For the individual, a group or collaboration often can offer

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The Coalition Concept

• For the individual, a group or collaboration
  often can offer
• GREATER ACCESS
• and
• A MORE POWERFUL
• VEHICLE FOR CHANGE

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Historic Triangle Substance Abuse CoalitionOur
mission is to strengthen the capacity of the
Historic Triangle region to create and maintain a
safe, healthy, and drug-free community.
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2008 Spring Coalition MeetingHTSAC HIGHLIGHTS
Weve been BUSY since members last convened!
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Blended PROJECT COMMITTEE

• Feb. 20 meeting combined the efforts of members
  working on
• PREVENTION
• TREATMENT
• RECOVERY
• The response was overwhelming as more than 30
  members participated!

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Project Committee topics

• Grants (our primary funding source)
• Community involvement in
• ? Prevention strategies
• ? Treatment services
• ? Recovery options
• Youth services (K-12)

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Probation Parole Training

• In response to member requests, we hosted this
  March 6
• training, which sold out faster than any
  previous HTSAC
• event. Lesson learned? Listen to the people!
• Family Justice, Inc. of NYC
• presented
• A Family Support Model for
• Community Supervision

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Workshop

• HTSAC partnered with the National Association of
  Children of Alcoholics to present this day-long
  event, which drew
• 44 faith-based clients
• from Southside Hampton Roads Richmond as well
  as the Peninsula and Historic Triangle to Hampton
  University
• on April 21.

• "Understanding the Impact of Addiction and
  Supporting RecoveryStrategies and Tools for
  Clergy and Other Congregational Leaders" 

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F.R.E.E. Youth Leadership Program

• Our energetic, enthusiastic committed group of
  local teens has
• worked tirelessly on a variety of initiatives
• Decorated Christmas tree at Williamsburg Outlet
  Mall for The Salvation Army
• Attended CADCA National Leadership Forum in
  Washington, D.C.
• Partnered with Virginia Healthy Coalition to plan
  a Tobacco Control media event.

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Dennis Wholey in Williamsburg!

• HTSAC partnered with Williamsburg
• Place to bring this erudite PBS-TV
• personality and author of The
• Courage to Change and Why Do I
• Keep Doing That?, a recovering
• alcoholic, to Williamsburg Regional
• Library, where on April 25 he
• engaged his audience in a personal
• chat about his addiction and how he
• works to stay straight and sober.

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VTSF Grant Programs

• Under the Virginia Tobacco
• Settlement Foundation grant,
• we sponsor two school programs.
• Currently, 2,050 students are
• enrolled in Too Good For Drugs, and 779 students
  are enrolled in Als Pals, in a total of
• 122 classrooms in area schools.

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TUCP activities

• The TOBACCO USE CONTROL PROJECT has picked
• up momentum. In a nutshell
• Goal 1 Promote and/or adopt clean indoor air
  policies (reduce secondhand smoke)
• Goal 2 Prevent tobacco use initiation
• Goal 3 Reduce tobacco use prevalence
• CHALLENGE Spend 8,100 as stipulated in the
  grant by June 30!

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VSIAS Scholarships

• HTSAC awarded scholarships to nine
• individuals, many of them graduate
• students in addictions counseling
• programs, to attend the
• Virginia Summer Institute
• for Addiction Studies
• June 16-20 at the College of William Mary.

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Are YOU a member of HTSAC?

• We need YOUR help to accomplish
• these and other projects.
• Help make our community
• SAFE, HEALTHY and DRUG-FREE.
• Please complete the membership form tucked into
  todays information packet.
• Learn more about HTSAC on our website
  www.htsac.org

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Your opinion COUNTS!

• Before you leave today
• PLEASE take a few moments to complete the TOBACCO
  USE SURVEY in your packet.
• And FINALLY, please complete the
• PROGRAM EVALUATION, also included in your
  information packet.

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THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY!

• Call us at 757.476.5070
• or e-mail us at HTSAC_at_tni.net
• with questions or comments.