November 13, 2009
Regional Center for Healthy Communities (Metrowest)
e-News 11/13/09
In this issue:
Community News
Conferences/Trainings
Funding Opportunities
Job Opportunities
Community News
Cambridge’s OPEN (Overdose Prevention and Education Network) is offering free workshops on substance abuse and addiction, and prevention and response to overdoses. For more information and to schedule a training at your site, contact Mary Amato at open@cambridgema.gov.
The Center for Community Health Education Research and Service will host a screening of Money Driven Medicine: What’s Wrong with America’s Healthcare and How to Fix It on November 18 at 6:30 in Shillman Hall at Northeastern University, 115 Forsyth St in Boston.
The Somerville Health Department, Institute for Community Health and the Somerville Community Health Agenda will be holding a presentation on the Health of Somerville Adults and Youth on December 1 from 6:30-8:30 PM at the Visiting Nurses Association, 165 Lowell St in Somerville. For more information, contact Lisa Brukilacchio at 617-591-6940.
The MetroWest Community Health Care Foundation is seeking nominations for its Deborah Blumer Community Health Leadership award. For more information and nomination forms, visit http://www.mchcf.org/special_initiatives/communityhealthawards.htm.
Conferences/Trainings
The Harvard Injury Control Research Center will offer a seminar on The Geography of Violence, Alcohol Outlets and Drug Markets in Boston: Improving Policy, Policing and Research on November 16 from 12:30-1:30. For more information and to RSVP, visit http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/research/hicrc/seminar-series/.
South Shore Hospital is offering a presentation and panel discussion on Parenting Your Aging Parent: How to Improve Quality of Life for Both of You on November 18 from 6-8 PM in the Cushing Center, 673 Main St in Norwell. For more information and to reserve your space, call 781- 681-3545.
Insight Formation will hold a webinar on tools and techniques for Community Collaboration on November 19 from 2:00-3:00PM. For more information and to register, visit http://www.insightformation.com/news-events/events/community-collaboration-for-putting-prevention-to-work-webinar.html.
The Public Conversations Project is offering two sessions of a workshop on dialogue practices to move past barriers in HIV/AIDS work on December 1 and December 9 from 9:30-11:30 AM at 51 Kondazian St in Watertown. For more information and to RSVP, contact Alison Streit Baron at abaron@publicconversations.org.
The New England AIDS Education and Training Center and the MA Department of Public Health will offer a World AIDS Day conference on Presenting Late to Care: Changing the Dynamics on December 1 from 8:30-3:00 at UMass Boston. For more information and to register, visit www.neaetc.org.
The Department of Public Health is sponsoring a training on Preventing Inhalant Abuse on December 8 from 8:30-4:15 at the Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston. For more information and to register, visit http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Summary.aspx?i=304b4709-97a0-4cf3-91c8-afab5a268f4f.
Funding Opportunities
The Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) has announced funding for its Faith and Community-Based Support Initiative that will fund faith and community-based orgs up to $50,000 to improve work with crime prevention and prisoner re-entry. Proposals are due December 4. For the complete RFP, see the attached document called <CSAP grant>.
Job Opportunities
Needham’s Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition is seeking a part-time program coordinator to help with the implementation of their Drug Free Communities grant funding. For more information and to apply, visit http://www.needhamma.gov/jobs.aspx?jobID=127.
The Institute for Community Health is looking to hire a part-time coordinator for its project on weight disparities among African-American and Black youth in Cambridge. For more information, see the attached description called <ICH coordinator>.
The Cambridge Public Health Department is seeking an Outreach Coordinator/Literacy Coach. For more information, see the attached document called <CPHD Outreach>.
Health Resources in Action (HRiA) is seeking a project director for its Environmental Health Department. For more information, visit http://www.hria.org/news/44/63/Project-Director-Environmental-Health/d,News%20Detail.html.
The Town of Northborough Family and Youth Services is looking to contract with a clinician to provide therapy and crisis intervention. For more information, please see the attached description called <FYS Counselor>.
Germaine Lawrence is seeking a master’s level, bilingual (Spanish) treatment coordinator in a group home for sexually exploited girls. For more information, see the attached description called <Group Home Treatment Coordinator>.
The Cambridge Public Health Department is seeking to create a pool of volunteer community vaccinators for emergency preparedness Region 4B. For more information or to register as a vaccinator, contact Czarina Biton, MPH at cbiton@challiance.org or 617.665.3866.