Agenda Index City of Vancouver

DRAFT
FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION EVALUATION PLAN

CANADA'S DRUG STRATEGY GOALS

FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION GOALS

VANCOUVER AGREEMENT GOALS

· To reduce the demand for drugs
· To reduce drug-related mortality and morbidity
· To improve effectiveness and accessibility of substance abuse information and interventions
· To restrict supply of illicit drugs and reduce profitability of illicit drug trafficking
· To reduce the costs of substance abuse to Canadian society

· To work with all levels of government to take action and responsibility for elements of the Framework within their jurisdiction
· To work towards the restoration of public order across Vancouver
· To work towards addressing the drug-related health crisis in Vancouver

· To provide leadership and effectively work with all levels of government, community organizations and other key stakeholders to improve the quality of life in Vancouver
· To create healthy, safe and sustainable communities in Vancouver

INPUTS

PRIORITY ACTIONS

OUTPUTS

OUTCOMES

OUTCOME INDICATORS

· Funding
· Infrastructure
· Staff
· Facilities
· Equipment
· Expertise
· Partnerships
· Public support
· Political support

PREVENTION
· Pilot for high risk youth/families in inner city neighborhoods
· Pilot for city-wide school curriculum
· Pilot for community-based public education campaign with prevention focus

TREATMENT
· Expansion of youth treatment services
· Pilot for increased access to methadone
· Pilot for heroin maintenance project
· Pilot for expanded needle exchange in primary health care settings
· Pilot for low threshold support services outside DTES
· Pilot for transitional supported housing
· Pilot for people with concurrent mental health disorders and addictions

ENFORCEMENT
· Pilot for youth in sex trade
· Increase organized crime unit, VPD and RCMP drug squads

HARM REDUCTION
· Feasibility study of supervised injection sites
· Implement overdose death prevention campaign
· Work with provincial government to develop and implement harm reduction policy framework for substance misuse

ALL PILLARS
· Create range of culturally appropriate addiction strategies for Aboriginal Peoples
· Work with provincial ministries to develop and implement policies to ensure full range of substance misuse services across municipalities

PREVENTION
· # of participating inner city neighborhoods
· # of youth/families served by inner city pilot
· # of participating schools
· # of students exposed to curriculum

TREATMENT
· # and type of youth treatment services
· # of youth served by treatment services
· # of people served by methadone pilot
· # of people served by heroin maintenance pilot
· # of needles exchanged in primary health care settings
· # of participating primary health care settings
· # and type of low threshold services
· # of people served by low threshold services
· # of transitional supported housing units/beds
· # of dual diagnosed people served by pilot

ENFORCEMENT
· # of youth in sex trade served by pilot
· # of drug enforcement officers
· # of arrests for wholesale and street level drug trafficking

HARM REDUCTION
· # of safe injection sites piloted
· # of supervised injections
· # of overdose deaths
· Harm reduction policy framework

ALL PILLARS
· # and type of culturally appropriate Aboriginal addiction strategies
· Inventory of provincial policies

DRUG DEMAND
· To reduce the number of people who misuse drugs in Vancouver

DRUG SUPPLY
· To reduce availability of illicit drugs in Vancouver
· To reduce profitability of illicit drug trafficking in Vancouver and BC

PUBLIC HEALTH
· To increase awareness of substance misuse as a health issue in Vancouver
· To reduce preventable illness and death related to substance misuse in Vancouver
· To improve health status of Vancouver residents

PUBLIC ORDER
· To reduce public nuisance (define?) related to substance misuse in Vancouver
· To reduce criminal activity related to substance misuse in Vancouver
· To improve sense of safety of Vancouver residents

SERVICE DELIVERY
· To increase coordination of organizations, sectors and levels of government responding to substance misuse in Vancouver and BC
· To increase availability of appropriate substance misuse services in Vancouver and BC
· To increase access to appropriate substance misuse services in Vancouver and BC
· To increase accountability of organizations, sectors and levels of government responding to substance misuse in Vancouver and BC

SERVICE COST
· To reduce health, social service and law enforcement costs to Vancouver and BC of substance misuse

DRUG DEMAND
· Substance misuse incidence rate (uptake) by type of drug/drug use
· Substance misuse prevalence rate (extent) by type of drug/drug use
DRUG SUPPLY
· Estimated wholesale and street level volume of illicit drugs in Vancouver?
· Estimated wholesale and street level value of criminal proceeds of drug trafficking in Vancouver?
PUBLIC HEALTH
· Public, stakeholder and target population awareness levels
· HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C infection rates
· Drug overdose rate
· Drug overdose death rate
· Self-reported health status (by target populations?)
PUBLIC ORDER
· Estimated volume of drug-related litter?
· Drug-related property crime rates
· Drug-related violent crime rates
· Self-reported safety levels
SERVICE DELIVERY
· Inventory of intersectoral and inter jurisdictional substance misuse strategies (legislation, policies, partnerships and programs)
· Inventory of substance misuse services by municipality
· Utilization of substance misuse services by municipality
· Self-reported access to substance misuse services (by target populations?)
· Achievement of common/shared substance misuse outcomes
SERVICE COST
· Substance misuse-related health care costs
· Substance misuse-related social service costs
· Substance misuse-related law enforcement costs


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