[Prevention] Prevention News

[Goodwin, Jacinda]

Dear Prevention Colleagues,

     Below is the substance abuse prevention funding and news.  The
source of this information is noted in each section.  Please follow up
with contact information found associated with each article or go to the
sites listed below.  If you wish to post information that you believe
would be pertinent to your prevention colleagues please forward that
information to me at Jacinda.Goodwin at maine.gov for review and possible
posting.

     Search the Maine Prevention Calendar for upcoming trainings,
conferences, and workshops (you can also submit statewide and regional
events for posting):  www.mainepreventioncalendar.org

 

SPECIAL ALERT! 

CADCA DEVELOPS FACT SHEETS TO MAKE THE CASE FOR SAVING THE STATE GRANTS
PORTION OF THE SAFE AND DRUG FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES PROGRAM

 

CADCA has developed new fact sheets in order to arm the field with the
most salient facts about the SDFSC program. The first is titled
Eliminating the State Grants Portion of the Safe and Drug Free Schools
and Communities Program Is NOT a Sound Proposal
<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=15395753&msgid=365617&act=BVA
Z&c=140437&admin=0&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cadca.org%2Fcoalitionres
ources%2Fpp-documents%2FSDFSC%2FPBR_Not_a_Sound_Proposal.pdf> , and the
second is titled The State Grants Portion of the Safe and Drug Free
Schools and Communities Program Must Be Maintained
<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=15395753&msgid=365617&act=BVA
Z&c=140437&admin=0&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cadca.org%2Fcoalitionres
ources%2Fpp-documents%2FSDFSC%2FSDFSC_Must_Be_Maintained.pdf> .

 

These fact sheets are part of the toolkit that CADCA is currently
developing to provide advocates with all of the information and tools
necessary to continue to effectively advocate for this critical program.
As soon as this toolkit is "live," CADCA will notify the field.  

CADCA also is asking that field to continue responding en masse to the
legislative alert posted at
http://capwiz.com/cadca/issues/alert/?alertid=13325421&type=CO
<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=15395753&msgid=365617&act=BVA
Z&c=140437&admin=0&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fcapwiz.com%2Fcadca%2Fissues%
2Falert%2F%3Falertid%3D13325421%26type%3DCO> , so that Congress
understands how devastating the Administration's proposal would be to
the substance abuse prevention field, if it is enacted. It is
particularly important that you respond to this alert if you live in the
following states, as these states are represented by members of the
Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Subcommittees on
Appropriations: 

 

* Alabama

* New Hampshire

* Arkansas

* New York

* California

* Ohio

* Connecticut

* Oklahoma

* Hawaii

* Pennsylvania

* Iowa

* Rhode Island

* Illinois

* Tennessee

* Kansas

* Texas

* Louisiana

* Virginia

* Minnesota

* Washington

* Mississippi

* Wisconsin

* Montana

 

  

As the appropriations process moves forward, CADCA will send out
legislative alerts at key points to have the maximum influence. If you
have any questions, please feel free to contact Kelly Lieupo, Director
of Public Policy at klieupo at cadca.org, or David Kurosky, Public Policy
Associate, at dkurosky at cadca.org. 

 

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