Wishing you a Month of Wellness |
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All during August, National Wellness Month focuses on self-care, managing stress and promoting healthy routines. While this nationally recognized month serves as an important reminder, we believe that wellness should be prioritized year-round. Prevention First strives to empower individuals and communities to make
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healthy decisions daily to live out healthy lives. We know that our behaviors, specifically around substance use, directly impact our overall health and wellness. This is one reason we believe preventing substance misuse is so important. Let's use this month to continue prioritizing healthy choices and healthy communities!
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Some ways to prioritize well-being: |
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"Wellness encompasses a healthy body, a sound mind and a tranquil spirit. Enjoy the journey as you strive for wellness."
– Laurette Gagnon Beaulieu
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Donate your myWalgreens Cash Rewards to Prevention First thru 8/31/21!
We’re participating in the myWalgreens donation program! You can donate your myWalgreens cash rewards to Prevention First, Illinois thru 8/31/21. At Walgreens, you’ll earn unlimited 1% Walgreens Cash rewards when you shop and you can choose how much to donate. It’s that easy. Whether you’d like to contribute $1, $5, or more of your Walgreens Cash rewards you’ll be making a big difference. It really adds up!
*Walgreens Cash rewards can be redeemed as a donation to designated charities as shown in your myWalgreensTM account in app or on Walgreens.com. Once Walgreens Cash rewards are redeemed for a donation, the exchange is not reversible and cannot be canceled once submitted. Donation is not tax deductible, and additional terms and conditions may apply. Walgreens reserves the right to change the charities that are eligible to participate at any time without notice.
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Social Host Ordinances: 6 Essential Elements |
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Studies indicate social host laws are among the most effective and recommended ways to reduce underage drinking. Social host ordinances are a civil remedy that closes the gaps of social host laws. Communities address underage drinking with a variety of ordinances. Some define the ordinance as social hosting, while others define it as a liability for permitting minors to possess or consume alcoholic liquor. Whichever approach your community uses, consider including these 6 Essential Elements.
The Alcohol Policy Resource Center can assist with how to analyze your data, scan your community, and match policy/strategy to assessment findings. If you have any questions or need more information, please reach out to Kellie Henrichs or Jody Heavilin.
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Follow Our New Social Media Pages! |
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You can now find the Alcohol Policy Resource Center on Facebook and LinkedIn. Like, follow and share the APRC's page for exciting announcements, informative graphics and resources. Click the icons below to connect with APRC's new social handles:
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YPRC Student Advisory Board Update
The YPRC Student Advisory Board (SAB) continues working with renowned trainer Nigel Wrangham out of Eugene, Oregon, learning about advocacy and the impact of the youth voice. In June, SAB members worked in small groups to identify an important issue and create a presentation to present to the larger group. The consultant, Nigel, and the YPRC staff were blown away by the presentations, and we all learned a lot about their issues. We continue to be impressed with the work the SAB is doing!
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Technical Assistance, commonly referred to as consulting or coaching, is a one-on-one service that provides timely, flexible, and targeted support to an organization. Using a collaborative approach, Prevention First builds a prevention professional’s capacity to address their local conditions and develop their own prevention solutions to amplify programmatic effectiveness.
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Sharing Success Stories
The SUPP TTA team is excited to announce the following SUCCESS STORY: FHN Family Counseling Center and the Jo Daviess County Juvenile Justice Council moved slowly, but strategically towards effective collaboration that increased evidence-based programming in local schools. To read more about the success of their coalition that resulted from forming partnerships and leveraging resources in a community, please click here.
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New Resource from the National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare
The National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare (NCSACW) recently developed Working with Adolescents: Practice Tips and Resource Guide. This resource provides information to child welfare, substance use treatment providers, healthcare, and other community agencies serving adolescents at risk of misusing or abusing substances. It highlights the unique stages of adolescent development including adolescents who may be at risk for substance use or substance use disorders. It also provides a comprehensive array of adolescent services including specialized services in prevention, intervention, treatment and recovery support, terminology, policy considerations, and practice strategies to support those working with adolescents through a family-centered lens.
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Online Self Study Courses |
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For more information about technical assistance or other services we offer,
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34th Annual National Prevention Network Conference
August 24-26, 2021
This month, the virtual event highlights the latest research in the substance use prevention field. It provides a forum for prevention professionals, coalition leaders, researchers, and federal partners to share research, best practices and promising evaluation results for the purpose of integrating research into prevention practice.
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IABH Conference 2021
In-Person: September 8-15
Virtual: September 30
Don't miss the Illinois Association for Behavioral Health's annual conference! Your registration will cover four days, three in-person and one virtual day, as well as the pre-conference workshops. Find the full conference schedule here.
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Summertime Parties & (Fake) Prescription Pills |
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The Illinois Poison Center's recent blog post highlights the increase in recreational prescription pills during the summer, as well as the increased risks with this substance use. There is a high chance that prescription pills that come from friends, social media or other online sources are counterfeits and may contain fentanyl. Read more about how this happens and the risks involved here.
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A new study from Denmark reveals that the proportion of schizophrenia cases linked with problematic use of marijuana has increased over the past 25 years. In 1995, 2% of schizophrenia diagnoses in the country were associated with cannabis use disorder. In 2000, it increased to about 4%. Since 2010, that figure has increased to 8%, the study found.
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Study Finds Schizophrenia Linked to Marijuana Use Disorder Rising |
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There's a Resource for That!
We have created and gathered helpful resources to help you deliver strategic and intentional prevention efforts. Visit our Substance Use Prevention Resource Center to find a collection of resource guides, video links, full toolkits and curriculums, tip sheets and more.
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Professional Development at Your Pace |
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Archived Webinars
Don't miss out on Prevention First's collection of live webinars to watch at your own convenience:
For APRC Webinars, visit their GoTo Stage for archived webinars.
For Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Webinars, visit their webpage.
For SUPR Treatment & Recovery Webinars, visit SUPR Training Events- Archived Webinar on the sidebar.
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