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Welcome to KPFP.ORG's Newsletter, Issue #11
Welcome to 2010. Kings Partnership for Prevention will be kicking off the New Year with their first general meeting to be held on January 15th at Hannah's house at 10:00 AM. You can view the details of this meeting and all of our other meetings on our website calendar page at www.kpfp.org.
Included in this newsletter is a brief survey that is important to further the work of the Coalition. We are in the process of updating our strategic plan for 2010-2012 and would like to have your input. Your perceptions about the needs and issues of your local community are very important to us. Please take a few minutes to answer the survey questions. If you choose to provide your contact information with the survey, we will enter your name for a Starbucks gift card valued at $25. We are happy to accept your survey anonymously as well.
Happy New Year and Best Wishes for all your Prevention Endeavors in 2010.
Nell Lobdell,
Coordinator
Kings Partnership for Prevention
January Events
 Win a $25 Starbucks gift card!
to take the KPFP Strategic Planning Survey for a chance to win a Starbucks gift card valued at $25.
To take the survey online, please click here.
To download a PDF of the survey and mail it in anonymously, please click here.
Please mail the survey to:
Kings Partnership for Prevention
450 Kings County Drive, #104
Hanford, California 93230
One entry per person. The $25 Starbucks gift card will be presented
at the April Coalition Meeting on Thursday, April 1, 2010 at the Kings County YMCA at 5:30 PM.
 Mental Health Services Act Prevention and Early Intervention Planning Council
Please mark your calendars as RDA and Kings County BHA are hosting the next planning council meeting and your participation is vital during this process as you have assisted greatly in the initial stages of the development of this planning effort.
RDA will be providing an update on how the planning process has been going and what they have identified thus far, as well as cover other important elements of this planning process that require the Planning Committees attention.
The next Planning Council meeting will be January 19, 2010 at Kings County6 BHA, Suite B from 1-3 pm.
 Quit Smoking and Chewing for Good with the Freedom From Smoking Program
Date: February 2, 2010
Time: 5:15 PM to 6:45 PM
Location: Hannah's House, 222 Keith Street, Hanford, CA
For more information or to register, call Carmen Gutierrez at (559) 582-3211 x4504.
 Kings United Way is pleased to announce the 211 System is up and running!
I am sure that you've heard already, but just in case you haven't, Kings United Way has the 211 system up for Kings County. We wanted to make sure that we are all getting as much info to them as possible on services that are available in the community. The operators will be using the kings 211 website to pull the info/referral for caller. So we want to make use that resources are provided to Kings United Way so they can make sure the operators have access to the info.
Please send your information about your programs to United Way for the 211. We want to be sure the operators have as much information about services as possible. Contact Fedieson Landicho, 211 Coordinator at 584-1536.
Local Announcements
Corcoran High School After School Program
The Corcoran High School After School Program held every Thursday at 3:30pm in room 31. 
Please distribute to any CHS students who would be interested in being part of the program. Students will learn teen pregnancy prevention, STD/HIV prevention, and refusal skills. Also they can become part of the Board Of Outstanding Youth Advisors (BOOYA) and receive leadership training, event planning, and service-learning education. These students will help plan the 5th Annual Teen Summit.
Rolando Valero
Program Coordinator
Kings County Rural Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program
Phone: (559) 244-3612
Fax: (559) 221-6219
www.healthcollaborative.org
 Do you have a family member who suffers from a mental illness? You are not alone.
Come and join us at the Family Support Group Meeting -
First and Third Tuesday of Every Month
Reception 5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Meeting 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Kings County Behavioral Health
450 Kings County Dr., Suite 104
Hanford, CA
Providing support to families and others coping with mental health issues - from schizophrenia, bi-polar to depression.
For more information call 559-582-3211 Ext. 2333
Attention Youth!
 CYAN Needs a T-Shirt Designer!:
T-Shirt Design Contest
Youth Quest is an exciting event where over 400
California youth gather to learn how tobacco use in films
influences youth to start smoking, work to make youth voices heard to the Hollywood movie industry and the
tobacco industry, meet with state legislators, and celebrate
the achievements of youth advocates throughout the state
who are dedicated to making California healthier.
The back of the YouthQuest 2010 shirt will have the
design featured.
The design will be chosen on originality, and
incorporating the theme for this year.
CONTEST
PARAMETERS
Submissions must be
received by: January 15th,
2010. Front chest will
have this logo and “Youth
Quest 2010” written on
i t . Graphics will be
screened onto TBD
colored shirts.
THEME:
Roll Up the Red Carpet
on Tobacco in the Movies
Entry must be designed by a California high school student.
Maximum 4 colors in design and compatible for the back of a tshirt.
Send in paper form, fax, or as a .PDF, .jpg, .pub, .png, or .gif.
Include name, age, school, town, and where you heard about this
contest.
Send as attachment to julia@cyanonline.org or to:
Julia Shrader-Lauinger/ CYAN
4811 Chippendale Dr., Suite 300
Sacramento, CA 95841
Fax: 916-339-3425
Phone: 916-339-3424 x.28
SAVE THE DATE: The
Fifth Annual Teen Summit
The Kings County Regional Coalition invites you to "Our Lives, Choices, and Future"
Date: Saturday, March 27, 2010
Time: 8:00 a.m.—3:00 p.m.
Location: Corcoran High School
1100 Letts Ave
Corcoran, CA 93212
Who: Students Grades 7-12
For More Information : California Health Collaborative
Rolando Valero—559 –244-3612
rvalero@healthcollaborative.org
Samuel Rocha—559-244-4547
srocha@healthcollaborative.org
Register at: http://kc5teensummit.eventbrite.com/
The Teen Summit is FREE of Charge!
The "Good For You" Movement
 MyLife 24-7 Contests are a great way to incorporate ethics, decision making, and character into your existing curriculum. We are looking for students who are talented young bloggers and filmmakers to reflect our "Good for You" movement through dynamic, inspirational, creative interpretations.
Encourage your students to get involved and commit to building a better world, together, through their choices and actions. Your students won’t want to miss out.
Contests:
Become a featured MyLife 24-7 blogger
Submissions due Monday, February 1, 2010
Create the official 2010 MyLife 24-7 video
Submissions due Monday, March 1, 2010
Trainings
 Raising Proud and Capable African American Children:
A Two-Hour Webinar on Using The Effective Black Parenting Program
The two-hour webinar will provide you with specific information about what is taught in this unique program, which has become a national model. You will also learn how your school, church, mosque, agency, department, hospital, civic or cultural group can bring it to your neighborhood -- and use the program for community-building, prevention and treatment purposes.
The webinar will be led by Kerby T. Alvy, Ph.D., the founder and executive director of CICC. Dr. Alvy has been pivotal in designing the program and seeing to it that it is widely available.
The cost to attend is $195 and you can enroll by clicking here. Credit cards and purchase orders are accepted.
SDFSC Training Series on Youth in Foster Care
Preventing substance abuse and dependence with youth in foster care presents a unique set of challenges, circumstances and opportunities for prevention providers.
Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities grantees can attend one of three, full-day trainings offered:
Feb 24 in San Bernardino County
March 17 in Butte County
Visit www.cars-rp.org or http://www.ca-sdfsc.org/ for more information on this Training by CARS
 Mead Academy Upcoming Programs and Courses
Date --------Course -----------------Location
1/16/2010
AOD Certification Course- Colton Colton, CA
2/13/2010 AOD Certification Course - San Diego San Diego
3/18/2010 AOD Clinical Supervision Course- Colton Colton, CA
3/25/2010 AOD Clinical Supervision Course- Fresno Fresno
1/28/2010 AOD Clinical Supervision Course- San Diego San Diego
1/20/2010 AOD Practicum Course- Colton Colton, CA
1/20/2010 AOD Practicum Course- San Diego San Diego
12/19/2009 Eating Disorders and Gambling Addiction Colton, CA NEW!
1/9/2010 Ethics: Clinical Care Colton, CA
2/6/2010 Ethics: Scope of Practice San Diego 8:30am-11:30am
1/16/2010 Gender Studies Certificate of Expertise Colton, CA
3/7/2010 Laugh for Recovery Fundraising Event Solana Beach
12/14/2009 NEW! On-Line Self Study Course on Confidentiality On Line @ www.wrmta.org
4/22/2010 Prevention Studies Credential - Fresno Fresno
2/25/2010 Prevention Studies Credential - San Diego San Diego (Clairmont Area)
For more information about these programs and courses, please click here.
On Going Announcements, Events & Resources
Online Resources
To register for CADCA's 2010 Leadership Forum:
To access the new OJJP online-tool for communities regarding gang prevention
"Mental Health Court"
Overview:
The Bureau of Justice Assistance, in coordination with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, administers the Mental Health Courts Program. This program funds projects that seek to mobilize communities to implement innovative, collaborative efforts that bring system wide improvements to the way the needs of adult offenders with mental disabilities or illnesses are addressed.
Mental health courts are a recent phenomenon and require collaboration and consideration from practitioners in both the criminal justice and mental health fields. Mental health courts typically involve judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, and other court personnel who have expressed an interest in or possess particular mental health expertise. The courts generally deal with nonviolent offenders who have been diagnosed with a mental illness or co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders. Today, more than 150 of these courts exist, and more are being planned. For more information please click here.
BIG THINGS CAN COME FROM SEEMINGLY SMALL IDEAS!!!!!
When something feels right and might make a difference, act on it.
In the summer of 2008 a group of Mariposa County Unified School Distract Special Ed students went to Pioneer Market to conduct a unique Service Learning project. The result of that project has gone state wide as the Keep California Beautiful campaign!
You may have seen the stenciled message on the Pioneer Market sidewalk, "GOT YOUR BAGS?". Well, you might just see that image all over the state. In fact, Keep America Beautiful is now considering adopting it as the national campaign.
From a mere moment of inspiration at a conference the pebble of local action is spreading ripples in every direction.
Check out the Keep California Beautiful web page for the story. http://keepcaliforniabeautiful.com/pdf/GotYourBags.pdf and http://www.keepcaliforniabeautiful.com
 Alcohol Ads More Likely to Be in Popular Youth Magazines
Article from CADCA
Dec 03, 2009
Issues: Alcohol Advertising
Drug type: Alcohol
Alcoholic beverages popular among youths are more likely to be advertised in magazines with high youth readership than alcoholic drinks consumed mainly by adults, resulting in disproportionately high youth exposure to such targeted alcohol ads, according to a new study.
Researchers at the Boston University School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Virtual Media Resources who conducted the study — published in this month's issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health — say their findings present the strongest evidence to date that alcohol companies are targeting youths through magazine advertising.
They note that three major trade associations representing the alcoholic beverage industry - the Wine Institute, the Beer Institute, and the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States - have publicly stated that they do not advertise to underage youths.
"Alcohol companies are deceiving us," said Dr. Michael Siegel, professor of community health sciences at Boston University School of Public Health and a co-author of the study. "Contrary to their public statements, they are targeting youths through their advertising. They are saying one thing, but doing another." Please click here fore the remainder of the article.
HHS’ SAMHSA’s NATIONAL REGISTRY OF EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES (NREPP) HIGHLIGHTS COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration recently added a new search feature to its National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP) Web site. The feature allows users to identify NREPP interventions that have been evaluated in comparative effectiveness research studies.
Both the Obama Administration and the U.S. Congress have championed additional investments in comparative effectiveness research to enhance public understanding about which healthcare interventions are most effective in different circumstances and with different patients. The new NREPP feature can provide added information for States and communities seeking to determine which mental health and substance abuse prevention and treatment interventions may best address their needs. To use this new search feature, interested parties should go to the NREPP Web site (www.nrepp.samhsa.gov ), click on the “Find Interventions” tab, click in the checkbox labeled “Evaluated in comparative effectiveness research studies.”
For more information about how to use NREPP to identify specific interventions or how to submit an intervention for NREPP review, visit the Web site at www.nrepp.samhsa.gov; call 1-866-43NREPP (1-866-436-7377); or send an e-mail to NREPP@samhsa.hhs.gov.
 JOYFIELDS INSTITUTE Q1 CALENDAR OF SCHEDULED EVIDENCE BASED PROGRAMS
As 2010 rolls in and the economy improves, agencies must ready themselves. Evidence supported programs are more essential now more than ever. Joyfields Institute has lined up a series of such public online and on-site programs to help you achieve training goals.
Click directly on If the title of your choice to view details online. If a program that interests you is not listed, please let us know. If we can assist you in anyway, please call +1(678)720-2772 or send email to me at yvette@joyfields.org;
CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS www.joyfields.org
OSDFS RE-PRESENTING IN-DEPTH WEB COURSES FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT—THIS WEEK—SPOTLIGHT ON SCHOOL CONNECTIVENESS
As part of training for OSDFS grantees a series of in-depth one week, step-by-step trainings were originally were developed around the topics of bullying, Gangs, School Connectedness, Truancy, Underage Drinking and several others. These continuing education workshops were presented as live online events and are now available for your use as professional development tools in prevention.
The first one that we are re-offering to you is on School Connectedness. It was initially offered in 2006 by the National Training and Technical Assistance Center for Drug Prevention and School Safety Program Coordinators with funding from the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, U.S. Department of Education. These strategies are still in use.
OSDFS is in the process of updating some of the other Titles and will be offering them soon.
School Connectedness and Meaningful Student Participation
 New Campaign Targets Health Care Providers:
Providers Urged to Treat the Disease of Nicotine Addiction
What if a patient were struggling with a serious disease and her health care provider did nothing to treat it? That happens whenever a patient suffering the disease of nicotine addiction leaves a provider's office without getting help to quit. Fortunately, providers everywhere are realizing that this deadly addiction can and must be treated. A new campaign is helping to remind them.
With a grant from the Centers for Disease Control, the California Smokers' Helpline has created a communications campaign targeting health care providers statewide. It urges providers to ASK their patients if they use tobacco, ADVISE the ones who do to quit, and REFER them to the Helpline for free telephone counseling.
Launched in October and running through June 2010, the campaign includes ads and an article on "Treating Patients with Nicotine Addiction" in health care provider publications, banner ads on their websites, and postcards sent to over 23,000 health care professionals throughout the state, including members of the California Academy of Family Physicians, California Association of Physician Assistants, California Primary Care Association, California Society of Health-System Pharmacists, and California Safety Net Institute.
New Free Tools for Promoting Ask, Advise, Refer
To help more organizations reach health care providers with the Ask, Advise, Refer message, we have created a number of new tools, which may be accessed free here at the TECC web site:
Article on "Treating Patients with Nicotine Addiction" for use in health care provider publications.
Print ads in three sizes, in both color and black and white.
Banner ads in seven sizes.
Postcard for mailing to health care providers.
If you are interested in working with the health care providers in your area to increase referrals to the Helpline, you may want to consider working with local affiliates or members of the organizations listed above.
Incentive for Increasing Referrals
And, just as a reminder, the Helpline is also offering a small incentive -- a $100 VISA debit card -- to local tobacco control programs for increasing referrals to the Helpline from the health care providers in their counties from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010. Click here for more details.
For More Information
If you would like more information or technical assistance in promoting cessation to the health care providers in your area, please call us at (858) 300-1010.
Together, the Helpline and health care providers are helping patients quit!
Nationwide Public Health Alert
Life-Threatening Risk Posed by Cocaine Laced with Veterinary Anti-Parasite Drug
SAMHSA is alerting medical professionals, substance abuse treatment centers, and other public health authorities about the risk that substantial levels of cocaine may be adulterated with levamisole—a veterinary anti-parasitic drug.
There have been approximately 20 confirmed or probable cases of agranulocytosis (a serious, sometimes fatal blood disorder), including two deaths, associated with cocaine adulterated with levamisole. The number of reported cases is expected to increase as information about cocaine adulterated with levamisole is disseminated. Read more
 Landmark Investment in Prevention: HHS Announces Stimulus Prevention and Wellness Fund
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s (ARRA) Prevention and Wellness Fund. The initiative, entitled Communities Putting Prevention to Work, will create healthier communities across the nation through innovative and proven approaches that address physical activity, nutrition, obesity, and tobacco use.
The dedication of these funds represents a “historic and long overdue investment in communities that will achieve long-term, lasting improvements in physical activity, nutrition, weight, and tobacco cessation” said HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius; it is also the culmination of a national movement for prevention that many of you a played a part in. We commend every one who worked to advocate that prevention belonged in ARRA. As an organization whose mission is directly tied to the advancement of prevention, this is an incredible opportunity and success.
Prevention advocates must now work together to ensure that these dollars have the greatest impact possible. By investing in quality prevention that promotes equitable health and safety outcomes, community engagement, and multi-sector collaboration, and emphasizing broad-scale, sustainable change, funded communities and those of us who support their efforts hold the keys to success.
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