Federal Grant Notice: Substance Abuse In the Community

The Department of Health & Human Services is making $4.8 million available for 12 awards of up to $400,000 per year for up to 3 years to expand community-based substance abuse treatment and help local recovery facilities to expand their substance abuse services.

Deadline: Jan. 14, 2010

Insider's Tip: "Community"is the key word for this program, which is specifically set up to provide support for local organizations--including grass-roots, faith-and-community-based treatment programs and recovery "community" organizations. Funding is designed to meet the needs of individual communities in cities, towns, counties and multi-county partnerships.

Get more details on this, including contact information and other new private and federal funding opportunities:

National Council of Nonprofits Releases H1N1 Flu Preparedness for Nonprofits Toolkit

The National Council of Nonprofits has created toolkit for helping nonprofits prepare for an H1N1 epidemic. It includes:

1. The LATEST news from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) on seasonal influenza and the H1N1 pandemic.
   - NEW! Flu Vaccine locator, state by state
2. NEW! Flu essentials in various languages
3. Podcast: "Take 3 Actions to Fight Flu"
4. Factsheet and flier for employees: What you should know about antiviral drugs
6. Flier: Seasonal and H1N1 Flu Guide for Parents
7. Suggested action steps to help your association and your members be prepared for and cope with an outbreak of the flu.
8. Tips for preparedness
9. Sample policies for the nonprofit workplace
10. Ideas for educating your employees
11. Customize a letter to your employees
12. Send a letter to your members telling them about how serious the flu outbreak is and sharing the resources developed by the National Council with them.
13. Business Planning/Continuity Planning
14. Articles and Other Resources
15. More information on vaccinations: Updates on vaccinations, medications and masks

Check out this great resource for yourself.

CFHC Activity Calendar for November 2009

FPHW Course – Day I
Wednesday, 11/04/09, 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
CFHC Board Room
Class is Full

FPHW Course – Day II
Thursday, 11/05/09, 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
CFHC Board Room
Class is Full

FPHW Course – Day III
Friday, 11/06/09, 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
CFHC Board Room
Class is Full

How to Provide Client-Centered Counseling
Thursday, 11/19/09, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
CFHC Board Room
To register call (213) 386-5614, Ext. 4580

FPACT Orientation
Tuesday, 11/24/09, 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Berkeley, CA
To register call (877)326-7228 or www.fpact.org

CFHC Offices Closed
Thursday, 11/26/09

CFHC Offices Closed
Friday, 11/27/09

Healthed Has a New Address

CFHC's Information & Education Division (www.healthed.org) now has a new address! We've moved to:

Information & Education Division
California Family Health Council
246 Union Avenue
Los Gatos, CA 95032
Phone: 1-408-374-3720
Fax: 1-408-374-7385

Be sure to update your address books and contact information.

Resource: Presenting on Sexually Transmitted Disease Racial Health Disparities

The California STD/HIV Prevention Training Center has released "Presenting on Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Racial Health Disparities: A Resource Guide for Facilitators" (PDF)

The purpose of this document is to serve as a resource for public health professionals and their community partners in starting discussions and/or answering questions related to the multiple individual and societal factors that influence sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) rates among different racial/ethnic groups.

The main emphasis of this resource guide is to highlight the larger societal factors (e.g., poverty, racism) that influence STD/HIV rates and to encourage their inclusion in the training discussions and program planning that may traditionally focus on individual-level behavior change interventions. This document is a work in progress to which we encourage its users to add additional concepts and related research.

Download the PDF to use in your own clinic. (PDF, 604K)

FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization for Peramir in Cases of H1N1

On Friday, October 23, 2009, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the use of the investigational antiviral drug Peramivir intravenous (IV) in certain adult and pediatric patients with confirmed or suspected 2009 H1N1 influenza infection who are admitted to a hospital.

Clinicians considering use of Peramivir IV under EUA must read and understand the content of the FDA-issued Emergency Use Authorization of Peramivir IV: Fact Sheet For Health Care Providers (www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/eua) ) prior to initiating a request and must agree to comply with terms and conditions of authorized use of Peramivir per the FDA-issued EUA. Clinicians who, after reading the Fact Sheet for Health Care Providers, wish to obtain Peramivir IV for a patient can download the request form (or access an electronic request portal) at http://www.cdc.gov/H1N1flu/EUA/peramivir_recommendations.htm.

Download the entire Letter to Colleagues (PDF, 14k)

H1N1 Vaccinations and Public Health Clinics in LA County

Something for our Title X Agencies to bear in mind:

The demand for H1N1 vaccine in Los Angeles County is currently exceeding local and national supplies, which is impacting some Public Health-run vaccine clinics. To ensure equitable availability of the limited vaccine supply throughout the county, screening for priority groups will be intensified.

Individuals who plan to go to a Public Health H1N1 vaccine clinic are encouraged to review the vaccination form, available in several different languages, and found on the Public Health website at http://www.publichealth.lacounty.gov. Those who are in a priority group for H1N1 vaccine should bring a completed vaccine form with them to a vaccine clinic. Those who are not in an H1N1 priority group will have to wait for a future date to receive vaccine.

Download the full press release (PDF)

Healthy People 2020 Objectives Available Online for Review and Public Comment

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion has posted the proposed Healthy People 2020 objectives online.  Objectives for all focus areas can be accessed at the following link: http://www.healthypeople.gov/.

• Directly access the proposed Family Planning objectives.
• HHS is seeking public input from communities across the country on the proposed Healthy People 2020 objectives through a series of public meetings. Get more information about the public meetings, including the dates and locations.
• HHS will also be accepting public comments about proposed Healthy People 2020 objectives online beginning October 30, 2009 and continuing through the end of December. Find out more information about the public comment process.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Amy Bianchi at (240) 453-2820 or amy.bianchi@hhs.gov.

TeenSource is Now on Twitter!

You can now follow CFHC's award-winning TeenSource.org site on Twitter.

If you've got a Twitter account, just go to http://www.twitter.com/teensource and chose to follow us. Keep up with all the info from TeenSource.org.

National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Funding Opportunity through the Office on Women's Health

There is a funding opportunity available through the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office on Women’s Health (OWH).

If you would like to submit an application for the National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day funding opportunity, please complete the forms in the attached Request for Application (RFA) and e-mail to John Snow, Inc. (JSI) at owhapplication@jsi.com by November 11, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time.

Download the application form (PDF) now.

New Preconception Care Resource: EveryWomanCalifornia.org

On this website you will find information about health considerations for women and their partners before they become pregnant for the first time or between pregnancies. The site includes links to resources and tools for health care providers and public health professionals. It also includes information for women and men who want to learn what they can do to be healthier for themselves and for their families.

Healthcare professionals can create accounts on the website, share resources and preconception care related events, and participate in discussion forums.

The EveryWomanCalifornia.org website was developed by the Preconception Health Council of California (PHCC) in collaboration with the Maternal Child and Adolescent Health Division of the California Department of Public Health.

Respect, Black Women For Wellness's Annual Conference on Reproductive Health

What: 
Black Women for Wellness will hold a one-day symposium in Los Angeles, bringing together public health advocates, scholars, grassroots leadership  and community organizations to discuss the status of African American and Black women's health. This day will include coalition building for addressing health disparity experienced by Black women and girls with  a strategy session to achieve cultural competency in care education and services.

When:
October 29, 2009 @ 10:00 a.m. -4:00 p.m.

Where:
California Science Center
700 Exposition Park Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90037

How:
To sign up for the conference, register online by October 23rd

This is a free event!

Family PACT Resource: Online Modules: Preconception Care: New Guidelines, New Opportunities

This session on Preconceptive Care with Michael C. Lu, MD, MPH and Michael Policar, MD, MPH, recorded on June 30, 2008, reviews the content of the 2006 CDC guidelines, followed by specific suggestions for discussing a "reproductive life plan” and “readiness for pregnancy" with women who are attempting to become pregnant or seeking pregnancy prevention through the use of family planning services.

Be sure to utilize this and other helpful previously recorded webinars in your Family PACT practice.

Ovarian Cancer National Alliance Introduces the Interim Practice Guidance

The Ovarian Cancer National Alliance introduces the Interim Practice Guidance and the Symptom Diary in the U.S.

Washington, D.C. – October 5, 2009. In a bold effort to provide women and their doctors with better information about how and when to take the necessary steps to obtain an early diagnosis for ovarian cancer, the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance has taken the lead in posting guidance for diagnoses on its web site. The Interim Practice Guidance, endorsed by prominent specialists in the field of gynecologic cancer, marks the first time ovarian cancer diagnostic protocols have been made available to the public. In addition to the guidance, a Symptom Diary that helps women measure the persistency and severity of their symptoms (initially developed in the United Kingdom by Ovarian Cancer Action), has been reproduced in conjunction with the Gynecologic Cancer Foundation, with permission for use in the United States.

For the full article and a downloadable Tool Kit, visit www.ovariancancer.org/diary.

OPA Program Instruction Series OPA 09-02: Provision of 2009 H1N1 Vaccination in Title X Family Planning Projects

Attached is a PDF copy of the Office of Population Affairs (OPA) Program Instruction on Provision of H1N1 Vaccine.

“Provision of 2009 H1N1 Vaccination in Title X Family Planning Projects.”

This document will also be sent to you in hard copy, and will be posted on the OPA Web site as one of the OPA Program Instruction Series.

Download the RHA News Update – October 5, 2009

Articles include:

• The New Numbers - Health Insurance Reform Cannot Wait
• Medicare to Join State-Based Healthcare Delivery System Reform Initiatives
• National Biodefense Science Board (NBSB) Public Teleconference
• HHS Assistant Secretary for Aging (AoA) Kathy Greenlee has announced more
  than $32 million
• Numerous Funding Opportunities

Download as a PDF (466k)