1) REGISTRATION NOW OPEN FOR CADCA MID-YEAR TRAINING INSTITUTE, AUGUST 6-9

Registration is currently open for CADCA's first-ever Mid-Year Training Institute in Seattle, Washington, August 6-9. This exciting event will feature 12 of CADCA's most requested trainings for community coalition members, prevention specialists, and other interested individuals. Faculty for the Institute will include leading experts in the field of substance abuse prevention teaching subjects including grant writing, achieving outcomes, leadership, public policy, cultural competency, and media relations. CADCA will offer CEUs for the four-day Institute, which will culminate in a commencement exercise. For more information on how to register for this event, contact Nana Elliott at nelliott@cadca.org or 1-800-54-CADCA, ext. 256, or visit www.cadca.org and click on "Training Institute." Seating for each class is limited, so sign up today!

2) CADCA SATELLITE BROADCAST ON INTEGRATING FAITH-BASED PROGRAMS MAY 16

Registration is open for CADCA's "Leap of Faith: Bringing Faith-Based Programs into your Community Coalition" satellite broadcast! Tune in Thursday, May 16, 2002, from 1:00-2:30 p.m., EST when the expert panel will:
*Provide an overview of the Federal offices of faith-based and community initiatives
*Discuss and provide strategies to actively engage faith-based programs
*Identify existing resources and how to access them

You can join these live training sessions free of charge from any site with a satellite dish that has
C-band or KU band capabilities, such as schools, colleges, local access/cable television stations, and National Guard armories. All viewing sites must register in advance to receive the necessary satellite coordinates. Register with Ed Kronholm, downlink coordinator by calling 877-820-0305, e-mailing dlnets@aol.com, or going to www.dlnets.com/MCTFT2nd.htm.

With questions or comments, contact Tanyanic Brown, CADCA's director of distance learning, at (703) 706-0560, ext. 242 or tbrown@cadca.org

3) ADDITIONS TO ONLINE CONGRESSIONAL TOOLKIT

Have you ever wondered how your Congressional Representative could do more for your coalition and the substance abuse prevention field in general? Have you wanted to make a Hill visit during CADCA's Forum, but didn't know how to make that first call? Would you be interested in knowing when you can make the most impact on the Legislative Process? These questions are all answered in the Public Policy Team's newest addition to the "Congressional Toolkit: Get Involved" on CADCA's website. To view it, go to http://cadca.org/CoalitionToolkit/PublicPolicy/GetInvolved/GetInvolved.htm.

4) NATIONAL GUARD COUNTERDRUG PROGRAM ANNOUNCES PEERS INFLUENCE PEERS PARTNERSHIP EIGHTH ANNUAL BROADCAST

On Friday, April 26 from 1:00pm EDT to 2:00pm EDT, the National Guard Counterdrug Program will sponsor the Peers Influence Peers Partnership broadcast. The Peers group is a CADCA Coalition for youth that writes, shoots, and produces a one-hour broadcast each year. For the past three years, the National Guard Counterdrug Program has supported this effort by broadcasting this show nationwide.

To register for the satellite broadcast, please go to www.counterdrugtv.com. If you have questions, please call Captain Kathryn Masters at (703) 607-5673.

5) CADCA WEBSITE SHOPPING MADE EASIER

The latest improvement to the CADCA website is a shopping cart function that makes it easier than ever to order CADCA publications and videos. The shopping cart icon is located in the top right-hand of the home page. Using it, you can add multiple CADCA products, and check out everything at once. To use the new shopping cart or view other additions and improvements to CADCA's website, go to www.CADCA.org!

6) NEW FEDERAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is announcing the availability of grant funds for several different types of projects:

• Approximately $1.5 million will be available to fund 6 awards to support community-based planning, resulting in the development of local substance abuse treatment plans, for America Indian and Alaska Native and rural communities. This program announcement is No. TI 02-005.
• Approximately $9 million in funding will be available to fund 15-17 grants to expand and strengthen community treatment services for homeless individuals with substance abuse disorders, mental illness, or with co-occurring substance abuse disorders and mental illness. This program announcement is No. TI-02-006.
• Approximately $10 million in funding will be available to fund roughly 25 awards to expand and enhance substance abuse treatment services provided by family, juvenile, or adult treatment drug courts. This program announcement is No. TI-02-008.

Guidance for Applicants for all three programs is available from SAMHSA's website at www.SAMHSA.gov or by phone from SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information at 1-800-729-6686; reference the program announcement number. The application due date for these programs is June 19.

7) AWARDS AVAILABLE FOR TALENTED WRITERS

The Entertainment Industries Council, Inc. will be launching their third season of the higher education program, PRISM Generation Next. With support from the Robert Wood Foundation, they will visit 18 universities and offer advanced and graduate students monetary awards for television and screenplay writing which encourages the accurate depictions of alcohol, drug, and tobacco use, addiction, and recovery.

PRISM Generation Next is an educational program tailored for advanced and graduate film and television writing students. The PRISM Generation Next Fellowship offers students selected from participating schools a monetary award to develop their scripts with the help of industry advisors and scientific experts. To learn more about EIC projects, contact: Marie Gallo Dyak, Sr. VP, Programs mgdyak@eiconline.org, (703) 481-1414 or visit their website at http://www.eiconline.org/pgn/.

8) ONLINE SEMINAR ON COMMUNITY PREVENTIVE SERVICES SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 23

A CDC online seminar on the upcoming CDC Guide to Community Preventive Services is scheduled for April 23, 4:00-5:00 pm EDT. The Guide to Community Preventive Services (Community Guide) tries to answer questions that deal with community or "population-based" interventions.

The conference call has been set for 150 participants nationwide, so participation is on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Conference name: Public Health
Conference telephone bridge number for Federal participants: 404-639-3277
Conference telephone bridge number for Non-Federal participants: 1-800-311-3437
If you are calling from area code 404, 770, or 678, please do not use the 800 number.

For security and confidentiality purposes, participants will not be connected to a conference call without a valid conference code. The conference code is 937063

If you have a problem during the conference, press *0 at any time to signal the attendant. If you have questions about the technical operations of the teleconference equipment, please call 404-639-7550.

For the accompanying PowerPoint slide show, please go to www.thecommunityguide.org/events/general.ppt to download the PowerPoint presentation for this course.

9) SCHEDULED FACTS ON TAP TRAININGS ANNOUNCED

Facts On Tap training is open to staff members from prevention services, health services, residential life, fraternities/sororities, athletics, student affairs, student activities, student leaders, and peer educators. The Facts On Tap training is an interactive workshop that focuses on how to best implement the program into your campus's prevention programming. The confirmed locations and dates for three trainings are as follows:

NEW YORK
E-mail registration deadline: April 26
Contact: coaf@phoenixhouse.org
Monday, May 6, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Marymount College, 100 Marymount Avenue, Rita Hall, Room Rita II, Tarrytown, NY

FLORIDA
E-mail registration deadline: May 9
Contact: areitter@phoenixhouse.org
Wednesday, May 22, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
St. Leo University (outside of Tampa), 33701 State Road 52, McDonald Center, Raleigh Green Room, St. Leo, FL

ILLINOIS
E-mail registration deadline: May 30
Contact: coaf@phoenixhouse.org
Thursday, June 13, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
W.R. Harper College (outside of Chicago), 1200 West Algonquin Road, Student Administration Building, Room A-315, Palatine, IL

To register, email the following information for each person on your campus who will attend to coaf@phoenixhouse.org: Name, Title, Department, Mailing Address, Phone Number, Email Address,and Training Location. Please note that the training is open only to schools using the Facts On Tap program. If there are questions, please e-mail Lisa Huttinger at coaf@phoenixhouse.org or call at 646-505-2065.

OTHER USEFUL CADCA LINKS

If you are not a regular member of CADCA, or would like to learn more about our services, please visit: http://cadca.org/JoinCADCA/JoinCADCA.htm

Interested in the latest progress on legislation that affects coalitions and anti-drug efforts? Then go to: http://cadca.org/CoalitionToolkit/PublicPolicy/PublicPolicy.htm

To find out what’s going on with community anti-drug coalitions and events related to the substance abuse field, check out: http://cadca.org/Events/Events.htm

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