REGIONAL MODEL FOR PROGRAM EVALUATION IN SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAMS (FROM DRUG ABUSE - MODERN TRENDS, ISSUES, AND PERSPECTIVES, 1978, BY ARNOLD SCHECTER ET AL - SEE NCJ-48582)

• NCJ Number: 48587
• Author(s): E S BLUMBERG; B J BAKER
• Date Published: 1978
• Length: 10 pages
• Grant Number(s): 1 H80 DA00955-03
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare
• Corporate Author: Marcel Dekker, Inc
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: PRESENTED AT THE 2ND NATIONAL DRUG ABUSE CONFERENCE, NEW ORLEANS (LA), 1975

Annotation

THE ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAM EVALUATION IN THE DETROIT-WAYNE COUNTY, MICH., REGION IS DESCRIBED, WITH EMPHASIS ON PROBLEMS OF INTERAGENCY CONFLICT AND RESISTANCE TO EVALUATION

Abstract

THE MICHIGAN STATE LAW THAT ESTABLISHED THE STATE'S CENTRAL AGENCY FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAMMING REQUIRES ALL EXISTING AND PROPOSED DRUG PROGRAMS IN A GIVEN COUNTY TO FIT WITHIN AN ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK OF A LOCAL REGIONAL AUTHORITY AND REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL. WAYNE COUNTY WAS FACED WITH THE NEED TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM PLANNING AND EVALUATION STRATEGY THAT WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL GROUPS WITHIN THE COUNTY (COUNTY GOVERNMENT, LOCAL MODEL CITIES PROGRAM, CITY GOVERNMENT, ETC.) TO PARTICIPATE IN RATHER THAN HINDER EVALUATION. TO DEAL WITH POTENTIAL OR ACTUAL ORGANIZATIONAL HOSTILITY AND COMPETITIVENESS, THE WAYNE COUNTY SUBSTANCE ABUSE ADVISORY COUNCIL FORMED, A SERIES OF TASK FORCES TO DEVELOP THE COUNTY'S DRUG ABUSE PLAN, INCLUDING EVALUATION PROCEDURES. THE EVALUATION TASK FORCE RECOMMENDED THAT RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROGRAM EVALUATION BE DISTRIBUTED AMONG THREE LEVELS: (1) THE INDIVIDUAL LOCAL CLINIC; (2) THE SPONSORING/FUNDING AGENCY (CITY, COUNTY, AND/OR FEDERAL); AND (3) THE DESIGNATED REGIONAL AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR EVALUATING ALL PROGRAMS. THE RESPONSIBILITIES, INTERACTIONS, AND STAFFING PATTERNS AT EACH LEVEL ARE DISCUSSED. (LKM)