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The
Caring Point of View
This
is a time of endings and beginnings. We sadly mark the
passing of family man, banker, and community champion
Rick Manahan, and our hearts go out to his family, friends,
and coworkers. Rick was a good friend of positive youth
development and of mentoring. We're very grateful for
Rick's support, and we believe that he leaves a legacy
of community service that will continue through the
colleagues, customers, and coworkers he inspired.
As
for beginnings, Cindy and I look forward to the new
school year and to working with our colleagues and youth
all around Franklin County. We are excited to be working
with so many of our school partners this fall!
Please
note that there are also many new grant, other funding,
and training opportunities listed on our grants page
(see the resource corner for a link). Check our website
regularly for updates.
Beth
Crane
Director, Franklin County Caring Communities
Coming
events
Check
out all the events in August
and beyond!
Our calendar is updated frequently, so please check
our website at www.fcccp.org
regularly and contact
us if you'd like to add an event.
September
1 - 30 National
Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month
9 International Fetal
Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) Day
see also http://fasdcenter.samhsa.gov/
5
- 11 Yellow Ribbon
(Suicide Prevention) Week 2010
8-11 National
Association for Addictions Professionals Annual Conference
2010
20 - 26 National
Child Passenger Safety Week 2009
20 - 26 ScreenTime
Turnoff Week (Fall) 2010
21 International
Day of Peace
27 Family Day
- A Day to Eat Dinner with Your Children 2010
October
Crime
Prevention Month
Domestic Violence Awareness
Month
Talk About Prescriptions
Month
International Walk
to School Day
7 National
Depression Screening Day 2010
17 - 23
Character Counts Week 2009 (3rd week each year)
17 - 23 National
Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week 2010
23 - 31 Red Ribbon Week
(other sites will be posted in October)
23 Make
A Difference Day 2010 (4th Saturday)
17 - 23 America's Safe
Schools Week 2010
Visit
our calendar for more events
and details.
Family
Day - A Day to Eat Dinner with Your Children
Monday,
September 27 is Family Day - A Day to Eat Dinner With
Your Children. Please let us know how you will be celebrating
Family Day this year. Studies show that kids and teens
whose families eat together 5 or more times a week are
far less likely to be depressed, use alcohol and other
drugs, or have difficulty in school than kids who eat
together with their families less often. No matter who
you are, how much you make, what you do for work, where
you live, or even what you eat, family meals are good
for your kids.
As
parents, we know it's easy to get sidetracked from regular
family meals. Some parents have work and meetings; many
kids have sports and homework. But if you can carve
out an hour for a family meal at least 5 times a week,
you'll see the benefits.
Make
the commitment to talk to your kids about drugs and
alcohol and join Americans across the country as we
take our seat at the dinner table on Family Day. Become
a Family Day STAR!
S - Spend time with your kids by having dinner
together
T - Talk to them about their friends, interests
and the dangers drugs and alcohol
A - Answer their questions and listen to what
they say
R - Recognize that you have the power to help
keep your kids substance-free!
By
making the Family Day STAR Pledge, you join parents
nationwide who agree that Dinner Makes A Difference!
Visit http://casafamilyday.org/familyday/get-involved/
to pledge.
Are
you planning a Family Day event? Let us know!
Visit
http://casafamilyday.org/familyday/
for ideas and resources to hold a Family Day celebration.
National
Night Out Highlights Safe and Drug-Free Neighborhoods
A
big thank you to the St. Albans Police Department and
Swanton Police Department for hosting National Night
Out celebrations in their respective communities on
Tuesday, August 3. Many
thanks to Rusty DeWees, who spoke at the St. Albans
National Night Out and to all our local organizations,
donors, and participants. The events were a huge success.
Caring
Communities is proud to participate with our law enforcement
partners in National Night Out.
START
talking before they start drinking!
Despite concerns about prescription drugs and meth,
alcohol remains the number one killer of teens. Why?
In part because it is so easily accessed and used. Alcohol
and teen parties are a dangerous mix. If you have a
concern about an underage drinking party or event, please
contact your local law enforcement to activate the START
(Stop Teen Alcohol Risk Team) to investigate underage
drinking and alert parents and/or landowners about potential
activities on their property. When activated before
a party occurs, START can prevent underage
drinking and save lives. The Franklin County Sheriff's
Office, St. Albans Police, Swanton Police,
Vermont
State Police, and Fish & Wildlife are all participants
in START along withCaring Communities, Rural Partnerships,
the Department of Liquor Control, State's Attorney's
Office, Frankln County Court Diversion--and you, the
concerned citizens of Franlin County. Interested in
learning more? Contact Mary Fletcher, Strategic Prevention
Coordinator at 802-309-2515 to get involved.
Coalition
Partner News
NATIONAL
TAKE-BACK INITIATIVE
On September 25, 2010, the Drug Enforcement Administration
(DEA) will coordinate a collaborative effort with state
and local law enforcement agencies to remove potentially
dangerous controlled substances from our nation’s medicine
cabinets. Collection activities will take place from
10:00 a.m. through 2:00 p.m. at sites established throughout
the country. The Sheriff's Offices in both Franklin
and Grand Isle are participating locally, with two collection
sites in each county: The National Take-Back Day provides
an opportunity for the public to surrender expired,
unwanted, or unused pharmaceutical controlled substances
and other medications for destruction. These drugs are
a potential source of supply for illegal use and an
unacceptable risk to public health and safety. This
one-day effort is intended to bring national focus to
the issue of increasing pharmaceutical controlled substance
abuse. For more information, contact Deputy Sheriff
Jim Lynch at 524-2121.
- The
program is anonymous.
- Prescription
and over the counter solid dosage medications, i.e.
tablets and capsules accepted.
- Intra-venous
solutions, injectables, and needles will not be accepted.
- Illicit
substances such as marijuana or methamphetamine are
not a part of this initiative.
Franklin
County locations include:
- Enosburg
Fire/Rescue Building, 83 Samsonville Road, Enosburg
Falls, VT
- Franklin
County Sheriff's Dept., 387 Lake Road, St. Albans
- Click
here
for more locations near you.
St.
Albans Police Department also conducts an ongoing collection
at its 30 Welden Street address.
Adolescents
and substance use in Franklin County
A newly formed steering committee met August 25 to look
at the needs of adolescents and the issue of adolescent
opiate use, abuse, and addition. Dr. Fred Holmes, Dr.
Bob Wolford, coalition leaders, high school youth, young
addicts in recovery, health department staff, prevention
coalition leaders, parents, and other concerned citizens
attended the first meeting of this committee.
Bakersfield
Homeland Days - Celebrating Community
September 11, 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Sponsored by the Bakersfield Caring Community Committee,
Bakersfield Volunteer Fire Department, the United Church
of Bakersfield & Fairfield, The Bakersfield Historical
Society, H.F. Brigham Public Library, the PTCO & Mother
Nature’s 4-H Club
New
school partners offering Protecting You Protecting Me
Our partners at St. Albans City School and Highgate
Elementary School will be implementing "Protecting
You, Protecting Me," a prevention curriculum for
grades 1-5. PY/PM lessons and activities focus on teaching
children about (1) the brain--how it continues to develop
throughout childhood and adolescence, what alcohol does
to the developing brain, and why it is important for
children to protect their brains; (2) vehicle safety,
particularly what children can do to protect themselves
if they have to ride with someone who is not alcohol
free; and (3) life skills, including decisionmaking,
stress management, media awareness, resistance strategies,
and communication. This program has already been introduced
in St. Albans Town Educational Center and Fairfield
School in Franklin Central. We're grateful to our school
partners for launching this program, which we believe
will help reduce the likelihood that children and teens
will start using alcohol and other drugs. For more information
about PYPM, visit http://nrepp.samhsa.gov/ViewIntervention.aspx?id=95
Concerned
about meth?
Methamphetamine is a concern nationally, but recent
discoveries in Franklin County have raised the profile
of meth here in Vermont. While use is not widespread
here, methamphetamine is a toxic, highly addictive substance.
Its manufacture and use can be very disruptive to communities
even when produced or used by a small number of people.
The Vermont Department of Health has a very good website
with up-to-date information about signs, symptoms, toxicity,
and clean-up. Click here
for the link.
Ticket
to Ride?
Green Mountain Transit Agency's Safer Streets Initiative
For trip information, call 527-2181; or check out
the website at gmtaride.org
Go Vermont is VTrans' web-based clearinghouse for all
kinds of alternative transportation options, including
carpools, vanpools, public transit, and rail services,
as well as park-&-ride locations. Go Vermont can be
accessed at www.connectingcommuters.org.
Chronic
Pain/Narcotics Community Forum
The mission of the CP/N Communit y Forum is to reduce
access to, misuse of, and addiction to prescription
medications while ensuring access to treatment of pain.
The next meeting takes place Friday, September 24, 7-9
a.m. at Northwest Medical Center Conference Room 1.
Volunteer
Opportunities
Kids-A-Part
The Kids-A-Part (KAP) Program of Vermont Children’s
Aid Society is looking for volunteers to meet the needs
of incarcerated mothers at Northwest State Correctional
Facility in Swanton. Please contact Tara Graham, Kids-A-Part
Program Director @ (802) 655 – 0006 x 107 or email:
tgraham@vtcas.org. A flyer
with description is available.
Reparative
board members
The St. Albans Community Justice Center is seeking
volunteers for the Reparative Board. If you would like
more information about volunteering, please call Marc
Wennberg, Director, at the St. Albans Community Justice
Center at 524-1500 X268
Court
Diversion Review Board
Contact Pat at 527-1112, or pat@fccd-cjp.org for application
materials and information.
Underage
drinking-- it's not just a minor problem.
How are our local liquor outlets doing? Visit http://liquorcontrol.vermont.gov/enforcement/
to see which stores and restaurants have passed compliance
tests and which have not.
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RESOURCE
CORNER
Franklin
County 2009 Youth Risk Behavior Survey results
Link
to 2009 YRBS results by LEA
Grant
and Award Opportunities
Click
here for details. New postings
as of 8/28/2010. Time sensitive grant opps are posted
and updated regularly.
Training
Opportunities
Model,
Life Skills Training, Know Your Body, Project ALERT,
Project TNT, Teenage Health Teaching Modules
September 9, 2010: Springfield
Trainer: Dayna Scott
By
the end of this six-hour training, participants will
have: · Explored and explained content and design for
each of the curricula · Connected curricula to state
and national education initiatives including standards
· Examined skill development throughout one grade level
and across grades for each curricula · Considered issues
of curriculum integration and implementation with regard
to health and other subject areas REGISTER AT: healthandlearning.org
For more information call: (802) 254-6590 or info@healthandlearning.org
Also:
fall trainings in the following prevention programs:
LifeSkills Training Trainer: Elizabeth Silva
Date: Sept 30-Oct 1 Location: Rutland
Date: December 6-7 Location: Lake Morey Resort
Know Your Body Trainer: Christina Morana
Date: October 4 Location: Middlebury
Date: December 1 Location: Brattleboro
Michigan
Model Trainer: Casey Boyle-Eldridge
Date: October 8 Location: Randolph
Date: December 10 Location: Dover
All trainings 9:00-3:30; Registration 8:30-9:00. There
is no charge. Breakfast and lunch will be provided.
Visit
Center for
Health and Learning for details and registration.
REGISTER AT: healthandlearning.org
For more information call: (802) 254-6590 or info@healthandlearning.org
Say
It Straight
Training
and follow-up funding opportunity
September 23-24 and October 4-5, VT location TBD
Scholarships available for those who work with youth
not normally served by educational agencies or youth
that need special services or additional resources.
For a registration form and to access scholarship opportunity,
click here.
Say it Straight is a research-based communication skills
program. Results of many years of research and training
with Say it Straight show that this is a multiple risk-factor
program. · It is successful in prevention of alcohol/drug
related school suspensions, juvenile criminal offenses,
and precocious sexuality/pregnancy. · It is successful
in promotion of high self-esteem, empathy, positive
relationships, personal and social responsibility, effective
communication skills, willingness to implement constructive
decisions in difficult interpersonal situations and
feel more at ease when doing so, and increasing quality
of life.
For more information/to apply, contact: Lu Van Zeeland,
Consultant, Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities,
20 Vine Street, Montpelier, Vermont 05602 Phone: 802-223-1266
Email: laughing.lu@gmail.com
Learn more about Say it S traight at www.sayitstraight.org
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Multijurisdictional
Counterdrug Task Force Training
Check out all of MCTFT's webcasts on a wide range
of topics related to prevention, intervention, treatment,
and recovery by clicking here.
Offered
as FREE, Public Domain Video Programs. Available as
a C-Satellite Downlink and as an On-Demand Webcast Coming
up next:
"Homelessness
and Substance Use Disorder Treatment: Recovery-Oriented
Housing & Achieving Healthy Lifestyles" Thursday,
August 26, 2010, 1:00-2:00 PM ET
With the help of evidence-based behavioral, clinical,
medication-assisted treatment regimens, and recovery
support services, individuals can enjoy independent
and productive lives in the community. This hour-long
program will examine the relationship between homelessness
and substance use disorder treatment from both a program
perspective and a policy perspective. Click
here
for more information.
"Prevention
& Treatment Working Together"
Available as a C-Satellite Downlink and as an On-Demand
Webcast
Thursday, September 30th, 2010 1:00-2:00 PM ET
Anti-drug efforts involve two distinct components, prevention
and treatment. Both are equally important. All too often,
some people on the prevention side don't understand
what treatment involves and some on the treatment side
don't know the work that goes into prevention. During
this hour-long CADCA-TV broadcast, called Prevention
& Treatment: Working Together, we'll talk about treatment
step-by-step and why it is so difficult. We'll hear
how prevention coalitions and the treatment community
work together to achieve the goal of reducing substance
abuse. Find out how creating a common language can help
everyone involved.
Click here
to register.
"Homegrown
and Homemade Drug Threats" Thursday, October
28, 2010, 1:00-2:00 PM ET
Click here
for more information.
Opiate Drug Abuse and Its Impact on Our Vermont Community
September 10, 2010, 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Vermont State
House
Presenters include: The Honorable Eric H. Holder Jr.
Attorney General of the United States:The Honorable
Patrick J. Leahy United States Senator (D-VT) Chairman,
Senate Judiciary Committee: The Honorable William H.
Sorrell Vermont Attorney General: Wendy Davis, MD Vermont
Commissioner of Health: The Honorable Tristram J. Coffin
United States Attorney, District of Vermont: Click here
for more information.
Young Drivers Safety Summit presented by the Youth
Safety Council of Vermont and Vermont Safety Education
Center
September 16, 2010, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Holiday Inn, Rutland
Click here
for registration flyer
Problem
Gambling & Co-occurring Conditions
Presented by: Joy K. Mitchell, MA, LADC, CCGC
Date: September 17, 2010 9 a.m.- 4 p.m.
Location: Room 266, Asa Bloomer State Office Bldg.,
88 Merchant's Row, Rutland
The purpose of this training is to increase awareness
of the need to assess participation in gaming activities
in a client's history, introduction to assessment tools,
educational materials and methods to address how a client's
participation in gaming activities may have a negative
influence in their recovery process. The presenter will
discuss her experiences incorporating screening tools
and educational groups into an existing substance abuse/mental
health program. For more information call Toll Free
1 (800) 769-2798 or email marie@friendsofrecoveryvt.org
Click
here
for Vermont Department of Education sponsored
events.
Support
for Parents
Parent
Information and Resource Center of Vermont
Helping Children Succeed in School
Click here
for the PIRC website.
Calling all parents! ParentUP is now here for you. Visit
www.parentupvt.org
for tips and resources on keeping your child or teen
alcohol free! Who has the most influence over your children?
Click here to find out.
FACES:
Families of Addiction Consulting for Effective Services
website
Guiding
Good Choices (TM) for parents
In five two-hour sessions, Guiding Good Choices (TM)
helps parents understand the risks of substance use
and the skills needed for communication, setting boundaries,
positive discipline, and family organization. Contact
Cindy Cook at 527-5049 x 2 for details.
Available
now at the web site of the Partnership for a Drug Free
America, New parent resource: "Time
to Act"
The
Parent Chronicles
Check out this interactive resource for parents and
give your child the gift of your knowledge and involvement:
http://www.theantidrug.com/advice/chronicles-home.aspx
Parent
Survival Kit: Red Flags and Resources
Red Flags & Resources: Northwestern
Vermont Edition is available in both print and PDF.
Please contact Sally Bortz at the United Way (527-7418)
or Beth Crane/Cindy Cook (527-5049) to obtain print
copies. Red Flags and Resources is available
in PDF by clicking HERE!
New
treatment resource from Hazelden: Co-occuring disorders
website.
Victims/Survivors
Support
Voices Against Violenc/Laurie's House Hotline: 802
524-6575. Click here
for a flyer.
Support Group - Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence,
Stalking: 524-8538 x 204. Click here
for a flyer.
Links
to Prevention Program Planning
Find youth
info: Check out this
new
website: http://www.findyouthinfo.gov/
for federally developed interactive tools and other
resources to help community organizations' and partnerships'
efforts to support youth.
Community
Guide to Helping America's Youth
NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse) Preventing
Drug Abuse
Preventing
underage drinking using the SAMHSA
Strategic Prevention Framework and Getting to Outcomes
State
of Vermont Primary Prevention Plan available
here.
New
Tool Available to Educate Teens About Dangers of Substance
Abuse Click here
for:
Stay Smart: Don't Start: The Truth about Drugs &
Alcohol
Sustaining
Grassroots Community-Based Programs: A Toolkit for
Community- and Faith-Based Service Providers - Click
here
Prevention
year round: click here
for a prevention planning calendar.
Franklin
County, get your ASSETs in gear!!
Check
resource archives for information previously found
here.
ALCOHOL
& DRUG INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE
Alcohol and Drug Information for Vermonters
Contact: Rita Johnson, VADIC (800)-769-2798
To see a full list of VADIC publications, and to request
materials, please visit the VADIC website at www.vadic.org,
or call Toll-Free: (800)-769-2798 to reach Rita Johnson,
VADIC Outreach Assistant.
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Watershed
Mentoring 
Expand
Your Universe. Mentor a Child.
Stop
Teen Alcohol Risk--report underage drinking! All Law Enforcement in
Franklin County are participating members of START. Sheriff's Office
(524-2121), St. Albans PD (524-2166), VSP (524-5993) or Swanton Village
Police (868-4100) or (1-866-833-6873). Helpful tip: Report parties,
their time and location before they happen so START can alert parents
or property owners and preempt underage drinking.
