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Volume 3,
Issue 7
May 31, 2005
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BREAKING NEWS
2005 Wisconsin State Prevention
Conference
RESEARCH UPDATES
Despite previous downward
trend, drunk driving is on the rise
Female alcoholics lose brain
volume faster than male alcoholics
RESOURCES/MATERIALS
National Directory of Drug
and Alcohol Abuse Treatment Programs
OJJDP National Training and
Technical Assistance Center
Community Tool Box
A Nation at Risk: Obesity
in the United States
FUNDING ALERTS
TA Center for Mental Health
Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention
Substance Abuse Policy Research
Program
Women Helping Others Foundation
Pay It Forward Foundation
Targeted Capacity Building
Program
Ruddie Memorial Youth Foundation
The Allstate Foundation
TRAINING/WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES
Statewide Early Childhood
University Course Offerings
Tying it All Together: Comprehensive
Strategies for Safe and Drug-Free Schools
Persistently Safe Schools
2005
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**BREAKING NEWS**
Latest
Update on the 2005 Wisconsin State Prevention Conference
Don't forget, registrations are now open for the 2005 Wisconsin
State Prevention Conference. Some of the workshops may fill fast,
so be sure to register early to assure yourself space in the workshops
you most want to attend. Join us August 8-11, 2005, in Wisconsin
Rapids! "Weaving a Tapestry of Health: Promoting Change Through
Action" is going to be an exciting event. Some of the additional
activities you may be interested in include:
- The Banquet on Tuesday evening, August 9, features
Katherine Kraft, Ph.D., Senior Program Officer at the Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation. Dr. Kraft will be talking about what's new
and happening around the country related to promoting healthier
lifestyles.
- Generating Results Through Appreciative Inquiry,
presented by Genevieve Kirchman of CESA #5 and Carol Roth of Starfish
Consulting. Appreciative Inquiry is a way of thinking that taps
into positive things working in a community or organization.
- Healthy Community Design: What's Happening
around the Country, also presented by Dr. Katherine Kraft.
- The Ohio Bridgebuilders Project...Building
Relationships to Prevent Substance Abuse, presented by Keith King,
Ph.D., Director of Research and Evaluation, the Center for Prevention
Studies at the University of Cincinnatti.
- Wisconsin's Brighter Futures Initiative: Strategies
& Successes, a panel of BFI Site Coordinators presented by
the BFI Team's own Holly Telfer and Wendy McCarty. Find out more
about what the Brighter Futures Initiative is all about and how
it's been working around our state.
- Community Action Planning - Developing Strategic
Issues Campaigns, a 2-part workshop presented by Jackie Kendall,
Executive Director of the Midwest Academy in Illinois.
And these workshops are only part of what is being
offered throughout the conference. In addition, don't forget the
Training Institute which begins on Monday, August 8, and features
five extended workshops. Training Institute workshops being offered
include: Strengthening Families Program for Parents and Youth 10-14;
Sticks n' Stones Bullying Prevention Facilitator Training; Community
Trials to Reduce High-Risk Drinking; Advanced Coalition Building;
and Nurturing Father's Program Facilitator Training.
You won't want to miss any of it. Find out more
about the conference and individual workshops online. The full conference
brochure is now available and online. You can also register online
if you are paying by credit card or using a Purchase Order. Details
can be found on the Web at: http://wch.uhs.wisc.edu/04-News/04-StateConf.html.
Remember to check online often for updates! Contact Sarah Apple
at 800-248-9244 with any questions.
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**RESEARCH UPDATES**
Despite
Previous Downward Trend, Drunk Driving is on the Rise
Despite progress in the early to mid-1990s in decreasing the number
of episodes of drinking and driving, a new national study has confirmed
the rate increased 37 percent between 1997 and 1999, and remained
steady in 2002. Researchers at the University of Chicago and the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention collaborated on this
study. Data was collected over a nine-year period via telephone
survey from more than 100,000 people ages 18 and older in the U.S.
Results were published in the May issue of the American Journal
of Preventive Medicine. Read the full story at: www.uchospitals.edu/news/2005/20050419-alcohol.php.
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Female
alcoholics lose brain volume faster than male alcoholics
Female drinkers lose brain volume more quickly than men, according
to researchers at the University of Heidelberg in Germany. Researchers
took CT scans of 150 women, about half of them alcoholics, and found
that the heavy drinkers have smaller brains. Female alcoholics were
found to lose the same brain volume as male alcoholics, but suffered
atrophy much more quickly. The findings were reported in the journal
Alcoholism:
Clinical and Epidemiological Research. Also find more information
at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4541281.stm.
[Mann, K., et al. (2005) Neuroimaging of gender differences in alcohol
dependence: are women more vulnerable? Alcoholism: Clinical and
Epidemiological Research, 29(5): 896-901.]
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**RESOURCES/MATERIALS**
National
Directory of Drug and Alcohol Abuse Treatment Programs
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration's (SAMHSA) updated guide to local substance abuse
treatment programs is now available. The guide, "National Directory
of Drug and Alcohol Abuse Treatment Programs 2005," provides
information on thousands of alcohol and drug treatment programs
located in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico,
and four U.S. territories. The directory includes public and private
facilities that are licensed, certified, or otherwise approved by
substance abuse agencies in each of the states, and is a nationwide
inventory of substance abuse and alcoholism treatment programs and
facilities organized and presented in a state-by-state format for
quick-reference by health care providers, social workers, managed
care organizations, and the general public. The directory is designed
to quickly provide the reader with important information on levels
of care and types of facilities (both long- and short-term residential
treatment facilities are identified), including those with programs
for adolescents, persons with co-occurring substance abuse and mental
disorders, individuals living with HIV/AIDS, and pregnant women.
The directory complements SAMHSA's internet-based Substance Abuse
Treatment Facility Locator (findtreatment.samhsa.gov),
which is updated continuously and provides road maps to the nearest
treatment facilities, addresses, phone numbers, and information
on services available.
To obtain a free copy of the National Directory of Drug and Alcohol
Abuse Treatment Programs 2005, contact SAMHSA's
Clearinghouse at 800-729-6686.
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OJJDP
National Training and Technical Assistance Center
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's (OJJDP)
National Training and Technical Assistance Center offers juvenile
justice professionals a variety of resources and tools to enhance
training and facilitate the delivery of technical assistance. The
Accessing Resources for Community and Faith-Based Organizations
Initiative has added the Federal Funding Toolkit to its interactive
learning resources: http://arc.nttac.org/toolkit.cfm.
The toolkit helps community-based, faith-based, and nonprofit organizations
effectively navigate the federal grants process. The interactive
Discussion Forum offers discussions on topics related to training
and technical assistance (TTA), including technology, cultural issues,
and evaluation activities: http://forums.nttac.org.
The TTA Provider Directory provides profiles of organizations and
TTA projects that OJJDP funds to strengthen the juvenile justice
system. Users can search the directory by organization name, project
name, or project state: www.nttac.org/main/index.cfm?event=provider
. Also access additional TTA materials at www.nttac.org/main/index.cfm?event=resources,
which include Technical Assistance Protocols and Guidelines that
set performance standards, promote consistency, and measure the
quality of TTA activities. Materials include core performance standards
for TTA providers and training, technical assistance, and evaluation
protocols. For further information, visit the National Training
and Technical Assistance Center's Web site at www.nttac.org/main/index.cfm.
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Community
Tool Box
The Community Tool Box is a clearinghouse of resources for promoting
community health and development. Created and maintained by the
Work Group on Health Promotion and Community Development at the
University of Kansas, the site provides practical skill-building
information on more than 250 topics, including community assessment,
grant writing, strategic planning, leadership development, and evaluation.
Each section includes a description of the task, advantages of doing
it, step-by-step guidelines, examples, checklists of points to review,
and training materials. Tours are also available for first-time
visitors to the site. http://ctb.ku.edu/
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A
Nation at Risk: Obesity in the United States
The Little Rock, Arkansas-based William
J. Clinton Foundation, in partnership with the American
Heart Association, has announced a new national initiative
to fight childhood obesity.
According to the foundation, more than twice as many children and
almost three times as many teens are overweight today than in 1980;
and overweight children and adolescents have about a 70 percent
chance of becoming overweight adults, increasing their risk for
heart disease. The joint initiative will focus on working with the
food and restaurant industry to improve the quality of their offerings
and to develop marketing and promotion strategies to support environmental
change within the industry; increasing physical activity and improving
nutrition in schools across the country; and creating a campaign
to engage kids in taking steps to make healthy lifestyle choices.
The American Heart Association, with support from the Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation, has released A Nation at Risk:
Obesity in the United States, a statistical sourcebook of facts
about obesity. To download the complete publication (42 pages, PDF),
visit: www.americanheart.org/downloadable/heart/1114880987205NationAtRisk.pdf
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**FUNDING ALERTS**
TA
Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention
SAMHSA Center for Mental Health Services has made funds available
to establish, develop, and maintain a Technical Assistance Center
(TA Center) for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention.
The TA Center will support the federally funded Safe Schools/Healthy
Students, Youth Violence Prevention, and Targeted Capacity Expansion:
Prevention and Early Intervention grant programs, which provide
funds to various entities to plan, implement, evaluate, and sustain
programs to foster resilience, promote mental health, and prevent
youth violence and mental and behavioral disorders. The underlying
theoretical principles of these programs are that people's lives
can be enhanced through effective interventions that foster well-being
and resilience at the individual, family, and community levels.
Structurally, the programs share the common objective of bringing
together representatives from many diverse stakeholder groups and
seeking cooperation from an array of public health, mental health,
education, justice, and social service systems, as well as families
and youth, to work towards the mutual goals of promoting safety,
well being, and healthy development. The application deadline is
July 1, 2005. For the complete grant announcement, see www.samhsa.gov/grants/2005/nofa/sm05020_mhp_yvp.aspx.
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Substance
Abuse Policy Research Program
Up to $3.5 million in funding is available for round 10 of the Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation's Substance Abuse Policy Research
Program. Two types of funding are available under the program: $100,000-to-$400,000
special solicitation grants that focus on critical and timely research
topics to influence public policy; and under-$100,000 grants for
open topics on alcohol and other drug-abuse policy. Selected programs
should heighten awareness of public and private policy actions as
well as encourage professionals in public health, law, criminal
justice, and other disciplines to attend to substance-abuse issues.
The deadline for brief proposals of special solicitation grants
is August 23, with awards announced in April 2006. Open topic grants
may be submitted at any time and will be awarded on a rolling basis.
For more information, visit www.saprp.org/.
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Women
Helping Others Foundation
The Women
Helping Others (WHO) Foundation is offering funds for new
projects and programs focused on health education and the social-services
needs of women and children. Eligibility is restricted to 501(c)(3)
nonprofits in the U.S. and Puerto Rico that have been incorporated
for at least three years and are authorized to receive deductible
charitable contributions. The WHO Foundation favors smaller, grassroots
organizations that have operating budgets of $2 million or less
and are not reliant on government funds. Awards size will vary.
The deadline for applications is September 13. Application criteria
and an extended description of the fund is available online.
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Pay
It Forward Foundation
The Pay It Forward Foundation administers a mini-grant program for
"pay it forward" activities involving youth of all ages.
A Pay It Forward project is defined as one or more service activities
that benefit youths' school, neighborhood, or greater community,
and include learning goals for the youth participants. Applicants
are encouraged to plan the project with input from the clients or
organization that will benefit in order to ensure the project is
needed and timely. Teachers, principals, other school personnel,
youth leaders, and student or community youth groups (with an adult
sponsor) may apply. Youth or adults may write the application. All
youths under 21 are invited to participate; groups whose members
are all over 18 years of age must include work with youths who are
under 18 as part of their project. Mini-grants available are between
$50 and $500. Applications are reviewed three times each year, and
deadlines are October 15, January 15, and April 15. For more information,
go to http://payitforwardfoundation.org/educators/grant.html.
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Targeted
Capacity Building Program
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is offering $15
million to help faith-based and community organizations strengthen
their capacity and better serve at-risk youth. Funding is available
through its Compassion Capital Fund (CCF) Targeted Capacity Building
Program to 300 faith-based and community organizations for capacity
building, to address the needs of at-risk youth and the homeless,
to provide voluntary marriage education and preparation services,
and to offer social services to those living in rural communities.
Grants will be awarded to grassroots faith-based and community organizations
serving "distressed communities," who must use the funds
in one of the four priority areas of need towards their organization's
capacity-building in at least one of these five critical areas:
leadership development, organizational development, programs/services,
funding, or community engagement. For more information on this funding
opportunity, visit: www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/.
For more information about CCF, visit: www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ccf/.
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Ruddie
Memorial Youth Foundation
The Ruddie Memorial Youth Foundation's main focus is underprivileged
youth. Grants support programs that promote scholastic, professional,
athletic, or other excellence in youth; provide youth with new opportunities
for personal growth and success in the United States or abroad;
and are innovative and replicable. Evaluation grants fund the evaluation
of innovative methods in helping underprivileged youth reach their
full potential. Dissemination grants fund the dissemination of methods
that have demonstrated their effectiveness in helping underprivileged
youth succeed. Evaluation grants range from $5,000 to $15,000; and
dissemination grants range from $5,000 to $25,000. For more information
contact Bill Brody, President, Ruddie Memorial Youth Foundation,
1479 Forest Hills Court, Frederick MD 21701-7687; or contact@rmyf.org.
Applications and deadlines are also available at www.rmyf.org.
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The
Allstate Foundation
The Allstate Foundation supports national and local programs that
fit within three focus areas: safe and vital communities; tolerance,
inclusion, and diversity; and economic empowerment. The foundation
makes grants to nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations under Section
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The foundation has no deadlines
for submission, and proposals may be submitted throughout the year.
For more information, see www.allstate.com/Community/PageRender.asp?Page=foundationfunding.htm.
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**TRAININGS/WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES**
Statewide
Early Childhood University Course Offerings
Summer is rapidly approaching, but there is still time to plan your
professional development. Are you interested in expanding your knowledge
base about working with young children with disabilities and their
families? Maybe you would like to learn more about best/evidence-based
practices for application to your work; gain information for application
to your child and family; take a few classes without enrolling in
a degree program; increase career options beyond those offered on
your own campus; or learn more about entering a Master's degree
program. If so, click on the following link to discover course-based
professional development opportunities across Wisconsin. Fall 2006
offerings will also be available later this summer. Note: online
and face-to-face courses are included. www.waisman.wisc.edu/cedd/SIG/ECC_Intro.HTML
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Tying
it All Together: Comprehensive Strategies for Safe and Drug-Free
Schools
On
August 15-17, 2005, in Washington, DC, the U.S. Department of Education's
Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools will host "Tying it All
Together: Comprehensive Strategies for Safe and Drug-Free Schools."
The conference will feature evidence-based programs that foster
positive child development. Access further information and register
online at www.osdfsnationalconference.org/index.asp
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Persistently
Safe Schools 2005
On
September 11-14, 2005, in Philadelphia, PA, the Hamilton Fish Institute
will hold the national conference "Persistently Safe Schools
2005." Funded by OJJDP, the conference is designed to translate
the latest research on school violence and prevention into improved
professional practice and strategies for schools. In addition, the
conference seeks to heighten awareness of issues related to school
violence among policymakers and the public. Content areas include
alternative education, bullying, gangs, gender-related issues, mental
health, model interventions, risk and protective factors, and school
security. To access further information and register online, visit
www.hamfish.org/conference/2005/.
Additional questions may be directed to HFI2005@hamfish.org
or 202-496-2200.
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