April 23, 2009
Regional Center for Healthy Communities (Metrowest)
E-news 4/23/09
In this issue:
Community News
Conferences/Trainings
Funding Opportunities
Job Opportunities
Resources
Don’t forget, the Regional Center for Healthy Communities will hold its second Open House on April 30 from 3-6 PM. Join us for refreshments, a tour of our library resources, and a chance to meet our staff. (Come early at 2:30 for an information session on our recently released RFR – see funding opportunities below.)
Community News
April is national Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing Month and Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts is offering discounted, walk-in STI testing at all health center locations in April. For more information, visit www.pplm.org/gettested.
South Shore Hospital will hold a free oral, head, and neck cancer screening on April 27 from 5-7 PM and a free skin cancer screening on May 7 from 5-8 PM at South Shore Hospital, 55 Fogg Rd in South Weymouth. Appointments are required. Call 781-340-3756 for oral cancer and 781-240-8652 for skin cancer appointments.
The Somerville Youth Film Festival will be held on May 6 at 7 PM in the Somerville Theatre in Davis Square featuring short movies, public service announcements, documentaries and new pieces. Admission is free.
The Cambridge Prevention Coalition will hold a kick-off for their OPEN (Overdose Prevention & Education Network) project on May 13th 4:00 – 6:30 at the Middle East restaurant in Central Square. The event is free and open to the public and refreshments will be served. For more information, contact Mary Amato at 617-349-6346.
The Esther M. Holderby Award is seeking nominations for community health workers who have overcome adversity to promote health in his/her community. For complete information, see the attached nomination form called <Holderby CHW Award>.
Conferences/Trainings
The Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling is offering an online training (CEUs available) on Developing a Culturally-Conscious Approach to the Prevention and Treatment of Problem Gambling in the Latino Community from April 27 to May 10. For more information and to register, visit www.masscompulsivegambling.org.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Office of Health Equity is offering a training on best practices for collecting race, ethnicity, and language data for program participants and community members at various locations and dates in late April and early May. For complete information, please see the attached flyer called <REL Data collection>.
The Prevention Connection will offer a web conference on The Role of Leadership in Creating Momentum for Primary Prevention of Violence Against Women on May 5 and again on May 7 (same content for both conferences) from 2:00-3:30. For more information and to register, visit http://www.preventconnect.org/display/displayTextItems.cfm?itemID=219§ionID=248.
The Departments of Public and Mental Health with Tapestry Health are offering a free training for youth residential facility staff on Creating Resilient Sanctuary to minimize self-harm on May 8 from 8:00-12:30 at Tapestry Health, 365 Bay St in Springfield. For more information and to register (deadline April 30), visit http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Summary.aspx?e=be62126f-a0ef-4284-9bc8-0e560f527d83.
The Bureau of Substance Abuse Services will hold a training on Understanding Opiate Overdose Prevention on May 11 from 8:30-4:00 at the Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel in Marlborough. For more information and to register, visit http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Info/Summary.aspx?e=afe50128-3c81-4537-ba58-9cc71117ed18.
The Middlesex Partnerships for Youth will hold its spring Prevention Conference on Examining Risk Factors for Youth, Helping Traumatized Children Learn on June 1 from 8:30-3:00 at Children’s Hospital Waltham (this is rescheduled from the original March 2 date and in a new location). For more information and to register, visit www.middlesexpartnershipsforyouth.org.
The Massachusetts Conference on Volunteering and Service will be held June 4 from8-4 at the Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel in Marlborough. For more information, visit http://www.mass-service.org/convening/conference/.
The Northeast Center for Healthy Communities and Youth at Risk are holding their 2009 Northeast Youth Leadership Institute July 14-16 at Endicott College in Beverly for youth ages 13-19. For more information, visit www.essexcountyyouth.org.
Funding Opportunities
The Regional Center for Healthy Communities (Metrowest) has released an RFR for strengthening our work and our communities through mini-grants of up to $4000 to support sharing of best practices, sustainability planning, training, and materials acquisition. For complete information, visit our website www.healthier-communities.org. Responses are due May 15 at 5 PM. We encourage you to attend the information session immediately preceding our Open House on April 30 at 2:30 PM.
The Office Depot Foundation is offering awards of up to $10,000 for organizations that make a difference in children’s lives and/or build communities (deadline April 30). For complete information, visit http://www.officedepotfoundation.com/funding.asp.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has announced funding for Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking (STOP) Act grants of up to $50,000. For more information, visit http://www.samhsa.gov/Grants/2009/sp_09_007.aspx.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is seeking community based organizations to provide paid health education sessions to community members utilizing the Helping You Take Care of Yourself Curriculum that focuses on breast, cervical, prostate, cardiovascular, and colorectal health. For more information see the attached file called <Train the Trainer Solicitation for applications>.
Job Opportunities
Health Awareness Services is looking for a full-time, bilingual (English and Portuguese) medical assistant for their family planning clinics in Milford and Marlborough. For more information, visit http://www.hascm.org/jobsopening.html.
Resources
CESAR Fax highlighted two websites for parents - Time to Talk and Time to Act – more information is available at http://www.cesar.umd.edu/cesar/cesarfax/vol18/18-11.pdf.
CADCA has released a short document describing research about recruiting and sustaining participation of coalition members which is attached in a file called <CADCA Recruiting and Engaging>.