Progress 09/01/12 to 08/31/16
Outputs
Target Audience:The target audience are the Soldiers and family members of the Ft. Hood military community. DA civilians, retirees and community are also part of the target audience. Changes/Problems:This is the last and final report for the Military Life Skills Education program at Fort Hood, Texas. The PI for the grant requested a no-cost extension for the final year of the project to close out the program and it's employees. The project will not be renewed or funded after the project end date of 31 August 2016. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?The agents and control clerks have been required to attend Army training to maintain certification in their respective areas in the program. The agents have also attended ASSIST training which is a certification program authorized and required by the military to teach suicide prevention. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?All leadership for the Army Substance Abuse Program aer aware as well as all required leadership for Ft. Hood and the Army. Leadership is very involved with the program in the ongoing process. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
The Extension agents in the Army Substance Abuse Program at Ft. Hood work in combination with other Civil Service employees to teach ASSIST to all troops and as many others as possible. ASSIST is a workshop that educateds individuals the possible signs for suicide and steps that a person can do to help someone that needs assistance. It also teaches community resources and how to access them. ASSIST classes have reached over 30,000 individuals. The agents also participate on the Installation Prevention Team which is a multidisciplinary group that provides education, events and activities that educate community members on prevention of risk behaviors. They are in charge of Suicide Prevention Week events. Displays are set up at locations such as the PX and at Family Events like Freedom Fest which is held on July 4th so that all can receive educaitonal materials. The control clerks work with the program by tracking the trends of substance abuse on the post. They track over 100,000 samples per year for positive results and what the samples, that are processed by the army at another location, are positive for. The results are given to commanders and educators so that substance abuse programming can be targeted to the population and what substance is being most used by the community at a current time. Mandated educational programs are given to those indivduals with positive results. The program is able to reach more individuals and meet the army regulations by haveing Extension employees work in concert with the civil service staff.
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Progress 09/01/13 to 08/31/14
Outputs
Target Audience: The target audience are the Soldiers and Family members of the Ft. Hood military community. DA civillians, retirees, and community are also part of the target audience. Changes/Problems:
Nothing Reported
What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? The agents and control clerks have been to required Army training to maintain certification in their respective areas in the program. The agents have also attended ASSIST training which is a certification program autorized and required by the military to teach suicide prevention.. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? All leadership for the Army Substance Abuse Program are aware as well as all required leadership for Ft. Hood and the Army. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Classes will continue to be taught weekly in suicide prevention and the control clerks will continue with the tracking of trends in the Ft. Hood community of substance use. We will add the position of Program Coordinator for Employee Assistance Program as well as we have added a program assistant for that program.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
The Extension agents in the Army Substance Abuse Program at Ft. Hood work in combination with other Civil Service employees to teach ASSIST to all troops and others as possible. ASSIST is a workshop that shows signs for suicide and steps that a person can do to help someone that needs help. It teaches community resources and how to access them. The agents also participate on the Installation Prevention Team which is a multidisciplinary group that provides education, events, and activities that educate community members on prevention of risk behaviors. They are in charge of Suicide Prevention Week events. Classes have reached over 30,000 individuals. Displays are set up at locations such as the PX and at Family events like Freedom Fest so that all can receive educatioanl materials. The control clerks work with the program by tracking the trends of substance abuse on the posts. They administratively track over 100,000 samples a year for positive results and what the samples, that are processed by the Army at another location, are positive for. The results are given to commanders and educators so that substance abuse programming can be targeted to the population. Mandated education is also given to those individuals with the positive results. The program is able to reach more individuals and meet army regulations by having Extension employees work in concert with the civil service staff.
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Progress 09/01/12 to 08/31/13
Outputs
Target Audience: The military population of Ft. Hood Texas, family members, civilians, and retirees of the Ft. Hood community. Changes/Problems: The only change in the approach was the subject matter taught. This was done because of the needs of the military. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided? All Extension Agents have been trained and certified as ASSIST trainers. Control Clerks have attended a certification training held by the Army in Austin Texas. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest? All Ft. Hood Commands are aware of the programming. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals? Coninue to offer the programs weekly and track the participation. Staff is being updated with the next level of ASSIST that was introduced in June. Educational displays and campaigns are also presented to the community throughout the year.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
The focus of the Extension Agents has changed within the program for Army Substance abuse to only educate about Suicide prevention. This was the need from the military so we changed the focus that we were teaching to only focus on Suicide prevention. Classes are taught weekly to provide insite and help give soldiers tools to handle situations with friends or within the unit. Instructors have all received training in the Livingworks program of ASSIST. These classes are held every week in addition to a interactive training that the agents facilitate. They also track the trends and give reports to command through the control clerks of areas that need to be educated on. All Ft Hood soldiers are mandated to attend these classes yearly and Extension agents have presented everyweek to make sure that they have reached the 50 thousand plus soldiers on the installation. They have also trained many of the civilians and family members as they are encouraged to attend all classes and many civilians are also mandated due to supervisery duties.
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