*Title of Event/Activity:
Recovering Our Future B One Youth At A Time: A Raleigh Community Forum
*Abstract/Description of Event/Activity:
Panelists at this forum will discuss drugs of choice of adolescents, including marijuana; the lack of sufficient funding for treatment and treatment options, the use of developmental assets to raise resilient children and teenagers; concern about parents who either do not recognize the signs or substance abuse or deny that their children have a problem, denying that it=s happening; and the lack of information to parents to let them know where to go for help.
*Date(s) of the Event/Activity:
Thursday, September 28, 2000: 5:30-8:30 pm; Mezeek Middle, 828 S. Jackson Street
*Who Should Participate:
The target audiences will include youth, policymakers and health insurers, judges, health professionals who serve adolescents, schools and the education community, juvenile/criminal justice system, workplace/employers, community-based organizations serving youth, the faith community, the media, the medical community, and of course, parents and their families.
*Name of Primary Contact:
Carol Carrithers
*Telephone Number:
502/589-8600
*Fax Number:
502/589-8614
*Email Address:
ccarrith@sevencounties.org
*Title of Event/Activity:
Recovering our Future: One Youth at a Time
*Abstract/Description of Event/Activity:
The Adolescent Substance Abuse Planning Project of Northern Ky. will be sponsoring two training and discussion forums to acquaint system professionals with the project and seek their involvement in a regional (8-county) needs assessment and strategic plan.
Keynote Speaker: Janice Gabe, nationally known expert in adolescent substance abuse, will give a presentation entitled, "Millenium Teens: Coping in a Culture of Change"
Project Partners: NorthKey Community Care, Brighton Center, Transitions, Inc., Catholic Social Services and Family Service of No. Ky.
Funded by a grant from the Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati
*Date(s) of the Event/Activity:
Oct. 23 and 24, 5:30-8:30 PM
*Who Should Participate:
Both administrators and front-line workers in all systems working with adolescents in the Ky. counties of Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Owen and Pendleton: treatment and school personnel, juvenile justice, law enforcement, health care, elected officials, social services, etc.
*Name of Primary Contact:
Angela R. Carl, Project Director
*Telephone Number:
513-683-9332
*Fax Number:
513-683-4626
*Email Address:
angie.carl@usa.net