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Welcome to KPFP.ORG's Newsletter, Issue #9
As we say good bye to Red Ribbon Week for another year, I would like to congratulate all of the winners from this year's Prevention Recognition Event. Each year when we gather at this event to acknowledge each other's work, I feel a great deal of pride being a part of a community such as ours that has so many great programs and people to offer.
Each year, through this event, I learn about more new, and sometimes old programs, and I always meet new people. One of the goals of this event has been to help develop awareness of prevention in the community. This seems to be working, at least from my perspective.
To the right is a photo from the Kings Partnership For Prevention Community Breakfast with Keynote SpeakerMajor Jeffery Moore of the National Guard.
This edition of the newsletter brings you information about prevention issues and initiatives in and around Kings County. Sometimes looking at the bigger picture can help us to focus when we return our attention on home and local issues. I know the next few months are an extremely busy time of the year. I wish you the best this Fall as you embark on the next season of prevention.
Nell Lobdell,
Coordinator
Kings Partnership for Prevention
November Events
 Project Homeless Connect: Wish List
The Continuum of Care on Homelessness will conduct their second annual Project Homeless Connect.
The event will take place on Thursday, November 5, 2009.
Drop Off
Items may be dropped off at Kings United Way, 11050 13th Ave Hanford. Monday–Friday 8am–5pm. Today, November 3, is the last day to drop off items.
Project Homeless Connect is a one-day, one-stop enter to deliver housing and support services to people experiencing homelessness in our community.
The convenient one-stop model includes health, behavioral health, quality of life services, government
benefits, dental, vision, job training, transportation, food, housing, legal, veteran services, and more.
For more information contact: Kings United Way
(559) 584-1536
Hanford & Lemoore: Join Assemblyman Danny Gilmore For A Community Coffee
 Upcoming Free Webinar: Developing a Mental Health Service Capacity for Youth in Rural Communities
The TeenScreen National Center for Mental Health Checkups
invites you to join our next webinar:
Connections to Care: Developing a Mental Health Service Capacity
for Youth in Rural Communities
Wednesday, November 11
3 p.m. – 4 p.m. EDT
Steven Adelsheim, M.D.
Director, Center for Rural and Community Behavioral Health Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics, & Family/Community Medicine University of New Mexico Department of Psychiatry
To register please click here
 Annual Kings County Foster Children’s Christmas Present Donations
On behalf of Kings County's foster children, the Kings County Human Services Agency/Child Protective Services Division is eager to fulfill some of the Christmas wishes of our special children ages 0 to 18 years. These children include those who are dependents of the Kings County Juvenile Court, as well as children of families who are voluntarily accepting services through our Agency.
The holiday season can be very difficult for these children. It is for this reason that we are reaching out to you, the cornerstones of our community, to aid us in this endeavor. We are requesting gift donations for the specific gender and ages as stated below. In attempting to organize and prepare ourselves to provide these children with a Christmas gift, we have prepared a card for each child currently in foster care with their gender and age.
As the representative of the Foster Children’s Christmas Gift Committee and the Agency, it is requested that all organizations interested in participating in this year's Christmas present donation project reply to this letter by Friday, November 16, 2009, with the amount of cards desired.
Presents need to be dropped off, unwrapped, or in a gift bag at Rossen Hall in the Kings County Government Center by December 4, 2009. It is important gifts are received by this date due to a need to wrap and distribute all of the gifts to these children who may be in placement throughout the state of California by December 22, 2009 so that the children can enjoy the gifts on Christmas Day.
The following is approximately the ages and amount of children currently receiving services from the Agency that we are requesting gift donations for:
235 Boys: 0-18 years of age
225 Girls: 0-18 years of age
If your organization would like to participate or if you should have any questions, please contact Kelly Avila at (559) 582-3211 ext. 4954 or send an email (kelly.avila@co.kings.ca.us) with the number of cards that you are requesting and where the cards should be sent.
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
Attention! School Administrators, Teachers and School Psychologists: Kings County Behavioral Health Administration Needs You!
Kings County Behavioral Health is calling on your participation during the development of the county Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI) plan.
You are a vital member of the stakeholder process. With your assistance and guidance we can create an effective PEI plan. Your work and interaction with children and youth can support the Mental Health Services Act in establishing intervention services that meet the needs of Kings County students.
If you are interested in participating in this process or would like more information on the Mental Health Services Act and the Prevention and Early Intervention Plan, please contact
Peter Muñoz, Prevention Coordinator, at
(559) 582-3211 ext. 2441
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
On Going Announcements, Events & Resources
Master’s of Science in Prevention Science Degree
Great News for the Prevention Field! The Degree has been approved by the Board of Regents, and enrollment is now open for Spring 2010 courses through the University of Oklahoma’s (OU) College of Liberal Studies (CLS).
The course format will be 100% online. Contact CLS at http://www.ou.edu/cls/ for more information on how to enroll into the program and apply for financial aid.
For more information visit the Southwest Prevention Center’s web page specifically for this Degree, http://swpc.ou.edu/services/masterdegree.htm
For more information contact:
Brenda Powell
Outreach Dissemination Specialist
The University of Oklahoma OUTREACH
Southwest Prevention Center/CSAP's Southwest CAPT
1639 Cross Center, Rm 233
Norman, OK 73019
405.325.9180
800.853.2572
email: bpowell@ou.edu
Southwest Prevention Center website: http://swpc.ou.edu
Call Your Member of Congress in Support of Screening, Brief Interventions and Referral to Treatment Today
BACKGROUND
On Thursday, October 29th, the House released its healthcare reform bill, the Affordable Healthcare for America Act. The bill is a combination of the House Tri-Committee language (comprised of the Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means Committees). A vote on this legislation could happen in the House as early as this week. Although the House merged bill contains a number of strong provisions for substance use disorder services, the legislation does not include substance use screening and brief intervention services as reimbursable preventative services, a provision that was a part of the Education and Labor Committee approved bill.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
Please call your member of Congress today and ask them to support including SBIRT (Screening, Brief Interventions, Referral to Treatment) as part of the revised House bill. You can reach them by calling the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121 and asking for their office. (If you don't know who your member of Congress is, you can find out by going to http://capwiz.com/cadca/home/ and entering your zip code.)
TIMING
Please call your member of Congress Today.
 Scheduled Trainings for Mental Health Systems, Inc.
NOVEMBER 2009
Nov 3- Mental Health Systems Internal In-Class Driver Safety Training
Nov 4- Alcohol and Depression in Adults - Oceanside
Nov 5- COD: Co-Occurring Disorders Level I - Fresno
Nov 6- Basic Train the Trainer (T4T) - San Diego
Nov 9- Cultural Competency 101-San Diego
Nov 12- Domestic Violence - San Diego
Nov 17- Advanced Ethics for Clinicians - Colton
Nov 18- So You Want To Be A Manager? Introduction to Leadership
Nov 18- Mental Health Systems Internal In-Class Driver Safety Training- Colton
Nov 20- Domestic Violence - Colton
Nov 25- Mental Health Systems Internal In-Class Driver Safety Training
Nov 27- GR 101: Gender Responsive Services for Women & Girls- San Diego
Would you like to earn hours to become Certified as a substance abuse counselor? Need to get your required Continuing Education Credits? The William R. Mead Training Academy offers a 49 week course that meets CAADAC, CAARR and Breining Institute certifying requirements and is approved to provide continuing education credits. The Mead Academy trains in various regions throughout Southern California. Contact us for more details at wrmta@mhsinc.org.
For more information, click here.
From ATOD Prevention Newsletter: Upcoming Events
Tuesday, November 10, 2009: Responsible Beverage Service - Santa Barbara County
Wednesday, November 11, 2009: Your Body’s Sign Language: The Importance of Nutrition in Treating Addiction
Monday, November 16, 2009: 2009 Ready to Learn Conference
Wednesday, November 18, 2009: CPI PX: From Risk to Resilience: Inside-Out Prevention (LA County)
New MPC Member Orientation Workshop
My Prevention Community has a plethora of features available to its members. To ensure members are able to take full advantage of the site, we are conducting online workshops to introduce these features and to instruct members how they might utilize various aspects of the site. Click here for our upcoming webinar schedule.
“MPC New Member Orientation” 11/04/2009 11:00 AM (PST) Register
“MPC New Member Orientation” 11/11/2009 11:00 AM (PST) Register
Prevention News from the Field
Members can now use MPC to read all their prevention news in one location. We have added various news feeds across multiple prevention topics for members to view. Go to “News from the Field” on the MPC home page. If you have an RSS news feed you would like to recommend to the site, please contact us.
IPhone App Coming to MPC
If you have an IPhone soon you will be able to download an App to network with other members on the go. Anytime! Anywhere! More details coming soon. In the meantime, you can access our mobile site with any smartphone. Go to www.MPCmobile.org.
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
 H1N1 / Swine Flu Information
1. Download H1N1 Flu: A Guide for Community and Faith Based Organizations.
2. Quick Facts about seasonal flu and Pandemic H1N1, Spanish version coming soon!
3. Vaccine information about seasonal flu and Pandemic H1N1, Spanish version coming soon!
4. Second edition of the Pandemic H1N1 Update, English.
Please disseminate widely.
 Ban on candy flavored cigarettes takes effect
As of today, tobacco companies will no longer be able to produce candy and fruit flavored cigarettes!
While several provisions of the law authorizing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate tobacco products have already taken effect, this is one of the most significant. Thanks to the effort of thousands of advocates like you, Congress passed this legislation, the president signed it into law and kids are now protected from the lure of products like Camel’s Twista Lime, Kauai Kolada, Margarita Mixer, Warm Winter Toffee and Winter Mocha Mint to name just a few.
Of course, there will be a lot of news coverage on this and Big Tobacco will be operating at full speed to get their talking points in every newspaper in the country. So, how about we give them a run for their money?
TAKE ACTION: Write a brief letter to the editor of your local newspaper. We will provide you talking points and deliver the letter electronically for you. This is a great day for America’s kids and what better way to celebrate than by spreading the word with a letter to the editor today.
Brian Hutchinson
Director, Grassroots for Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
202.296.5469
1400 Eye Street, NW, Suite 1200 • Washington, D.C. 20005
 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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Please FORWARD this alert to others interested in primary prevention and encourage them to JOIN THE NETWORK so they too can be informed as new prevention-related resources are released.
UC Berkeley School of Public Health Seeking Input on P.H. Education & Training
The UC Berkeley School of Public Health is conducting a survey to solicit opinions and suggestions on the best format and content for part-time public health education and training.
Please fill out this short 10 minute survey, and forward it to colleagues and coworkers that may be interested in providing input.
Contact María Teresa Hernández, M.P.H., Director of Applied Community Research & Evaluation at (510) 642-4541 if you have any questions, or need any more information about this survey.
3720 Folsom Boulevard, Suite B Sacramento, CA 95816 :: T 916.453-0780 :: F 916.453-0783
E-mail advocate@csrha.org
Congressional Recess Guide: Opportunities to Weigh in on Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities
As you are likely aware, the full House, as well as the Senate Appropriations Committee have voted to eliminate the State Grants portion of the Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities (SDFSC) program. Although Congress is currently in recess, there is still time to weigh in with the members of your congressional delegation, as most of them will be spending extended periods of time in their home state and district offices. During this time, it is critical that your members hear from you about the importance of restoring funds to this program.
To that end, CADCA has developed a recess guide, designed to help you maximize your opportunities to weigh in with your congressional delegation; either by setting up appointments to meet directly with your members of Congress, or working with your local government to introduce a resolution in support of restoring funding to the State Grants portion of the SDFSC program, and presenting it to your federal representatives.
Please click here to access the guide: Congressional Recess Guide: Opportunities to Weigh in on Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities.
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