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J�Z4 If.. <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII -•� ` - STATE OF HAWAII <br /> RESOLUTION NO. 210 12 <br /> (DRAFT 2) <br /> RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO A MEMORANDUM OF <br /> UNDERSTANDING WITH THE RESEARCH CORPORATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF <br /> HAWAII WITH RESPECT TO AN EVALUATION OF THE DRUG, ALCOHOL AND <br /> TOBACCO PREVENTION PROGRAM. <br /> BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: <br /> WHEREAS, the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's <br /> ("SAMHSA") Strategic Prevention Framework ("SPF") is a program designed to promote youth <br /> development, reduce risk-taking behaviors, build assets and resilience, and prevent problem <br /> behaviors across the person's life span; and <br /> WHEREAS, to accomplish its goals SPF has funded the State Incentive Grant program <br /> which has been the funding source for the County of Hawai`i's Drug, Alcohol and Tobacco <br /> prevention program ("DAT") administered through the County of Hawai`i Department of Liquor <br /> Control; and <br /> WHEREAS, part of the DAT program teaches student-athletes to be instructors, role models <br /> and mentors to other students on not only the dangers of drugs, alcohol and tobacco but the positives <br /> of living a drug, alcohol and tobacco free life; and <br /> WHEREAS, this program has been in existence for several years and it is commonly felt that <br /> this program is beneficial, but there has never been an empirical study of the effectiveness of this <br /> program; and <br /> WHEREAS, the grant requires that an evaluation of the program be conducted to validate the <br /> program's effectiveness; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Research Corporation of the University of Hawai`i (hereinafter referred to <br /> as "RCUH"), through Dr. Alton M. Okinaka, PhD, Director of the Social Sciences Training and <br /> Research Laboratory, is familiar with these types of reports and will conduct a study of the DAT <br /> program to measure its effectiveness; and <br />