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6th Annual Prevention Day at the Capitol

Over 65 preventionists gathered at the Missouri State Capitol for the 6^th Annual Prevention Day last week. Each year the Missouri Substance Use Prevention Network and ACT Missouri provide an opportunity for preventionists across Missouri to network with peers in prevention, share ideas, and showcase community successes at the Capitol.

This year Representative Holly Rehder shared her prevention story, as well as tips on how to talk to legislators. Tyler, a youth from the 417Squad in Springfield, MO, also shared why it is important for youth to be involved in advocacy. Preventionists then visited with their representatives and senators throughout the morning, sharing facts about substance use and misuse, as well as the accomplishments in their communities. Many attendees were also able to view the legislative process by attending committee hearings that covered prevention topics!

This year members also shared Missouri Prevention Stories. Over past years, the Missouri Prevention Network has done a wonderful job of showing the data that prevention in Missouri works. This year, ACT Missouri took the opportunity to tell prevention stories from around the state. These stories originate from the people that are working with our youth daily. This is just a small sampling of the prevention work that is happening in Missouri, but they are stories that need to be told!

The Youth Ambassadors hosted a breakfast in the morning, and shared information about how they are promoting prevention and educating peers in their communities. Later they met with Representative Holly Rehder, who spoke to them about advocacy, and congratulated them on the important work they are doing in their communities. Representative Mike Kelley took all the youth who attended on a tour of the Capitol; showing them the House Chambers, the Whispering Gallery, and up to the dome!

Youth Ambassadors with Representative Rehder in the House Chamber.
Representative Kelley and the Youth Ambassadors.
2017 Youth Ambassadors
Representative Rehder speaks with the Youth Ambassadors.
Youth Ambassadors at the top of the Capitol Building.
Representative Kelley gives the Youth Ambassadors and coalition members a tour.
Preventionists gather in the morning to hear opening remarks.
Tyler and Nic from the 417Squad in Springfield, MO share why it is important for youth to get involved.

Chapters Around Missouri and the Nation Gearing Up for SADD Shines Week

It’s not too late to plan your SADD Shines week activities and join this country-wide celebration of SADD with a platform to address student personal health and safety. These activities are free to all registered chapters. It was developed as SADD Shines day in 2013, but now it is celebrated for an entire week from January 30-February 3, 2017.

The three required activities include:

Wear your SADD apparel
Share your stories and pictures by emailing info@sadd.org or posting them using #SADDshines
Partner with your elementary school to discuss bullying, self-image, peer-pressure, substance use and making good decisions

Click here for a list of optional activities to enhance your effectiveness. This is a great opportunity to advocate for changes in local, state and national policy to increase personal health and safety. You also may want to work with your school administration and Board of Education to implement a health and safety policy if your school doesn’t have one.

You can use this template to plan your week. If you need additional assistance, email abonine@actmissouri.org or info@sadd.org. Make sure to invite your local media to promote and cover your events.

Please use this opportunity to show your community and policy makers how SADD Shines!

ACT Missouri Celebrates 25 Years

ACT Missouri celebrated their 25th Anniversary at the 2016 Prevention Conference. ACT Missouri was incorporated as a private, not-for-profit association on August 16, 1991. To celebrate this occasion, members of the prevention community came together to hear about ACT Missouri’s history. It was a fun evening of reminiscing for some and learning new things about ACT Missouri for others!

Chris Davis from Community Partnership of the Ozarks spoke about ACT Missouri's beginnings and when the agency was formed.	Peggy Quigg, former Executive Director of ACT Missouri spoke about the agency's formative years.
Kimberly Nelson from SAMHSA discussed ACT Missouri's national partnerships.	Scott Breedlove from the Missouri Credentialing Board discussed the history of the prevention credentialing process.
Mark Stringer from the Department of Mental Health shared the importance of ACT Missouri to prevention in Missouri, and how the two agencies work together.	Diana Wilhold, Board President of ACT Missouri, and the Board of Directors presented the current staff with a plaque commemorating 25 Years.

Katrina, Angela, Alicia, Chuck, and Natalie

2016 Prevention Conference Highlights

A record breaking 250 prevention specialists, coalition members, educators, law enforcement officers, counselors and healthcare professionals convened at the Lodge of Four Seasons in Lake Ozark for the 2016 Prevention Conference. This year’s theme, Your Actions Matter! Prevention is Everyone’s Business, was the culmination of the underage drinking campaign and legislative fact sheet project from the spring of 2016.

The event started with a Pre-Conference that included a (Youth) Mental Health First Aid Summit for certified instructors to gain new insights and hone their skills. After the summit, a panel of experts presented on the top four substances used by Missouri’s youth: alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and prescription drugs. Following the panel, groups gathered by Regional Support Center/Coalition to analyze county specific MO Student Survey data and start strategically planning which local ordinance would most benefit their area; underage drinking policies, Tobacco 21, Marijuana Resolutions to prevent marijuana dispensaries, and local PDMPs. Nicole Schoenborn from the Southwest Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies facilitated the groups.

Attendees had twenty breakout sessions to choose from including substance specific topics, coalition building, and communications. On Tuesday, ACT Missouri awarded two Prevention Emeritus Awards to Donna Chapman, from Morgan County CLEAR, and posthumously to the family of Jamie Scott, for years of service in prevention. On Wednesday, participants attended “Super Sessions”: We’re the Same, but Different: Connecting Prevention and Treatment, or Poverty 101: Engaging Low Income Individuals.

This year, we proudly honored several Coalition Milestone Awards to Lee’s Summit CARES, St. Louis area CRUSH, and Osage County Anti-Drug Community Action Team. The St. Joseph Youth Alliance received this year’s prestigious Coalition of the Year Award, and Senator Doug Libla presented the 2016 Champion of Change for Prevention Award to Charleston C2000’s Lester Gillespie. Each award winner also received a signed Resolution from their Senator.

The closing keynote was Joe Eberstein from San Diego’s Marijuana Prevention Initiative. He infused humor, his experience as a law enforcement officer, and the latest trends and data available on youth marijuana use. The evaluations summed up the conference’s success with 56% rating the conference as “excellent” and 36% rating it “good”. Many attendees exclaimed that this was the best conference to date!

2016 Prevention Award Winners Honored at Statewide Prevention Conference

2016 Champion for Change of Prevention
Lester Gillespie

This award is given to someone who supports community efforts to address substance abuse prevention, increase education and outreach, and integrate primary and behavioral health. As leader of the Charleston C2000 Coalition for over 16 years, Lester has worked tirelessly facilitating, creating, and implementing youth and adult community services in Mississippi County. His dedication and passion has contributed greatly to many individual persons and program successes. Individual successes are clear when you talk to youth and adults that refer to Lester as their friend, greatest supporter and confidant. Program successes include running a strong year around, multifaceted after-school program for At-Risk youth. The great programs built by the coalition with his leadership include substance abuse & violence prevention education, social skill set learning, tutoring, community service projects, as well a great physical activity component.

2016 Coalition of the Year
St. Joseph Youth Alliance

The Coalition of the Year award celebrates a coalition’s sustained level of excellence. Since 1991, Youth Alliance has worked alongside member organizations to prevent teen substance abuse, to help create quality early childhood education opportunities and to help teens find ways to serve their community while learning new job skills. They have dedicated 20 years of time, talent and resources from their partners and members toward placing their youth on top as a community asset. Together, they are setting the tone for their community by promoting youth asset development, community engagement and responsibility and the value of early childhood education. The Youth Alliance’s mission is to engage with community partners in practical ways in order to improve the lives of children and families.

2016 Milestone Award
C.R.U.S.H. St. Charles

The Milestone Award celebrates a coalition’s specific success in FY2016 in the area of outreach, advocacy, media, education, or training. CRUSH (Community Resources United to Stop Heroin) has worked tirelessly to advocate for environmental and policy changes. Due to the composition of CRUSH and the weight member agencies carry within the communities they serve, the St. Louis area has been able to see numerous positive changes. St. Louis has become Missouri’s leader in policies addressing opioid misuse. In the past year, the region has passed a first in the nation municipal prescription drug monitoring program in 2 municipalities, equipped every officer in Missouri’s largest law enforcement agency with naloxone, passed a municipal Good Samaritan law, and established the first prescription drop box in the City of St. Louis. These environmental changes constitute a comprehensive approach to addressing the opioid epidemic, and in some cases is already saving lives. CRUSH has truly reached a milestone achievement that other community organizations can and will emulate.

2016 Milestone Award
Lee’s Summit CARES

The Milestone Award celebrates a coalition’s specific success in FY2016 in the area of outreach, advocacy, media, education, or training. Lee’s Summit CARES has spent a tremendous amount of time creating a safe environment for the youth in their community while strengthening youth resilience to refuse alcohol, tobacco, marijuana and other drugs. They have done an excellent job educating their community and training volunteers on the impact of substance use on youth brain development, academic achievement, motivation, potential for addiction and related youth-impact topics. Lee’s Summit CARES has worked with volunteers to mobilize residents, state legislators, county governments, and local municipalities to work within current federal law to prevent the spread of marijuana distribution and use in Lee’s Summit. Their dedication to this issue and it’s effect on the community proves that they truly believe in their mission statement to “direct, support and actively coordinate efforts of the community to prevent and reduce youth substance abuse, promote youth safety and thereby improve the health and well-being of the community”. Lee’s Summit CARES is aware that the legalization of marijuana directly impacts their youth-focused mission and they have shown their determination to do something about it.

2016 Milestone Award
Osage County Anti-Drug Community Action Team

The Milestone Award celebrates a coalition’s specific success in FY2016 in the area of outreach, advocacy, media, education, or training. OC-ADCAT has only been in existence since November 2015, but the coalition is a well-known driving force within Osage County. OC-ADCAT is a grassroots organization serving over 13,700 residents, of those there are over 3,600 students within Osage County. OC-ADCAT was created as an essential resource for substance abuse prevention, education, and recovery: Changing lives, Saving futures. OC-ADCAT is a registered coalition with the Missouri Department of Behavioral Health. OC-ADCAT held one of its first events at the Osage County Community Center in January that provided information on Rx drugs and its effects on the brain as well as critical information from the LANEG( Lake area Narcotics Enforcement Group) on the prevalence of drugs in the area and how parents/caregivers can recognize them. The Linn Police Department and the Osage County Sheriff’s Department were also in attendance to answer questions. Out of this Town Hall, the coalition put together their next steps in the “Fight For a Drug Free O.C.”

Prevention Emeritus Award
Donna Chapman

This award is given to individuals who have dedicated their careers to prevention in Missouri. Donna of Morgan County CLEAR, Community Leaders Educating About Resistance, has dedicated her life to supporting her community in its efforts to increase education, to promote healthy behaviors, and to reach out to all segments of their county’s diverse population. Prior to retiring to become MC CLEAR’s grant coordinator, Donna was a teacher, a Summer School Director, a Vice principal, a Principal and Title 1A Coordinator. She has spent her life working with youth and working to provide healthy, safe opportunities for youth. Even in retirement Donna has not left the schools and the students she worked so hard for during her career. As grant coordinator of MC CLEAR since its inception in 2006 and as Planning Director for Citizens for Health and Wellness since 2010, Donna’s commitment to her county, to its citizens and especially to its youth in promoting healthier homes, healthier schools, and healthier workplaces has made her their local Champion.

Prevention Emeritus Award
Jamie Scott

This award is given to individuals who have dedicated their careers to prevention in Missouri. Jamie Scott was always the professional who was dedicated to the prevention of substance use throughout Missouri. Jamie was awarded a Masters of Social Work from the University of Missouri and spent 15 years at the Department of Mental Health in the Certification Division, the Medical and Clinical Review Unit, and the Quality Improvement and Managed Care Section. In 2004, Jamie joined ACT Missouri as the Director of Contracts and Collaborations. This position enabled many community coalitions to access funding to provide the best prevention services possible throughout Missouri. She was a Missouri Advanced Certified Substance Abuse Prevention Professional through the Missouri Credentialing Board. She had a strong passion for prevention because, like many of us, had addiction in her family. She loved working with communities to change the environment in which our children are raised. Jamie was a funny, witty, and just a kind soul. Jamie lost her battle with cancer in July 2015. Her husband Buddy Scott accepted the award on her behalf.

Make It Matter In Your Community By Attending Our Free Pre-Conference Session!

Build your community’s prevention equity on the top four substances of abuse for MO teens. Join us for an in-depth course to learn from experts on locally lead initiatives to reduce youth use, assess data from your community to formulate your business plan, and assemble YOUR community to have a vested interest in prevention through population level strategies.

Alcohol is the leading substance of abuse for Missouri teens, however, underage drinking laws vary from city to city. Nancy McGee, JD, will discuss how to address underage drinking at the local level, assist with evidence based interventions, and help communities decide their best defense.

Marijuana has had so much media hype and big tobacco-like support, our youth’s perception of harm from marijuana is dwindling fast. Kara White will discuss how Ray County passed an ordinance to prohibit marijuana dispensaries, educate on its danger, and defend young brains from lasting damage.

Prescription drugs’ popularity is souring as more and more youth turn to them to relieve stress, feel better, or perform better. Since the MO Senate has failed to pass a PDMP for several years straight, St. Louis County has worked together to devise a local PDMP. Spring Schmidt will discuss how they formulated and funded their program and offer suggestions on how this can be done in your county.

Tobacco usage rates among MO teens remain higher than the national average. Tobacco 21 is a local ordinance that requires everyone to be 21 to purchase tobacco. Columbia has successfully become a T21 city. Leah Martin, from the American Lung Association, will discuss the initiative and give pointers on how your community can be a T21 city too.

Using county-specific provided data, interpretive assistance from Susan Depue from MIMH, and a facilitator from SAMHSA’s Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies, Southwest, each community will decipher which substance to address, formulate an action plan to sustain a community wide ordinance, and leave with a blueprint for change.

Prevention works best at the community level, and according to Jeff Linkenbach: “There is tremendous freedom in knowing that the solutions organizations and communities seek to their problems already reside within these entities.” ACT Missouri is happy to provide an avenue to this freedom!

Commit to Distraction Free Driving

Attention young drivers! What would you do with $200.00? Paying it as a fine is probably not on the top of your list, but that could be your reality if you text and drive. According to MO Department of Transportation, “You text, you’re next.” Since 50% of teens admit to texting while driving, you truly could be next.

Distracted driving includes texting, eating, talking, changing the radio station, or any other interruption that takes your eyes off the road. It only takes a split second to change a life forever, and over 80% of crashes involve distractions. Take a few seconds to educate yourself and peers to avoid common, and possibly fatal, distractions.

Commit to distraction free driving today, and don’t let an emoji wreck your life!

10 tips to avoid distractions while driving:

Fully focus on driving. Do not let anything divert your attention, actively scan the road, use your mirrors, and watch out for pedestrians and cyclists.
Store loose gear, possessions and other distractions that could roll around in the car, so you do not feel tempted to reach for them on the floor or the seat.
Make adjustments before you begin your trip. Address vehicle systems like your GPS, seats, mirrors, climate controls and sound systems before hitting the road. Decide on your route and check traffic conditions ahead of time.
Finish dressing and personal grooming at home, before you get on the road.
Snack smart. If possible, eat meals or snacks before or after your trip, not while driving. On the road,avoid messy foods that can be difficult to manage.
Secure children and pets before getting underway. If they need your attention, pull off the road safely to care for them. Reaching into the backseat can cause you to lose control of the vehicle.
Put aside your electronic distractions. Don’t use cell phones while driving, handheld or hands-free, except in absolute emergencies. Never use text messaging, email functions, video games or the internet with a wireless device, including those built into the vehicle, while driving.
If you have passengers, enlist their help so you can focus safely on driving.
If another activity demands your attention, instead of trying to attempt it while driving, pull off the road and stop your vehicle in a safe place. To avoid temptation, power down or stow devices before heading out. Drivers should use caution while using voice-activated systems, even at seemingly safe moments when there is a lull in traffic or the car is stopped at an intersection, because potentially dangerous distractions can last longer than most drivers expect.
As a general rule, if you cannot devote your full attention to driving because of some other activity,it’s a distraction. Take care of it before or after your trip, not while behind the wheel.

ACT Missouri would like to extend our gratitude to the National Highway Traffic Administration for this information.

2016 Prevention Conference Schedule At-A-Glance Released

We are happy to announce the 2016 Prevention Conference Schedule At-A-Glance! We hope you will be able to join for this exciting learning and networking opportunity!

Monday, November 14, 2016

10:00AM-12:45PM	MHFA/YMHFA Instructor Summit-Certified Instructors Only
12:00AM-1:00PM	Lunch-On Your Own
1:00PM-2:45PM 3:00PM-5:00PM	Make It Matter: Expert Forum: Alcohol Policy, Marijuana Ordinances, Local PDMPs, and Tobacco 21 SAMHSA's SW Resource Team and Colition Strategic Planning
6:00PM-8:30PM	Networking Dinner

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

6:30AM – 8:00AM	Breakfast / Networking/ Exhibits
8:00AM	Welcome & Introductions
8:15AM – 9:30AM	Steve Miller “Building Capacity: Engaging the Community”	John Throckmorton “2016 Trends in Workplace and Student Drug Testing”	Marnée Morgan “Prevention Strategies Impacted by Cultural Competence”	Joyce Lara, Emily Thomezeck “E-Cigs or Vaping: No Big Deal, It’s Just Water Vapor, Right?”
9:45AM – 11:00AM	Nick Clinton, Rikki Barton “Coalition CPR”	Michelle Li, Paige Knittel “Creating a Successful Youth Prevention Program”	Jenny Armbruster, Thread STL “Partnerships: Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze?”	Larry Stobbs, Angela Reynolds, Robin Hammond “How to Implement a Responsible Beverage Server Program in Your Community”
11:00AM – 12:30PM	Lunch/Networking/Exhibits
12:30PM – 1:45PM	Alaina Williams, Rikki Barton “Expanding the Impact of (Youth) Mental Health First Aid”	Jessica Mahathath, Brandie Mantz “HALO: Healthy Alternatives for Little Ones-Prevention for Young Children”	Sean Marz “How Trauma Impacts Social, Emotional, and Health Outcomes”	Kirk Moberg “Opioid Overdose: An American Epidemic”
2:00PM – 3:15PM	Chris Davis “Logic Models: A Value to Coalitions”	Susan Depue, Staci Scott “Key Findings from the 2016 MO Student Survey”	Jenay Lamy, Amber Allen “Positive Prevention: Engaging the Community as Active Bystanders in Messaging”	Nichole Dawsey, Michelle Bain, Jenny Armbruster “Preventing Tween Alcohol Use: A Business and Non-Profit Partnership”
3:15PM – 3:45PM	Refreshment Break / Networking / Exhibits
3:45PM – 5:00PM	Lori Krueger, Whitney Robins “SPF Sound Bytes: Making Strategic Planning User Friendly”	Amber Allen “Taking Prevention Past the Final Bell”	Rikki Barton “Presenting: Going from Terrified to Dynamic”	Anita Jurkowski “Signs of Suicide”

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

6:30AM – 8:00AM	Breakfast/ Networking/ Exhibits
8:15AM – 11:00AM	Heather Harlan “We’re the Same but Different: Connecting Prevention and Treatment”	Heidi Lucas “Poverty in Missouri:Substance Abuse Prevention, Education, and Poverty:How to Engage Your Community”
11:00AM – 1:00PM	Presentation Over Lunch/Awards Ceremony Joe Eberstein, “Youth Marijuana Use: Emerging Research and Evolving Prevention Strategies”

*Schedule subject to change

*Your name tag will be required to enter all meals, breakout sessions, and conference related events.

Missouri State Rep. Holly Rehder Honored for Ongoing Efforts to Fight Prescription Drug Abuse

Award Hosted by ACT Missouri, Charleston C2000 Coalition, FCC Behavioral Health and Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals

Charleston, Mo., Sept. 7, 2016 – State and community leaders announced today a special honor for Rep. Holly Rehder, R-Sikeston, recognizing her leadership in the fight against prescription drug abuse in Missouri. She was presented with this honor during ceremonies at the C.F. Bowden Center in Charleston.

ACT Missouri, Charleston C2000 Coalition, FCC Behavioral Health and Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals came together to highlight Rehder’s unyielding commitment to create a statewide prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) in Missouri. A PDMP would help prevent drug abuse by providing health care providers timely data for the treatment of patients. In addition, the PDMP program would help identify illicit activities such as visits to multiple doctors for multiple, duplicate prescriptions, something called “doctor shopping.”

‘It’s an honor to receive this award from those who are truly in the trenches daily fighting to prevent opioid misuse and abuse. It takes all of us working together to keep our communities safe. Mallinckrodt, as well as every organization represented here today, not only helps on the front lines but also in the halls of the Capitol as well. I cannot thank them enough,” said Rep. Rehder.

Missouri is the only state without a PDMP. Each of these organizations strongly supports Rep. Rehder’s position and urges the full Missouri legislature to swiftly pass this important legislation to reduce prescription drug abuse and misuse in the state.

Rehder also was recognized for her leadership in advancing the “Safe Communities” program and for her focus on prescription opioid abuse and heroin prevention, which includes her support for the ACT Missouri initiative to distribute 35,000 drug deactivation and disposal pouches donated by Mallinckrodt for citizens – at no cost to them – in the greater Charleston, Mo., area.

“Representative Rehder has been a strong voice for drug abuse prevention in Missouri,” said Jessica Howard, Prevention Program Director, FCC Behavioral Health. “She is an advocate in her community and shares her story about how prescription drug abuse has affected her family, while working hard to prevent other families from suffering this experience.”

Pouches Can Prevent 525,000 Pills from Abuse in Southeast Missouri

The user-friendly pouches are a safe and responsible way to dispose of leftover prescription pain medications. The pouches deactivate prescription drugs and render chemical compounds safe for landfills. After placing pills in the specially formulated pouch and filling it with regular tap water, it can be sealed and thrown away with the household trash. If all 35,000 pouches are filled to the maximum 15 pills capacity, 525,000 prescription pills would be destroyed and prevented from falling into the wrong hands.

The drug deactivation and disposal pouches are being distributed through the Missouri Substance Abuse Prevention Network. ACT Missouri facilitates this group of prevention leaders representing 160 community coalitions across the state. These coalitions work with groups such as educators, pharmacies, law enforcement and mental health providers to distribute the pouches.

The organizations that honored Rehder all share a strong commitment to drug abuse prevention – ACT Missouri is a private not-for-profit corporation that works with community groups across the state and national organizations to promote safe, healthy and drug-free communities; the Charleston C2000 Coalition concentrates on youth substance prevention and positive life choices in Charleston, Mo.; FCC Behavioral Health is a private, non-profit community health center that offers an array of behavioral health programs through 22 clinics and treatment centers in Southern Missouri: and Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, a leading global specialty pharmaceutical company, is committed to working with policy makers, community leaders, law enforcement and industry partners to ensure the responsible use of pain medication and prevent unused medications from ending up in the wrong hands.

The local donation is part of Mallinckrodt’s 1-million pouch donation initiative to help combat the abuse of prescription pain medications, which is one of the top public health threats in the U.S. today. A national survey of U.S. adults who used opioids showed that nearly 6 out of 10 had or expect to have leftover opioids, according to findings published online June 13, 2016, in the JAMA Internal Medicine journal. Nearly 68 percent of those who used prescription pain relievers non-medically in 2012-2013 got them from friends or relatives, according to the 2013 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Find more information at www.mallinckrodt.com/disposal.

“As a company focused on the health and well-being of our patients and communities, Mallinckrodt has long been a strong advocate of addressing the complex issues of opioid misuse and abuse that cause so much harm to families,“ said Mark Trudeau, Mallinckrodt President and Chief Executive Officer. “We share the concerns of people across the nation, and believe that providing patients with a safe and responsible way to dispose of unused medications is critical in this fight against prescription drug abuse.”

The drug deactivation pouches are manufactured by Minneapolis-based Verde Technologies. Find more information at www.mallinckrodt.com/disposal.

CONTACTS
Jessica Howard, MACSAPP, Prevention Program Director
Division of Behavioral Health Funded Regional Support Center
FCC Behavioral Health
C2000@fccinc.org 573-888-5925, ext. 1315

Rhonda Sciarra
Senior Manager, Communications
Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals
rhonda.sciarra@mallinckrodt.com
314-654-8618

2016 CADCA Mid-Year

Many Missourians spent July 17-21 in Las Vegas at CADCA’s 15th annual Mid-Year Training Institute. These individuals learned new strategies that will help build up their coalitions and communities! You can see even more pictures on social media by seaching #CADCAMidYear.

Community Partnership of the Ozarks staff and three teens attend CADCA Mid-Year.

The Missouri delegation at CADCA Mid-Year.

Members of Jefferson County P.R.I.D.E with General Dean from CADCA.