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Volume 3,
Issue 3
February 28, 2005
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RESEARCH UPDATES
Suicide Rate of Wisconsin’s
Youth Above National Average
Parents Not Talking to Kids
About Drugs
RESOURCES/MATERIALS
Resources for Working with
Immigrant Families
School Readiness: Closing Racial
and Ethnic Gaps
HEADS UP!
Are States Ready to Raise Alcohol
Taxes?
Safe and Drug-Free Schools
and Communities Funding Update
FUNDING ALERTS
The Milagro Foundation
Target Community Giving Grants
The Overbrook Foundation
Grants for Drinking and Violence
Prevention Among College Students
TRAINING/WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES
Save the Date for the 2005
Wisconsin State
Prevention Conference
Workshops for EAPs
State Budget Review Lunch
Meetings
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**RESEARCH UPDATES**
Suicide Rate of Wisconsin’s
Youth Above National Average
The Wisconsin Medical Society recently released a report on violent
deaths of Wisconsin youth that found the
suicide rate for youth in Wisconsin
(defined as people under 25) was one third higher than the national
average, while the homicide rate was about one fourth lower. The
full text of “The Burden of Suicide and Homicide of Wisconsin’s
Children and Youth” is available at http://www.wisconsinmedicalsociety.org/health_news/wmj_transcript.cfm?id=706.
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Parents Not Talking
to Kids About Drugs
Twelve percent of parents say they have never spoken to their kids
about drugs, double the rate of six years ago, according to a new
survey conducted by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America. The
2004 Partnership Attitude Tracking Study (PATS) surveyed 1,205 parents
across the country. Findings show that while few parents currently
use drugs, many of those who came of age in the late 70s and early
80s expressed little concern about drug experimentation among their
own kids. Today's parents see less risk in drugs like marijuana,
cocaine and even inhalants, when compared to parents just a few
years ago. And while only 51 percent of parents said they would
be upset if their child experimented with marijuana the study also
found that today's parents significantly underestimate the presence
of drugs in their teens' lives. Just 21 percent of parents believe
that their teenager has friends who use marijuana, yet 62 percent
of teens report having friends who use the drug. For more information on the survey visit http://www.drugfree.org/Portal/About/NewsReleases/Parents_See_Less_Risk_Talk_Less_with_Teens.
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**RESOURCES/MATERIALS**
Resources
for Working with Immigrant Families
The School of the 21st Century has developed a website devoted
to resources for immigrant families with young children and the
professionals serving them. “The Resource Guide for Professionals
Working with Immigrant Families” is designed to translate the
current research on young immigrant families into useful information
for the professionals who work with the immigrant population on
a daily basis. Topics covered include child health, mental health,
and education. For more information go to
http://www.yale.edu/21c/imresources.html.
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School Readiness: Closing
Racial and Ethnic Gaps
Although racial and ethnic gaps in educational achievement have
narrowed over the past thirty years, test score disparities among
students in the United States remain significant. In the 2002 National
Assessment of Educational Progress, 16 percent of black and 22 percent
of Hispanic twelfth-grade students displayed “solid academic
performance” in reading, against 42 percent of their white
classmates. Similar gaps exist in mathematics, science, and writing.
The “School Readiness: Closing Racial and Ethnic Gaps”
issue of The Future of Children focuses on children’s
lives before they get to school in an effort to understand what
can be done to close the racial and ethnic gaps in educational outcomes.
The journal issue also includes promising strategies in closing
gaps. “School Readiness: Closing Racial and Ethnic Gaps”
may be found at http://www.futureofchildren.org/homepage2824/index.htm.
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**HEADS UP!**
Are States Ready to Raise
Alcohol Taxes?
A new report from the Substance Abuse Policy Research Program (SAPRP) of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) looks at “state readiness”to
respond to the results of research related to alcohol taxes and
the effect they have on reducing alcohol consumption and negative
consequences of alcohol-related problems, particularly for youth.
The SAPRP released their findings in a
report announced on February 22, 2005. To read the announcement, go to http://www.saprp.org/m_press_mosher022205.cfm.
You can view the full report, “Assessing State Readiness to
Act on Alcohol Tax Research Findings” online in PDF format
at http://www.saprp.org/pdf/Tax%20Readiness%20Report%20revised%202%207%2005%20FINAL.pdf.
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Safe and Drug-Free Schools
and Communities Funding Update
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America has tools on its website
for those who wish to respond to President Bush’s proposal
to eliminate the state grants portion of the Safe and Drug-Free
Schools and Communities (SDFSC) Program.
The funding cut would leave state and local governments to fund
school-based drug prevention programs. Annually, the SDFSC
Program has allocated almost $6 million in funding to all of the
school districts in Wisconsin.
SDFSC funding also supports a number of state organizations.
See what the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America is doing
for the preservation of the Safe and Drug
Free Schools
and Communities Program at http://cadca.org/CoalitionsOnline/article.asp?id=674
and view their resources for action at http://cadca.org/CoalitionResources/PP-main.asp.
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**FUNDING ALERTS**
The Milagro Foundation
The Milagro Foundation supports underrepresented
and underprivileged children and youth in the areas of the arts,
education, and health. The Milagro Foundation
seeks grant applications from community-based, grass-roots organizations
that work with children and youth, especially those at-risk due
to such factors as poor health, illiteracy, or insufficient educational
and cultural opportunities. Grant awards range from $2,500-$5,000.
There is no application deadline. For more information and application
guidelines, please visit http://www.milagrofoundation.org.
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Target Community Giving Grants
Target will accept grant applications for their Community Giving
Grants between March 1 and May
31, 2005. Target’s current grant focuses include:
family violence prevention, arts, and reading. The family violence
prevention support includes funding for parenting education, crisis
nurseries, family counseling, after–school programs, support
groups and abuse shelters. Public agencies and 501(c)(3)
tax-exempt nonprofits, and schools are eligible. Most local grants
average between $1,000 and $3,000. For more information
visit
http://target.com/target_group/community_giving/grant_guidelines.jhtml.
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The Overbrook Foundation
The Overbrook Foundation’s Youth Program is aimed at providing
low-income adolescents and young adults with opportunities to develop
leadership skills, practice active citizenship, and foster creativity.
The foundation supports programs that include a direct-services
component and/or leadership-development activities that encourage
collective action and advocacy, promote systemic social change,
and build communication skills in young people. The foundation makes
grants only to organizations that meet Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(3) requirements as nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations, or
to qualified governmental units or agencies. A letter of inquiry,
no more than two pages in length, must be submitted to begin the
process. Letters are accepted throughout the year. For
more information visit
http://www.overbrook.org/apply/apply.html.
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Grants for Drinking
and Violence Prevention Among College Students
March 25 is the deadline for the "Grant Competition To Prevent
High-Risk Drinking or Violent Behavior Among College Students"
offered by the U.S. Department of Education through its Safe and
Drug Free
Schools and Communities
National Program. The program seeks prevention and intervention
programs -- both community-based and on campus --- to lower the
rate of excessive drinking and violence among college students.
Approximately 20 grants of $150,000 will be made under the program.
501(c)3 nonprofits, institutes of higher
education, state and local governments, private and faith-based
organizations, and individuals are all eligible to apply. For more
information see http://www.fedgrants.gov/Applicants/ED/HRO/DCMGC/ED-GRANTS-020805-001/Grant.html.
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**TRAININGS/WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES**
Save the Date for the 2005 Wisconsin
State Prevention
Conference
Mark your calendars! The 2005 Wisconsin State Prevention Conference
will be held August 8-11 at the Hotel Mead and Conference
Center in Wisconsin
Rapids. Following the success of last year’s
conference, the 2005 conference will focus on professional development
regarding the application of research-based knowledge, best practices,
and real-world applications of model programs. Among the workshop
titles already planned are the following:
* Restorative Practices in your Schools
* The Ohio Bridgebuilders Project…Building
Relationships to Prevent Substance Abuse
* Sticks n’ Stones Bully Prevention Curriculum Training
* Alcohol Advertising: Communities can reduce youth exposure
to alcohol advertising
* Political Capital – How to Help Your Cause Using Advocacy
Stay tuned for more information on the general conference program
and the pre-conference Training Institute model program trainings.
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Workshops
for EAPs
The University of Wisconsin Stevens Point Extension is sponsoring
two programs for employee assistance professionals. Participation
is each program costs $49 If you are interested please contact Susan
Gunderson at 715-346-4847 or sgunders@uwsp.edu.
The programs being offered are:
Suicide Presentation – QPR
– Question, Persuade, Refer. Learn to recognize the signs
and symptoms of suicide to better understand what to do when family,
friends, and especially co-workers begin to exhibit changes that
are concerning to you. The program will be held from 9:30-11:00
a.m. via distance at the Wisconsin
Learning Center
on Thursday, March 10, 2005. Instructor:
Deb Trader, Education, Wausau
Hospital.
Reasonable Suspicion – Imagine the day an employee
reports to work and is obviously under the influence of “something.”
What do you do? Who else do you involve? Do you let
the person work or go home? This training will answer your
leadership questions regarding this safety sensitive issue.
The program will be held Wednesday, March 16, 2005, 2-4 p.m. via distance at the Wisconsin
Learning Center.
Instructor Don Finger, Aspirus EAP
Instructor.
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State
Budget Review Lunch Meetings
The Wisconsin Council on Children and Families and League of Women
Voters of Wisconsin is sponsoring a series of 10 Brown Bag lunch
meetings across the state to discuss the implications of the 2005-2007
state budget for children and families.
Bring a bag lunch and learn about what the budget means in understandable
terms. Each session will feature an overview of the 2005-07
State Budget, the ongoing fiscal challenges and an analysis of provisions
that impact children and families. The meetings are scheduled
from noon to 2:00pm and will include time for questions and
answers about the state budget document and the budget process.
The first meeting is set for March 7 in Madison.
For a complete schedule visit http://www.wccf.org/projects/brownbagschedule.htm.
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