Community Prevention Day

When: Monday, February 11, 2008
Where: Walter E. Washington Convention Center

CSAP will be convening the fourth annual "Community Prevention Day" scheduled for February 11, 2008. This event will be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. The CADCA Forum is scheduled from February 11-14, 2008. The theme of this year's Community Prevention Day is "Leadership", and how it impacts the vulnerable populations/communities that we serve. CSAP's proposed Leadership speaker will be Hope Taft, Former First Lady of Ohio and President, Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free Foundation.

The Leadership To Keep Children Alcohol Free Foundation, a public not-for-profit foundation of current and former Governors' spouses and their representatives, is a national philanthropy dedicated to promoting the health, well-being and potential of our Nation's youth by preventing alcohol use among children. The Foundation recognizes childhood drinking as a public health issue and seeks to make its prevention a national health priority. The Foundation works with Federal, State and local policy makers and opinion leaders to develop and implement comprehensive, integrated evidence-based approaches to help keep children alcohol free.

Background

This unique gathering of CSAP grantees, community organizations, prevention leaders, and public health activists from across the country come together at one venue to receive training and technical assistance specific to substance abuse prevention, as well as network with other grantees, and partners within their region. These participants will also have the opportunity to share experiences and information, establish new relationships in regional networking sessions, and take part in workshops to develop strategic organizational skills.

Participants at this special event include: CSAP Grantees, State Alcohol & Drug Abuse Directors, National Prevention Partners, the National Prevention Network, Prevention Fellows, Centers for the Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPTs), and the CSAP National Advisory Council.

Prevention Day Concepts

Grantee Poster Sessions

In an effort to showcase the work that CSAP grantees and partners are doing around the vulnerable populations, poster sessions will be conducted throughout the day. This presents an excellent opportunity for CSAP's grantees to be more invested in Prevention Day, and it leads to more networking and learning opportunities between grantees.

Sessions Content

Vulnerable Populations (CSAP Priority Area)

• Suicide Prevention and Substance Abuse
  The Center's for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of Violence Prevention applies a public health approach to understanding suicide, seeking out and testing new strategies to prevent suicide, violence and disseminating these strategies
• Tribal and Native American and Substance Abuse
  Jo Ann Kauffman will present Native Aspirations, a national project designed to address youth violence, bullying, and suicide prevention through evidence-based interventions and community efforts. Through the Native Aspirations project, a total of 24 American Indian and Alaska Native communities determined to be the most "at risk" develop or enhance a community-based prevention plan.
• Returning Vets & Their Families
  Bert Bauer, L.C.S.W., a social work officer for the Army Reserve's 3rd Medical Command and a clinical social worker at Pathways Transition Programs will conduct an overview of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and how to deal with these issues from a provider perspective.
• Youth In Transition
  Robert Stephenson, Director of Workplace Programs along with Deborah Galvin, Ph.D. and the Youth in Transition Cross Site Evaluation Team along with 6 grantees in Phase II of a Service to Science CSAP Youth in Transition to the Workplace (ages 16 - 24) will provide an overview of NREPP and model programs being successfully implemented and enhanced in 6 workplaces with locations across the Nation. The group will emphasize how to develop partnerships with workplaces, successful implementation practices, methods of analyzing cost and outcomes, and early findings. Additionally, the group will discuss successful social marketing techniques and dissemination methodologies.
• Older Adults
  SAMHSA's Older Americans Substance Abuse and Mental Health Technical Assistance Center will give an overview of the Center. The mission of the Older Americans Substance Abuse and Mental Health Technical Assistance Center is to enhance the quality of life and promote the physical and mental well-being of older Americans through the provision of technical assistance by reducing the risk for and incidence of substance abuse and mental health issues late in life. Through partnerships with state and federal agencies and community health care providers, the Center will serve as a national repository to disseminate information, training, and direct assistance in the prevention and early intervention of substance abuse and mental health problems.
• Looking At Faith & Community Based Organizations Responses to Prisoner Reentry
  Hundreds of thousands of returning offenders are released annually, strategic responses from faith and community based organizations are critical and valuable and helps to reduce the recidivism rate. This workshop provides insight on this significant issue.
  
  Learning Objectives:
  • Working definition of Reentry
  • Able to identify the issues affecting those individuals who are reentering the community
  • Education - role in decreasing crime
  • Community & Faith Based Organizations role in Reentry

Community Prevention Day 2008
(Ballroom AB)
Dennis O. Romero, M.A.
CSAP Deputy Director
Master of Ceremonies