Eastern Center for Prevention Services
NCFADS Summer School July 27th – July 31st 2009
Prevention Scholarship Application
This is a full scholarship including registration, room and board. Recipients are required to attend a prevention track. Please return completed application along with narrative and colleague reference by June 15th.
Application
 
Membership and Board of Directors Nominations
The purpose of the North Carolina Prevention Providers Association is twofold: first to create one voice for prevention in North Carolina for advocacy, central communication and networking for substance abuse prevention providers; and, second to have providers participate in the decisions that affect the ability to offer prevention services and stay in business.

We will do this together when we value the opportunity to create a transparent forum that represents the voice of prevention. The Association can be that voice heard at both the local level and in Raleigh, increasing the value and relevancy of prevention by coming together collectively.

Download Membership Application & Directors Nomination

 
North Carolina Regional Centers for Prevention Resources (CPR)
This is a map showing the North Carolina Regional Centers for Prevention Resources (CPR): Download
 
Prevention is the Answer III Wrap-up
Thanks to the participation of 85 registered participants, the June 19-20th meeting of Prevention is the Answer III in Raleigh was a success. The pre conference visit to the General Assembly by a handful of participants invoked the reality that substance abuse prevention efforts in North Carolina are gaining organized momentum and recognition. During the visit, information about the Providers Association and prevention science were hand delivered to every legislator’s office. It has been suggested that these legislative visits become an annual tradition during Prevention is the Answer Conferences.

During the two days, sessions included, Demystifying the Media, updates from the NC Institute of Medicine Task Force on Substance Abuse, updates from the NC Division of MH/DD/SA, Community Coalition Initiatives, and an Introduction to KIT Solutions; the new data performance tracking system soon to be operationalized statewide. In addition, participants engaged in Round Table Discussions about cutting edge issues relevant to prevention providers:

  • Staff training
  • Funding streams
  • Best practice programs and practices
  • Cultural adaptations and fidelity
  • Strategic planning and setting goals
  • Preparing for the certification exam
  • Prevention providers website
  • Implementing policies and procedures
Furthermore, individual Committees met for the first time during a day one reception and arranged for follow-up meetings before the end of October. The Committees include:
  • Workforce
  • Marketing/Communications
  • Community Coalitions
  • Membership
  • Funding/Sustainability
  • Policy/Advocacy
*Follow-up information about the Round Table Discussions and Committee Listings are posted on this website.

Finally, a handful of participants took advantage of free Durham Bulls baseball tickets for a Prevention Night at the Athletic Park. We thank the Partnership for a Drug Free North Carolina for providing free game tickets to Conference participants.

The Near Future:
Our next Prevention is the Answer IV Conference to take place sometime in early 2009. Between now and then, individual Committees will meet for independent business meetings and they will have opportunity to report progress during a fall 2008 Webinar Teleconference. (If you are not already signed up for a Committee, please visit Committee Listings on this website for more information) The Webinar will also serve as an opportunity for Providers to lend feedback about the planning and voting process to elect the Provider Associations first Board of Directors, slated to be inducted during the 2009 Conference.

We thank you for your participation, commitment, and enthusiasm; and for the expertise you lend to the field of substance abuse prevention. We are pleased about the progress that has been made in one year, and we look forward to the expansion of this work in the future as we continue to grow as One Voice within the North Carolina community.

 
Prevention Providers Speak Out about their Needs!
At Prevention Is the Answer II, prevention providers from across the state gathered in Elon, North Carolina to consider issues of concern for their field. In focus groups held after lunch, people worked together to create ideas that could serve as recommendations to the North Carolina Institute of Medicine Task Force on Substance Abuse. These are the key points from these group discussions.
 
Who Provides Prevention Services in North Carolina?
Another activity at the conference was a brief survey of the participants in attendance. Find out about who is providing prevention in North Carolina, view our Snap Shot of the Prevention Workforce.
 
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