1.
CADCA'S MID-YEAR TRAINING, JULY 27 - 31
Don't miss "Leadership,
Linkages, and Learning: Gateway to Coalition Results" - an intense,
customizable training experience. Learn how to achieve and document results,
write a winning proposal, build the skills you need to help your coalition
succeed and much more. Class size is limited, so sign up early!
Take advantage of this exceptional training and networking
opportunity, plus discover the fabulous offerings in San Francisco.
We've negotiated special $139 hotel rates for CADCA attendees from July
25 through August 2! The program offers 5 1/2 daily instruction hours
(22 hours total) and CEUs will be offered through George Mason University.
The Mid-Year begins with a reception on Monday (July
27), and classes run from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday. Don't get closed out of your first-choice classes. Register
today! For more information, visit http://cadca.org/Events/MidYearInstitute/MidYearInstitute2003.htm.
2.
DEADLINE TO NOMINATE YOUTH TO ADVISORY COUNCIL IS APRIL 28
As part of CADCA's Youth Outreach efforts, we are
adding two youth leaders to our Coalition Advisory Committee (CAC).
Do you have an outstanding teen in your coalition who you believe would
not only be an important addition to our CAC, but could also be a future
coalition leader?
Send us a paragraph expressing why this young person is
an exemplary leader within your coalition and/or his or her school.
Please be sure to include the student's name, age, address, phone number,
email, coalition and high school. Although only two students will be
selected to join the CAC, we will use all nominations to compile a database
of youth contacts for future use. Due to requests, the deadline for
nominations has been extended to April 28. Send nominations to Natalie
Embrey, CADCA's development and youth outreach Associate, at nembrey@cadca.org.
3.
GREENHOUSE PROGRAM APPLICATIONS ARE DUE MAY 1, 2003
CADCA's National Community Anti-Drug Coalition Institute has a "Greenhouse
Program" to improve the effectiveness of new and ongoing community
coalitions. The Greenhouse training initiative will help local groups
develop effective anti-drug coalitions by giving up to 30 communities
with newly developing coalitions (maximum one year since inception)
an opportunity to explore and learn what makes community coalitions
successful in achieving measurable results.
Through the Greenhouse Program, teams of people from coalitions
representing economically disadvantaged communities who are interested
in working together to achieve the common goals of reducing substance
abuse will participate in a series of three FREE 4 day training sessions
designed to promote team development and planning concepts; develop
and enhance effective coalition knowledge and practices; and assist
communities in moving from the planning stage to full implementation.
The Coalition Institute will pay travel expenses for a
delegation of no more than five representatives from each coalition
who must commit to attend all three trainings.
The application is due by May 1, 2003. Please address questions to:
Dr. Eduardo Hernández-Alarcón, ehernandez@cadca.org.
4.
CONTEST KICKS OFF CADCA AND SAMHSA NEW WORKPLACE INITIATIVE
CADCA and SAMHSA are partners in a new Workplace
Initiative. To kick off and help develop the initiative, they are implementing
a coalition survey to help analyze coalitions' interest and present
involvement with local businesses.
Early next week, CADCA will email a short survey that
includes the Best Workplace Practices contest to all paid members. The
coalition that responds with the most effective and successful workplace
initiative will receive $500 and a one-year CADCA membership. Two other
coalitions will receive Honorable Mention recognition and $200.
If you would like to take part in this survey and contest
but are not a CADCA dues-paying member, please email nembrey@cadca.org.
To become a CADCA member, contact the Membership Department
at jharrison@cadca.org.
5.
SEND QUESTIONS NOW FOR EXPERTS ON YOUTH LEADERSHIP BROADCAST MAY 29
On May 29, 2003, watch CADCA's next broadcast focusing
on youth leadership from 1:00-2:30 p.m., EST. The program features Julie
Laipply (Miss Virginia, USA, 2002) Role Models and Mentors for Youth
Foundation, and Ty Sells, Youth to Youth International. The broadcast
focuses on youth leaders within the substance abuse prevention field
and the skills necessary to become an effective leader. The broadcast
will feature adults who were youth leaders and now are dedicated to
working with youth and also young adults who have assumed leadership
roles in their communities. Tune in to learn leadership training and
skill building strategies and become a better youth leader.
If you have any questions or burning issues you would like addressed
on the broadcast related to Youth Leaders, please email them to Tanyanic
Brown at tbrown@cadca.org before
May 29. To register for the broadcast, Contact Ed Kronholm, downlink
coordinator, by calling 877-820-0305; or by sending an email to dlnets@aol.com.
6.
CALIFORNIA STUDY SAYS DRUG COURTS SAVE MONEY
California's specialized drug courts have saved the
state millions of dollars by cutting prison and jail time and reducing
recidivism, according to a pair of studies presented to the Judicial
Council of California. The Judicial Council's Advisory Committee on
Collaborative Justice presented two studies April 15, the first focusing
on drug courts in Los Angeles, San Diego, and Butte counties. It found
that the drug courts saved about $200,000 a year for each of the 100
participants in the study. The second study, conducted by the California
Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs and the Administrative Office
of the Courts, concluded that arrest rates declined 85 percent for 1,945
drug court graduates in 17 counties, comparing the offenders' arrest
records two years before and two years after they completed the drug
court program. Conviction rates for the same offenders dropped 77 percent
and incarceration rates declined 83 percent, the study found. The results
also showed 96 percent of the 132 babies born to program participants
were drug-free at birth.
7.
SAMHSA OFFERING GRANTS FOR TREATING THOSE DUALLY DIAGNOSED
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA) will offer up to $6.5 million in incentive grants to states
over a five-year period for treating people with co-occurring addiction
and mental-health disorders. State governors may apply. Applications
are due June 13. For more information go to http://samhsa.gov/grants/content/2003/ti03003_cosig.htm
8.
NEW KANSAS BILL PLACES OFFENDERS IN TREATMENT PROGRAMS
On Monday, the governor of Kansas signed SB 123,
revising state laws on drug sentences. The measure provides an alternative
to prison in some cases of simple drug possession. Judges can place
qualified offenders in community treatment programs, to include faith-based
programs. People with prior convictions for selling or manufacturing
drugs or with violent histories would be ineligible. The governor also
signed a bill that allows judges to impound a person's motor vehicle
for up to a year, upon a second conviction of driving under the influence
of drugs or alcohol.
9.
STUDY EXAMINES METH LINK TO HEART FAILURE
A preliminary study of hospitalized crystal methamphetamine (meth) users
showed a significantly higher rate of cardiac dysfunction in these patients
than in nonusers, according to researchers at University of California,
San Diego (UCSD). These results were reported at the 52nd Annual Scientific
Session of the American College of Cardiology, in Chicago.
The team found that 64% of the meth users showed normal heart function
compared with 85% in an age-matched control group. Researchers believe
meth is a significant source of damage to the hearts, and can cause
long-term damage.
The study raises important public health implications and illuminates
some of the widely used drug's dangers and researchers feel a larger
prospective study is needed to determine cardiac effects of crystal
methamphetamine usage.
