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January 19, 2016
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ISSUE 6-2
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We thank you for reading this edition of the Prevention Journal! As always, please keep us informed of your coming events, job opportunities, grant availability, and other activities. Your ideas and feedback are welcomed.
Yours in prevention,
Elysse Chay Wageman
Prevention Services Manager, Public Policy Institute
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Light & Unite RED campaign runs January 25th through 29th
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We hope you will join us in participating in the Light & Unite RED week starting January 25th. The campaign's purpose is to put a spotlight on the dangers of substance abuse and unite the community to engage in prevention, encourage treatment, and support recovery.
The Light & Unite RED campaign coincides with National Drug Facts Week, in which each day information about drugs will be shared. From January 25th through 29th, one day will focus on each of the following: Prescription drugs/heroin; Marijuana; Synthetic drugs; Alcohol; and Tobacco/E-cigarettes. Light & Unite RED is coordinated by Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division and Milwaukee County Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition and supported by a high number of community partners including support from almost all local health departments -- please view our complete partner list here. We also encourage you to participate by printing off and posting or distributing our daily fact sheets, which will be posted on the Light & Unite RED webpage starting January 25th. For youth programs and schools, this is a great thing to send home in student folders! To get involved or to be listed as a partnering organization, please contact Annie Short at (414) 257-7944 or [email protected].
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Piloting Pay for Success Funding in Milwaukee
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Today's nonprofits need a significant amount of strength and stamina to meet the ongoing challenges of changing funding priorities, an increased emphasis on showing success, and meeting the growing needs of the community being served. This is certainly something with which the Community Advocates Public Policy Institute (CA-PPI) is familiar.
CA-PPI wanted to address increasing community violence and decided to implement the Youth Works MKE pilot project. The project is based on the successful One Summer Plus model in Chicago. Our goal was to engage youth with employment plus social-emotional learning and mentorship in order to reduce rates of violent crime arrests.
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CDC releases data on e-cigarettes and youth advertising
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In early January, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released data showing that 70% of middle and high school youth were exposed to e-cigarette marketing in 2014. More than 1 in 2 middle and high school students saw e-cigarette advertisements in retail stores, and 2 in 5 saw ads online.
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Guns, Guns, Everywhere
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It's an unfortunate reality: guns are continuing to proliferate in our community and our nation.
As a recent report on National Public Radio indicated, President Obama's new announcement that he was strengthening gun laws will likely suffer a backlash. The report noted that "if history is any guide, the president's effort may have the unintended effect of boosting gun sales."
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Announcing Aurora Family Service (AFS) Family Counseling Clinic
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In 2016, the Aurora Family Counseling Clinic will be fully integrated with its two "sibling" programs - the Family Therapy Training Institute and Milwaukee Mental Health Consultants. Stay tuned for opportunities to share your input about how these programs, which comprise the "Family Institute of AFS", and how it can continue to grow in relevance and impact for the Greater Milwaukee community. In the meantime, please view and share the Family Counseling Clinic brochure.
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Commission of a Surgeon General's Report on Substance Use, Addiction, and Health
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HHS, SAMHSA, and the Office of the Surgeon General recently announced the commission of the first-ever Surgeon General's Report presenting the state of the science on substance use, addiction, and health. The report will examine the health effects of drug and alcohol misuse from the perspectives of prevention, treatment, recovery, neurobiology, and delivery of care. More information here.
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