Latino Service Providers

of Sonoma County

Latino Service Providers Meeting

Latino Service Providers Meeting in SANTA ROSA

Hosted by
Community Child Care Council
Date:  Thursday, May 27th, 2010
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
location: 396 Tesconi Ct.
Santa Rosa, 95401

Contact:  707-544-3077 

May 15, 2010

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 New Guide-Prevent Teen Drinking

New Guide Empowers Sonoma County Parents to Prevent Teen Drinking

The Sonoma County Maternal, Child & Adolescent Health Advisory Board, in conjunction with California Parenting Institute, local hospitals and other community partners, has released a new guide for parents emphasizing the risks of underage alcohol use and the role that parents have in preventing teen drinking.
Underage Drinking in Sonoma County helps debunk the myth that teen drinking is an acceptable and inevitable “right” of passage by presenting the health impacts and consequences associated with risky behavior.
·         Alcohol use can damage areas of a teen’s developing brain that are responsible for planning, decision making, learning and memory.  These changes can be long-term and irreversible.
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·         Alcohol addiction is significantly higher in adults who start to drink as young teens.  For every year that youth delay drinking, the chances of having an alcohol abuse disorder decrease.
·         Teens that drink are more prone to impulsive behaviors that put them at risk of injury including binge drinking, driving under the influence, fighting and unprotected sexual activity.  31% of 11th graders in Sonoma County have driven a car after drinking or been driven by a friend who has been drinking.

The guide is part of a larger community effort that includes education, legislation, and enforcement to address the issue of underage alcohol in our community.   The guide was possible through the support of the Sonoma County Department of Health Services, Sonoma County Office of Education, California Department of Public Health and California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs.

Copies of the guide in English and Spanish may be downloaded at www.sonoma-county.org/mcah   For more information contact Terese Voge, Maternal, Child & Adolescent Health Advisory Board, TVoge@cars-rp.org; 707.568.3800.

Rebecca Jones Munger, CNM, PHN
Maternal Child Adolescent Health Coordinator Sonoma County Department of Health Services
625 5th Street, Santa Rosa, CA  95404
desk   707 565-4553
fax    707 565-4550
rmunger@sonoma-county.org
www.sonoma-county.org/mcah

Clinica de Recursos de Bienes Raices
Here is a copy of the flyer for our event this weekend at the Finley Center.  
Thank you for your help in spreading the word.   
Delia Nieto
Community Realty
DRE#01214445
(707) 484-8125 Cell
(707) 395-4022 Fax

Recruiting youth for coalition

Dear Providers,

I am the new Mental Health Program Specialist for Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County.  We are putting together a team of dynamic young people to form the Peer Outreach Coalition.  This project is for transitional aged youth, 16 to 22 years old, who are interested in learning more about mental health problems and risks facing young people, promoting awareness about these issues, and gaining valuable work experience.

Youth recruited for the Peer Outreach Coalition will begin serving as Peer Leaders during the summer.  They will design and implement a peer-led social marketing project to raise awareness of mental health and related health concerns facing Sonoma County teens.  Peer Leaders should be technology-savvy and familiar with online social-networking websites such as Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace.  The Peer Outreach Coalition will also design videos to be uploaded to YouTube, so students with video filming and production experience is highly desirable. 

Call for flyer and application. Please feel free to forward this e-mail to any colleagues who may know of youth who would want to get involved.

In addition, I would like to make copies of the flyers available at your local offices.  If you would like to make these available, please let me know and I will drop them off at your offices next week.

Thank you so much!  I am in the office Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday and will be able to respond to e-mails and phone calls on those days.  I look forward to hearing from you soon!

Shana Friedman
Mental Health Program Specialist
Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County
1300 North Dutton Avenue
Santa Rosa, CA 95401
ph. 707-544-6911 ext.1052
fax 707-526-2918
http://capsonoma.org

Wanda Tapia, Director, Latino Service Providers Sonoma County
P.O. Box 2226, Windsor, CA  95492-2226
Email: wtapia@latinoserviceproviders.org
Telephone: 707-799-2577
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