ODP UPDATES
Celebrate Eat Together Idaho’s Family Dinner Initiative in Your Community!
Research has found that frequent family dinners can lower rates of depression, substance use, and delinquent acts among teens. Eating together may protect children and youth from depression and risky behaviors by providing a regular and comforting context to check in with parents about their day-to-day activities and connect with them emotionally. That’s why ODP encourages prevention partners to join the Idaho Family Dinner Initiative and celebrate family meals in their communities each Fall, from September through November.

Want to get involved? Prevention partners that order free Family Meal Guides to distribute in their communities are eligible to receive a stipend to organize a Family Dinner event or activity. To order Meal Guides and/or request a stipend, please complete the ETI Family Dinner Initiative Activity Form.
Call for Community Participation in Annual Sticker Shock Campaign
ODP, in partnership with the Idaho State Liquor Division (ISLD), is gearing up to implement the annual Sticker Shock Campaign for the 2023 season. Designed to educate adults who may purchase alcohol legally and illegally provide to minors under 21, stickers will placed on bags supplied by ISLD and distributed by state-operated and contracted liquor stores throughout Idaho.

Community organizations interested in participating can learn more and register here.
Start Planning for National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
The 25th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is on Saturday, October 28th, 2023. Created by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in 2010, National Prescription Drug Take Back Days happen twice a year in April and October to address the public safety issue created by unused or expired prescription medications, which are highly susceptible to misuse and theft. Take Back Day events provide an opportunity for Americans to safely and securely dispose of unused, expired, and unwanted prescription medications and help prevent substance misuse and overdose deaths.

ODP encourages local organizations across the state to organize and/or promote Take Back Day events in their communities to help Idahoans properly dispose of unused or expired medications.

Visit ODP's National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Webpage to download the updated Take Back Day Collection Site Event Planning & Promotional Toolkit.

Grantee Spotlight
Idaho Youth Attend 2023 Northwest Alcohol Conference
ODP was pleased to partner with the 2023 Northwest Alcohol Conference by sponsoring the youth track. Youth in attendance heard from amazing speakers including Natalie Marti, Brandon Lee White, Deputy Gomez, Melissa Moore, and the top-notch emcee/trainer for the event, Nicole Podesta!  
 
Purpose, Leadership, and Action was the theme this year and the youth spent a lot of time uncovering their own strengths and styles to better know what they bring to the table and to their communities. 
 
Monday night, Brandon Lee White led them in a ballroom dance activity full of fun and laughter... but reminded them to embrace who they are and to always be brave.  
 
The event concluded with Melissa Moore leading them in an action planning activity that they can continue to work on and then submit their completed plan/proposal to the NoWAC board to receive a stipend to assist them in the completion of their project!  This special stipend is available only to Youth Track 2023 attendees!
UPCOMING EVENTS
Power Up Summit
September 20-21, 2023 | JUMP Boise
The Idaho Out-of-School Network’s 10th annual Power Up Summit will be empowering leaders and program providers to delve in and GROW, building knowledge, practice, awareness and resources to impact the overall health and quality of ourselves and the programs serving youth. The Summit will host upwards of 300 people in Boise on September 20th and 21st and is Idaho’s only conference dedicated solely to professionals working in out-of-school time (before and after school and in summer learning programs). This conference celebrates heroes in the community, connects people serving youth, empowers and energizes us to be creative and work together to meet the needs of families and youth statewide.
NEWS STORIES & REPORTS | UPCOMING EVENTS
Observances
  • August: National Back to School Month
  • August: Family Fun Month
  • August 31: International Overdose Awareness Day. Learn More.
Webinar & Training Opportunities
  • September 26 & October 3: Strategic Tools: Using Logic Models for Organizational Planning and Evaluation. Learn more.
Next Month...

Find all upcoming events at www.odp.idaho.gov/events
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