2014 New Grantee Meeting

2014 New Grantee Meeting

Presentations and Resources

Thank you for attending the 2014 Drug-Free Communities Support Program New Grantee Meeting. For your convenience, links to available presentations are provided in the interactive agenda below. Note that hard copies of presentations will be available prior to all sessions.

Monday, December 8, 2014

8:30am - 9:30am

Welcome & Opening Session
Grand Ballroom North/Central

Speakers:

Michael Botticelli, Acting Director, ONDCP

Mary Lou Leary, Deputy Director, Office of State, Local, and Tribal Affairs, ONDCP

Helen Hernandez, DFC Program Administrator, Office of State, Local & Tribal Affairs, ONDCP

 

9:30am - 10:30am

Meet the DFC Team!
Grand Ballroom North/Central

Speakers:

Fran Harding, Center Director, SAMHSA/CSAP

Major General Arthur T. Dean (Ret.), Chairman and CEO, CADCA
Presentation

 

10:30am - 10:45am

BREAK

 

10:45am - 12:00pm

Effective Fiscal Management for Year 1 DFC Grantees
Grand Ballroom North/Central

Speakers:

Virginia Simmons, Grants Management Officer

Karen Warner, Grants Management Specialist

Nadine De Jesus, DFC Team Leader, SAMHSA
Presentation

 

Effective Fiscal Management for Year 6 DFC Grantees
Grand Ballroom South

Speakers:

Virginia Simmons, Grants Management Officer

Erwin Morales, Grants Management Specialist

Dan Fletcher, DFC Team Leader, SAMHSA
Presentation

 

12:00pm - 1:15pm

LUNCH ON YOUR OWN

 

1:15pm - 1:25pm

DFC Coalitions Create Community Level Change - Overview
Grand Ballroom North/Central

Speakers:

Helen Hernandez, DFC Program Administrator, ONDCP

Greg Grass, DFC Government Project Officer, SAMHSA
Success Stories Handout
Success Stories Presentations

 

1:25pm - 1:30pm

TRANSITION TO NEXT SESSION

 

1:30pm - 3:30pm

DFC Coalitions Create Community Level Change ‐ Success Stories Sessions!
Please select and attend four (4) of the sixteen (16) concurrent sessions
Rooms identified in Success Stories handout

 

3:30pm - 5:00pm

Managing Your DFC Grant
Project Officer and Grants Management Specialist Meetings by State
Project Officer by State Assignment handout

 

5:00pm - 6:30pm

Sign up for Technical Assistance with CADCA
Lobby
 
SAMHSA Project Officer Meetings by Appointment Only
Mt. Vernon A & B
 
DFC Workstation Training by Appointment Only
Grand Ballroom South
 
COMET Training
Meeting Room 2

 

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

8:30am - 8:40am

Welcome & Overview of Day 2
Grand Ballroom North/Central

Speaker:

Helen Hernandez, DFC Program Administrator, ONDCP

 

8:40am - 10:00am

Environmental Strategies Presentation - Reducing Underage Drinking, What Works!
Grand Ballroom North/Central

Speaker:

David Jernigan, Ph.D.,  Director, Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth, Johns Hopkins University
Presentation

 

10:00am - 10:15am

BREAK

 

10:15am - 11:45pm

Addiction as a Brain Disease: What Science Tells Us
Grand Ballroom North/Central

Speaker:

Dr. Ruben Baler, Office of Science Policy and Communications, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health
Presentation

 

11:45am - 1:00pm

LUNCH ON YOUR OWN

 

1:00pm - 2:30pm

Year 1 DFC Grantees
Collecting High Quality Local Evaluation Data and Successfully Completing Your First COMET Progress Report
Grand Ballroom North

Speaker:

Jackie Rhodes, Barbara O’Donnel, and Elly Field, ICF International
Presentation

 

Year 1 DFC Grantees Alternate
CADCA National Coalition Academy Overview
Grand Ballroom Central

Speaker:

Carlton Hall, Mariam Madanat and Winta Tedros, CADCA
Presentation

 

Year 6 DFC Grantees
The Real Cost: Tobacco Prevention for At-Risk Teens
Grand Ballroom South

Speaker:

Necola Staples and Michael Murray, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Presentation

 

Year 6 DFC Grantees Alternate
Sustainability: Navigating the Road Ahead
Mt. Vernon A-B

Speaker:

Debra Naro and Ann Stark CADY Inc., Plymouth, NH
Presentation

 

2:30pm - 2:45pm

BREAK

 

2:45pm - 4:15pm

Year 1 DFC Grantees
Engaging Youth In Prevention—The National Youth Leadership Initiative (NYLI)
Grand Ballroom North

Speaker:

Kareemah Abdullah and Jasmine Carrasco, CADCA
Presentation Pending

 

Year 1 DFC Grantees Alternate
Ensuring an Effective Fiscal Agent/Coalition Relationship
Grand Ballroom Central

Speaker:

Fred Volpe, Doug Tipperman and Virginia Simmons, SAMHSA
Presentation

 

Year 6 DFC Grantees
Maximizing Your Message Through Multi Media
Grand Ballroom South

Speaker:

Peg Sallade and Jason Verhoosky, Danvers CAREs
Presentation

 

Year 6 DFC Grantees Alternate
Leveraging Your National Cross‐site Evaluation for Local Success
Mt. Vernon A-B

Speaker:

Barbara O’Donnel and Ashley Briggs, ICF International
Presentation

 

 

4:15pm - 4:30pm

BREAK

 

4:30pm - 5:00pm

Above the Influence: Partnering with Communities
Grand Ballroom North/Central

Speaker:

Sabrina Lee Sanchez, Partnership for Drug Free-Kids
Presentation

 

5:00pm - 6:30pm

Sign up for Technical Assistance with CADCA
 
SAMHSA Project Officer Meetings by Appointment Only
 
                                     DFC Workstation Training by Appointment Only
Login Page for DFC Workstation
Grand Ballroom South
 
COMET Training
COMET Website
Meeting Room 2

 

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

8:30am - 8:40am

Welcome & Overview of Day 3
Grand Ballroom North/Central

Speaker:

Helen Hernandez, DFC Program Administrator, ONDCP
 

 

8:40am - 9:40am

Rules for Educating Policymakers and the Community

Grand Ballroom North/Central

Speaker:

Sue Thau, Public Policy Consultant, CADCA
Presentation

Jeffrey Teitz, General Counsel, ONDCP
Presentation

 

9:40am - 10:00am

BREAK

 

10:00am - 11:00am

High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) and DFCs Strengthening Communities Together
Grand Ballroom North/Central

Speaker:

Michael Gottlieb, National HIDTA Director, ONDCP
Jeremiah A. Daley, Director, Philadelphia-Camden HIDTA
Presentation

 

11:00am - 12:00pm

Media Training with ONDCP's Office of Public Affairs
Grand Ballroom North/Central

Speaker:

Will Jenkins, Associate Director for Public Affairs, Cameron Hardesty, Public Affairs Specialist, and Sam Schumach, Public Affairs Specialist, ONDCP
Presentation

 

12:00pm - 12:15pm

Closing Remarks
Grand Ballroom North/Central

Speaker:

Helen Hernandez, DFC Program Administrator, ONDCP