May 24, 2010

Regional Center for Healthy Communities (Metrowest)

e-News 5/24/10

In this issue:

Community News

Conferences/Trainings

Funding Opportunities

Job Opportunities

Resources

Don’t forget to check the Regional Center for Healthy Communities’ blog for recipes, interesting articles, and new library materials.  We are always adding new things at www.healthier-communities.org. 

Community News

The Campaign for Addiction Prevention, Treatment and Recovery will hold an advocacy and action day on June 8 starting at 11 AM on the Grand Staircase, 2nd floor of the State House in Boston.  For more information, contact dont.repeal.alcohol.tax@gmail.com. 

Friends of Brookline Public Health will present a panel discussion on Health Care Reform on June 17 from 7-9 PM at the Brookline Senior Center, 93 Whitcomb Street in Brookline.  For more information, visit www.brooklineadulted.org. 

Conferences/Trainings

Lowell Community Health Center’s Community Health Education Center is offering two advanced workshops for Medical Interpreters on diabetes and asthma.  For more information and to register, contact Dan Moriarty at Danielmo@lchealth.org or call CHEC-LCHC at 978-452-0003.

The Massachusetts Organization for Addiction Recovery (MOAR) will hold a training institute for alcohol and other drug advocacy leadership on June 4 in Boston and June 11 in Peabody.  For more information and to register, see the attached form called <Advocacy Leadership>. 

The Massachusetts Coalition of School-Based Health Centers is offering a free Bullying Prevention Conference on June 8 from 8:45-4:00 at the Federal Reserve Bank in Boston.  To register, visit http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/stopbullying. 

The Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs is sponsoring a webinar on sex positive approaches to sexual assault prevention on June 15 at 2 PM.  For more information and to register, visit https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/schedule/display.do?udc=2kixztgmuffv. 

MADD Massachusetts will be holding a Youth in Action Junior Professional Academy on July 15 at the Babson Executive Conference Center in Wellesley, MA.  For more information and to register, see the attached document called <YIA Academy>. 

Tufts University’s Children in Balance program is hosting a two and a half day leadership training institute for professionals and advocates who wish to further childhood obesity prevention efforts in their communities with a focus on elementary-aged children on July 20-22 in Boston.  For more information and to register, visit http://www.childreninbalance.org/. 

Funding Opportunities

The Promise Neighborhoods Institute will offer assistance to communities applying for the Department of Education’s funding to replicate the success of the Harlem Children’s Zone.  For more information, visit http://www.promiseneighborhoodsinstitute.org/?msource=PNIwebinar1. 

Harvard Catalyst’s Community-Based Participatory Research Program is offering planning grants to develop partnerships or research projects to address community health issues.  For more information, see the attached flyer called <Catalyst RFA>. 

Job Opportunities

The American Evaluation Association is seeking applicants for its Graduate Education Diversity Internship program.  For more information, visit http://www.eval.org/gedip.htm. 

The Concord Children’s Center is seeking a full-time business manager.  For more information, see the attached description called <CCC position>. 

Resources

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has released a comprehensive report of health indicators for the state and regions within the state available at www.mass.gov/Eeohhs2/docs/dph/commissioner/health_mass.pdf. 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have released their community CHANGE tool for assessing and planning community action to promote healthy lifestyles.  It is available from http://www.cdc.gov/healthycommunitiesprogram/tools/change/downloads.htm.   

The White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy has announced their new 2010 policy and is available at http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/strategy/. 

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has released a new set of brochures informing parents and staff about behavioral health benefits available under MassHealth http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eohhs2terminal&L=5&L0=Home&L1=Government&L2=Special+Commissions+and+Initiatives&L3=Children%27s+Behavioral+Health+Initiative&L4=CBHI+Related+Materials&sid=Eeohhs2&b=terminalcontent&f=masshealth_provider_prov_child-bh-hlth-intiative-brochure-and-cg&csid=Eeohhs2

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