MCPC - Macomb County Prevention Coalition, drug-free schools, youth drug information, macomb, michigan

MEETING DATES

Full Coalition (MISD) Advisory Council (MFS)

12:00 noon – 2 p.m. 9:00 – 11:00 a.m.

09/20/07 10/18/07

11/15/07 12/20/07

01/17/08 02/21/08

03/20/08 04/17/08

05/15/08 06/19/08

The Lobbying and Advocacy Handbook for Nonprofit Organizations more>

Communications Toolkit: a guide to navigating communications for the nonprofit world more>

Science-Based Prevention Programs and Principles 2002: Effective Substance Abuse and Mental Health Programs for Every Community more>

Developing Competitive SAMHSA Grant Applications more>

September 20, 2006 Healthy Schools Grants more>

August 11, 2006 Youth Service American Lead Agency Grants more>

August 11, 2006 Catholic Campaign for Human Development Grants more>

The ONDCP Community Prevention Listserv is a vehicle for Prevention Professionals to interact & share ideas, resources, & other information.

The Advisory Board at MCPC would encourage coalition members to signup for this listserv. To subscribe to the ONDCP Community Prevention listserv click here.

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

March 9, 2007
Bank of America's Neighborhood Excellence Initiative more>

January 19, 2007 The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is now accepting applications for its Science to Service Awards, which honor community-based prevention and treatment organizations that have done an outstanding job of implementing evidence-based addiction and mental-health interventions. more>

January 19, 2007 Prospective applicants for the federal Drug-Free Communities (DFC) grants program are invited to attend a series of free workshops sponsored by the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). more>

Here’s what you can do on the local level to encourage an ongoing discussion about the dangers of drug use:

-- Use the press information on at www.mediacampaign.org/mediakit to approach your local reporters to write about the anniversary (June 19) using local teen drug use statistics.

-- Circulate the Parenting Tips on www.mediacampaign.org/mediakit to parents and other influencers in your community.

-- Get more information about the effects of marijuana and other drug use and its signs and symptoms, as well as advice for parents and adult influencers on keeping kids drug-free at: www.TheAntiDrug.com.

-- Order free educational materials for use in communities at schools, youth-serving groups, parent-teacher, and faith-based organizations. To request materials, please contact nyac@theantidrug.com.

(The information above is taken from a letter entitled 20 YEARS AFTER LEN BIAS’ DEATH, DRUG PREVENTION EFFORTS ONGOING from White House Drug Policy Director, John P. Walters, to his colleagues.)

University of Maryland star Len Bias, the No. 2 pick in the NBA draft, dies of a cocaine overdose after a night of partying in his dorm suite. It's "the cruelest thing I've ever heard," says Larry Bird after hearing the news. Bias is a true local hero. "His world could be described as a small circle on the map of metropolitan Washington, a circle only as wide as the few miles from his house to the University of Maryland, which he chose to attend so he could remain near his family," writes Ed Bruske and Patrice Gaines-Carter in The Washington Post on the day after Bias dies.