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Five Town Communities That Care
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May 24, 2010 Executive Director's Update
| Vol 2, Issue 18
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Dear Board, Work Group Members, and Staff; |
What a glorious weekend and start to the week! I hope you all had opportunity to enjoy some of the sunshine and birdsong!
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| Important Dates | Monday, May 31: Memorial Day-FTCTC offices closed.
Thursday, June 3: STAR Cycle 19 Celebration @ Hope Elementary School, 6PM.
Monday June 7- Friday, June 11: I will be traveling, and unavailable during much of the workday times. You will still be able to reach me via email, or leave messages on my phone.
Saturday, June 12: Midcoast Community Chorus Benefit Concert @ The Strom Auditorium, 7PM. (Advance Tickets required.)
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DFC News
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There has been much interest on the national level in developing local messages regarding graduation and Prom time. Sheryl Whittier is working on creating flyers to be affixed to pizza boxes and dropped in shopping bags that remind parents to be especially vigilant during this higher risk time. If you would like to work on this idea, let me know (dalene@fivetownctc.org).
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STAR |
The celebration is scheduled for the evening of June 3rd at 6PM @ Hope Elementary School. If you can help with the celebration, please contact Tug at 975-6722.
Quincy CTC (Quincy, Washington) has expressed interest in possibly starting up a STAR program in their community. Quincy CTC Coordinator Ray Horodowitz and Quincy Rec director Chris Koeppel talked with me about the basics of the program and their interest on May 19th. Quincy will be included as a potential test site in the Annie E. Casey Foundation grant application. More on this as it develops.
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Table Talks
| We have scheduled our first Table Talk for June 15th and have two more families who have indicated a willingness to host. We are currently seeking more parents of middle-schoolers to act as hosts for the Table Talks. We have been asked to deliver at least six sessions by June 30. For more information, contact Sheryl Whittier at the FTCTC offices (236-9800 or mentors@fivetownctc.org).
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Quarterly Coalition Meetings
| PLEASE SEND IN NOMINATIONS for Youth Advocate Award winners. If you know of an individual or agency / group doing great things for our local kids, send an email along with their name and why you think they should be honored as a youth advocate. There are great people out there who are doing great things for kids...get their names in so that we can honor them!
Our next meeting is scheduled for mid-August. Let us know if you have ideas for keynote topics!
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Work Group and Board Meetings
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The Board of Directors will meet next on June 14th.
The Community Outreach and Public Relations Work Group met on May 18th and will meet again on June 1st. They are working on updating the FTCTC website, the partner appreciation ad campaign, the radio PSAs on Low Commitment to School...all in addition to letting folks know about what is happening locally in prevention. They are also trying to schedule a virtual meeting with the PR workgroup of the Toole, UT Communities That Care group. If you know of anyone else who could lend a hand to their efforts, please have them contact Kim Grinnell or Peter Russell.
The Program Evaluation Work Group met on May 19th and finalized discussion of the cycle 18 program evaluation report. Their next meeting is on June 4th.
The Coalition Maintenance Work Group met on May 18. They discussed the honing of their role in the Five Town CTC system. They will meet again on June 15.
The Funding Work Group will meet again on May 21 to work on planning the Harvest Hootenanny.
The Youth Involvement Work Group is trying to come up with a date for a meeting this week.
The Community Data Work Group does not yet have a date for its next meeting.
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Quick Updates
| We are still working on a draft organizational budget. A revised budget will be considered by the Board of Directors at is next meeting.
Dr. J. David Hawkins of the University of Washington will be giving a plenary speech followed by a workshop on CTC at the upcoming Mental Health America national conference in Washington, D.C. on June 11th. He has asked that I attend on behalf of Five Town CTC to share 'stories from the field' with the conference audience.
The final in the series of three Training of CTC Trainers events will take place at Penn State University on June 8th and 9th. I will be attending, and so will be out of the office on June 7-11 between this event and the Mental Health America Conference (above).
The letter of intent to apply for funding from the Annie E. Casey foundation is due by the end of June. I am working with Kevin Haggerty, Assistant Director of the Social Development Research Group at the University of Washington on an outline of what it will take for us to be able to test STAR in more diverse and economically challenged communities. Dr. Marshall Jones (the originally developer of PALS, upon which STAR is modeled) is also assisting with this.
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Conferences and Trainings
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Psychological First Aid (PFA) Training:
This program is a six hour, interactive, face-to-face training that provides public health professionals, emergency responders, and natural community helpers without former mental health education with the concepts and skills associated with psychological first aid. Additionally, this training is applicable to public health settings, the workplace, the military, mass disaster venues, and even the demands of critical incidents, e.g., dealing with the psychological aftermath of accidents, robberies, suicide, homicide, or community violence.
May 26, 2010 Northern Maine Medical Center, Fort Kent. Find More Information and Registration ONLINE at: www.neias.org/mecdc/pfa2010.html Questions? E-mail Tammy McLaughlin at tmclaughlin@neias.org.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prevention Ethics Training:Sponsored by OSA and Maine DHHS. Presenter: Jackie Vallie, CPS is offered in Orono, Maine: June 1, 2010 and in Portland, Maine: June 2, 2010. Registration Fee: $35 To register online, to download a brochure or for further information, go to http://www.neias.org/SATAdcal#prevethics Pre-registration is required. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ADDICTION: A Holistic Look at the Neurobiology of Addiction and the Brain Presenter: Stacia Fitch, LCSW, LADC, CCS Augusta, Maine: June 4, 2010 Registration Fee: $35 To register online, to download a brochure or for further information, go to http://www.neias.org/SATAdcal#AddictionNeurobiologySponsored by the Maine Office of Substance Abuse, Department of Health & Human Services, Supported by AdCare Educational Institute of Maine, Inc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- R3
Youth Development Institute (Formerly
the Dropout Prevention Summer Institute)
July 26-28, 2010
University
of Maine
Conference
registration fee is $100 per person. Registration includes: three
breakfasts, three lunches, breaks, two (2) CEUs, and Institute
materials. Deadline for registration is July 16, 2010. For any questions, please contact Roxanne Lee at (207)
581.2493 or roxanne.lee@umit.maine.edu. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OJJDP's 12th National EUDL Leadership Conference: Building Community Futures with Blueprints for Success. August 18-20, 2010 in Annaheim, CA. Visit www.udetc.org for more information. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010 Annual Tri-State Advanced Victim Assistance Academy---Working with Youth: Intervention & Prevention Skills SAVE THE DATE: November 3&4 in Portland, ME. |
in closing...
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I am so proud of this organization! I don't tell you nearly enough how much I appreciate all of the hard work and commitment of our staff and
volunteers! Please know that you make me proud every day, I am just terrible at sharing this with you...SO, THANK-YOU!!!!!!!
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Dalene Dutton
Executive Director
Five Town Communities That Care
219 Meadow Street, P.O. Box 1135
Rockport, ME 04856
www.fivetownctc.org
dalene@fivetownctc.org Office: (207) 236-9800 Cell: (207) 322-9262
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