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Rock ‘n Roll Attendees: Laurel Back, Jim Borte, Jody Moss, Zach Addleman, Rob Thomas, Cherie Reeves Sperr, Sylvia Moon, David Lewis, Jody Jacobsen, Mike Doherty, Chris Shea PRESENTATIONCherie Reeves, Assistant Director, Rob Thomas, Health Educator, and Zac Addleman (Teen Male Mentor) presented information regarding programs and services offered through Family Planning of Clallam County (FPCC). The agency provides both clinical services and education to both men and women of all ages (including teens) – they serve a very broad range of clients. They provide a sliding-fee scale and offer many state funded programs that people are eligible. Clinical Services: · Sliding-fee scale health care services to low-income men and women. In 2000, 74% of the 1376 patients served by FPCC were at or below 100% of the Federal Poverty Level (free services). For many of these clients this is the only healthcare they receive. · Comprehensive Reproductive Health Exams (annuals) for both men and women. Breast, cervical and testicular cancer screening. · Free Teen Clinic: Free, confidential services for youth 17 and under. · Contraceptive Methods: Services include birth control and other contraceptive methods, including emergency contraception – basically if it’s FDA approved, they provide it. · Take Charge: Serves people living up to 200% of Federal Poverty level with family planning services. They qualify for free clinical services for up to a one year and it is renewable. · Sexually Transmitted Disease testing and treatment. · HIV testing, counseling and referral available. · State funds for Vasectomies for low-come males and Tubal Legation for females. · Walk in and appointments made for Pregnancy Testing and Counseling. FPCC offers all three options (prenatal, adoption and abortion referrals) and provide all the resource information based on the client’s decision. FPCC does not provide abortions, pre-natal care, or adoption services. ·
Breast and Cervical Health Program:
Low income clients may be eligible for mammograms and cervical health
care screening. If something is
detected, referral to low income services are made to Seattle providers. ·
Sports Physicals Educational Services: · Resource Area: On-site videos, books, pamphlets, brochures and other educational materials for free public use. Private, confidential and completely free to the community. · “Detention Prevention: A Second Chance” Program at Clallam County Juvenile Detention Facility. Rob Thomas has been visiting Juvenile Services two days a week and providing classroom education to incarcerated youth, the highest risk group. However, due to budget issues this service has dropped down to one day a week, (Fridays). Mainly Rob discusses STD’s (protection & signs/symptoms) with the youth. Other topics include self-esteem, dangerous relationships, birth control methods, and puberty changes. Every freshman in PAHS and Sequim see Rob during the classroom presentations and if kids are spending a lot of time in detention, they probably aren’t seeing him while in school. Rob also comes out on Thursday’s and meets with youth individually. Juvenile Services has contracted for services with Family Planning to provide all the nursing services – daily monitoring of kids including dispensing of medication and 30 day physicals. The nurse is on site Monday through Friday. Rob advises them about clinical services available to them and screens them for Reproductive Health Care Services provided by the nurse while they are incarcerated. Once seen while in detention, they are an established client and can continue to have those services when they get out and remember, the services are FREE and Confidential!! · Teen Pregnancy Prevention: High School and Middle School support groups for kids both high-risk and not-so-high-risk intended to lower teen pregnancy. Includes new suicide prevention curriculum. 14 support groups being offered throughout the county (Stevens MS, Roosevelt MS, PAHS, Choice, YMCA Teen Scene, Tempest Teen Center, Sequim HS, and Sequim MS). Snacks and refreshments provided. · Realizing Abstinence Media Project (RAMP): Abstinence education program with media production. Offered to each school in Forks, Clallam Bay, Neah Bay, and Sequim. Targets 6th grade youth and provides information regarding abstinence from not only sex, but drugs and alcohol as well. Program is evaluated by the Washington Institute, which is part of the University of Washington research group. · On-site Classroom Education at local middle and high schools, provided by both male and female educators. · Teen Suicide Prevention Program: Supported by the Center for Disease Control. Education is discussed with youth during support group sessions and at the Juvenile Detention Facility. · Native American and Latina women Breast Cancer Outreach Program: Breast Cancer outreach program for Latina and Native American women in the West End. Women providers from FPCC take the mammogram van out to them and provide services to them. · On-site juvenile and adult treatment center education and public presentations and education ·
Baby-Think-It-Over Program:
Assign a battery-powered baby doll to a teen for 24 hours.
They are totally responsible for the baby during that time.
A computer records how often the fed and/or neglected the child.
Youth are also required to fill out a worksheet as to how much it costs
to have a baby. · Teen Support Groups: informal drop in support groups facilitated by Family Planning staff for both males and females. Currently offered at Sequim Alternative School, Choice, Family Planning, YMCA Teen Scene, and Tempest (upcoming). · Teen Male Mentor: Zach Addleman is working with FPCC as a male mentor and is available off-site at both the Boys & Girls Club and the YMCA Teen Scene once a week. He provides information to teens if something comes up that warrants a referral. Zach said he has had a number of kids reach out to him for more information and he sees it as a beneficial service. The Teen Pregnancy Rate throughout the state and the county, is going down, overall. The 15-17 year old age category is at 25.0 pregnancies per 1,000 females in Clallam County. However the 18-19 year old category remains quite high at 147.4 pregnancies per 1,000 females. Of interest is that between 40-50% of these 18-19 year old women are married. Dual gender education is provided. The Sequim Middle School 8th Grade class is a mixed group instruction setting. Also, the week-long instruction offered to PAHS freshman includes meeting with both sexes together and talking about relationship info etc... initially. On the last day the groups split up and talk about gender specific topics. Parents are given the option to have their children opt out of the education program. Parents are also welcome to sit in on the instruction as well. FPCC would like to do more with parents to get them involved and keep them informed. If you know any places that could benefit from a presentation, please contact Cherie or Rob. They are always willing to provide information and education to the community. For more information, please contact them at Family Planning of Clallam County, 1106 E. First Street, Port Angeles, WA 98362. Phone: #452-2954 or visit the website at: www.familyplanningofcc.org. (The website will be down for another month, but they will announce when it is up and operational) PROJECT UPDATES§ Victim-Offender Meditation: Received 22 new referrals involving 25 offenders for the month of January. Mediated 2 cases, 9 additional cases in process. Currently active: 36 cases involving 44 offenders. § Mentoring: No referrals for female mentees, have three female volunteers interested. Jody will be attending the Northwest Mentoring Summit next week in Seattle. § Teen Court: Held two more court hearings this month and four exit hearings. Three of the youth successfully completed their contracts, one was given an extension. § Restitution Fund: Did not receive any time sheets for January. § Resource Guide: Draft is ready except for a few chapters. Director of HHS is interested in assisting with the publication of the guide. Also working with Judith Morris of United Way on the development of a Resource Center and local 2-1-1 resource hotline. SAVE THE DATE!Grant Writing Class: Karen Bertroch will be presenting a 2 Day Grant Writing Course on Thursday, March 28, 2002 from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm at the Sequim Senior Center. The classes will cover research, needs statements, project descriptions, financial and budget presentations, and attachments for a written proposal developed by the end of the course. The cost is $150. Questions about this class can be sent to Gina Sweetzer at glsweetser@cs.com or call #683-0214. Grim Reaper
Program: A
powerful anti drinking and driving program called the "Grim Reaper"
will be presented at the Port Angeles High School the week of March 25th,
culminating in an assembly Thursday morning for Juniors and Seniors.
Community members are welcome to attend, and parents of junior and
senior students will be invited. If
you are interested in attending, call the high school at #452-7602 for the
time of the assembly. Free
Training!
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome:
with Carol Hartness, Tuesday, April 16th, 9:00 AM to 4:00
PM, sign-in begins at 8:30 AM.
Sponsored by Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, please contact Liz Mueller,
#681-4628 for more information.
Seating is limited to 50 people.
The
Center for Substance Abuse and Prevention
is sponsoring a conference which includes trainings
of trainers for 11 of CSAP's Model Programs. The trainings will be held at
various times during the week of April 22-26 at the Holiday Inn
Washington Dulles in Dulles, Virginia.
The specific dates and costs of trainings are included below.
The cost includes breakfast, lunch, and breaks, plus materials and the
training fee. Participants are
responsible for their own transportation, lodging and other travel costs. Across
Ages, April 25-26, $170 For more information
on any of these model programs, please visit http://www.samhsa.gov/centers/csap/modelprograms/
If you have questions, please feel free to contact either myself at
nluna@unr.edu or (888) 734-7476 or Kris Gabrielsen at (503) 474-0218, krisgab@attbi.com. Second Annual
Restorative Justice Conference is being held Friday, April 26th,
2002 in Ellensburg, WA. The
conference is free of charge and will be followed by a two day Victim-Offender
Mediation Training session (cost $150.00 for out-of-towners) for mediators
currently trained in Basic Mediation practices. For more information please contact the Victim Offender
Mediation Program at (509) 962-5004 or VOM@Elltel.net
. 7th
Annual National Prevention Symposium - Empowering
Our Youth To Thrive in Uncertain Times.
Seattle, July 31st - August 2nd, 2002.
Look for more information soon at:
www.chef.org, or call/email Debbie
Pitcock Crawley at #1-800-323-2433 x 129, dpc@chef.org. Weaving a Future of Hope for Washington's Children October 27-29, 2002, Yakima Convention Center, Yakima, WA. Join us for the start of an exciting new tradition! The Children's Alliance is pleased to present a two-day statewide conference for advocates, service providers, parents, grantmakers, policy makers, community leaders and anyone who cares about children in Washington. Detailed program information and registration details will be mailed this summer. If you have questions or would like more information, please contact Emily Janikowski, the conference planner at (509) 547-5538 or ejanikowski@mcmgt.com WEBSITES OF INTERESTFrontline article regarding the debate on sentencing youth in adult vs. juvenile
court: www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/juvenile/
follows the case of four juvenile males through this process.
OJJDP
News @ a Glance,
January/February 2002" (NCJ 190026) is available online at http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/pubs/general.html#190026. Gateway
is donating up to 4500 computers
that were used in the Winter Olympic Games to non-profit organizations
sometime in April 2002. To register your group visit the link below and sign up now.
www.gateway.com/olympics/donations.shtml. The Washington Institute for Public Policy website http://www.wsipp.wa.gov/ . The March edition of
the "Tip of the CAPT" is
now available on-line. If you would like to view it, please go to the
following link and click on "March - Latest Model Programs Released by
CSAP -- Part 2 " http://www.unr.edu/westcapt/TIPList.html . FUNDING NEWS2002
Drug-Free Communities Grants
Available: http://www.jointogether.org/jtodirect?U=88525&O=548465 About 70 grants of up
to $100,000 each will be awarded to community coalitions working to prevent
alcohol and other drug abuse among youth, via the Drug-Free Communities
Support Program. 2003 Local Initiative Funding Partners Program: http://www.jointogether.org/jtodirect?U=88525&O=548894
The Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation has issued a call for proposals for its Local Initiatives
Funding Partners program for 2003. CDC Offers Prevention-Research Grants:
http://www.jointogether.org/jtodirect?U=88525&O=548512
The federal Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is seeking applications for grants
supporting investigator-initiated research on community-based approaches to
prevention. For
Fundraising Success, Target Individuals, Board, Staff, Says Expert:
http://www.jointogether.org/jtodirect?U=88525&O=548473 Individuals are
responsible for 90 percent of charitable donations, so fundraising by
addiction programs needs to focus on alumni and community supporters, not
foundations or corporations, says Douglas Tieman. Next
Meeting: Thursday, March 28th, 2002, 4:00-5:00 PM
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