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Difficulty
reading this document? Please see attached Word document. In This
Issue 1. September is
National Recovery Month—From the Desk of Kevin Jennings… 2. U.S. ED’s OSDFS Announces the
Fiscal Year 2010 Summary of
Grant Recipients for the Emergency Management for Higher
Education (EMHE) Discretionary Grant Program (CFDA #84.184T) 3. U.S. ED’s “Touching Base”--a Quarterly
Newsletter from the U.S. Department of Education in Support of Quality
Education for Military Dependent Children 4. U.S. ED’s
OSDFS Announces FY 2010 Building State Capacity for Preventing Youth
Substance Use and Violence Program Grant Awards (CFDA #84.184W) 5. OJP
Announces $97 Million in Awards To Support Youth Mentoring NOTE: The material The opinions expressed
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SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL RECOVERY MONTH—FROM THE DESK OF
KEVIN JENNINGS… September
is National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month (plenty of resources
can be found at: http://www.recoverymonth.gov/).
In recognition of that, OSDFS worked with the White House Office of National
Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and the Department of Health and Human Services’
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) to stage a
first-ever national “Recovery Summit” on September 14, followed by a smaller
expert panel on how schools can help students recovering from substance use
disorders on September 15. The
facts are stark. Although over 90% of people who develop substance use
disorders report onset of these disorders between the ages of 12 and 20, only
1 in 19 students who have a substance use disorder get treatment. About
60% of those relapse within 90 days of discharge – often because they return
to the same schools they were attending before, hang around with the same
kids they were using with before, and (not surprisingly) start using
again. Numbers
tell us some of what we need to know, but they are no substitute for the
human story. A student participant at the event spoke movingly of his
experience when he said: “My childhood was, for lack of a
better term, normal. My parents loved me…and I had lots of friends. Yet by
the time I entered middle school, I felt the need to fit in, and it turned
out that the drug users were the easiest group to join. All I had to do was
to do was use drugs to be one of them. I took anything I could get my hands
on…my parents…sent me to a therapeutic drug rehabilitation program…and it was
there that I started to be confronted with all the chaos that my drug use had
brought upon my family and me. My life had been so consumed with obtaining
and using drugs, that I no longer knew how to live like a normal person. I
was afraid of so many things—going back to school, making amends with my
family, and learning how to live without self-medicating. I knew I needed to
catch up, but I just did not know how to do that. I felt frustrated and
anxious and had I not been able to access support systems, I may have
returned to my old habits.” Fortunately
for this young man, his community had a “recovery high school,” a program
designed to meet the needs of high school students who have had a history of
substance abuse, but who have made a firm commitment to recovery which
provides students a high school environment free from the culture of drugs
and alcohol. As a result of the support he received there, he has now been
sober for more than two years, has graduated from high school, and is not
enrolled at a local college. Programs like this make a difference for, as
the young man said “I have no doubt in my mind that without my support
systems, I would be in a much different place. I hope that all recovering
addicts can be as fortunate as I am.” When
it comes to adolescent drug and alcohol addiction, we clearly need to do a
better job at every point of the spectrum, from preventing kids from using in
the first place, to getting more of those with substance use disorder the
treatment they need, to making sure that once they get sober, they stay
sober. At OSDFS, the “Recovery Summit” is just the start of an intensive
focus on supporting both secondary and higher education students in recovery,
and we hope you will join us in this important work. U.S. ED’s OSDFS ANNOUNCES THE FISCAL YEAR 2010 SUMMARY
OF GRANT RECIPIENTS FOR THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR HIGHER EDUCATION (EMHE)
DISCRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAM (CFDA
#84.184T) The Emergency Management for Higher Education (EMHE) grant
program supports institutions of higher education (IHE) projects designed to
develop, or review and improve, and fully integrate campus-based all-hazards
emergency management planning efforts. A program funded under this absolute
priority must use the framework of the four phases of emergency management
(Prevention-Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery) to: Develop, or
review and improve, and fully integrate a campus-wide all-hazards emergency
management plan that takes into account threats that may be unique to the
campus;
Typical
activities included in grantee programs include reviewing and revising
existing emergency management plans; conducting vulnerability assessments of
campus facilities and grounds; providing training to campus staff, faculty
and students; organizing tabletop exercises or large-scale drills; improving
on-campus communications; collaborating with local first responders and
community partners; and developing or enhancing behavioral threat assessment
processes on campus. For
the complete listing of FY 2010 EMHE Grant recipients, please visit: http://www2.ed.gov/programs/emergencyhighed/awards.html .
U.S. ED’s ‘‘TOUCHING BASE”—A QUARTERLY
NEWSLETTER IN SUPPORT OF QUALITY EDUCATION FOR MILITARY DEPENDENT CHILDREN We
would like to present “Touching Base”--a
Quarterly Newsletter from the U.S. Department of Education in Support of
Quality Education for Military Dependent Children. Topics
in this issue: Features ·
School
Bus Tour Stops At Portsmouth Naval Shipyard ·
Secretary
Arne Duncan and Dr. Jill Biden Listen and Learn ·
Secretary
Arne Duncan and Dr. Jill Biden Spoke at the Military Child Education
Coalition (MCEC) Conference ·
Michelle
Obama Pledges Support for Military Families ·
Dr.
Jill Biden Celebrates July 4 With Troops in Iraq ED
and DoD
·
ED
Staff Present at MCEC Conference ED Employees ·
ED
Outreach Staff Visit Military Installations ·
Feedback
Received About ED Veterans Employment Program ·
FSA
Conducts Workshop at National Guard Family Programs Volunteer Training
Workshop Conference ·
Rehabilitation
Services Administration (RSA) Prepares for Conference ·
ED’s
Veterans Employment Program For Your Information ·
Secretary’s
13 Proposed Priorities for Discretionary Grant Programs Published ·
Legislation
Supporting Veterans ·
DODEA’s
Educational Partnership Sponsors a New Program for Military-Connected Schools
U.S. ED’s OSDFS ANNOUNCES FY 2010 BUILDING
STATE CAPACITY FOR PREVENTING YOUTH SUBSTANCE USE AND VIOLENCE PROGRAM GRANT
AWARDS (CFDA #84.184W) Grant Recipient Abstracts The
purpose of the Building State Capacity for Preventing Youth Substance Use and
Violence program is to provide competitive grants to State educational
agencies (SEAs) to build and sustain capacity to prevent youth substance use
and violence and support collaboration between SEAs and other State agencies
that are involved in efforts to prevent these problems. Funds must be used
to enhance the capacity of State agencies to support local educational
agencies (LEAs) in their efforts to create and sustain a safe and drug-free
school environment. Pennsylvania--Department of Education--Harrisburg, PA This
project will expand Pennsylvania’s infrastructure to prevent drug use and
violence while addressing the state’s Standard Aligned System’s Intervention
component through collaboration and training of key components of the
Pennsylvania Network for Student Assistance Services (Network). Pennsylvania
will collaborate with the Departments of Health and Public Welfare on drug
and violence issues. This project will also build the capacity of schools to
establish student assistance core teams that are appropriately trained and
address students’ needs. Oklahoma State Department of Education--Oklahoma City,
OK Oklahoma
Department of Education will use grant funds to provide technical assistance
to schools, prepare and deliver staff development and community education
training, collect data to apply for additional grants, locate funding
sources, and maximize the resources of the state educational agency and its
multiple partners. The agency will work with Oklahoma State Department of
Health, Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services,
and the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics to build capacity in providing technical
assistance to Oklahoma’s 529 local educational agencies to prevent drug,
alcohol, substance abuse, and violence prevention. Michigan Department of Education--Lansing, MI This
project will help schools implement and sustain a complex change process that
will address substance use, violence, and related mental health issues
systemically as part of a positive school climate that will promote academic
achievement. The
proposed project and the State’s strategic plan will provide a sustainable
infrastructure of partnerships and capacity within the State to provide
resources and training to schools in preventing programming. Georgia Department of Education--Atlanta, GA Georgia
Department of Education (GaDOE) will use funds to create and maintain a
School Climate Leadership Team at the state level to coordinate work being
done between departments and support partners both inside and outside the
GaDOE to provide safe and supportive school environments and improve academic
achievement; create and maintain safe and healthy school environments
necessary to promote school achievement; and prevent the use of alcohol,
tobacco, and other drugs and violence in all Georgia schools. GaDOE has
established collaborative efforts with numerous state agencies to ensure safe
learning environments for its students. Minnesota Department of Education--Roseville, MN The
project will use funds to enhance the capacity of the Department of Education
and its state agency partners to provide leadership and support to schools
and their community partners on policies, practices and programs; increase
the capacity of public and non-public schools and their community partners to
enhance and sustain comprehensive evidence-based strategies; expand and
enhance partnerships among state level governmental and non-governmental
agencies and organizations to ensure ongoing, effective collaboration; and
increase the knowledge and support decision makers and the public about the
connections between health and learning to achieve lifelong success. New Hampshire Department of Education--Concord, NH New
Hampshire Department of Education (NHDOE) will use funds to build
collaboration within the programs of the NHDOE; build collaboration with the
Department of Health and Human Services and the Bureau of Drug and Alcohol to
develop education and prevention training for schools and communities;
develop evidence-based resource guides for schools and communities; and
provide technical assistance and high-quality professional development to
schools and communities. A train-the-trainer model supported by a
comprehensive web-based resource guide will be used to foster sustainability
of the efforts at the local level. Oregon Department of Education--Salem, OR Oregon
Department of Education (ODE) will use funds to build and sustain state and
district capacity to prevent youth substance use. ODE will build upon its
partnership with Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS), to foster ongoing
community of collaboration between agencies in support of substance use and
violence prevention in Oregon schools. Office of Superintendent of Public
Instruction--Olympia, WA The
project will use funds to strengthen the state prevention infrastructure and
maintain its sustainability through the achievement of five goals: strengthen
school-based prevention in Washington’s five-year state strategic prevention
plan; strengthen collaboration across state prevention agencies; strengthen
collaboration among the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction’s
(OSPI) Student Support Supervisors; strengthen collaboration with the
Educational Service District Prevention Centers; and provide ongoing
technical assistance to local educational agencies. South Carolina Department of Education--Columbia, SC The
South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) will use funds to build
statewide capacity to support schools and districts in preventing youth
violence and substance use. SCDE will partner with South Carolina Department
of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services (DAODAS) and the Department of
Juvenile Justice to provide ongoing services and training to enhance the
capacity of educators to recognize and address youth violence and substance
use and to access available state and local levels programs and resources
across the state. Indiana Department of
Education--Indianapolis, IN The project will use funds to further develop the prevention
infrastructure that been built on a solid foundation of collaboration among
state-level agencies and programs that are the key stakeholders in
prevention. This agency will continue to work with the Division of Mental
Health and Addiction (DMHA); the Indiana Prevention Resource Center (IPRC);
the Indiana School Safety Specialist Academy (ISSSA); and the Indiana
Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI) to provide resources and services to its
local educational agencies to ensure safe environments for all students in
Indiana. Montana Office of Public
Instruction--Helena, MT The project will use funds to enhance its support of efforts by
the local educational agencies to prevent substance abuse and violence in
Montana’s schools. Montana will partner with Montana Department of Public
Health and Human Services to launch Montana’s Substance Abuse and Violence
Prevention (MSAVP) Task Force. Louisiana Department of Education--Baton
Rouge, LA The project will use funds to collaborate with other state
agencies to strengthen the support of local educational agencies to provide
prevention education services, programs, resources, practices, and policies
in school districts statewide. Illinois State Board of
Education--Springfield, IL Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) will use funds to
increase capacity to prevent youth substance abuse and violence in Illinois
schools. Illinois will collaborate with the Illinois Department of Human
Services (IDHS) to increase LEA capacity to create and sustain a safe and
drug-free school environment. ISBE and IDHS will work with Prevention First
to help ensure that all local educational agencies in the state are aware and
have access to the free prevention materials, resources, library services,
and the Prevention First clearinghouse. Statewide services will include the
dissemination of information, tools and resources; technical assistance;
training; and professional development. Nebraska Department of Education--Lincoln,
NE Nebraska Department of Education will use funds to build statewide capacity to support schools
and districts in preventing youth violence and substance use. Also, funds
will be used to develop a framework for promoting a positive learning
environment by improving the coordination of prevention activities in school
and communities. Colorado Department of Education--Denver,
CO Colorado Department of Education (CDE) will use funds to build
capacity internally and externally to continue services and information
dissemination. CDE will partner with the Division of Behavioral Health and
the Colorado School Safety Resource Center to provide prevention services and
comprehensive resources to local educational agencies. Virginia Department of Education--Richmond,
VA The project will use funds to develop training, technical
assistance, school climate guidelines and standards, and a plan to enhance
and sustain state prevention and early intervention infrastructure. Rhode Island Dept. of Elementary and
Secondary Education--Providence, RI Rhode Island Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
(RIDE) will partner with other state agencies (mental health and substance
abuse prevention) to enhance and sustain the created institutionalized
infrastructure at state and local levels designed to prevent youth substance
use and violence. Kansas State Department of
Education--Girard, KS The project will use funds to build capacity to support local
educational agencies (LEAs) in the prevention of youth substance use and
violence through a supportive collaboration with other prevention agencies
within the State of Kansas. The project will also assist LEAs in addressing
short term and intermediate goals, and capacity-building efforts will be
created through technology-based learning tools. Ohio Department of Education--Columbus, OH The project will use funds to enhance and sustain Ohio’s state
infrastructure to support effective efforts to prevent youth drug use and
violence. Ohio will work collaboratively with state, local, and community
partners to encourage safe and drug-free learning environments that support
academic achievement for Ohio students. Iowa Department of Education--Des Moines,
IA The project will use funds to establish a multi-agency
state-wide plan for creating safe, healthy, and caring learning environments
to prevent substance use and violence; establish a process to support schools
to implement a continuous improvement process to analyze data to identify
appropriate and effective interventions for substance use and violence; and
establish a training and communication plan to support statewide
infrastructure and support. Idaho State Department of Education--Boise,
Idaho Idaho Department of Education will use funds to implement a
structure of support, technical assistance, communication and guidance for
schools and communities to partner in order to function more efficiently and
effectively to cultivate healthy decision making among youth. The project
intends to raise the level of awareness, knowledge and skill set of students,
school staff and community stakeholders around how to mitigate and prevent
underage drinking, suicide, bullying and truancy to ensure safe learning
environments. New Mexico Public Education
Department--Santa Fe, NM The project will use funds to facilitate the development of a
sustainable, prevention focused infrastructure that will build partnerships
between state agencies, schools, and community-based organizations to
continue to strengthen schools in creating safe, discipline and drug-free
learning environments that promote academic achievement. California Department of
Education--Sacramento, CA California Department of Education (CDE) will use funds to
maintain state capacity for preventing youth substance use and school
violence in California. The project will allow CDE to assist LEAs in their
efforts to maintain their school-based prevention programs serving 6.2
million students in California. Also, funds will be used to
disseminate information to site level practitioners; provide knowledge of
practices for infusing prevention and school climate activities into the
academic curriculum; provide statewide leadership in alcohol, other drug, and
violence prevention; assist LEAs with creating partnerships to maximize use
of resources; and create linkages and increase opportunities to collaborate
at the state and local level. Delaware Department of Education--Dover, DE The project will use funds to continue to work in partnership
with the state agencies and stakeholders and focus on the goals and objectives
on the same priorities with an expanded focus on youth. The agency will work
collaboratively with the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health to
expand stakeholders to include representatives for local educational agencies
and create data tools to help school districts determine needs and advocate
for services. Schools will become partners in prevention, and the health and
social needs of youth will be assessed and integrated in the school
improvement process. A State infrastructure will help create relationships
between the Department, and other State agencies and communities so that
services can be sustained. The project will also use funds to support the
Division of Child Mental Health/Office of Prevention and Early Intervention
to expand quality professional development opportunities to teachers and
youth service providers and create an online tool to help access resources
and education materials. Wisconsin Department of Public
Instruction--Madison, WI The project will use funds to increase the capacity of K-12
educators to implement evidence- based drug and violence prevention programs,
maintaining resources that support school-based drug and violence programs;
maintain resources to support school-based drug and violence prevention programs;
and coordinate state and regional activities to support professional
development. Florida Department of
Education--Tallahassee, FL Florida Department of Education will use funds to strengthen
state and local-level capacity and infrastructure, while also supporting
collaboration efforts between the SEA and other state agencies that
participate in efforts to prevent youth substance use and violence. Alaska Department of Education & Early
Development--Anchorage, AK The project will use funds to build capacity to support local
educational agencies (LEAs) in the prevention of youth substance use and
violence through a supportive collaboration with other prevention agencies
within the State of Alaska. Funds will also be used for the development of 2
eLearning modules in collecting and reporting disciplinary data and crisis
response, as well as web-based school health and safety resources for LEAs. Maine Department of Education--Augusta, ME Maine
Department of Education will use funds to reduce youth affected by substance
abuse and violence through the coordination of a systemic assessment process
of state-level programs and services that play a role in youth substance
abuse and violence prevention. Also, funds will be used to enhance the
communication, collaboration, and the usage of resources throughout the
State.
OJP ANNOUNCES $97 MILLION IN AWARDS TO
SUPPORT YOUTH MENTORING On
September 15, 2010, the Office of Justice Programs issued the following press release: Washington
– The Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs (OJP) today
announced $60 million in discretionary awards to leading national
organizations to strengthen, expand and implement youth mentoring activities
and youth development programming throughout the nation. An additional $37
million in grants to local mentoring organizations will be awarded in Fiscal
Year 2010. These grants are administered by OJP's Office of Juvenile Justice
and Delinquency Prevention. "These
awards are part of an ongoing commitment by the Department of Justice to give
young people an opportunity to participate in activities that will enrich
their lives," said Laurie O. Robinson, OJP's Assistant Attorney General.
"Through these organizations, youth are provided programs that help keep
them in school, out of trouble, and most importantly, put them in direct
contact with caring adults who provide crucial support and guidance." Today's
announcement includes awards to the following organizations: Big Brothers Big Sisters of America - $10 million Boys & Girls Clubs of America - $40 million National Association of Police Athletic/Activities
Leagues Inc. - $5 million National 4-H Council Program Operations - $5 million.
For
more information about these and other awards visit www.ojp.usdoj.gov/funding/10grantawards.htm.
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