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HEALTHY KENTUCKY POLICY CHAMPIONS: FOUNDATION RECOGNIZES WHITESBURG ADVOCATE FOR ACCESS TO HEALTHIER FOODS
Valerie Horn, a retired school counselor and advocate from Whitesburg who works to increase the access of low-income residents in Letcher County to healthier foods, is the latest Healthy Kentucky Policy Champion, the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky announced today.
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HEALTHY KENTUCKY POLICY CHAMPIONS: JOHNSON COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOLERS RECOGNIZED FOR YOUTH ANTI-VAPING WORK
A group of nine Johnson County Middle School students who call themselves the "Juul Breakers" have been named Healthy Kentucky Policy Champions for their efforts to curb youth vaping and e-cigarette use, both in their school and across Kentucky through education and a proposed statewide law.
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FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES RURAL PROJECT TO ADDRESS CHILDHOOD TRAUMA
The Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky today announced a grant of up to $200,000 through 2020 to begin a rural program in Russell County and nine surrounding counties to help children and youth dealing with violence, addiction and other trauma known as ACEs - Adverse Childhood Experiences. The Foundation awarded the grant to the Louisville-based Bounce Coalition, which will work with Russell County Schools and the Lake Cumberland District Health Department to implement the ACEs program.
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Health for a Change Webinar:
Counting down to the 2020 Census: Community, Kids, Collaboration
June 19, 2019
1:00 PM-2:00 PM ET
The countdown is on! Is your community ready, Kentucky?
Join us on this free 1-hour webinar to hear about the importance of the 2020 Census, why kids are undercounted, and ways to partner with leaders and groups from across the Commonwealth who are working to ensure a complete and accurate Census count for Kentucky.
We welcome your questions about the 2020 Census. Please enter them via the registration page.
Webinar objectives:
- Understand what preparations have been made at the state and local levels in Kentucky.
- Learn why children are especially at risk of being missed in the census and how that impacts Kentucky communities.
- Learn action steps you and your organization can take to ensure all Kentucky's children are counted.
- Define Complete Count Committees and learn steps to start or join one in your community.
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Health for a Change Webinar:
How to Get in Formation for Coalition Building
June 26, 2019
1:00 PM-2:00 PM ET
Is your health coalition singing from the same songbook? What would your coalition's theme song be? Join us on this free 1-hour webinar to hear essential strategies for building, maintaining, and engaging your coalition.
Share your coalition's successes and challenges with us. SteVon Edwards, Founder and Principal of Schenault Solutions, LLC, will lead this conversation on coalition building.
We welcome your questions about coalitions. Please enter them via the registration page.
Webinar objectives:
- Understand the essential elements in starting or building a coalition.
- Learn about types of coalition models and the purpose served by each.
- Learn action steps you and your organization can take to ensure your coalition is engaging the intended communities.
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Regional Community Health Forum & Health for a Change Workshop
July 24, 2019
Bowling Green and Scottsville, KY
Regional Community Health Forum - including the Kentucky HEALTH 1115 Medicaid Waiver at Community Farmers Market
9:30 AM - 11:30AM CT
Bowling Green
Enjoy coffee and networking starting at 9:30 a.m. The program will begin promptly at 10:00 a.m. with a welcome and update on the focus areas and activities of the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky by Ben Chandler, President/CEO. Veronica Judy Cecil, Vice President for Public Policy, will convey the latest developments regarding the Kentucky HEALTH Medicaid waiver program. The Forum will include an input session on Medicaid and other priority health issues of concern in our Kentucky communities.
This session is open to those interested in learning more about the Foundation for Healthy Kentucky and sharing ideas on reaching our highest level of health.
Workshop - Health for a Change - Coalition Building at Need More Acres Farm
12:00 PM - 4:30 PM CT
Scottsville, KY
Join us as we share ideas on coalition building, food, and community! Lunch and tour of Need More Acres Farm followed by workshop on assets and strategies for health improvement, food access, and community building.
Need More Acres Farm is about a 30-minute drive from the Community Farmers Market. Please let us know if you will need transportation and we will make accommodations.
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2019 Data Forum
SAVE THE DATE
November 15, 2019
Erlanger, KY
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Kentucky Rural Health Association (KRHA) Call for Poster Presentations
Sponsored by: University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health
KRHA is now accepting poster proposals for the 2019 conference on November 14th and 15th in Bowling Green, KY. Submitted poster proposals are required to have a policy focus related to the health of rural Kentuckians. Abstract submissions are due by July 15th, 2019.
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DrugFreeLex and the Tobacco Committee recently released three striking public service announcements (PSAs) on JUUL. These face-paced, fact-based PSAs, designed to target parents, teachers, administrators and other working with youth, are free for all to use. Each video includes facts about JUUL and other e-cigarettes. These short ads provide insight into the chemicals in JUUL and their harmful effects, the rising popularity of JUUL, why youth may be more susceptible to e-cigarette use and addiction, and why e-cigarettes are especially damaging for teens including negative health costs and long-term adverse health effects.
Share these ads on social media, websites, blogs, television, waiting rooms, break rooms, public spaces, movie theaters, and other venues where adults visit:
What Parents Need to Know about JUULs and other E-cigarettes.
Why so Popular?
Why so Bad for Teens?
Click
here
to learn more about DrugFreeLex.
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Stanford Tobacco Prevention Toolkit Training
The Lexington-Fayette County Health Department Tobacco Program will host training sessions for the Stanford University School of Medicine Youth Tobacco Prevention Toolkit during March 2019. The "Toolkit" is a nationally recognized, evidence-based curriculum. It is more comprehensive than typical tobacco prevention curricula because it includes content designed to improve general adolescent health vs. focusing only on tobacco. It is free to use, and contains seven modules with ready-made activities, PowerPoint presentations, handouts, and worksheets.
This training is free, and Kentucky educators, adult stakeholders, and anyone interested in youth tobacco prevention are invited to attend. See below for more information about the training, and learn more about the "Toolkit" at https://med.stanford.edu/tobaccopreventiontoolkit.html
To participate:
Questions? Contact Angela Brumley-Shelton, Lexington-Fayette County Health Department at (859)288-2457 or [email protected] |
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Health Equity and Literacy Summit
June 8, 2019
Louisville, KY
Join Surgery on Sunday Louisville as they gather together clinicians, educators, researchers, policymakers and other stakeholders to develop solutions to the health disparities in colon cancer among racial and ethnic minorities in the United States. Collaboration on these issues is the key to solving them in a timely and systematic way.
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Racial Equity Forum
June 17, 2019
Louisville, KY
Join the Council on Foundations and National League of Cities as they host the last of three Racial Equity Forums. This conversation will bring together foundation leaders and elected officials from the Louisville area to discuss how philanthropy and government can take actions to confront and dismantle structural racism. The distinguished speakers include:
- Greg Fischer, Mayor of Louisville* Walter Woods, CEO, Humana Foundation
- Kellie Watson, Chief Equity Officer, Office of the Mayor Greg Fischer, Louisville Metro Government
- Alan Curtis, President and CEO, Eisenhower Foundation
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Equitable Development:
Finding Funding and Support Webinar
(Equitable Development Training Part 3)
June 17, 2019
Equitable development planning is not something that can be done by a single individual. It takes a team of dedicated partners, committed support, and financial backing. The webinar, presented by America Walks, will take place at 2pm Eastern, 11am Pacific for Equitable Development Training: Finding Funding and Support to explore the support, funding, and partnerships that are needed to make equitable development successful.
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2019 Kentucky Society of Addiction Medicine
Inaugural Annual Meeting
June 29, 2019
Lexington, KY
During this program, participants will learn about new research findings in the fields of addiction medicine. Attendees will learn about recent advances and current evidence-based approaches to understanding and treating substance use disorder and addiction. Attendees will acquire new knowledge and skills to improve the care of those with addiction.
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Truth Action Summit
July 16-18, 2019
Cincinnati, OH
The Truth Campaign is holding a Truth Action Summit, a smoking prevention event for youth ages 14 to 18 in Cincinnati, OH on July 16-18. Applications are open for an all-expenses-paid summit to enhance advocacy skills in the fight to end tobacco use and vaping among youth. Please share with youth connected to your coalitions and organizations.
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Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program
The US Department of Agriculture has announced its Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program Formerly known as the Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive Program (FINI)
To support projects to increase the purchase of fruits and vegetables among low-income consumers participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by providing incentives at the point of purchase. The program will test strategies that could contribute to our understanding of how best to increase the purchase of fruits and vegetables by Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants.
Award amount: $100,000 - $8,500,000
Matching requirement: 100% match required
Applications due: June 10, 2019
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The Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has issued a funding opportunity announcement for community-based coalitions addressing youth substance use: The Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program.
The DFC support program has two goals:
- Establish and strengthen collaboration among communities, public and private non-profit agencies, as well as federal, state, local, and tribal governments to support the efforts of community coalitions working to prevent and reduce substance abuse among youth.
- Reduce substance abuse among youth and, over time, reduce substance abuse among adults by addressing the factors in a community that increase the risk of substance abuse and promoting the factors that minimize the risk of substance abuse.
Award amount: up to $125,000 per year, for up to 5 years
Applications due: July 8, 2019
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