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1) REGISTRATION CONTINUES FOR CADCA'S MID-YEAR TRAINING INSTITUTE, AUGUST 6-9
Don't forget to send in your registration for CADCA's first-ever Mid-Year Training Institute in Seattle, Washington, August 6-9; call or register online now to secure your space. 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:
CADCA will offer CEUs for
the four-day Institute, which will culminate in a commencement exercise. For
a complete class schedule and 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!
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CADCA'S
NEW ONLINE COMMUNITY
CADCA's online community now features message boards open for discussion of topics related to substance abuse prevention, treatment, and research, including raising and leveraging funds and achieving outcomes. To view the message boards or join a discussion, go to www.CADCA.org/online.htm and click on "Boards."
The online community will
soon include live chats led by various experts in the field. Live chats will
be scheduled and announced in the E-News in the coming weeks.
3) JUNE 20 SATELLITE BROADCAST ON "EVALUATING YOUR EFFORTS"
Registration is open for CADCA's next satellite broadcast, titled "Evaluation: Effective Prevention Practices to Use and Learn." Tune in June 20, 2002, from 1:00 - 2:30 pm, EST to hear from Soledad Sambrano, PhD, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention; Pam White, Nashville Prevention Partnership; and Pam Imm, PhD, Community Psychologist. During the broadcast, they will:
These live training sessions are available at no cost to you from any site with a satellite dish that has C-band or KU band capabilities (schools, colleges, local access/cable television stations, National Guard armories, etc.,). All viewing sites must register in advance to receive the necessary satellite coordinates.
Three ways to register with
Ed Kronholm, site downlink coordinator:
Phone: 877-820-0305
Email: dlnets@aol.com
Website: www.dlnets.com/MCTFT2nd.htm
Please direct all questions
to Tanyanic Brown, CADCA's director of distance learning, at tbrown@cadca.org.
4) LIVE WEB CHAT: "CALLING COMMUNITY-BASED VOICES TO ACTION"
A live web chat with Janice Ford Griffin, Deputy Director of Join Together, will be held Wednesday, June 19, 2002 from 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. EST in observance of Recovery Month, sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA).
To participate in the chat, log on to http://www.health.org/recoverymonth/2002/multimedia/webchat3.htm immediately before or during the chat time and follow the directions to post questions.
For additional information on Recovery Month, please visit the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) website at: http://www.samhsa.gov and click on the Recovery Month 2002 icon.
5) GOVERNMENT "SEAL OF APPROVAL" AWARDED TO 25 SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAMS
After a rigorous scientific review of more than 200 substance abuse prevention programs nationwide, the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will announce the names of 25 programs found to be effective in preventing and reducing illegal drug and alcohol abuse on June 7 at 10 a.m. at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
The 25 "model programs," along with 5 additional "promising programs," will receive SAMHSA's Center for Substance Abuse Prevention's (CSAP) Exemplary Substance Abuse Prevention Program Award. Recipients of the award are selected and announced annually by SAMHSA in collaboration with CADCA and the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors.
The award-winning programs,
many with multiple sites, are located throughout the United States. Experts
from each program, including White House Drug Czar John Walters, will be available
at the press conference.
6) HHS ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS TO ASSIST FAITH-BASED AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
On June 5, HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson announced the availability of $30 million in funds to help level the playing field for faith- and community-based organizations competing for federal grants and other funding. The Compassion Capital Fund represents the first appropriated federal funds that are specifically targeted to assist grassroots organizations since President Bush announced the faith-based and community initiative last year.
Under the Compassion Capital Fund demonstration program, nearly $25 million will be made available to 15-25 intermediary organizations that will provide technical assistance to help faith-based and community organizations to effectively access funding sources, operate and manage their programs, develop and train staff, expand the reach of programs into the community and replicate promising programs. Technical assistance must be offered at no cost to interested organizations.
Intermediary organizations that receive funding will also issue sub-awards to faith- and community-based organizations to support start-up costs, operations or expansion of programs. Priority for sub-awards will be given to programs that address homelessness, hunger, the needs of at-risk children, transition from welfare to work, and those in need of intensive rehabilitation such as addicts or prisoners.
The remaining $5 million of the Compassion Capital Fund will be used to establish a National Resource Center and to support research into promising practices for intermediary organizations providing assistance to grassroots organizations and into the role that faith-based and community organizations play in their communities. The National Resource Center will serve as a national repository and clearinghouse for information related to technical assistance and training resources for faith- and community-based organizations.
Information on the availability of Compassion Capital Fund grants will be published June 7, 2002, in the Federal Register. Grant awards will be made this fall. More information about the President's initiative and the HHS Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives is available at http://www.hhs.gov/faith.
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CADCA SUBSCRIBERS SPEAK OUT ON GREATEST CHALLENGE IN PREVENTION
The response to CADCA's
May Question of the Month, "In your opinion, what is the biggest challenge
faced by substance abuse prevention professionals today? What, if anything,
could be done at the national level to help meet this challenge?" was substantial.
Responses came from across the country and represented a broad array of opinions
and views. To view these responses, CADCA members may go to http://www.cadca.org/MembersOnly/QuestionOfTheMonth.htm#May.
If you are not a CADCA member and would like to access these e-news responses
and other valuable resources and information contained in CADCA's Members Only
section, visit http://www.cadca.org/Membership/JoinCADCA.htm
to learn how to join CADCA!
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JUNE QUESTION OF THE MONTH What are the biggest barriers to treatment in your area? In your opinion, what can be done to eliminate these obstacles? Please email your answers and comments to Kay Green at kgreen@cadca.org. To view responses, CADCA members can go to http://www.cadca.org/MembersOnly/QuestionOfTheMonth.htm. |
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