July AC4C Roundtable

Items for the Roundtable are due to Jodee by the 20th of each month. The Roundtable will go out at the beginning of each month.

July 2017

AC4C Retreat held June 6 & 7 in Des Moines

Thank you to Denny Becker and the Governor's Traffic Safety Bureau for hosting Day 2 of our retreat. We had many partners share updates and new information regarding their organizations / agencies.

Policy Group highl ights

Small group work on the marijuana logic model.

Working on a white paper for the beer tax and developing Beer Tax information packet

Recommendation to include a prevention specialist and a substance abuse treatment provider to the Medical CBD Board

Marketing & Communication Group highlights

Members received feedback on promotional materials

Coalition members learned about the evaluation system and creating one for their organizations

Developed ideas to create new promotional materials to share for recruitment

Capacity Group highlights

Updated coalition membership lists

Met with coalition members and added to mailing lists

Collected feedback from members for future work

Next retreat to be held in October

You can register for the October 17 & 18 retreat, sponsored by MCTC, at

this link

If you have questions regarding retreat, please email Jodee at [email protected].

In case you missed it...

Please note that there are some locations/ times to be determined - if you have questions, contact Iowa ABD or email AC4C at [email protected]

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IPA Goes Local Update

For the 2017 IPA Goes Local program, IPA is partnering with the Alliance of Coalitions for Change (AC4C) to present on the emerging public health crisis of opioid abuse and the role health care professionals have to help combat the trends of increasing abuse. Attendees will then discuss local strategies for collaboration and solutions to this multifaceted problem. Angie Asa-Lovstad, AC4C director, and Al Fear, a Cedar Rapids police officer, will serve as the facilitator and presenter.

We invite pharmacists, physicians, dentists, nurses, social work and treatment programs, law enforcement, substance abuse coalitions and interested stakeholders to attend this community focused event!

Remaining dates:

August 31 - Council Bluffs

September 21 - Iowa City

October 10 - Spencer

For more information about these events, visit www.iarx.org/goeslocal.

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Membership forms available on website

We are asking our new and current partners to please update the information on our membership forms. If you are a new member, please go to our website and click on this link to fill out the membership form. If you would like to update your current form or have any questions, please contact Jodee at [email protected]. Thanks for your assistance!

~ We will be using time during retreat to update current partnership if you need assistance.

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Remember to check out our prevention education videos! These are available on our YouTube Channel at this link

Coalition Resources

Brochures available for coalitions

It is important to get the general public up to speed on what we know regarding safety issues with marijuana and Rx drugs in particular. AC4C has worked with state partners to produce 10,000 brochures for statewide distribution. The funds were provided through a ODCP- JAG Diversion grant and are available upon request. You can also download the links below to access these brochures.

Limited quantities can be mailed by emailing us at [email protected]

Marijuana brochure

Prescription Drug brochure

Upcomin g Training & Events

Check out the trainings on our partner sites:

Iowa Board of Certification

Training Resources

Jackson Recovery

SAVE THE DATES

AC4C retreat

Dates: October 17th & 18th

Location: Camp Dodge, Johnston, Iowa