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Welcome to Carnevale Associates,
LLC
Carnevale Associates, LLC is a Washington,
DC-based firm that offers guidance and
practical solutions to governments,
organizations, and communities as they
confront the public policy and program
challenges of the 21st century. The firm
specializes in drug and crime policy,
strategic planning and communications,
policy-oriented data and research, and
government relations. Its President, John
Carnevale, Ph.D., has worked for over 20
years in drug policy for three
administrations and four drug czars and
provides strategic public policy
advice to policy makers and other
stakeholders. Regardless of the project,
the mission of Carnevale Associates, LLC is
the same: bringing practical strategic
public policy solutions to clients facing
real-time challenges.
Recent News/Publications
The Continued Standstill in Reducing Illicit
Drug Use: Is the Policy-Budget
Mismatch to Blame?,
September 14, 2009,
This Policy Brief shows what can happen when
a drug policy fails to align program
resources with its strategic goals and
objectives. The Brief shows that the nation
has experienced a standstill in progress to
reduce drug use so far in this decade and
attributes this lack of progress to the
eight-year failure of the Office of National
Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to meaningfully
match its federal drug control
budget with the demand reduction goals set
forth by its own policy. It concludes that
if our ONDCP continues to make demand
reduction its top strategic priority, then
it must begin by reallocating resources from
supply reduction to demand reduction
programs.
Could Youth Drug Use Be Making a Comeback?,
June 5, 2009,
This Policy Brief raises the strong
possibility of a resurgence in youth drug
use. While youth drug use declined by 29
percent from 1997 to 2006, a recent softening of
indicators related to youth attitudes about
the dangers of drug use and disapproval
rates suggests that drug use is making a
comeback. The previous administration
cut funding for drug
prevention programs which might have
contributed to this softening of youth
attitudes about the dangers of drug use.
Further cuts to drug prevention programs are
proposed in the federal 2010 budget. The
Policy Brief notes that stopping this
resurgence in youth drug use will advance a
positive school climate as well as community
health and safety. This requires
strengthening drug prevention efforts by
funding more capacity to enable local
communities to address local problems.
Written Testimony of John Carnevale, Ph.D. Before the Domestic Policy Subcommittee on Oversight and Government Reform, May 19, 2009,
Dr. Carnevale testified before the Domestic Policy Oversight Committee on the Office of National Drug Control Policy's past performance and how it might shape that agency's future effectiveness. The testimony finds that there were many failings that can be overcome in
the new Obama administration.
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