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ONLINE
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Information from the Wisconsin Clearinghouse for Prevention Resources
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Volume 2,
Issue 13
October 15, 2004
Due
to staff transitions, the Wisconsin Clearinghouse Online Prevention
News has been temporarily on hold. With this October issue, we are
pleased to resume our ongoing bi-monthly newsletter. Thank you for
your patience.
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RESEARCH
UPDATES
Report Shows Gap Between Addiction and Mental Illness Treatment
DHFS Racial Health Disparities Data
America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being
Drug Court Report Card
RESOURCES/MATERIALS
Successful Violence Prevention Programs
HEADS
UP!
National American Indian Sobriety Month
FUNDING
ALERTS
Fetal Alcohol Spectrums Disorders Funding
Public Welfare Foundation Grants
Birds Eye Food Foundation Grants
Shopko Stores Grants
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*RESEARCH UPDATES*
Report Shows Gap Between Addiction and Mental
Illness Treatment
A new report, Serious
Mental Illness and Its Co-Occurrence with Substance Use Disorders,
illustrates the association between mental illness and addiction
among adults aged 18 or older. According to the SAMHSA report, 33.2
million adults had a serious mental illness or addiction in 2002.
The rate of serious mental illness was 19.0 percent among those
with alcohol dependence or misuse, 29.1 percent among those with
illegal drug dependence or misuse and 30.1 percent among adults
who had both drug and alcohol dependence. Almost 48 percent of adults
with both serious mental illness and an addiction received some
type of treatment. However, only 11.8 percent of these adults received
both mental health and addiction treatment services. "The time
has come to ensure that all Americans who experience co-occurring
mental and substance use disorders have an opportunity for treatment
and recovery," SAMHSA Administrator Charles Curie said. "Clearly
our systems of services must continue to evolve to reflect the growing
evidence base that promotes integrated treatment and supportive
services. Both disorders must be addressed as primary illnesses
and treated as such."
DHFS Racial Health Disparities Data
The Department of Health and Family Services has recently released
the Wisconsin Minority Health Report The
Health of Racial and Ethnic Populations in Wisconsin: 1996-2000.
It provides comprehensive and reliable data and information on the
health of African American, American Indian, As ian, and Hispanic/Latino
populations in the state. The data for Wisconsin show that African-American
babies are nearly three times as likely to die in their first year
of life as are white babies. Ethnic and racial minorities experience
rates of heart disease, infant mortality, cancer, childhood lead
poisoning, asthma, diabetes, HIV infection, Hepatitis B, obesity,
homicide, and other health conditions that are much worse than the
rates for whites. The report also shows that racial/ethnic minority
populations in Wisconsin are more likely to have lower levels of
income and education, are less likely to have continuous health
insurance coverage, are more likely to receive less than optimal
healthcare, and are underrepresented in the healthcare workforce.
These factors contribute to poor health status and constitute barriers
to accessing quality healthcare by racial/ethnic minority populations.
**The Centers for Disease Control's Morbidity and Morality Weekly
Report (MMWR) for August 27, 2004 includes an article entitled Health
Disparities Experienced by Racial/Ethnic Minority Populations.
This article is the kickoff of a MMWR series underscoring health
disparities for certain racial/ethnic populations in the United
States.
America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators
of Well-Being
In a report on the well-being of America's children the Federal
Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics finds strong gains
in some areas -- a record low teen birth rate, a lower death rate
for kids and young teens, and a drop in the likelihood that youth
will be victims or perpetrators of violent crimes. Among the less
promising findings: a rise in the percentage of children living
in poverty, greater incidence of overweight, and small increases
in the percentage of low birth weight infants and the percentage
of babies who die before their first birthday. Visit http://www.childstats.gov/americaschildren/
for more information.
Drug Court Report Card
Painting the Current Picture: A National Report Card on Drug Courts
and Other Problem Solving Court Programs in the United States, Vol.
I, No. 1 examines drug courts, mental health courts, domestic violence
courts, family courts, and other courts. It represents data, results,
and outcomes compiled from numerous sources providing the current
state of drug court research. In addition, it includes the results
from the National Survey on Problem Solving Courts, conducted by
the National Drug Court Institute in the last quarter of 2003. View
the report at http://www.ndci.org/whats_new.htm.
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*RESOURCES/MATERIALS*
Successful Violence Prevention Programs
The Blueprints for Violence Prevention initiative reviewed more
than 600 violence prevention programs, and identified 11 model and
21 promising programs that prevent violence and drug use and treat
youth with problem behaviors. The Blueprints
for Violence Prevention report describes the Blueprints
initiative, presents lessons learned about program implementation,
and provides recommendations for those designing, implementing,
and funding violence prevention programs. The bulletin Successful
Program Implementation: Lessons From Blueprints presents
findings from a process evaluation of Blueprints programs, identifying
critical components of implementation. The Blueprints project was
developed by the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence
at the University of Colorado-Boulder and is supported by the Offices
of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
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*FUNDING ALERTS*
Fetal Alcohol Spectrums Disorders Funding
The Fetal Alcohol Spectrums Disorders Center for Excellence is requesting
proposals from juvenile, dependency, or family court service units
to mobilize and build capacity of local juvenile courts to develop
and implement policies and procedures to identify, diagnose, and
treat juveniles with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders. Organizations
can request up to $145,000 for the first planning year and up to
$276,000 per year for each of the four option years. The proposal
deadline is November 23, 2004. To access further information, download
the Request for Proposals, or submit a proposal online, visit http://www.fasdcenter.com/rfp/Juvenile.cfm
Public Welfare Foundation Grants
The Public Welfare Foundation supports organizations that address
human needs in disadvantaged communities. The foundation's preference
is on organizations that include service, advocacy, and empowerment
in their approach; service that remedies specific problems; advocacy
that addresses those problems in a systemic way through changes
in public policy; and strategies to empower people in need to play
leading roles in achieving those policy changes. Of
particular interest are programs addressing community and
economic development, criminal justice, youth, environment, health,
human rights/global security, reproductive and sexual health, and
welfare reform. The foundation funds requests for general operating
support, particularly of smaller organizations, or for specific
projects consistent with its mission and programs. Grants range
between $25,000 and $50,000. Letters of inquiry ar e requested and
can be submitted online at any time at www.publicwelfare.org.
Birds Eye Food Foundation Grants
The Birds Eye Foods Foundation provides grants to not-for-profit
organizations in the Green Bay area. Primary giving areas include
health, community services, education, youth, and cultural programs.
Funding for alcoholism and drug-abuse treatment services with connections
to programs serving women and youth, the elderly, minorities, the
handicapped, and the disadvantaged has also proved to be a priority.
An application form is not required, but potential applicants should
approach the foundation initially with a letter of proposal. For
more information visit http://www.birdseyefoods.com/corp/about/foundation.asp.
Shopko Stores Grants
Shopko will make charitable contributions to organizations that
support a ssisting people with disabilities, the underprivileged
and the disadvantaged, programs that strengthen family values, and
initiatives to educate youth. A committee meets monthly to review
requests. For more information visit http://www.shopko.com/corporate/community/index.jsp.
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