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School is back in session and fall is fast approaching. Hope you all had some nice points in your summertime to reinvigorate you!! Look what is coming up from APPCNC and the other news/opportunities
gathered here....
LET'S TALK MONTH - Start planning now! October is Let's Talk Month, a time to promote conversations between teens and caregivers about healthy decision making and preventing teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. Please contact APPCNC for resources or visit ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH website. |
| APPCNC Announcements |
As of October 1, 2007, APPCNC will be in a new location:
APPCNC
3708 Mayfair Street, Suite 310
Durham, NC 27707
919 226-1880
Grant Writing Basics
October 2, 2007
What: Grant Writing Basics Training
When: October 2 from 9am - 4pm
Where: APPCNC's new offices
Cost: $35.00 (includes lunch)
Please register by Sept 21st!
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Parent-Child Connectedness
October 23, 2007
from the fabulous researchers at
ETR Associates:
The overall goal of this one-day training is to enhance the capacity of program developers and front line educators to incorporate parent-child connectedness activities into their adolescent reproductive health programming.
When: October 23, 9:00am-4:30pm
Where: APPCNC's new offices
Cost: $35 (includes lunch)
Please register by October 15th.
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The 17 Characteristics of Effective Programs
October 24, 2007
from the fabulous researchers at ETR Associates:
The overall goal of this two-day training is the strenghtne the capactity of participants to use the Characteristics of Effective Programs to select, adapt, improve, and develop adolescent pregnancy and STD prevention programs/curricula.
When: October 24, 9:00am-4:30pm
Where: APPCNC's new offices
Cost: $35 (includes lunch)
Please register by October 15th.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND BOTH THE TRAININGS FROM ETR -PARENT CHILD CONNECTEDNESS AND THE 17 CHARACTERISTICS OF EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS - THE JOINT COST IS $50. |
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| In Our Own Backyard |
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 The GUILFORD COALITION on ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY PREVENTION...
Takes on Let's Talk Month in three important ways:
Adolescents and Internet Safety; Protection from Online Sexual Predators
with Tanya Rivera of WFMY News 2
October 4, 2007, 6:00-8:30 pm at GTCC Jamestown Campus (Percy Sears Auditorium) Dinner and childcare will be provided. This is a free event but you must RSVP. Special gift raffled to the first 60 people to arrive who are registered.
Fourth Annual GCAPP Conference
October 18, 2007
UNC Greensboro, Elliot University Center
Teen Pregnancy Is No Laughing Matter or Is It?
November 1, 2007
Laugh Out Loud Idiot Box (Downtown Greensboro)
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| News |
NC Program Provides No-Cost Services to Low- Income, Uninsured Pregnant Women to Reduce Preterm Births
A program launched in January 2007 to provide no- cost progesterone shots to low-income and uninsured pregnant women at risk of preterm birth might significantly affect the state's infant mortality rate, but results of the initiative are not yet clear. (Source: Fisher, Raleigh News & Observer, 9/6/2007).
NEW NC Secretary of Health and Human Services
Dempsey Benton, a former chief deputy in the state Department of Environment and Natural Resources, has been sworn in as the state's top health official. Benton succeeds Carmen Hooker Odom as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Odom said in May that she would step down after 6 1/2 years to join a New York-based health research foundation, but not until the legislative session ended in early August. Benton spent 17 years as Raleigh's city manager before he was appointed to the No. 2 post in the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in 2001. He left the post in January, and Gov. Mike Easley named him to head the health department in May. Benton will oversee the state's second largest department in terms of state spending. The 19,000-employee agency manages Medicaid, mental health and substance abuse programs, and oversees social services offices and public health initiatives. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, 9/05/07) |
| Funding Opportunities |
General Mills "My Hometown Helper" Grants
General Mills is offering grants for innovative neighborhood projects sponsored by a municipal or civic organization or public school.
Deadline: September 30, 2007
For more information, visit http://www.myhometownhelper.com/.
Queer Youth Fund
Funded by the Liberty Hill Foundation, this grant opportunity is designed to improve the quality of life of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning youth.
Deadline: October 2, 2007 (Letters of intent)
For more information, visit http://www.libertyhill.org/qyf.
Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro Community Grants Program - NC
The Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro grants awards to meet community needs and opportunities in the areas of arts & humanities, education, housing, building capacity of nonprofits, and building social capital. Deadline: October 5, 2007 For more information, visit http://www.cfgg.org/page23372.cfm.
Summer Service Learning Grants
Funded by the US Corporation for National and Community Service, this grant opportunity is desinged to support multi-site summer service-learning programs aimed at large numbers of disadvantaged middle-school-aged youth.
Deadline: October 10, 2007
For more information, visit http://www.cns.gov/for_organizations/funding/nofa_det ail.asp?tbl_nofa_id=51.
Anna Lalor Burdick Program - Human Reproduction Education Projects
An initiative of the Lalor Foundation, the Anna Lalor Burdick Program seeks to educate young women about human reproduction in order to broaden and enhance their options in life. Deadline: November 15 and May 15, annuallyFor more information, visit http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10008512/lalor found.
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| Opportunities for YOUTH |
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"What's the REAL DEAL about Masculinity?" Writing Contest
Scenarios USA is launching a year-long national public awareness campaign to examine the question, "What's the REAL DEAL about Masculinity?" and explore the complex - and all too often under- examined - issue of masculinity among young people.
Deadline: November 28, 2007
For more information, visit http://www.scenariosusa.org or call 1(866) 414-1044. |
| Resources |
Transformations, Butterflies, Passions...and All Sorts of Questions: Parents' guide for discussing sexuality with their teens
This guide gives parents tools to help their children think about adolescent sexuality and have more fruitful discussions with them. The entire guide is available as a pdf download at this website.
From SIECUS: The SexEdLibrary is the most comprehensive online sex ed resource in the nation. Human sexuality is like no other subject in our educational system today. Not only should the content be up to date and relevant, but the tools with which you teach it can be as important as the information itself. SexEdLibrary is designed to give you all of that-and more. http://www.sexedlibrary.org/ |
| Science Matters |
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Program Bolsters Abstinence Intent, but Teen Behavior No Different
A US Department of Health and Human Services-sponsored study of the effects of a supplemental abstinence program found that teens who participated in the Heritage Keepers "Life Skills Education" program were more likely to support an abstinent lifestyle. However, the teens' sexual behaviors were no different than teenagers who did not take the classes. (Clark, M., et al. (2007). Impacts of the Heritage Keepers Life Skills Education Component. Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.) | |
