ED’s OSHS PREVENTION NEWS DIGEST Office of Safe and Healthy Students MARCH 30, 2012 VOLUME 7, NUMBER 13 | |
In This Issue 1. U.S. Department of Education's National Meeting on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention in Higher Education 2. U.S. Department of Education is Looking for Grant Reviewers for the Investing in Innovation (i3) Competition 3. National Summit Draws White House, Federal and Local Leaders to Examine Youth Violence Prevention 4. HHS' SAMSHA Reports Almost Half of College Student Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions Involve Alcohol 5. NatSCEV-Based Article Gives Advice on Stopping Teen Dating Violence The opinions expressed herein may not reflect the views of the Office of Safe and Healthy Students or the U.S. Department of Education. The availability of information from a variety of sources does not constitute and should not be considered as an endorsement of those sources by the U.S. Department of Education. We hope that you find this information to be useful. If you think ED’s OSHS PREVENTION NEWS DIGEST would be helpful to a friend or colleague, please send them to this website to: self enroll, change information, or unsubscribe. Contact Us: If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact me at: Sharon Burton Editor | U.S. Department of Education's National Meeting on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention in Higher Education The U.S. Department of Education will NOT be hosting a 2012 National Meeting on Alcohol and other Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention in Higher Education. The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2012 did not provide funding for this meeting nor is there funding to run discretionary grant competitions to address alcohol and other drug abuse and violence prevention on college campuses as was intended, and as requested in the President’s FY 2012 budget request. The Department’s Higher Education Center will continue to deliver technical assistance trainings and products throughout 2012 and we encourage you to continue to take advantage of these resources. Source: U.S. Department of Education U.S. Department of Education is Looking for Grant Reviewers for the Investing in Innovation (i3) Competition The Investing in Innovation i3 competition program funded by the U.S. Department of Education currently supports 72 grantees across the country, and the Department has just announced a new competition for i3 applicants (please see http://www2.ed.gov/programs/innovation/index.html for more information). Selecting the winning i3 applicants is integral to the overall success of the program, and we are hopeful that you might be able to lend your time and expertise to this endeavor. All i3 grantees are selected through a rigorous peer review process. The Department is currently seeking reviewers with expertise in one or more of the following Absolute Priorities, or in education evaluation, for the recently announced 2012 i3 competition: 1.Supporting Effective Teachers and Principals 2. Promoting Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education 3. Improving Parent and Family Engagement (this is a new priority for the i3 competition this year) 4. Implementing Standards and Assessments 5. Turning Around Low-Performing Schools 6. Improving Achievement in Rural LEA’s OR Education Research and Evaluation Please note that while it is essential that you have subject-matter expertise in at least one of the aforementioned Absolute Priorities, it is not necessary to have expertise in multiple areas listed above. In addition, the Department is seeking reviewers with experience in: -Innovation -Growth and Scaling Programs/Organizations -Strategic Planning -Grant Making and/or Oversight Selected reviewers will receive a stipend and will work remotely on a part-time basis. Reviewers must be available for at least one of the following time periods: -Approximately late April to late May (not full-time); and/or -Approximately mid-June to late July (not full-time); and/or -Approximately mid-August to mid-September (not full-time). To apply to be an i3 peer reviewer, please follow the instructions at http://www2.ed.gov/programs/innovation/index.html. You will be asked to register and submit your resume. When the system prompts you for your areas of specialization, please ensure you select at least one of the i3 Absolute Priorities: teacher/principal effectiveness, STEM education, standards/assessments, parent/family engagement, school turnarounds and/or rural achievement. Please share this invitation with anyone who may be interested in being peer reviewer for i3. Having a diverse, experienced and knowledgeable pool of peer reviewers is critical to the i3 competition and the Department’s overall efforts to enhance the implementation of leading practices that produce meaningful results for our neediest students, and we strongly encourage all interested peer reviewers to apply as soon as possible. If you have any questions, please feel free to email at [log in to unmask] Source: U.S. Department of Education National Summit Draws White House, Federal and Local Leaders to Examine Youth Violence Prevention At the National Summit on Preventing Youth Violence, to be held on April 2-3 in Washington, D.C., mayors, police chiefs, school officials and youth, among other local representatives, will report on their efforts to prevent youth violence in connection with the Obama Administration’s National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention. Officials from Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Memphis, Tenn., Salinas, Calif. and San Jose, Calif. will participate in interactive dialogues on prevention, intervention, enforcement and reentry highlighting their city’s efforts to prevent youth violence. Attorney General Eric Holder, along with Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, Director R. Gil Kerlikowske of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs Mary Lou Leary, Congressman Robert C. Scott (D-VA) and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, will deliver remarks. Other summit speakers will include Grammy-nominated hip hop artist Lecrae Moore, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, President and CEO of Casey Family Programs Dr. William Bell, faith and business leaders and federal officials. For more information on the National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention, visit: http://www.findyouthinfo.gov/youth-topics/preventing-youth-violence. View the agenda at http://bit.ly/H2v1Hz Source: U.S. Department of Justice HHS' SAMSA Reports Almost Half of College Student Substance Abuse Treatment Admissions Involve Alcohol A recent report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration shows that nearly half (46.6 percent) of all substance abuse treatment admissions involving college or other postsecondary school students aged 18 to 24 were primarily related to alcohol. The rate of primary alcohol-related treatment admissions is far higher among college students than for noncollege students in the same age bracket (46.6 percent versus 30.6 percent). To view the report, visit: http://www.samhsa.gov/data/spotlight/Spotlight054College2012.pdf Source: HEC/News e-Digest, U.S. Department of Education’s Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Violence Prevention NatSCEV-Based Article Gives Advice on Stopping Teen Dating Violence In an article published on The Atlantic’s Web site on March 9, 2012, University of New Hampshire’s Sherry Hamby provides practical advice on how to stop teen dating violence. Hamby based her article on research from the National Survey of Children’s Exposure to Violence (NatSCEV), a project sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The research paper the article was derived from can be found at www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/vio-ofp-hamby.pdf. Learn more about NatSCEV, at www.unh.edu/ccrc/projects/natscev.html. Source: JUVJUS, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice Program, U.S. Department of Justice |