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Mental Health Awareness Month
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For more information, go to:
www.healthymindsct.org
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May 2016
Highlights & Updates
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Kate Venison, Clinical Coordinator of Stratford Community Services,
presented on A-SBIRT, Adolescent Screening Brief Intervention
and Referral to Treatment. The Coalition has submitted an application to
SAMHSA for the STOP Act grant to begin implementing A-SBIRT in Stratford.
The next Stratford Partnership for Youth & Families
is the Annual Town Hall Meeting on
Tuesday, June 14, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. at
Town Hall Council Chambers
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School Assets Committee
Attends ABC Training in Southington
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Stratford Partnership for Youth & Families School Asset Committee,
Patty Hines, Denise Keegan and Lauren Cavalli, attended
Southington's Asset Building Classrooms training.
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Greater Bridgeport Community
Health Needs Assessment
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Stratford Community Services and Health Department were present at the
Greater Bridgeport Region Community Health Planning Session to review the 2016 Community Health Improvement Plan for Stratford.
One of the four priority areas
is substance abuse and mental health.
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Stratford Partnership for Youth and Families
Pilots "Safe Homes, Smart Parties"
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"Safe Homes, Smart Parties" is a new program to help keep teens safe. Parents can pledge to provide a safe, drug and alcohol free environment for their teens. Once parents take the pledge, they can access a data-base of all those who pledged and can communicate with each other and find other "Safe Homes" for their teens to socialize at.
This program is being initally piloted at Bunnell High School.
For more information or to take the pledge, go to:
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Join Wayne's Walk Foundation for their
Annual Wayne's Walk 5K
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The Wayne's Walk Foundation is hosting their
6th Annual Wayne's Walk 5k on Saturday, June 25, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. at
Short Beach Park in Stratford.
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- As of May 31, 2016, the Medication Drop Box has successfully collected and properly disposed of 2,676.2 pounds of medications since October 2013.
- Asset Building Classrooms (ABC) Training for Stratford Schools will be held on June 1, 2016 from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm at Flood Middle School.
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The 2016 Search Institute Survey will be administered to Stratford 7-12th grade students in May.
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CT Department of Mental Health and Addiction
Services toll-free number to connect those seeking treatment for an opioid addiction to walk-in assessment centers is-- 1-800-563-4086.For a complete list of walk-in assessment centers and their hours, please visit:
www.ct.gov/dmhas/walkins
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The U.S. Food and Drug
Administration
, FDA, extended regulations to cover all tobacco products, including vaporizers, vape pens, hookah pens, electronic cigarettes (E-Cigarettes), e-pipes, and all other Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS). FDA now regulates the manufacture, import, packaging, labeling, advertising, promotion, sale, and distribution of ENDS. This includes components and parts of ENDS but excludes accessories. For more information, click here.
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St
ratford Partnership for Youth and Families
Stratford Community Services
468 Birdseye Street,
Stratford, Connecticut 06615
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