November 8, 2010 (9 am - 4:30 pm) - WVPRC in Dunbar
Ethics Seminars for Licensed Professional Counselors (LPC) and Approved Licensed Professional Supervisors (ALPS)
Additional Details (including online registration): www.PrevNET.org/trainings.aspx
Oct 7, 2010
Substance Abuse Costs WV’s Welfare System More Than $95 Million
The financial impact of drug and alcohol abuse on WV's welfare sector is more than $95 million, according to the latest report from the WV Partnership to Promote Community Well-Being and the WV Prevention Resource Center (WVPRC). The welfare system includes programs providing income support and other social services to WV children and families.
Yetty Shobo, WVPRC Evaluation Specialist and author of the report, projects substance abuse could cost WV’s welfare system more than $300 million by 2017 if current trends persist and intervention does not occur.
“The Financial Burden of Substance Abuse in West Virginia: The Welfare System” -- available at www.PrevNET.org -- is a continuation of a series initially funded by a federal Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Block Grant administered by the WV Division of Justice and
Community Services. The present work is funded by the U.S. Center for Substance Abuse Prevention’s Prevention as Community Development: Projects of Regional and National Significance Grant and is the fourth in a series that examines the cost of drug and alcohol abuse to the criminal
justice, healthcare, education, welfare, and workforce systems in West Virginia. A comprehensive report, incorporating estimates from all these sectors, will be produced at the end of the project.
The WV Partnership to Promote Community Well-Being, created by Executive Order 8-04, is WV’s Governor-appointed substance abuse prevention and early intervention planning body. The Governor and the WV Partnership released a comprehensive, strategic plan for addressing substance abuse at a drug summit in November 2009. This latest funding study report was produced by the WV Prevention Resource Center, which staffs the WV Partnership and provides support for WV’s community prevention efforts.
Additional information about the WV Partnership, the WVPRC, and the Funding Study project is available at www.PrevNET.org.
Yetty Shobo, WVPRC Evaluation Specialist and author of the report, projects substance abuse could cost WV’s welfare system more than $300 million by 2017 if current trends persist and intervention does not occur.
“The Financial Burden of Substance Abuse in West Virginia: The Welfare System” -- available at www.PrevNET.org -- is a continuation of a series initially funded by a federal Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Block Grant administered by the WV Division of Justice and
Community Services. The present work is funded by the U.S. Center for Substance Abuse Prevention’s Prevention as Community Development: Projects of Regional and National Significance Grant and is the fourth in a series that examines the cost of drug and alcohol abuse to the criminal
justice, healthcare, education, welfare, and workforce systems in West Virginia. A comprehensive report, incorporating estimates from all these sectors, will be produced at the end of the project.
The WV Partnership to Promote Community Well-Being, created by Executive Order 8-04, is WV’s Governor-appointed substance abuse prevention and early intervention planning body. The Governor and the WV Partnership released a comprehensive, strategic plan for addressing substance abuse at a drug summit in November 2009. This latest funding study report was produced by the WV Prevention Resource Center, which staffs the WV Partnership and provides support for WV’s community prevention efforts.
Additional information about the WV Partnership, the WVPRC, and the Funding Study project is available at www.PrevNET.org.
Oct 1, 2010
October 2010 Health Observances and Related Resources
Talk About Prescriptions Month
National Council on Patient Information & Education
WV Prescription Drug Abuse Quitline: 1-866-WV-QUITT
Take Care WV RX Abuse Prevention Campaign
Halloween Safety Month
Halloween Health & Safety
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
WV Comprehensive Cancer Program
National Dental Hygiene Month
American Dental Hygienists’ Association
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
WV Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month
www.firstcandle.org/
Red Ribbon Week (October 23-31)
National Family Partnership
National Council on Patient Information & Education
WV Prescription Drug Abuse Quitline: 1-866-WV-QUITT
Take Care WV RX Abuse Prevention Campaign
Halloween Safety Month
Halloween Health & Safety
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
WV Comprehensive Cancer Program
National Dental Hygiene Month
American Dental Hygienists’ Association
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
WV Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month
www.firstcandle.org/
Red Ribbon Week (October 23-31)
National Family Partnership
Currently on Prevention WV
The definition of bullying extends way beyond taking someone’s lunch money, and it happens more than you might think. Studies show between 15 and 20 percent of U.S. students are bullied. Impact includes school truancy, substance abuse and additional violence.
On the current episode of Prevention West Virginia, Tonya Barnett of Step By Step discusses bullying prevention in WV.
On the current episode of Prevention West Virginia, Tonya Barnett of Step By Step discusses bullying prevention in WV.
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