstown-Milliken Peer-Vention Program between the Weld County Health Department
and Colorado Department of Health's Colorado Action for Healthy People be, and
hereby is, approved.
The above and foregoing Resolution was, on motion duly made and seconded,
adopted by
the following vote on the 22nd day of February, A.D. , 1993.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ATTEST: WELD,COUNTY, COLORADO
Weld County Clerk to the Board /-�L�Z� ?l t•���L,I �1
Constance L. Harbert, Chairman
BY: /1,YiC7� tt,2 �i - d ,i0,P4il v
Deputy Clerk to the Acrd\ W. H. ebster, P -Tem
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ryr
George.�Lr. Baxte
County Attorney Dale K. Hall
C/.1Jcto j/,C4_`Ce / cti
arbara J. Kirkmey r
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Constance L. Harbert, Chairman
To
O Board of County Commissioners Date February 12. 194
COLORADO From Jeannie K. Tacker, Business Manager. Weld Cnunty Health hop
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Subject: Grant application for Peer Eduratinn Program
Enclosed for Board approval is a grant application to the Colorado Department of
Health's Colorado Action for Health People program for a peer education program
in the Johnstown/Milliken area.
The proposal is requesting $10,535.00 in grant funds for the period March 15,
1993 through March 14, 1994. The funds would be used to cover the costs of
development of a peer education program whose goals age to develop traits of
social competence, autonomy and sense of purpose and to reduce the incidence of
risk taking behavior of teens in the Johnstown/Milliken area.
I would recommend your approval of this grant application.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
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IV. COMMUNITY HEALTH PROJECT GRANT APPLICATION
Teen Pregnancy 1993
Colorado Action for Healthy People
Project Title JOHNSTOWN-MILLIKEN PEER-VENTION PROGRAM
Applicant's Name LESLI BANGERT
Organization WELD COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Address 1517 16th AVENUE COURT
GREELEY, CO 80631
Contact Person LESLI BANGERT, HEALTH EDUCATION COORDINATOR
(Name & Tide)
Phone (9 a.m. -5 p.m.) (303) 353-0586
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Amount Requested $ 10,535 from March 15, 1993 to March 14, 1994
month/day/year month/day/year
Date Submitted February 4, 1993
LIMIT THE NARRATIVE TO THE SPACE PROVIDED IN THIS APPLICATION. PROPOSALS
LACKING ANY OF THESE ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS AND/OR EXCEEDING THE SPACE
LIMITS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR FUNDING.
SUPPORTIVE MATERIALS ARE ALLOWED BUT PLEASE BE SELECTIVE.
EONLY LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS AND COUNTY NURSING SERVICES ARE
LIGIBLE FOR THESE FUNDS. -
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PROJECT SUMMARY
In 300 words or less provide a brief summary of what the project
is, how it will be implemented and the anticipated results .
(Attach a separate sheet of paper if necessary. )
To reduce teen pregnancy in the Weld County communities of
Johnstown and Milliken, a Health Educator from the Weld County
Health Department (WCHD) Health Education Program will work with an
advisory board of teens from the Johnstown/Milliken Adolescent
Health Task Force to implement a Peer Education "Peer-vention"
program. The "Peer-vention" program will replicate Project FENIX
wherever possible.
A group of 8 peer educators will be recruited from the teen
advisory board and other community youth programs . The group of
peer educators will be made up of 8th - 11th graders and will be
representative of the gender and ethnic make-up of the teens in the
community. Peer educators will be selected on a competitive basis,
based on communication skills, role-playing and theatrical
experience, leadership abilities and enthusiasm. During an initial
training phase, recruits will participate in a thirty hour training
program and develop basic facilitation skills : Face-to-face
interaction, individual accountability, maintaining confidentially
and decision-making, value clarification and refusal skills .
Training will also incorporate the basic tools of behavior change:
Problem identification, goal setting, problem solving,
identification of barriers and appropriate reward systems. Peer
educators will focus their efforts on teaching behavior change
skills to the target population and will be paid the minimum hourly
wage for scheduled group meetings and presentations.
The target population is identified as teens living within the
geographic area served by the Weld County RE-5J school district.
Intervention strategies will include community and classroom
presentations, peer group facilitation, positive peer reinforcement
and role modeling behavior. The goal of the "Peer-vention"
programs is : ( 1) To develop the traits of social competence,
resiliency, autonomy, and a sense of purpose and; (2) To reduce the
incidence of risk taking behavior which leads to early sexual
activity and teenage pregnancy.
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PROGRAM PLANNING ELEMENTS
Please answer the following questions :
1 . Problem Statement
What is the need? What is the evidence that the stated
problem(s) is a high priority for the community (e. g. , results
of needs assessment, incidence and prevalence studic - ad or
community surveys) ? Please include relevant matui ..;,ls or
summaries as attachments .
The 1990 live birth rate to 12-19 year old girls in the Weld County
communities of Johnstown and Milliken was 79 . 6 (Coloradn 54 . 8,
Weld County 55 . 7) . In 1987 the live birth rate was 70 . 8 J,r this
community . A behavioral risk survey administered during ihc Pall
' 92 semester at Milliken Middle and Roosevelt High school ‘ y' +_ded
the following information: 10. 6% of students reported f7 'tient
alcohol use ( >6 drinks in the last 30 days) , 7 .3% reported . lily
tobacco use, 11 .4% have used controlled substances at :' a , ri six
times in the last year, 28% reported regular sexual actvii ' and
54% said that they had not used contraception at last intercoL _se.
These behaviors place community youth at increased risk for
unintended pregnancy, STD' s and HIV infection, as well as the many
and varied injuries associated with alcohol use.
With the technical assistance of Colorado Action for Healthy
People, WCHD implemented an adolescent health needs assessment (See
attached copy) in the summer of 1992 in the communit5 "s of
Johnstown and Milliken. The assessment included teen focus croups,
key informant interviews and individual community member re,,ponse
to a health concerns survey printed in the local newspaper. The
results indicated five areas of major concern: Teen Pregnancy,
Substance Abuse, Tobacco Use, Coping Skills (mental health) and
Violence. Assessment results were shared with community members at
two community meetings . Over 165 people, adults and teens alike,
attended.
Following the community meetings, a task force of adults and teens
formed to develop an action plan to reduce the 5 problems
identified by the community assessment. The task force chose to
focus on teen sexuality and alcohol abuse recommending two tracks:
1) parent/teen communication and 2) peer education and support.
The first is being addressed through an evening speaker series and
parenting skills workshops . This proposal is the result of the
second. Teen Task Force members strongly expressed the need for a
safe place to talk with peers and and support each other in making
positive lifestyle choices .
A sub-committee of interested teens was formed to guide the
formation of a peer education and support group. This proposal is
the result of the work of that sub-committee and numerous
conversations with Barb Bennett at Project FENIX in Denver, whose
program we will replicate.
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2 . Rationale
How will this project effectively address the problem? Why do
you think it will work?
The Peer-vention program will train teen peer health educators to
develop the skills necessary to build their self-esteem and
positive life skills; empower them with the skills necessary to
make the appropriate choices; and to provide them with the tools to
communicate openly and non-judgmentally. These skills will be then
used to promote coping and resiliency skills in high-risk youth and
other peers confronting the social issues associated with
adolescents . A peer health education program will also provide
students needing help with an opportunity to confide in people
their own age, and receive a high degree of accurate information.
Peer educators will be trained by appropriate written, oral and
role-playing strategies . These activities will enable the students
to practice the competencies prior to community presentations.
Peer Health Educators will be trained in four specific content
areas :
1 . Sexuality Issues : Anatomy and physiology, contraception,
STD and HIV transmission;
2 . Health Education and Promotion: Refusal skills, decision
making/goal setting processes , presentation
styles/techniques, identifying and removing barriers,
value clarification and healthy lifestyle
practices/behaviors;
3. Trust Building: Addressing the issues of commitment,
confidentiality, active listening, leadership roles and
responsibilities.
4 . Evaluation Criteria: Personal self-appraisal, assessing
peer involvement and intervention strategies .
Peer educators will be available to their peers in school and in
the community through formal educational presentations and through
social interaction, as peers .
The "Peer-vention" project will be modeled on the successful Denver
area peer education program, Project FENIX. Health Education staff
have been to the FENIX site and have consulted with the project
director Barb Bennitt on implementation issues for this proposal.
In addition, much of the format, timeline and criteria for the
program and peer educators has been suggested or approved by the
teen sub-committee of the Adolescent Health Task Force.
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3 . Target Population
What is the target population and what geographic area will
the project serve? What percentage of the target population
in the specific geographic area will be reached? What is/are
the specific site(s) of project activities, e.g. , worksite,
school, health care facility, community-wide, other -- please
list all that pertain.
The target population of the Peer-vention program includes all
teens living in the Johnstown/Milliken census area. There are 367
area residents between the ages of 12 and 18 representing 11% of
the total community population of 3, 184 . Slightly over 39% is
Hispanic. In 1989 there were 576 students enrolled in the Middle
and High Schools in the RE-5J school district.
Peer educators will be recuited to represent male/female, age and
ethnic make up of the Johnstown/Milliken community. Special effort
will be made to ensure male participation. The teen advisory board
has recommended that male involvement and responsibility be
spotlighted by peer educators.
By recruiting and training peer educators through existing
community youth programs and through the area schools and churches,
all of the target population will have access to the peer educators
through regular social interaction; at parties, at school, at
athletic events and on the street. In addition, the peer educators
will be trained to lead more formal educational presentations in
the schools and community.
Saint John' s Catholic church in Johnstown is located 5 blocks from
the high school. The church's religious education building was
identified by teens on the Adolescent Health Task Force as the
place they would like to hold regular peer support/education
activities . The church has agreed to make the facilities available
to the project at no cost for training and informal weekly rap
sessions . In addition, Milliken Presbyterian and Johnstown
Methodist churches are eager to have the peer educators come into
their youth groups and talk about teen sexuality.
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4 . Goal(s) and Objectives
What are the overall goals of your project? For each goal
listed please list specific objectives . You may use two pages
if necessary.
Program Goal: To reduce teenage pregnancy in the communities of
Johnstown and Milliken to less than 28 per 1000 female adolescents
by the year 2000 (Weld County Health Objectives for the Year 2000 . )
through:
1. Implementation of a community based peer education program
targeted at area teens 12 - 18 years of age. The three
components of this program will be:
a. Recruit and hire 8 area teens to be peer educators. Peer
educators will be required to participate in a 30 hour
training program replicating the training of Project
FENIX (see program rationale section for content areas) .
b. Peer educators will give at least six educational
presentations (one hour in length) to school and/or
community groups focusing on teen sexuality and alcohol
use as teen health issues . (As identified by the teen
health assessment)
c. Peer educators will facilitate at least 28 weekly after
school rap/education sessions. Topics for these sessions
will be directed by target areas identified by the Task
Force and identified in the adolescent health assessment.
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6 . Evaluation
Please explain how the project will be evaluated to determine
its success . Please make sure that the plan for evaluation
covers the objectives mentioned in question five. Attach
supportive materials on the evaluation method, e.g. pre and
post test or surveys .
Successful completion of this project will be determined by the
following:
1. 8 peer educators will have been recruited and will have
completed the required 30 hour training program.
2 . By the end of the funding period, the Peer educators will
given at least 6 community/school (one hour in length)
presentations targeting teen sexual activity and alcohol use.
Presentations will provide the audience with opportunities for
personal decision making and skills development.
3. Weekly rap/education sessions will have been held during at
least the 28 academic weeks of the funding year (additional
outreach will be planned during the summer vacation period) .
4 . The community will report a decrease in concerns regarding
teen sexual activity and alcohol and other drug use in the
community in a follow-up assessment. (Risk assessment tool
will be modified and reprinted in the community newspaper, key
informant interviews will be held with original informants .
See attached assessment tool. )
5. Teens participating in the rap sessions and peer education
program will report:
a. decreased/delayed initiation of sexual activity.
b. decreased unprotected sexual activity.
c. decrease alcohol use.
d. increased confidence in personal ability to make positive
lifestyle choices.
e. increased confidence in personal ability to communicate
with peers and parents .
(As measured by pre- and post- project interviews with teen
key informants . See attached tool. )
6 . Live teen birth rates in the community will continue to be
tracked.
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7 . Collaboration
Please list the community groups, networks, resource people,
agencies, etc. who are collaborating on this project. Indicate
the specific role each will play.
Attach community letters of support, cooperation and
endorsement which detail specific responsibilities to be
assumed by each agency. NOTE: Collaborating groups/entities
must play a role in the project and cannot simply provide
written support.
The Johnstown/Milliken Adolescent Health Task Force will continue
to play an active role in providing planning and support for teen
programs in the community. (See letter of support, Ted Chavez)
St. John' s Catholic Church will provide the meeting space for
rap/education groups .
The University of Northern Colorado' s Peer One Education Program
will provide technical assistance. In addition, the programs peer
educators will help with peer educator training. (See letter of
support, Ann Quinn-Zobeck)
Planned Parenthood will provide training and technical support.
(See letter of support, Bonnie Armstrong)
Training in Alcohol and other drug use intervention will be
provided by Jim Anderson, the DARE coordinator for the Johnstown
Police Department. (See letter of support)
Suzanne Reider is a local therapist who specializes in high risk
adolescents . She has agreed to be a volunteer trainer and rap
group coordinator. (See letter of support)
Student government and teen leadership in the high school is eager
to see this project move forward. They have been responsible for
coordinating teen attendance at task force meetings and have begun
to hold rap groups informally. (See letter of support, Russell
Martin)
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8 . Community Resources
Are there other agencies in your community doing a similar
project? If so, who are they and to what extent are the
projects similar/different? Are there plans to coordinate
activities with existing projects? Explain why or =rhy not.
While there are a number of organized youth clubs and activities in
the Johnstown/Milliken area (over 70% of the Youth Risk ? =havior
Survey respondents indicated that they are involved n some
organized activity) , there is no program using peer education to
reduce teen pregnancy in the community. The nearest pa Jr-type
education/intervention programs are located nearly 50 miles away in
the Denver area.
We will continue to seek technical assistance from Project FENIX
and Colorado Action for Healthy People. In addition we will
continue to dialogue with the local 4-H leaders, eomnunity
ministers, school health teachers and coaches and the coaches of
extra curricular sports.
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9 . Barriers/Obstacles
What problems must be solved or obstacles overcome to complete
the project?
The RE-5J school district has remained fairly aloof from the
efforts of the Adolescent Health Task Force. The school board and
administration do not need to offer to take this project on;
however, their support will certainly enhance our success .
Because of the early involvement of the community in assessment and
planning we do not anticipate some of the resistance typically
associated with teen pregnancy prevention programs. The task force
has made a concerted effort to be as inclusive as possible in our
efforts to circumvent community resistance.
As always, involving less involved, disenfranchised members of the
community will be difficult. In this community, I believe that
offering programs at the Catholic church will open a door normally
closed.
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10 . Project Future
Will the project become self-supporting, transfeLred or
terminated? How and by whom?
Further funding will be required if the project is to contipoe past
the current funding year. The Adolescent Health Task Force will
continue to seek additional funds from local businesses who employ
in our community. In addition, because of the project 's tit to the
other task force programs, the Task Force has as a long range goal,
combining both projects into one community based teen center with
a full time coordinator.
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V. BUDGET PAGE
Teen Pregnancy 1993
CARP Community Projects
Applicant: LESLI BANGERT, WELD CO HEALTH DEPT Funding Period: 3/15/93 - 3/14/94
• OTHER FUNDING SOURCES
CARP LOCAL LOCAL TOTAL
J,ine Item' RFOTTFST IN KIND CASH EXPENSF,q
Personnel (Number&Title)
Project Director (include resume) $ 7.094 $ S S
Office Technician $ 1,016 $ $ $
Project Supervisor $ $ 4,259 $ $
$ $ S S
Supplies - $ 25x1 $ $ $
Printing S 250. S S S
Duplicating $ $ $ $
Telephone $ S S $
Postage $ $ $ $
Info./Ed. Materials $ S $ $
Travel - $ clrt $ $ S
Meeting Costs $ 670. $ S $
Consultant Costs $ $ $ $
Indirect 649. 649.
Other(sp«iry) Tnrantives $ (IF $ S S
Equipment (in-kind only) $ XXXX S $ $
Space Rental ('m-kind only) $ XXXX S, 1,200. $ S
TOTAL EXPENSES $ 10,535. $ 6,108. $ $
•CARP funds may not be used to cover portions of an existing salary, equipment, apace rental or overhead costs(indirect).
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Budget Narrative
Please explain how the funds requested for each budget item will be
used.
Personnel
Project Director ( 10 hrs/wk X 52 wks X 11. 66/hr) $7,094 . 00
Office Techinician (2 hr/wk X 52 wks X $8 . 33/hr) $ 866 .32
Fringe Benefits @ 17% $1,353 .25
Total $9 ,313.57
Supplies
Office supplies, etc. $ 250 . 00
Printing
Xeroxing and duplicating costs $ 250 .00
Travel
Mileage ( 170 miles/month X 12 months @ $.25/mile) $ 510 .00
Meeting Costs
UNC Ropes Course ($35 X 8 Peer Educators) $ 280 .00
Snacks, Misc. Expenses ($32 .50/month X 12) $ 390 . 00
Total $ 670. 00
The UNC ropes course will be the only training expense for the
project. Other technical assisstance is being donated by local
agencies and individuals . The ropes course will be used to build
a sense of team and self confidence among the peer educators.
Other
Incentives (T-shirts for educators @ $12 X 8) $ 96 .00
Indirect Costs ( 8% of Personnel) $ 649 .00
Total $ 745 .00
Peer educators will be provided with T-shirts identifying them as
such.
In Kind
Project Supervisor (5 hrs/wk X $14 X 52 wks) $3,640 .00
Indirect Costs $ 649 .00
Space Rental (Saint John's Catholic Church) $1,200. 00
Total $5,489 .00
In sum, we are requesting $10,535.00 to fund the project director
position, office support and peer educator training and incentives .
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January 29, 1993
Lesli Bangert
Weld County Health Department
1517 16th Avenue Court
Greeley, Colorado 80631
Dear Ms. Bangert,
As the president of the Roosevelt High School student
council and a member of the Adolescent Health Task Force, I
am writing you this letter to tell you that I and my fellow
students strongly support the efforts you are undertaking on
our behalf. As you know from the number of students who
attended the first two rap sessions, my peers really need
some place to talk about their questions and their concerns.
The student members of the Task Force will continue to
announce meetings and invite our friends to come to rap
sessions. We will also be happy to be peer educators and
serve on the advisory board.
Thank you for your help in Johnstown.
Sincerely,
Russell Martin
Student Council President, Roosevelt High School
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January 15, 1993
Dear Leslie,
I'm so excited to be a part of the Peer Education program. As
we discussed last week, I would be very happy to facilitate the
Peer Wrap group and train peer educators in group facilitaion
techniques.
This is a project the community is in great need of. The teens
seem anxious, almost desperate, for such a service to be
available to them.
I'm looking forward to my involvement,
Sincerely,
. Su4anne Rieder
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UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO
DIVISION OF STUDENT AFFAIRS
STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES
DRUG PREVENTION/EDUCATION PROGRAM
GREELEY, COLORADO 80639
(303) 351-2573
February 3 , 1993
Lesli Bangert
Weld County Health Department
1517 16 Avenue Ct
Greeley, CO 80631
Dear Lesli:
I'm writing this letter to express my support and commitment
for your grant proposal to Colorado Action for Healthy People.
I believe your Peer-Vention program is timely and greatly
needed.
The University of Northern Colorado has used peer educators
for several years and we have found it to be an effective
means to get out health information to the student population.
I have no doubt that high school adolescents also seek out
health information from their peers. What better way to make
sure that the information they receive is accurate.
Our Peer 1 program has enjoyed much success and our students
have enjoyed their involvement with your current program in
the Johnstown-Milliken area. I and the Peer 1 members would
be pleased to help with program planning and peer educator
training.
Sincerely,',
, Ja' c. . Z ed
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Ann Quinn-Zobeck, Coordinator
Drug Prevention/Education Program
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