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Volume 3,
Issue 16
November 21, 2005
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RESEARCH UPDATES
Hispanic youth exposed
to more alcohol advertising
RESOURCES/MATERIALS
Community Drug Alert Bulletin
– Prescription Drugs
Discovering Community Power
Ready, Set, Grow! 2006 Calendar
Show Me the Money! Finding
Resources for Anti-Drug Coalitions
"Above the Influence"
campaign
HEADS UP!
National Mentoring Month –
January 2006
FUNDING ALERTS
Underage Drinking: Building
Health Care System Responses
Think MTV Youth Venturer grants
Public Health Conference Support
Program
Foundation for Child Development
TRAINING/WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES
CADCA National Leadership
Forum XVI
National Youth Crime Prevention
Conference and International Forum
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**RESEARCH UPDATES**
Hispanic youth exposed
to more alcohol advertising
A report from the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth (CAMY) at
Georgetown University indicates Hispanic 12- to 20-year-olds tend
to hear and see more alcohol ads than other youth of the same age.
During 2003 and 2004, Hispanic youth were exposed to 20 percent
more alcohol ads per capita in English-language magazines than non-Hispanic
youth. In cities like New York, San Francisco, San Antonio, and
San Jose, Hispanic youth were more likely to hear ads for alcohol
on the radio, the study added, and were more likely to hear ads
for Beck's, Coors, and Budweiser beer than other kids their age.
For more information, go to http://camy.org/research/hispanic1005/
and http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=55603.
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**RESOURCES/MATERIALS**
Community
Drug Alert Bulletin – Prescription Drugs
Various studies have shown an increasing
trend among young people: the recreational use and abuse of prescription
drugs. To help community leaders tackle the problem, the National
Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has developed a new Community Drug
Alert Bulletin that provides key facts and information about prescription
drug abuse that can be used to educate parents, youth, and consumers
about this emerging issue. NIDA's Bulletin summarizes current research
on the subject, provides information on treatment options, and offers
steps the public can take to prevent prescription drug abuse. NIDA
also updated its Research Report on Prescription Drug Abuse and
Addiction, which describes the consequences of prescription drug
abuse and reviews recent research in this area; as well as its "Commonly
Abused Drugs" chart. The Community Drug Alert Bulletin –
Prescription Drugs is available at www.nida.nih.gov/PrescripAlert/index.html.
This is also available from the Wisconsin Clearinghouse Prevention
Resource Center (Item #D045).
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Discovering
Community Power
Discovering Community Power: A Guide to Mobilizing Local Assets
and Your Organization's Capacity, a guide from the W.K. Kellogg
Foundation, helps nonprofits bolster community-based projects by
connecting assets in their own organizations to those in their communities.
Worksheets help organizations gauge their project's interaction
with local residents and institutions, the local economy, and resources
outside the community. A sample community asset map is also included.
To view the guide, go to www.northwestern.edu/ipr/abcd/kelloggabcd.pdf
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Ready,
Set, Grow! 2006 Calendar
Just published from the Wisconsin Council on Children and Families:
Ready, Set, Grow! 2006 Calendar, Helping Your Pre-Schooler Get
Ready for School One Day at a Time. The calendar was published
in both English and Spanish versions (new this year), and this fun
and fact-filled resource was developed by those who bring you the
Better Badger Baby Bus Tour. Each month is organized around a special
theme like: Hop Like a Bunny and Where Does Chocolate Milk Come
From?, and includes a monthly calendar; brain fact; books and songs;
and simple things you can do to help enhance young children's social,
emotional, language, cognitive, and motor development. They make
great gifts for families in your programs and can also be used as
a fundraiser for your organization or group. Purchase calendars
for the special price of $6 each or $3 each plus shipping and handling
in quantities of 100 or more. Visit www.wccf.org/pdf/Calendar2006_Englishonepage.pdf
and www.wccf.org/pdf/Calendar2006_Spanishonepage.pdf
to see examples. Contact Jill Jacklitz at 608-284-0580, ext 325
or jilljacklitz@wccf.org with questions or for more information.
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Show
Me the Money! Finding Resources for Anti-Drug Coalitions
Communities have more resources at their fingertips than they realize.
Funding is important, and can be obtained through grants, donations
(both monetary and in-kind), contracts, and other enterprising efforts.
The resources are out there to fund anti-drug programs, you just
need to know how to get them. But money isn't the only thing that
sustains a coalition! Find out how to build a sustainable non-profit
organization from the ground up by learning grant-writing tips,
discovering available free and low-cost training, seeing the federal
programs that already exist, and more. The broadcast features experts
from the National Community Anti-Drug Coalition Institute: Jane
Callahan, Institute Director; Kareemah Hafiz Abdullah, Deputy Director,
Training and Technical Assistance; and Eduardo Hernandez Alacron,
PhD, Deputy Director, Dissemination and Coalition Relations. Hosted
by Mary E. Larson, Vice President of Communications and Membership
for CADCA, Show Me the Money! Finding Resources for Anti-Drug Coalitions
telecast is available from the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol
and Drug Information. View the webcast from NCADI's website, or
purchase a VHS tape of the broadcast: http://ncadi.samhsa.gov/multimedia/webcasts/w.aspx?ID=444.
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"Above
the Influence" campaign
The Office of National Drug Control Policy's National Youth Anti-Drug
Media Campaign has launched a new advertising and online campaign
for teens aged 14 to 16 that encourages them to live "above
the influence" and reject the use of illicit drugs and other
negative pressures. "Above the Influence" officially launched
this month with a series of television, print, and interactive advertisements
that tap into the power teens gain when they resist negative influences
that compromise their values and aspirations. All of the advertising
will drive teens to a new Media Campaign website, www.AbovetheInfluence.com.
Unlike the Campaign's original teen site, www.Freevibe.com,
the new site goes beyond drugs to address a variety of pressures
teens face, including fitting-in, self esteem, body image, materialism,
bullying, and sexual activity. The site includes interactive features
to engage visitors, such as quizzes, games, and blog icons to share
with friends. Freevibe.com,
a site that provides more in-depth drug information and receives
nearly one million monthly visits, will continue to remain an active
site.
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**HEADS UP!**
National
Mentoring Month – January 2006
"Share What
You Know. Mentor a Child!" is the theme for the 5th Annual
National Mentoring Month, scheduled for January 2006. An initiative
of the Harvard Mentoring Project of the Harvard School of Public
Health and MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership, Mentoring Month
will target America's 77 million baby boomers in a nationwide drive
to recruit volunteer mentors. Senator John Glenn, Darrell Green,
and Cal Ripken, Jr., are among those who are promoting mentoring
through public service announcements as part of the observance.
As a centerpiece of NMM 2006, the third annual Thank Your Mentor
Day will be celebrated on Wednesday, January 25. On that day, many
Americans will reach out to thank or honor those individuals who
encouraged and guided them, and who had a lasting impact on their
lives. The theme for Thank Your Mentor Day is "Who mentored
you? Thank them…and pass it on!" For further information
about National Mentoring Month, visit www.hsph.harvard.edu/chc/wmy2006/nmm/intro.htm
and www.WhoMentoredYou.org.
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**FUNDING ALERTS**
Underage
Drinking: Building Health Care System Responses
The U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse
and Alcoholism (NIAAA) has announced Underage Drinking: Building
Health Care System Responses. The purpose of these grants is to
enhance alcohol research expertise and promote infrastructure development
in rural primary health-delivery systems to facilitate their participation
in community-based empirical research on underage drinking. The
intention of NIAAA is to provide funding to enable such systems
to evaluate and upgrade their capacity to assess the extent of underage
drinking in the areas they serve, and to evaluate and strengthen
their capacity to intervene to reduce this underage drinking in
Phase I; and prospectively study the development of alcohol use
and alcohol-related problems among the youth in the areas they serve,
and to implement and evaluate interventions designed to address
this underage drinking in Phase II (which will be addressed in a
future RFA). The total amount of funding for Phase I is anticipated
to be approximately $2,000,000, and the anticipated number of awards
is three to five. The expected amount for individual awards is $250,000
to $400,000. The application deadline is December 19, 2005. For
more information, go to http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AA-06-003.html.
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Think
MTV Youth Venturer grants
MTV will award
33 grants of up to $1,000 each to youth-led community-service programs.
The Think MTV Youth Venturer grants will support projects that focus
on discrimination, education, environmental, international, or sexual-health
issues. Individuals ages 13 and older may apply. The application
deadline is December 31, 2005. For more information, contact Youth
Venture at 690 Eighth Ave., Sixth Floor, New York, NY 10036; 212-278-8930;
thinkventures@youthventure.org;
or www.youthventure.org/.
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Public
Health Conference Support Program
The U.S. Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) has announced funding under
the Public Health Conference Support Program. The purpose of this
funding program is to provide partial support for specific non-federal
conferences in the areas of health-promotion and disease-prevention
information and education programs, and applied research. Only conferences
occurring between May 1, 2006, and September 30, 2010, are eligible
to apply under this announcement. Applications may be submitted
for CDC support by public and private nonprofit organizations, and
by governments and their agencies. Also eligible are nationally
and internationally recognized associations of health professionals
and other chartered organizations generally recognized as demonstrating
a need for information to protect the public from health effects
of exposure to hazardous substances. The approximate total funding
will be $2,600,000 with 70 to 100 anticipated awards. It is expected
that the average award range for a one-year project period will
be $20,000 to $75,000 for CDC and $8,000 for ATSDR. The application
deadline for Cycle A is December 9, 2005; and Cycle B is March 6,
2006. For more information, go to www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/05031%20Amendment-1.htm.
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Foundation
for Child Development
The Foundation
for Child Development's interest is with children in working families,
particularly those families struggling to meet their children's
basic human needs. Two themes govern the Foundation's work: restructuring
pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, and grade school into a well-aligned
first level of public education; and the New American Children's
Initiative, which stimulates basic and applied research on immigrant
children (birth through age 10) living in low-income families. A
letter of inquiry is required. Unsolicited proposals are not reviewed.
Grants range from $2,000 to $400,000. For more information contact
the Foundation for Child Development at 145 E. 32nd St., 14th Floor,
New York, NY, 10016; 212-213-8337; 212-213-5897 (fax); info@ffcd.org;
or www.ffcd.org.
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**TRAININGS/WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES**
CADCA
National Leadership Forum XVI
CADCA´s National Leadership Forum XVI will be held on February
14-16, 2006, at the Washington, D.C. Convention Center. The Forum
will include a wide range of workshops and panel discussions, featuring
some of the nation's leading experts in substance abuse prevention
and treatment. Among the topics to be addressed are alcohol and
other drug use prevention strategies, building and strengthening
partnerships, coalition sustainability and evaluation, emerging
drug trends, addiction treatment, workplace substance abuse, underage
drinking and impaired driving, youth engagement, faith-based prevention
models, and strategies for working with culturally-diverse communities.
In addition, Coalition Leader Roundtables offer the opportunity
to share ideas with colleagues and find out what other people are
doing to combat substance abuse challenges in their communities.
The 2006 Forum will kick off with Capitol Hill Day, so participants
can enjoy two consecutive full days of workshops. As in last year's
Forum, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
(SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) will host
Community Prevention Day during the pre-conference day on Monday,
February 13. Also featured is a Youth Leadership Summit, where teens
from across the country will learn how to become community anti-drug
activists. Through a series of interactive workshops and leadership-building
activities, young people will gain the knowledge to mobilize their
peers to reject alcohol and other drugs. For details, visit http://cadca.org/events/forum/forum16/default.asp.
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National
Youth Crime Prevention Conference and International Forum
On March 20-23, 2006, in Ogden, UT, Youth Crime Watch of America
will hold the National Youth Crime Prevention Conference and International
Forum. Sponsored by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Utah Council
for Crime Prevention, among others, the conference will address
such topics as bullying, cyber crime, relationship skills, safe
and drug-free schools, social and emotional learning, and youth-led
programs and policy development. To access further information,
including a registration form, visit www.ycwa.org/youthcon/index.html
or contact Jonann Wild at sjwild@ycwa.org
or 305-670-2409.
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