Data Analysis Coordination and Consolidation Center (DACCC)
In 2007, HSRI was awarded the Data Analysis Coordination and Consolidation Center (DACCC), a five year contract by SAMHSA’s Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP). CSAP is required to collect and manage large amounts of data, process those data to create information, and use that information to create reports that serve the Center’s needs, assess its performance, and advance the prevention field. CSAP looks to the DACCC to provide a centralized, comprehensive and coordinated data and analytic resource (for process, capacity, outcome and trend data at all levels of analysis including individual, project, community, state and national) for accountability, program planning and policy decisions.
The DACCC is designed to support CSAP managers in their planning processes, implementation and oversight of sponsored programs, and provision of guidance to grantees and to the field. The DACCC is creating an enhanced data infrastructure for CSAP that will improve the quality and accessibility of CSAP data, enhance the analysis of currently available data, and promote the Center’s prevention agenda.
Under this contract, HSRI provides a broad range of services to both federal staff and grantees in states and communities. We work closely with representatives from the public sector (federal, state, and local officials) and private sector (universities and other research organizations) to develop and/or promote common standards, formats, definitions, data collection protocols, and instrument development to assure National Outcome Measures (NOMs), PART and GPRA, as well as other program specific requirements are met. The team promotes efficiency and effectiveness in data collection, analysis and reporting, thus resulting in increased accountability and availability of data for CSAP and the substance abuse prevention field.
