AGENDA

7:30 - 9 a.m, Thursday, March 22, 2007 Scottsdale Community College Student Center, Peridot Room #209 9000 E. Chaparral Rd., Scottsdale, AZ 85256

I. Welcome & Announcements. Coalition Overview Stephanie Kreiling, Community Bridges, Steering Committee Member

II. Emergency Room/Medical Impacts of Meth Use Nancy Denke, Trauma Nurse Practitioner, Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn

III. Results of Coalition Strategic Planning Effort Brent Stockwell and Valerie Kime Trujillo, City of Scottsdale

Upcoming Meetings and Events Saturday, March 31, 2007, 8 a.m. - noon Identity Theft Prevention Open House and Shredding Event (see handout). Granite Reef Senior Center, 1700 N. Granite Reef Rd., Scottsdale 85257

Thursday, April 26, 2007, 7:30 - 9 a.m. Topic: Panel Discussion on Treatment Options for Meth Users Scottsdale Community College Student Center, Peridot Room #209 9000 E. Chaparral Rd., Scottsdale, AZ 85256

*Please note: A Steering Committee Meeting will be held at 9 a.m. following the Regular Coalition Meeting. COALITION OVERVIEW NORTHEAST VALLEY COALITION • Northeast Valley Coalition Against Methamphetamine - a local effort AGAINST METHAMPHETAMINE to coordinate a community-based response to the methamphetamine problem • Funded by $20,000 Phase I grant - March 22, 2007 Arizona Governor’s Office for Children, Youth and Families and $25,000 one-year grant from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community.

BACKGROUND MEMBER COMMUNITIES

• Initiated by Scottsdale City Council • Two Tribal Communities: Fort in Nov. 2005 McDowell Yavapai Nation and Salt • First meeting held in April 2006 River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. • One of 22 coalitions statewide One of two in Maricopa County • Five Municipalities: Town of Carefree, Town of Cave Creek, • Currently 82 “members” (216 on mailing list). Goal is 100 active Town of Fountain Hills, Town of members by Sept. 30, 2007 Paradise Valley and City of Scottsdale. • Applied for $30K Phase II Grant from Governor’s Office

STEERING COMMITTEE VISION / MISSION STATEMENTS Gina Durbin, Cave Creek Schools District Tom Ellis, Croft Workplace Drug Programs • We are inspired and working Stephanie Kreiling, Community Bridges toward a meth-free community. Jarvis Qumyintewa, Ft. McDowell Yavapai Nation Leslie Reeves, Arizona State University • The Northeast Valley Coalition Phil Riccio, City of Scottsdale Against Methamphetamine will Donald Santeo, SRPMIC empower and engage the Mary Ellen Tinsley, Scottsdale Prevention Institute community to become meth-free Kate Zanon, Town of Fountain Hills through education, awareness and by providing access to resources. Staff Brent Stockwell, Program Coordinator Karen Kurtz, Facilitator

1 TODAY’S AGENDA FOR MORE INFORMATION

Go to our Web site at: 1. Announcements and Introductions www.ScottsdaleAZ.gov/safety/drugs 2. ER/Medical Impacts of Meth Use Presentation NEXT MEETING 3. Results of Strategic Planning Effort Thursday, April 26, 2007, 7:30-9 a.m. Treatment Options for Meth Users Same Location (SCC)

2 The Northeast Valley Coalition Against Methamphetamine is a new, local effort to coordinate a community-based response to the methamphetamine problem.

The Coalition includes the communities of Carefree, Cave Creek, Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Fountain Hills, Paradise Valley, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community and Scottsdale.

A $20,000 grant to help form and support this coalition was provided by the Arizona Governor's Office for Children, Youth and Families, Division for Substance Abuse Policy and the Arizona Parents Commission on Drug Education and Prevention.

The Coalition is one of twenty-two new or existing anti-methamphetamine coalitions in Arizona funded by the Arizona Anti-Meth Initiative.

The formation of the Northeast Valley Coalition Against Methamphetamine allows Scottsdale and surrounding communities to assess the problem of methamphetamine use and production and develop strategies to reduce and eliminate this public safety threat.

The receipt of the phase one grant funds also allows the City of Scottsdale to be eligible to apply for phase two and three grants to fund the implementation of strategies identified by the coalition. Amounts for phase two and three grants have been set at $30,000.

The Coalition began meeting in April 2006. During the first year, the Coalition has grown to over 80 members led by a nine-member steering committee. The City of Scottsdale provides staff support to the coalition’s efforts.

The Coalition holds monthly meetings to explore the impacts of meth use on the community. The Coalition’s vision statement is: "We are inspired and working toward a meth free community." The Coalition’s mission statement is: "The Coalition will empower and engage the community to become meth free through education, awareness, and providing access to resources."

On National Methamphetamine Awareness Day, November 30, 2006, the Coalition received a Certificate of Recognition from John Walters, Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, in official recognition of their outstanding contributions to prevent methamphetamine use in the State of Arizona.

The Coalition is finalizing a strategic plan to go to the Governor's Office in March 2007 to address some of the key problems associated with methamphetamine use in the Northeast Valley. The next step will be implementing those strategies beginning in April 2007.

Community Needs Assessment Findings:

The initial needs assessment process concluded at the end of January 2007 and included the following findings: ƒ Addicts engage in a high rate of identity theft and fraud in the Northeast Valley to pay for their drug use. ƒ Female addicts are more likely to engage in fraud and identity theft to pay for their drug use. ƒ Male addicts commit a high number of burglaries in the Northeast Valley to pay for their meth use. ƒ Addicts' unpredictable and erratic behavior potentially increases the violence towards victims, law enforcement personnel and emergency services providers. ƒ Maricopa County, overall, has an average age of first-time users that is significantly earlier than the national average. ƒ There is no centralized, current or comprehensive collection of meth treatment and education resource information accessible to Northeast Valley residents.

Key Goals and Activities for 2007:

Goal: Reduce the opportunities for meth users to commit identity theft, fraud and burglary. ƒ Create educational collateral materials with "10 things you can do" to protect yourself from identity theft, fraud and burglary. ƒ Sponsor six shredding events throughout the coalition communities. ƒ Identify ways to eliminate the use of casinos for identity theft and fraud by meth users. ƒ Identify ways to eliminate the use of hotels in coalition communities for meth parties.

Goal: Eliminate meth use among youth under age 18. ƒ Create, distribute and promote an anti-meth video for junior high and high school students. ƒ Hold a Meth Prevention Day for Youth. ƒ Conduct youth-focused town hall meetings with community members, representatives and leaders regarding meth use and available resources. ƒ Identify best practices for drug prevention education in schools and document the prevention education efforts currently offered in coalition community schools. ƒ Identify best practices related to the use and effectiveness of drug testing in schools and document how drug testing is currently used in coalition community schools.

Goal: Assure that there is adequate, accessible and comprehensive information about available and affordable resources for meth education and treatment. ƒ Create a Northeast Valley resources directory including Federal, State and County resources on meth education and treatment.

Additional information about the Coalition is online at: www.scottsdaleaz.gov/safety/drugs/.

Contact Brent Stockwell, Assistant to Mayor/Council, City of Scottsdale for more details at (480) 312-7288.

March 19, 2007 Contact: Kory Sneed Crime Prevention Officer – Dist 1 (480) 312-0275

City offers paper shredding event during Identity Theft Prevention Day – Mar 31 Attorney General Goddard and U.S. Representative Mitchell scheduled to speak

On Saturday, Mar. 31, the Scottsdale Police Department will team up with the state Attorney General's Office for an identity theft prevention open house. Local police officers will be on hand to assist Scottsdale residents with the shredding of up to four boxes of personal documents at no charge from 8 a.m. to noon or until the trucks are full at the Granite Reef Senior Center, 1700 N. Granite Reef Road.

In addition to the shredding event, Arizona State Attorney General Terry Goddard and United States Representative Harry Mitchell will facilitate identity theft discussions and provide information inside the Granite Reef Senior Center.

Other resources available include the Scottsdale Police Department’s Fraud Unit, the Scottsdale Fire Department, city staff from Code Enforcement Unit and the Granite Reef Senior Center, the Northeast Valley Coalition Against Methamphetamine and representatives from the DOVE Shelter.

According to the Federal Trade Commission, identity theft impacts at least 10 million people each year. Shredding documents, instead of simply throwing them in the garbage, is an essential tool in combating identity theft.

Due to a high level of interest at previous city shredding events, Scottsdale residents are encouraged to arrive early. Event participation is on a first come, first served basis.

--30-- Office of Attorney General Terry Goddard

STATE OF ARIZONA ANDREA M. ESQUER DEPARTMENT OF LAW PRESS SECRETARY 1275 W. WASHINGTON STREET PHONE: (602) 542-8019 PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85007-2926 CELL PHONE: (602) 725-2200 WWW.AZAG.GOV

Terry Goddard and Harry Mitchell to Host Shred-a-Thon in Scottsdale

(Phoenix, Ariz. – March 21, 2007) Attorney General Terry Goddard, Congressman Harry Mitchell and the Scottsdale Police Department will co-host a free Shred-a-Thon at the Granite Reef Senior Center in Scottsdale on Saturday, March 31, in an effort to prevent identity theft. This event begins at 8 a.m. and will run until noon. Goddard and Mitchell will give a presentation on identity theft beginning at 9 a.m.

Residents are encouraged to bring old bills, tax returns older than seven years, medical records and other documents containing personal identifying information to shred. Shred-It, a document destruction company, is donating the use of two shredding trucks for the event.

The Attorney General’s Fraud Fighter Van, Community Services staff and volunteers will be on hand with information about consumer protection and civil rights. The Attorney General’s Office also has 26 Satellite Offices throughout the state. Please visit the Attorney General’s Web site at www.azag.gov for Satellite Office locations and office hours.

Event Information:

Event: Shred-a-Thon with Terry Goddard and Harry Mitchell

When: Saturday, March 31

Time: 8 a.m. to noon Attorney General Goddard and Congressman Mitchell will speak from 9 to 9:30 a.m.

Where: Granite Reef Senior Center 1700 N. Granite Reef Scottsdale, Ariz.

The Attorney General’s Office has a satellite office in Tempe, conveniently located at the Arizona State University College of Law. It is open on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 4 to 6 p.m. and Saturday from noon to 3 p.m. For more information, please contact the Attorney General’s Community Services Program at 602-542-2123 or visit the Attorney General’s Web site at www.azag.gov.

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Northeast Valley Coalition Against Methamphetamine Phase II Application

ATTACHMENT D - Work Plan Description Worksheet

Problem Statement: Meth users commit a high number of identity thefts, frauds and burglaries There may be more than one in coalition communities to pay for their meth use. Problem addressed by your Coalition

Educate the community about how specific crimes support the use of Environmental Strategy meth and what can be done to reduce the opportunities to commit these Identified: crimes.

Goal to Address the Problem Reduce the opportunities for meth users to commit identity theft, fraud, and Statement: burglary. There may be more than one Goal

Objective to Address this By June 30, 2008, reduce identity theft, fraud, and burglary cases by 10 Goal: percent in all Coalition communities. There may be more than one Objective

Activity Output Short-term Long-term Documentation Outcome Outcome Method Expected Expected

Create educational Educational Increased public Decreased # of materials collateral materials material available awareness about number of distributed, (including a special to the public in specific crime burglaries, identity documenting local section on the multiple formats prevention thefts and fraud community crime Coalition website) with and languages. practices cases. statistics, interviews "10 things you can do" with law to protect yourself enforcement from identity theft, personnel fraud and burglary (including how to eliminate credit card offers).

Develop a public Visible promotional Increased public Decreased # of participants campaign (similar to campaign is awareness about number of attending events the "Change a Light, created and specific crime burglaries, identity and committing to Change the World" disseminated. prevention thefts and fraud change behavior, campaign) to promote practices cases. documenting local the educational community crime

21 Northeast Valley Coalition Against Methamphetamine Phase II Application material on how to statistics, interviews protect yourself from with law identity theft, fraud, enforcement and burglary using personnel multiple methods such as town halls, neighborhood meetings, and the internet.

Monitor and get Coalition is Decreased Decreased Documenting local educated about the positioned to opportunities for number of identity community crime credit report bill before support or oppose identity theft and theft and fraud statistics, interviews the State Legislature. the credit report bill increased public cases with law and prepared to awareness about enforcement promote the specific crime personnel implementation of prevention the bill if it passes practices and is desirable to promote.

Sponsor and/or Six shredding Decreased Decreased # of pounds of participate in six events conducted. opportunities for number of identity material shredded, shredding events identity theft and theft and fraud documenting local throughout the increased public cases community crime Coalition awareness about statistics, interviews communities. specific crime with law prevention enforcement practices personnel

Identify ways to Strategies for city Decreased Decreased Documenting local eliminate the use of law enforcement opportunities for number of identity community crime casinos for identity and casino security identity theft and theft and fraud statistics, interviews theft and fraud by to work together fraud cases with law meth users. are identified and enforcement implemented. personnel

Identify ways to Strategies to Increased Decreased Survey of hotel eliminate the use of eliminate use of awareness of opportunities for managers, police hotels in Coalition hotels for meth hotel managers meth use in reports of meth communities for meth parties are on meth use in hotels. incidents at hotels. parties. identified and their facilities. implemented.

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Problem Statement: There are no easily accessible sources of data showing the number or There may be more than one percentage of burglary, identity theft and fraud crimes committed in Problem addressed by your Coalition communities by meth users. Coalition

Environmental Strategy Engage Police Chiefs representing each of the Coalition communities to Identified: focus on meth use and specific crimes.

Goal to Address the Problem Increase the availability and accessibility of data for meth-related ID theft, Statement: fraud, and burglary in Coalition communities. There may be more than one Goal

Objective to Address this By June 30, 2008, create a report that documents the relationship between ID Goal: theft, fraud, and burglary and meth-use by Coalition community. There may be more than one Objective

Activity Output Short-term Long-term Documentation Outcome Expected Outcome Method Expected

Hold Delphi meetings Data needs and Increased awareness Increased Document meetings with Police Chiefs to collection methods of the prevalence of emphasis on and availability of discuss how their are identified and methamphetamines enforcing and data related to departments track, implemented. impact on community preventing crimes committed to manage and prevent crime. crimes related to support meth use. ID theft, fraud, and meth use. burglary related to meth use.

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Problem Statement: School districts in Coalition communities are part of a county that has an There may be more than one average age of first use of meth significantly younger than the national Problem addressed by your average. Coalition

Environmental Strategy Increase parent and adolescent awareness about adolescent meth use. Identified:

Goal to Address the Problem Eliminate meth use among youth under age 18. Statement: There may be more than one Goal

Objective to Address this By June 30, 2008, decrease the percentage of 8th and 10th graders using Goal: meth in the past 30 days as measured by the Arizona Youth Survey to less There may be more than one than the national average. Objective

Activity Output Short-term Long-term Documentation Outcome Outcome Method Expected Expected

Create, distribute and Youth oriented Increased % of 8th and 10th AZ Youth Survey, promote an anti-meth DVD created and awareness of graders using Interviews with DVD for junior high distributed. students about the meth in the last 30 school resource and high school dangers of meth. days decreases. officers. students.

Hold at least two Meth Prevention event Increased % of 8th and 10th AZ Youth Survey, Prevention Day for conducted, awareness of graders using evaluations of event Youth and their promoted, and students and meth in the last 30 families. well attended. parents about the days decreases. dangers of meth.

Conduct youth-focused Multiple youth Increased % of 8th and 10th AZ Youth Survey, town hall meetings with town hall event awareness of graders using evaluations of event community members, conducted, students and meth in the last 30 representatives and promoted, and parents about the days decreases. leaders regarding meth well attended. dangers of meth. use and available resources.

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Identify best practices Best practices for Increased Documented Documentation of for drug prevention drug prevention knowledge of what policy positions on policies and education in schools education are works and what is drug prevention resource and document the documented and needed in education and commitments for prevention education current practices Coalition commitment of each school district. efforts currently offered in Coalition communities. resources to in Coalition community communities are implement these schools. identified. positions in each school district.

Identify best practices Best practices for Increased Documented Documentation of related to the use and drug testing use knowledge of what policy positions on policies and effectiveness of drug and effectiveness works and what is drug testing and resource testing in schools and are documented needed in (where commitments for document how drug and current coalition appropriate) each school district. testing is currently practices in communities. commitment of used in coalition coalition resources to community schools. communities are implement these identified. positions in each school district.

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Problem Statement: Data identifying the average age of first use and the availability of meth for There may be more than one most school districts in Coalition communities is not available. Problem addressed by your Coalition

Increase the awareness of school districts administrators and school Environmental Strategy boards in Coalition communities about the problem of meth use in youth Identified: and the need for good data.

Goal to Address the Problem Increase the availability of data regarding the age of first use of meth in Statement: youth in Coalition communities. There may be more than one Goal

Objective to Address this By October 2008, increase the number of school districts who participate in Goal: the AZ Youth Survey to 100% in the Coalition and the number of There may be more than one private/charter schools to 50%. Objective

Activity Output Short-term Long-term Documentation Outcome Outcome Method Expected Expected

Meet with Barriers to youth Increased Increased # of Document meeting representatives from survey knowledge about school districts results the AZ Criminal Justice participation are how to get participating in the Commission to identify identified. participation in AZ AZ Youth Survey the procedures for the Youth survey AZ Youth Survey and challenges that may limit participation.

Contact non- Non-participating Increased Increased # of # of school districts participating districts school districts awareness of school districts in Coalition and private schools to are identified and importance of participating n the communities identify and eliminate educated on how meth issue in AZ Youth Survey participating in AZ their barriers to to participate. schools Youth Survey participating in the Arizona Youth Survey.

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Explore the best times Options to Increased Increased # of Document pros and to conduct the youth increase knowledge about school districts cons of options to survey including at the participation are how to get participating n the increase same time as the AIMS identified and participation in AZ AZ Youth Survey participation. test. evaluated. Youth survey

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Problem Statement: There is no centralized, current and comprehensive collection of meth There may be more than one treatment and education resource information accessible to coalition Problem addressed by your community residents. Coalition

Environmental Strategy Create and promote a centralized, comprehensive, accurate source of Identified: information about meth education and treatment services.

Goal to Address the Problem Ensure that there is adequate, accessible and comprehensive information Statement: about available and affordable resources for meth education and There may be more than one Goal treatment.

Objective to Address this By December 2007, identify 100% of the existing resources in each Goal: community. There may be more than one Objective

Activity Output Short-term Long-term Documentation Outcome Outcome Method Expected Expected

Create a Northeast Resource More Public is better User survey, number Valley resource directory is comprehensive, able to find help of directories directory including available in a accurate treatment for meth distributed. Federal, State and variety of formats and education treatment and County resources on information is education issues. meth education and available for the treatment. public.

Develop and Resource Increased Public is better User survey, number implement a plan to material is availability and able to find help of directories distribute the distributed accessibility of for meth distributed. resources directory. through a variety information for the treatment and of methods. public. education issues.

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