1 Julie Priego Divisional Director for Prevention & Intervention Services [email protected] (915) 782-4000 Ext. 1323 Priscilla Cortez, CPS Program Director [email protected] (915) 782-4000 Ext. 1321 Antonio Martinez, MSP Regional Evaluator [email protected] (915) 782-4000 Ext. 1322 1626 Medical Center, 3rd Floor El Paso, Texas 79915 (915) 782-4000 2019 Regional Needs Assessment 2 This publication is available for download on the PRC-10 website: www.prc10tx.org Table of Contents Executive Summary ..................................................................................................................................... 7 Prevention Resource Centers ...................................................................................................................... 8 Our Purpose .............................................................................................................................................. 8 How We Help the Community .................................................................................................................. 9 Conceptual Framework ............................................................................................................................. 10 Adolescence ............................................................................................................................................ 10 Epidemiology........................................................................................................................................... 10 Socio-Ecological Model ........................................................................................................................... 11 Risk and Protective Factors ..................................................................................................................... 11 Consumption Patterns ............................................................................................................................ 12 Consequences ......................................................................................................................................... 14 Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 16 Our Audience .......................................................................................................................................... 16 Purpose of This Report ............................................................................................................................ 17 Methodology .............................................................................................................................................. 18 Process .................................................................................................................................................... 18 Qualitative Data Selection ...................................................................................................................... 19 Focus Groups........................................................................................................................................... 19 Interviews................................................................................................................................................ 19 Longitudinally Presented Data ................................................................................................................ 19 Regional Demographics............................................................................................................................. 21 Brewster County ..................................................................................................................................... 22 Culberson County .................................................................................................................................... 22 El Paso County ......................................................................................................................................... 22 Hudspeth County .................................................................................................................................... 23 Jeff Davis County ..................................................................................................................................... 23 Presidio County ....................................................................................................................................... 23 Population ............................................................................................................................................... 24 Age ...................................................................................................................................................... 25 Race/Ethnicity ..................................................................................................................................... 26 Concentrations of Populations ........................................................................................................... 27 2019 Regional Needs Assessment 3 Languages............................................................................................................................................ 29 Regional Socioeconomics ........................................................................................................................ 29 Household Composition ...................................................................................................................... 30 Employment ........................................................................................................................................ 31 TANF Recipients .................................................................................................................................. 32 Food Assistance Recipients ................................................................................................................. 32 Free and Reduced-Price School Lunch Recipients .............................................................................. 34 Environmental Risk Factors ....................................................................................................................... 36 Education ................................................................................................................................................ 36 Dropout Rates ..................................................................................................................................... 36 School Discipline ................................................................................................................................. 38 Homeless Students ............................................................................................................................. 39 Criminal Activity ...................................................................................................................................... 40 Index Violent Crime ............................................................................................................................. 41 Index Property Crime .......................................................................................................................... 42 Domestic and Child Abuse .................................................................................................................. 43 Sexual Assault ..................................................................................................................................... 44 Drug Seizures/Trafficking Arrests........................................................................................................ 45 Mental Health ......................................................................................................................................... 47 Suicide ................................................................................................................................................. 47 Depression .......................................................................................................................................... 48 Inpatient Hospital Admissions ............................................................................................................ 49 Local Mental Health Authorities ......................................................................................................... 50 Social Factors .......................................................................................................................................... 51 Youth Perception of Parental Approval of Consumption ................................................................... 51 Youth Perception of Peer Approval of Consumption ......................................................................... 53 Cultural Norms and Substance Abuse ................................................................................................. 55 Adolescent Sexual Behavior ................................................................................................................ 55 Misunderstandings about Marijuana .................................................................................................. 56 Accessibility ............................................................................................................................................