In March 2006, the Division was awarded a grant by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) to develop a State Epidemiological Outcomes Workgroup (SEOW).  It began meeting in 2007.

The SEOW regularly reviews, compiles, analyzes and organizes multiple sources of data to guide relevant and effective substance use prevention strategies.  By understanding the prevalence and patterns of substance use related problems and risk and protective factors that contribute to them, the SEOW informs internal and external policy decision making through recommendations to the Division

The SEOW is prevention focused, but multidisciplinary in orientation, and welcomes and involves members from the entire spectrum of public health.  Primarily, the group is comprised of a variety of government and community agency-based professionals working in the field of substance use. A quarterly meeting draws stakeholders together to review real-world experiences and discuss their contextualization and interpretation using existing, or anticipated, publicly-available data sets.  The SEOW has an advisory board, which is drawn from the membership. As of February 2026, membership includes:

·         Rutgers University Center for Prevention Science

·         New Jersey Prevention Network

·         New Jersey Regional Prevention Coalitions

·         New Jersey Harm Reduction Coalition

·         Montclair University Center for Research & Evaluation on Education & Human Services

·         William Paterson University United for Prevention in Passaic County 

·         NJ Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors

·         NJ Department of Education

·         NJ Department of Children and Families

·         Intoxicated Driving Program (NJ DMHAS)

·         NJ Department of Health

·         Governor’s Council on Substance Use Disorder

·         Juvenile Justice Commission

·         NJ State Police

·         RWJ Barnabas Health Institute for Prevention & Recovery

·         NJ Association of County Alliance Coordinators

·         NY/NJ High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area

·         NJ National Guard - Civil Ops

·         NJ Prescription Monitoring Program

·         NJ Poison Information and Education System

·         NJ Office of the Medical Examiner

·         NJ Office of the Attorney General (NJ OAG, NJ CARES)

·         Cooper Hospital System

·         Prevention Links

·         Partners-in-Prevention

·         Children’s Aid & Family Services

·         Center for Prevention and Counseling

·         Camden County Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse

·         New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency

·         National Center for Advocacy & Recovery

·         Gloucester County Division of Addiction Services

The above is not an exhaustive list of member organizations.

The SEOW is currently contributing in the work to complete the most updated Statewide Epidemiological Profile. This is being led by subject-matter experts chosen from within the workgroup. When completed, the document will be published by the Division.

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