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Family and Social Services Administration is requesting applications for Substance Use Prevention for Justice Involved Youth. This funding opportunity will be designed to work with youth who are justice involved or at-risk for justice involvement, to provide services that aim to prevent substance use/misuse. This funding may be used for training and/or implementation of evidence-based programming that focuses on mentoring, life skills, trauma-informed care, and social emotional wellness as they relate to primary prevention of substance misuse. Funding is designed to be utilized by community organizations that have mentoring components infused into their programming.
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Family and Social Services Administration is soliciting to respondents Youth Pediatric Mental Health & Family Systems. The funding will impact community-based services that connect families in need of behavioral health services and support for their child with evidence-based interventions in the community, in coordination with pediatric primary care providers. The respondents must use data to support the selection of the target population, proposed strategies, and location of services. Community mental health centers (CMHCs), non-profit organizations, and other social service agencies are eligible to apply for these funds.
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Training: Five C’s (Not D’s) of Data

In this training hosted by Great Lakes PTTC, participants will learn tips and tricks on how to present data in way that catches people’s attention and is easily understood. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from Jamie Comstock and Robin Carr about the Five C’s of Data: Chart, Color, Context, Clutter, and Composition. By learning about the Five C's, participants of this virtual training will gain skills to present data in a manner that best resonates with their audiences.

Learning Objectives:
After this session participants will be able to:
● Choose the most effective chart for their data
● Use color for emphasis and action
● Use data in context for maximum (and realistic) impact
● Reduce clutter so data insights can be easily understood
● Compose effective data visualizations

Article: Words Matter When Discussing Alcohol Issues

In the United States, nearly 90 percent of people with substance use disorders and 35 percent of people with serious mental illness do not receive treatment. In a recent article published in Neuropsychopharmacology, National Institute on Drug Abuse Director Nora D. Volkow, M.D.; National Institute of Mental Health Director Joshua Gordon, M.D., Ph.D.; and Dr. Koob discuss how people with a mental illness or substance use disorder who experience stigma may begin to internalize it, leading to lower self-esteem, decreased interest in seeking help, and worsening of their symptoms. The researchers also point to evidence that stigma-related bias among clinicians can contribute to a treatment-averse mindset and to flawed clinical care, including failure to implement proven methods of treatment. Studies have shown that using scientifically accurate language and terms that centralize the experience of patients with mental illness and substance use disorders is one key component to reducing stigma. Such efforts can improve how people with these conditions are treated in healthcare settings as well as throughout society.

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Conference: Alcohol Policy 19
Evidence to Action: Building a Framework for Change

Conference Objectives
1. Strengthen the understanding of sound, evidence-based public policy in preventing and reducing alcohol-related problems.
2. Advance rational alcohol policies, with an emphasis on offsetting the public costs of alcohol use, by illuminating and influencing policy-making processes at local, state, regional, national, and international levels.

3. Provide opportunities for networking and creative exchange of ideas among three key constituencies for alcohol policy: researchers, government officials, and community members.

4. Highlight innovations in alcohol policy change and assist in the dissemination and replication of these innovations.

5. Offer updates on key and breaking alcohol policy issues, including health effects of new products and marketing strategies, relevant developments in global trade negotiations, groundbreaking research documenting alcohol problems while linking to alcohol policy changes, and new tools and resources available to communities seeking to promote change.

6. Introduce and encourage those new to the alcohol policy field to leadership opportunities and resources, success stories and lessons learned from applying public health and public policy approaches to alcohol problems.
7. Consider the future of alcohol policy in the light of health care reform and other changes in the U.S. political and public health landscape.

September 14-16, 2022
Arlington, VA
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