Effective Interventions Unit Programme 2004-2005

C1. FAMILY SUPPORT

Progress in April 2003-2004

We produced an Evaluation Guide on Supporting the Families and Carers of Drug Users to be published in April 2004.

Plans for April 2004-March 2005

We will collaborate with Scottish Drugs Forum to produce a guide on evaluation designed to help family support groups understand the importance of evaluation and how they might apply basic evaluation techniques to their activities.

C2. ARREST REFERRAL

Progress in April 2002-March 2003

Following the allocation of funding by the Justice Department to a number of arrest referral schemes, EIU contributed to the development of a national Arrest Referral monitoring framework co-ordinated by ISD.

Plans for April 2004 March 2005

We will continue to take opportunities to support the development of the evidence base for effective Arrest Referral schemes.

C3. TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT

Programmes to improve training and employment for drug users have a potential impact on the wider community. Details of our work on this topic are set out under Section D Treatment and Rehabilitation.

C4. POLICING LOCAL-LOW LEVEL DRUG DEALING

Local low-level drug dealing has a significant impact on the communities in which it takes place. The research to evaluate police action against drug dealing (see description under Section E Availability for more detail) will include a focus on how drug dealing affects the communities in which it takes place, and whether and how police work reduces this impact on communities.

SUMMARY OF WORK ON COMMUNITIES

Topic	Progress	Plans
Family Support	Produced Evaluation Guide (due April 2004)	Produce Evaluation Guide tailored to Family Support Groups in collaboration with SDF
Arrest Referral	Contributed to monitoring framework	Justice Department and Social Research taking forward policy developments and evaluation

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