1.
ONLY 50 SEATS LEFT FOR CADCA MID-YEAR TRAINING, JULY 27-31
CADCA will host it’s second annual Mid-Year
Training Institute, “Leadership, Linkages & Learning: Gateway
to Coalition Results,” in San Francisco, CA from July 27-31. The
four-day conference will feature 13 training courses that include grant
writing, evaluation, leadership, public policy, cultural competency
and media relations.
Faculty for the Institute will include leading experts in the field
of substance abuse prevention.
Only 50 seats remain, so register today! Visit www.cadca.org/Events/MidYearInstitute/2003/index.htm.
We hope to see you there!
2.
SEND YOUR PROM/GRADUATION SEASON SUCCESS STORIES
Have you had success implementing effective prevention
programs during the busy prom and graduation season? If so, we want
to hear about them. Send your program details and results to LeAndrea
Burney at lburney@cadca.org.
Here are a few successes we received:
Chamber Coalition for a Better
Community in Lufkin, Texas
Restaurant Project
The County All Stars, a group of students who have adopted a drug-free
lifestyle, received the participation of seven local restaurants to
display their drug free message in the form of tabletop fliers to make
patrons aware of the consequences of drinking and how to be positive
influences in the lives youth.
Parent University
This one-day conference featured keynote addresses, breakout sessions
on a wide variety of topics related to parenting and exhibits displaying
resources to over 150 parents, caregivers, youth workers and professionals
in the community.
Shattered Dreams Project
This program involved a “real life” dramatization of an
alcohol-related crash complete with police and EMS response, ER treatment,
family notifications and the arrest and booking of the driver to emphasize
the importance of not drinking and driving to high school students.
For more information on the Chamber Coalition for a Better
Community’s programs and activities, visit their web site at www.go-lufkin.com/bdrugfree4life/.
The Safe Community Coalition, McLean
and Langley in Northern Virginia
Project Hospitality
This community effort to reduce the number of parties in homes
and hotels where underage youth consume alcoholic beverages received
news coverage in the Washington Post. Due to the success of this
program, it has expanded to other coalitions in Fairfax County.
Happy Hats
Sponsored through an after-school program, students make vibrant
hats for deliver to chronically ill children to let them know that children
their age care about them. The Happy Hats project also received news
coverage in the Washington Post and in the local news. Happy Hats has
now secured a commitment to provide 12,000 hats for distribution in
area hospitals.
For more information on the Safe Community Coalition programs
and activities, visit http://www.crosslink.net/~scc/.
3.
COURT TV TO AIR “STRAIGHT TALK ABOUT MARIJUANA,” JUNE 6
As part of Choices & Consequences public affairs initiative, Court
TV will televise highlights of a teen summit that addresses marijuana
issues on June 6 at 8 a.m. EDT/7 a.m. CDT. Oklahoma City teens along
with more than 140 youth and local experts discuss personal experiences
with marijuana and how other drugs affect their daily lives.
Local coalitions are encouraged to tape this hour-long program and
present it at local gatherings and meetings. It may be used to show
parents and other adult influencers how teens really feel about marijuana
and to demonstrate to teens that not every young person thinks that
smoking pot is harmless.
4. SAMHSA ISSUES NEW PROGRAM KIT FOR CHILDREN PROGRAMS
To help substance abuse treatment professionals design programs to help
children of addicted parents cope with the effects of their parents’
addiction, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA) has developed a new Children’s Program Kit.
The toolkit is designed to provide materials for substance abuse programs
to initiate educational support programs for the children of clients
in substance abuse treatment. The curricula will teach children skills
such as solving problems, coping, social competence, autonomy and a
sense of purpose and future.
The kit was developed by SAMHSA childhood mental health professionals
and covers a wide variety of topics and practical teaching strategies
for elementary, middle and upper school children, including stories
and videos. The kit also contains information for therapists to distribute
to their clients to help parents understand the needs of their children,
as well as training materials for substance abuse treatment staff who
plan to offer support groups for children.
Toolkits can be ordered by calling 1-800-729-6686 or by faxing a request
to 301-468-6433.
5.
“SCHOOL’S OUT” EDUCATION INITIATIVE LAUNCHED
To help parents keep teens marijuana-free during the summer months,
the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign and other organizations
launched “School’s Out,” a new education initiative
for the summer.
According to the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, more teens
smoke marijuana for the first time in June and July than any other time
of the year. Every summer day, more than 5,800 teens try marijuana for
the first time. To help bring these summer prevention messages to your
community, the Campaign has made a number of resources available online
at www.mediacampaign.org.
- Summer fact sheet on teen marijuana use
- Tips every parent should know to help keep kids drug-free this summer
- Article for general market audiences
- Article for Asian American and Hispanic audiences
- Teen post cards debunking marijuana myths
- Teen posters with the facts on marijuana
- Anti-drug mural guide
The Campaign is also featuring an interactive self-rating tool (Does
Your Summer Plan Stand the Heat?) to help parents determine if their
summer plan will keep their teens safe. The tool can be found at www.theantidrug.com.
Information and tips for employers of parents and teens are also available
at: www.theantidrug.com//atwork
and www.freevibe.com. If you have
comments, thoughts or ideas about Media Campaign resources, please contact
the Campaign at nyac@aed.org.
6.
RESEARCHERS TO RELEASE NEW FINDINGS ABOUT AT-RISK YOUTH
Leading researchers in prevention science will meet on June 12-14, 2003
at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Washington, D.C. to release new research
on curbing anti-social and destructive behavior among adults and youth.
The 2003 annual meeting, "Research to Policy,"
spearheaded by the Washington, D.C.-based Society for Prevention Research
will present innovative ways that prevention programs can be implemented
by schools; local, state and federal agencies; community organizations,
advocacy groups, physicians and counselors.
Speakers include: CADCA’s Chairman and CEO, General
Arthur Dean; Mary Ann Solberg, Deputy Director of the White House Office
of National Drug Control Policy; Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration; Mary Dufour, Deputy Director, National Institute on
Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; Richard Nakamura, Deputy Director, National
Institute of Mental Health; Nora Volkow, Director, National Institute
on Drug Abuse.
The Society for Prevention Research is an international
organization focused on the advancement of science-based prevention
programs and policies through empirical research. The membership of
the organization includes scientists, practitioners, advocates, administrators
and policymakers who are concerned with the prevention of social, physical
and mental health problems and the promotion of health, safety and well
being. Visit www.preventionresearch.org
for more information.
7.
CDC SAYS OCCASIONAL SMOKING ON THE RISE
Although the percentage of U.S. adults who smoke has remained constant,
government researchers say that part-time smokers are on the rise. The
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently said that while
the percentage of American adults who smoke remains about the same --
23 percent -- more smokers identify themselves as part-timers.
Observers are uncertain if the part-time smoking trend is good news
or bad news because it is uncertain if heavy smokers are cutting back
or if this is a new kind of smoker. CDC experts note that smoking occasionally
may not be much healthier than smoking regularly. For more information
on this trend, visit www.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/05/28/parttime.smokers.ap/index.html.
8. NEW GRANT UP TO $500 NOW
AVAILABLE FROM RADIOSHACK
RadioShack Corporation is now accepting applications
for Neighborhood Answers grant program up to $500. The deadline for
the application is open and will be accepted year-round. Grants will
be awarded in August and November. Local RadioShack review councils
will evaluate applications.
To be considered for a Neighborhood Answers Grant, an organization must
be a tax-exempt nonprofit designated as a 501(c)(3) by the IRS, offer
solutions to help prevent family violence, abuse or child abduction
and directly impact or benefit a RadioShack community through programs
or services.
The program, which began this year, is designed to fund
worthy causes that help families protect children from abduction, violence,
and abuse. Applications for the Neighborhood Answers Grant are available
in stores and at the Web site http://www.radioshackcorporation.com/cr/contrib_program.shtml.
