Congress continues to work at a fast and furious pace to come to an agreement on healthcare reform legislation. It is imperative that the final version of healthcare reform includes language that explicitly includes substance abuse prevention in the definition of community based prevention; and explicitly includes substance use disorders as part of the definition of chronic disease, condition or illness.

Please take action and contact your congressional delegation right away!

CADCA’s (Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America) fax system allows you to automatically fax CADCA’s sample letter on this issue to your legislators from its website. To send faxes to your legislators, go to http://capwiz.com/cadca/home.

If you would like to personalize your letter with examples from your state/community, please email dkurosky@cadca.org for a MS Word version of the sample letter.

The NC Substance Abuse Prevention Providers Association is excited to welcome our new members:

• NC SPF-SIG Sampson/SOLIS
• Happy Inc.
• The Bethlehem Center of Charlotte

On October 20, 2009 the Governor’s Institute on Alcohol and Substance Abuse received the 2009 NC Substance Abuse Prevention Providers Association Appreciation Award at the NCSAPPA’s Annual Meeting in Carolina Beach, NC.  The Governor’s Institute was honored to accept this award and will continue to support the NCSAPPA in its efforts.

The North Carolina Centers for Prevention Resources (NC CPRs) is very excited to bring you a series of FREE Webinar Workshops.  These workshops have been approved by the NC Substance Abuse Professional Practice Board for substance abuse specific hours.  Please help us spread the word to substance abuse prevention professionals and interested mobilized community members working in Substance Abuse Prevention.  Workshop space is limited to 25 participants so registration is open on a first come first serve basis.

The next FREE workshop on HIV/AIDS 101 is December 10th from 10am to 12pm.
Please see the attached forms for registration information and a list of upcoming webinars. Registration for the December 10th Webinar is now open!
Participants must register for each Webinar separately during the open registration period.   Registration for the HIV/AIDS 101 Webinar will close on Tuesday, December 8th at 5pm.

  NCCPR Webinar Registration Form - HIv&AIDS (32.0 KiB, 220 hits)

  NCCPR Prevention Certification Webinar Trainings (125.5 KiB, 303 hits)

The NCIOM Prevention Task Force released its final report, “Prevention for the Health of North Carolina: Prevention Action Plan,” on October 8, 2009 at the NCIOM Prevention Summit held in Greensboro.

The Prevention Task Force studied the work of the Substance Abuse Task Force in its development of recommendations to prevent substance abuse. These recommendations are included in Chapter 6: Substance Abuse and Mental Health.

The Prevention Action Plan has been widely distributed across the state. In addition, action steps gleaned from the report will be posted on the NCIOM website within the next month. The intention of the action steps is to provide guidance in prevention activities for those groups and individuals who have the power to make a significant difference, including communities, schools, hospitals, legislators, insurers, providers, and employers.

The full report is available at http://www.nciom.org/projects/prevention/prevention.shtml.

To view the report’s brief issue, please click below.

  Prevention for the Health of North Carolina - Issue Brief (996.6 KiB, 164 hits)

The North Carolina Centers for Prevention Resources is very excited to bring you the first of a series of FREE Webinar Workshops.  These workshops have been approved by the NC Substance Abuse Professional Practice Board for substance abuse specific hours.  Please help us spread the word to substance abuse prevention professionals and interested mobilized community members working in Prevention.  Workshop space is limited to 25 participants so registration is open on a first come first serve basis.

The first FREE workshop on the Prevention Performance Domains – Certification Standards is November 12th.
Please see the attached forms for registration information.

  NCCPR Prevention Certification Webinar Trainings (125.5 KiB, 303 hits)

  NCCPR Webinar Registration Form (30.5 KiB, 286 hits)

See calendar below for prevention/education/training opportunities.

  Mecklenburg County Prevention/Education/Training Calendar for October, November, and December 2009 (156.0 KiB, 254 hits)

The North Carolina Substance Abuse Prevention Providers Association will host its Annual Meeting on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at the Courtyard Carolina Beach by Marriott.  There is no cost to attend the NCSAPPA Annual Meeting, and NCSAPPA members as well as potential NCSAPPA members are welcome to attend.  If you wish to attend the NCSAPPA Annual Meeting please contact Candace Jackson by email or at 919-990-9559 x 4110.

NCSAPPA is excited that the Addiction Professionals of North Carolina (APNC) has offered NCSAPPA members an invitation to attend the APNC conference, October 21-23, 2009, at the Courtyard Carolina Beach by Marriott (same location as the NCSAPPA Annual Meeting) at a special rate of $150.  This will include a complimentary associate membership in APNC/NAADAC for those who are working toward certification, or a payment of $99 toward the $120 full APNC/NAADAC membership for those who are already certified by the NC SA Practice Board and not members of APNC.  To receive the discounted lodging rate, contact the Courtyard Carolina Beach by Marriott and mention the APNC Conference by September 28, 2009.  The special conference lodging rate information is available in the NCSAPPA APNC Conference registration form below.  Please note the hotel discount is not eligible after September 28, 2009, and the APNC Conference registration form must be received by APNC no later than October 9, 2009 to honor the special NCSAPPA fee of $150.  Please do not fax your APNC registration form.

NCSAPPA Members: To register and to learn more about the APNC Conference please use the NCSAPPA APNC Conference Registration Form.

  NCSAPPA APNC Conference Registration Form (203.1 KiB, 545 hits)

Substance Abuse Prevention Services’ Annual Awards Luncheon:

  SAPS Luncheon Evite PDF (140.4 KiB, 141 hits)

Please see below to view the 2009 Award Winners and the Luncheon Registration form:

  2009 Award Winners (28.0 KiB, 164 hits)

  SAPS Luncheon Registration Form (112.7 KiB, 165 hits)