August 28, 2009
Regional Center for Healthy Communities (Metrowest)
E-news 8/28/09
In this issue:
Community News
Conferences/Trainings
Funding Opportunities
Job Opportunities
Resources
Community News
Congratulations to Arlington, Needham, Quincy, Somerville, Watertown, Weymouth, and Winchester on their successful Drug Free Communities grant awards!
Cambridge Youth Hockey is offering free beginners clinics to youth between the ages of 5 and 12. For more information on dates and enrollment, see the attached flier called <Youth Hockey>.
The Veteran’s Administration will hold the first-ever Women Veterans’ Expo on September 12 from 10 AM to 2 PM at the Shaw’s Center, 1 Lexington Ave in Brockton. For more information, visit http://www.boston.va.gov/News_and_Media/expo.asp.
Somerville Cares About Prevention (SCAP) is offering free Guiding Good Choices workshops for Somerville parents of children 8-15 that has been proven to help parents protect their children from risky behaviors. Sessions will begin on September 24 from 5:30-6:30 PM at the City Hall Annex, 50 Evergreen Ave in Somerville. For more information and to register, contact Lovelee Heller at lheller@somervillema.gov or 617-625-6600, ext 4322.
Mount Auburn Hospital will be holding smoking cessation classes on Tuesdays from 6:30-7:45 for 8 weeks beginning September 29. For more information and register call 617-575-8601.
Conferences/Trainings
The Massachusetts Council on Compulsive Gambling is holding a number of trainings during the coming year for clinicians and school personnel to recognize and treat problem gambling. For a complete listing of their trainings (both online and regional), visit http://www.masscompulsivegambling.org/stuff/contentmgr/files/5b78a8a76ecfc9e929d610e47a301cf6/download/fy10_trainings_calendar_final.pdf.
The Mass Department of Public Health’s Suicide Prevention Program has released their training calendar for the rest of this year. You can search their offerings and register at http://guest.cvent.com/EVENTS/Calendar/Calendar.aspx?cal=09c0c137-816f-4931-99c1-ebc4e6cda259.
The Bridge Training Institute is offering a series of trainings for clinicians on Critical Risk Management including trauma, sexual abuse, and self-harm. For a complete listing of training dates and locations, visit http://www.thebridgetraininginstitute.org/.
South Shore Hospital is holding a Thriving with Diabetes community education program on September 12 from 8AM-1PM at the Sheraton Braintree, 37 Forbes Rd in Braintree. Advanced registration is required. Please call 781-624-6673.
SMOC is offering its Healthy Habits at Home program, a 6-week series on healthy weight for Metrowest parents. Groups meet one evening per week for six weeks from 6-7 PM in Framingham and are offered in Spanish and English (free childcare is available). Spanish series starts September 24, and an English series will start on September 21. For more information and to register, please contact Muzna Khimani at 508-620-2376 or muznak@smoc.org.
Search Institute is offering a training of trainers in its Developmental Assets approach on September 30 and October 1 at the Southcoast Women’s Health Center in Dartmouth, MA. For more information and to register, visit http://www.search-institute.org/open-enrollments.
The New England Coalition for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (NECON) will hold their regional conference on Building the Prevention Movement in New England on October 23 from 7:30-4:30 at the Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel in Marlborough. For more information and to register, visit http://www.neconinfo.org/index.htm.
The Massachusetts Public Health Association will hold their Annual Meeting on Friday, November 20, 2009 at the Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel in Marlboro. For more information, visit http://www.mphaweb.org/.
Funding Opportunities
The 84 Movement (formerly known as Mass Youth Against Tobacco –MYAT) is offering mini-grants for between $4,000 and $8,000 to research the impact of big tobacco or change policy in your community. The deadline is September 14. Both RFPs are attached called <Research and Action Mini-grants>.
Job Opportunities
Somerville Cares About Prevention (SCAP) is looking to hire youth leaders to be part of their Somerville Positive Forces (SPF100) group. Youth will earn a $100 per month stipend. For more information on the program and application process, contact Lovelee Heller at lheller@somervillema.gov or 617-625-6600, ext 4322.
The Educational Development Center (EDC) is looking to hire a senior-level regional evaluator to help with evaluation of Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT) projects and services. For more information, see the attached description called <EDC Regional Evaluator>.
Boston Medical Center is looking for a domestic violence advocate. For more information, visit http://www.bmc.org/hr/taleo/index.htm and search for job number 0901339.
The Women’s Lunch Place in Boston is searching to hire a program director with special skills in evaluation. For more information, visit http://www.womenslunchplace.org/openings.
Resources
The Bureau of Substance Abuse Services has issued a warning that some cocaine powder and crack has been cut with an animal drug that wipes out the user’s white blood cells and leaves them vulnerable to infections that can be severe and even fatal. Providers are asked to contact their regional BSAS director if cocaine users develop serious infections. Attached is an information sheet for users called <Bad Cocaine Alert>.
The Association of Alaska School Boards has a wonderful guide for involving youth on boards and committees written by a former student school board representative. You can access the guide at http://www.borderpartnership.org/pdfs/Power%20of%20untapped%20resource.pdf.
The Mass Department of Public Health has a number of resources on preventing and caring for people when they have influenza including H1N1 (swine) flu. For a list of resources, visit http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=eohhs2terminal&L=6&L0=Home&L1=Provider&L2=Guidelines+and+Resources&L3=Guidelines+for+Services+%26+Planning&L4=Diseases+and+Conditions&L5=Influenza&sid=Eeohhs2&b=terminalcontent&f=dph_cdc_c_flu_swine&csid=Eeohhs2.