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October 2008 Electronic Newsletter – Committed Caring Faith Communities
A Credential is Now Available for Individuals Who Provide Recovery Support Services in Missouri
Thanks to Scott Breedlove and the Missouri Substance Abuse Professional Credentialing Board, a credential is now available for individuals in Missouri who provide recovery support services. The credential is called the Misssouri Recovery Support Specialist (MRSS). Missouri is the third state to offer this type of credential for recovery support service providers. Illinois and Florida are the other states that recognize recovery support providers or peer specialists with a credential. CCFC is very pleased that members of faith-based and community-based organizations that have been helping people in their recovery journey will now be eligible to apply for a professional credential. The requirements along with other information are available on the Credentialing Board’s website at www.msapcb.com.
New Director of Faith-Based & Community Partnerships Named for Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Rev. Bridget E. Smith has been named as the Director of the Office of Faith Based and Community Partnerships. Rev. Smith joins the Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse with a wealth of experience in the faith community as a pastor, chaplain, therapist, and a host of other positions. George Norman will continue to provide some direction to Rev. Smith as she get to know the faith-based providers involved with substance abuse prevention and recovery support services. Please join CCFC in welcoming Rev. Smith.
Congratulations to CCFC’s 2008 Award Recipients
Congratulations to Darryl Allen, Director of Delivered to Make a Difference subtance abuse ministry at Faith Miracle Temple in St. Louis. Mr. Allen is the 2008 recipient of CCFC ’s Faith Works Award. We also congratulate Bishop Harold Long of Faith Walk Ministries in Paris, Missouri as the recipient of the 2008 Marietta Stepney Memorial Award. Both awardees have made outstanding contributions, helping people with substance abuse problems to transform their lives.
Three St. Louis-Based ATR Providers Receive Recognition
Vivian Dudley, Bianca Dickens, and Barbara Smith-Miller were all recognized recently.
Ms. Dudley, executive director, West End Mt. Carmel Community Outreach Service, was named winner of the Avon Hello Tomorrow Fund $5,000 cash award. She was the first recipient in the state of Missouri since the weekly award was initiated in 2007. She will use her award to support West End’s obesity prevention program for low-income African American girls called The Powder Room.
Mrs. Dickens, executive director, Envisioning Life Ministries, was honored for her service by the St. Louis Association of Colored Women’s Clubs, Inc. at its 77th annual fellowship breakfast October 18 in St. Louis.
Ms. Smith-Miller, founder of Buttons & Bows and business associate with Caring Options, was featured in the summer edition of In Magazine (Inspired Living) for her life-long efforts to help others. Buttons & Bows Preschool is being honored by the Office of Mayor Francis G. Slay with one of the 2008 Neighborhood Business of the Year Awards.
Congratulations to these three dynamic women!
Save the Date - March 7, 2009
On March 7, CCFC and the Healthcare Foundation of Greater Kansas City will host a free day-long grant writing workshop in Kansas City for faith and community-based organizations interested in apply for funding through the Healthcare Foundation. Foundation funding is limited to the Healthcare Foundation’s service area in western Missouri. Watch the CCFC website for details (www.ccfc-stl.org).
Annual Visit to Legislators at State Capitol Tentatively Scheduled
The Missouri Faith Community Substance Abuse Resource Network has tentatively set aside January 22 for the annual visit to legislators at the State Capitol to provide information about recovery support services. Recovery support services providers are all invited to participate. This date is still tentative, however. Visit our website for updates at www.ccfc-stl.org.
Five Faith-Based Organizations To Implement Girls Holla Back! HIV Prevention Program
CCFC has teamed up with the Missouri Institute of Mental Health (MIMH) and received funds for five St. Louis faith-based organizations to implement MIMH’s popular Girls Holla Back! II Intergenerational HIV/AIDS Prevention Program this fall.
The five organizations selected to receive mini-grants to implement the program are My Redeemer Lives, Project Uplift of St. Peter AME Church, Tabernacle of Life Christian Church, Trinity Christian Fellowship Church, and Williams Temple Church of God in Christ Neighborhood Outreach Center. Two of the five organizations are ATR recovery support service providers. CCFC is currently seeking funds to take Girls Holla Back! to the Kansas City area.
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January 2008 Electronic Newsletter – CCFC
Join Us January 30 at the State Capitol to Advocate for Recovery Support Services
The Missouri Faith Community Substance Abuse Resource Network is calling recovery support service providers and recipients of recovery support services to meet with your legislators January 30 at the State Capitol in Jefferson City. The purpose of the trip is to convince legislators that recovery support services need to become a permanent part of the continuum of care for addiction and substance abuse treatment. In other words, state dollars need to be provided for recovery support services so that when the federal Access to Recovery (ATR) grant ends, funds will still be available so that recovery support services can continue indefinitely. We will meet in the rotunda of the Capitol building at 9 a.m. so you can pick up a packet with talking points and insert your organization’s brochure. Then we’ll go individually to meet with the representatives and senators from our various districts. If you’d like to receive the talking points ahead of time, you can request them by e-mail CCFC at ccfc.ccfc@att.net. To look up the name of your senator, go to http://www.senate.mo.gov/llookup/leg_lookup.aspx and enter your 9-digit zip code. Your state representative can be found at http://www.house.state.mo.us/default.aspx?page=Clerk.ATR Update
Applications are now being accepted from faith and community-based organizations interested in providing recovery support services as a vendor for the Missouri Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse. To date, CCFC has received 56 applications from throughout the state. To download the ATR application, go to http://www.dmh.missouri.gov/ada/ATR/ATRII.htm. Missouri received a three-year $14.2 million ATR grant in September 2007. CCFC is responsible for credentialing recovery support providers and has developed a Code of Ethics to help ensure that clients receive the highest quality of care. It will be convening a statewide Board of Ethics in the near future. If you are a recovery support services provider who is interested in serving on the board, e-mail our ATR coordinator, Sular Gordon at s.gordon.ccfc@att.net. Announcing the Formation of the Missouri Alliance of Faith-Based Social Services
December 15, 2007 marked the kick-off of a new organization that will serve as the voice of faith-based social services in Missouri -The Missouri Alliance of Faith-Based Social Services. The Alliance is a membership organization that will be made up of organizations from a variety of faith traditions and denominations. Social services encompass programs designed to improve the life and living conditions of vulnerable populations (children, elders, poor, people with mental illness or substance abuse problems, people living with HIV or AIDS, war veterans, etc.) The mission of the Alliance is to advocate for policies that promote and maintain healthy families and communities through faith-based initiatives. Sign up your organization before June 1, 2008 to be a charter member. Membership dues are $500 annually for voting members and $250 for non-voting members. For more information, e-mail the Alliance at mofaithalliance@att.net CCFC Offering Two Free Grant Writing Workshops
Mark your calendars for CCFC’s free grant writing workshop for faith and small community-based organizations. The workshop will be offered in two locations – March 7-8, 2008 in Springfield, MO at the Clarion Hotel, 3333 S. Glenstone, and March 28-29, 2008 in Kansas City, MO at the Holiday Inn – Sports Complex, 4011 Blue Ridge Cut-Off. Workshops will be from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and then from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. To reserve a slot, there is a $25 registration fee that will be returned to participants upon completion of the two-day workshop. Only two participants will be allowed from each organization. Registration forms will be available by January14 and can be obtained by e-mailing ccfc.ccfc@att.net to request the form. You may also register on-line beginning January 14 at www.ccfc-stl.org under Events. CCFC Regional Meetings Scheduled for Faith Organizations
CCFC will be conducting regular meetings in the various regions of the state to touch base with faith-based organizations to provide information on what’s going on in the field of substance abuse, introduce other organizations or projects that might be of assistance to the faith community, identify the training needs of faith organizations, and hear about your experiences in the field. These meeting are open to any faith organizations interested in substance abuse prevention, treatment, or recovery support services.
All meetings will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
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City |
Location
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| January 24 | St. Louis | Holiday Inn – Forest Park
5915 Wilson, St. Louis, MO 63110 |
| January 31 | Kansas City | Pioneer Campus – Room 118
2700 East 18th Street, Kansas City, MO 64127 |
| February 7 | Columbia | Best Western Hotel
3100 I-70 Drive SE, Columbia, MO 65201 |
| February 21 | Sikeston | Best Western Hotel
220 S. Interstate Drive, Sikeston, MO 63801 |
| February 28 | Springfield | Clarion Hotel
3333 S. Glenstone, Springfield, MO 65804 |
2008 Addictions Academies Scheduled
The Basic Addictions Academy will be May 19-23 at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, MO. The discounted fee is $125 per person and it includes double-occupancy dormitory lodging, meals, materials, and CEUs. This course is required in order to be credentialed for ATR. The registration form can be downloaded from www.ccfc-stl.org under Events. You can also reserve your slot on-line at this site and pay by credit card. The Missouri Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse is covering the major part of the cost so that the discounted fee can be offered.
The Advanced Addictions Academy will be July 21-23 at Lincoln University. The fee is $300 per person and it covers double-occupancy lodging, meals, materials, and CEUs. Registration forms will be available in March and can be obtained by e-mailing ccfc.ccfc@att.net and requesting a form.
CCFC to Resume Offering its Regional Faith-Based Substance Abuse Conference
CCFC’s annual conference is back by poplar demand. The 2008 conference will be October 17 at the St. Louis Airport Marriott Hotel. The keynote speaker will be The Rev. Dr. Kenneth S. Robinson, M.D., pastor of St. Andrew AME Church in Memphis, TN and former commissioner of health for the state of Tennessee. Registration is $125 per person. Registration forms will be available in the spring. Additional information will be posted on our website in the near future at www.ccfc-stl.org under Events.
Girls Holla Back! Making a Comeback in St. Louis
The award-winning Girls Holla Back! HIV intergenerational prevention program for African American girls and their mothers or female guardians is making a comeback in St. Louis. The Missouri Institute of Mental Health and CCFC will be looking for faith organizations in the St. Louis area to participate in the program. A dinner meeting for pastors and other spiritual leaders is scheduled for January 17. If your faith organization is interested, please e-mail Daphne.Walker-Thoth@mimh.edu to see if you are eligible.
Spring Training Institute Set for May 14-16, 2008
Once again, CCFC is coordinating the faith-based track of the Missouri Department of Mental Health’s Spring Training Institute to be held May 14-16, 2008 at Tan-Tar-A in Osage Beach, MO. For more information, visit the Department’s website at http://www.dmh.missouri.gov/ada/provider/springtrain.htm
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