The Attorney General’s National Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence, a key component of the Department’s Defending...
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January 27, 2012
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In a new partnership, the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) and the MacArthur Foundation are jointly offering $2 million in funding to support innovative and effective best practices in juvenile justice reform across the country. Juvenile justice reform enhances public... |
January 27, 2012
Welcome to the inaugural edition of the NJJEC Bulletin!
Click the link below to access the bulletin.
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January 19, 2012
January 19, 2012
Middle and High School Students VOTE on their FAVORITE Super Bowl commercials!
The NFL Super Bowl is known for its commercials as much as the game itself.DID YOU KNOW? Of that wide viewing audience, about 18% will be youth under 21. If your child (student) is one of them, he or she will be exposed to alcohol advertising.
That is why you need to GET IN THE GAME! Last...
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January 19, 2012
January 19, 2012
Vital Signs: Binge Drinking Prevalence, Frequency, and Intensity Among Adults - United States, 2010 - Early Release - January 10, 2012: http://www.cdc.gov/
mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm61e
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January 19, 2012
Northwest HIDTA Newsletter September - December 2011: http://lib.adai.washington.edu/clearinghouse/downloads/
377-HIDTA-newsletter.pdf
January 19, 2012
Energize your 2012 Kick Butts Day event with a $500 or $1,000 minigrant, made possible by a grant from the United Health Foundation.
Once you have registered your event, the mini-grant application form will be available for you to complete. Simply fill out the online form by telling us more about your proposed Kick Butts Day event along with a budget detailing your anticipated expenses.
We will only consider completed grant applications associated with a...
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The US Department of Education has recently released a report on school-based evidence-based prevention programs.
http://docs.theathenaforum.org/sites/default/files/Research-based-prevention%20programs_0.pdf
January 19, 2012
A new report demonstrates that Communities That Care returns $5.30 in reduced substance abuse and delinquency costs for each dollar invested.
January 17, 2012
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A new working definition of recovery from mental disorders and substance use disorders is being announced by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The definition is the product of a year-long effort by SAMHSA and a wide range of partners in the behavioral health care community and other fields to develop a working definition of recovery that captures the essential, common... |
January 17, 2012
By R. Gil Kerlikowske, DIrector, Office of National Drug Control Policy
Ed. Note: This post originally appeared on HuffingtonPost.com
Recently, I joined officials from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Department of Health and Human Services...
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