Learning Objectives: Attendess will be able to understand the challenges accompanying a large influx of funding via the state's share of the tobacco master settlement agreement. Prior to the Master Tobacco Settlement Agreement, state funding for tobacco prevention and control efforts in Illinois was inconsistent and inadequate. Therefore, developing a comprehensive, coordinated and continuing program was virtually impossible. With the first appropriation of $15 million MSA funds in state fiscal year 2001, the Illinois state legislature gave the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) a mandate to implement a statewide tobacco prevention and control program in 12 months, with no promises for future funding. While IDPH recognizes that FY2001 was a capacity-building year, by using CDC best practices as a model, community interventions and program implemented throughout the state, reached more than half the state’s population. In fiscal year 2002, with a $46 million MSA appropriation, IDPH focused on strengthening the abilities of local health departments and broadening the reach of tobacco interventions to address the needs of priority populations such as women and girls and disparate populations. At the same time, the Department enhanced the comprehensiveness of its tobacco prevention and control programs and laid the groundwork to transition to a clearly comprehensive, policy-driven and science-based approach. For fiscal year 2003, this approach serves as the framework for local health departments and other stakeholders to identify, develop and set local priorities and strategies that support progress toward outcomes-based objectives. Attendees will learn how Illinois accomplished its goal to develop a statewide, comprehensive approach to tobacco prevention and control, while navigating the state's annual legislative process; developing meaningful relationships with stakeholders; and shifting to outcomes-based program planning rather than relying on activity measures. With encouragement from the CDC Office on Smoking and Health, IDPH has been able to do all this, while keeping an eye on future program direction to secure a tobacco-free lifestyle for its citizens.
Abstract: Making Tobacco History in Illinois: Rags to Riches
Prior to the Master Tobacco Settlement Agreement, state funding for tobacco prevention and control efforts in Illinois was inconsistent and inadequate. Therefore, developing a comprehensive, coordinated and continuing program was virtually impossible. With the first appropriation of $15 million MSA funds in state fiscal year 2001, the Illinois state legislature gave the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) a mandate to implement a statewide tobacco prevention and control program in 12 months, with no promises for future funding. While IDPH recognizes that FY2001 was a capacity-building year, by using CDC best practices as a model, community interventions and program implemented throughout the state, reached more than half the state’s population.
In fiscal year 2002, with a $46 million MSA appropriation, IDPH focused on strengthening the abilities of local health departments and broadening the reach of tobacco interventions to address the needs of priority populations. Simultaneously, the Department enhanced the comprehensiveness of its tobacco prevention and control programs and laid the groundwork to transition to a clearly comprehensive, policy-driven and science-based approach. In FY2003, this approach serves as the framework for local health departments and other stakeholders to identify, develop and set local priorities and strategies that support progress toward outcomes-based objectives.
Illinois accomplished its goal to develop a statewide, comprehensive approach to tobacco prevention and control, while navigating the state's annual legislative process; developing meaningful relationships with stakeholders; and shifting to outcomes-based program planning rather than relying on activity measures.
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