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Barnstable County Regional Substance Addiction Council (RSAC) monthly E-newsletter is a tether of communication across towns, providers, organizations, and individuals on Cape Cod providing information on substance use across the continuum of prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery. | |
SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL RECOVERY MONTH | |
National Recovery Month (Recovery Month), which started in 1989, is a national observance held every September to promote and support new evidence-based treatment and recovery practices, the nation’s strong and proud recovery community, and the dedication of service providers and communities who make recovery in all its forms possible.
The Substance Use and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) aims to increase public awareness surrounding mental health and addiction recovery. In the years since Recovery Month launched, SAMHSA has timed announcements of initiatives and grant funding during Recovery Month, while collaborating with private and public entities to celebrate individuals during their long-term recoveries.
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PREVENTION STARTS WITH ALL: THE CHRIS HERREN STORY | |
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Chris Herren, a basketball legend from Fall River, Massachusetts, was an All-American, broke scoring records and was recruited by the nation’s top colleges. Herren realized his lifelong dream of playing in the NBA when he was drafted by the Denver Nuggets in 1999 and then traded to his hometown team, the Boston Celtics, before losing his career and almost his family to the disease of addiction.
In long term recovery since 2008, Chris inspires people to start the conversation on wellness and educate themselves on the disease of addiction. It is his hope that strength will be found in the struggle and communities will come TOGETHER to address the issue of substance use disorder,
advocate for effective treatment and embrace the power of recovery.
For more information visit: www.herrentalks.com
Age appropriate for middle schoolers.
DETAILS
Date: September 25, 2024
Time: 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM
Location: Barnstable Performing Arts Center at Barnstable High School | 744 W Main St, Hyannis, MA 02601
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FREE FAMILY MOVEMENT AND WELLNESS GROUP | |
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Join us for a FREE Weekly Family Movement and Wellness Group. Kids ages 4 to 12 years and their parents are welcome.
This program takes place Wednesdays from 5 PM – 6 PM. Pre-registration is required! Please call: (508) 815-5100.
Location: 29 Bassett Lane, Hyannis, MA 02601
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Jason Parrent leads the Nurturing Fathers Program, a 13-week interactive group focused on developing parenting skills and attitudes. The program helps participants replace ineffective parenting practices with nurturing and effective techniques through various activities.
DETAILS
Thursdays, September 12 to December 19, 6 PM – 8 PM
Dinner is Provided
Registration Required: Call (508) 815-5100
29 Bassett Lane, Hyannis
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Sharing Kindness is offering a monthly virtual grief support group for families with children ages 6–17, which features arts-based activities for all ages geared toward navigating grief, honoring memories, and making meaning after a death loss. Materials for activities will be mailed to families prior to each group.
When: 2nd Tuesday of each month from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Where: Via Zoom from wherever you are!
How it Works: Families are welcome to join any or all of these virtual events throughout the year. Registration is required at least a week prior to each group.
Learn more and register: www.SharingKindness.org/virtual-family-night
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SHARING KINDNESS: FAMILY GRIEF GROUP FOR FAMILIES WITH TWEENS & TEENS | |
A death loss affects the whole family, and everyone processes their grief differently. Sharing Kindness offers free clinician-led peer grief support designed to meet the needs of families with tweens (ages 9–12) and teens (ages13–17) on Cape Cod. Our family program runs for the academic year.
When:1st and 3rd Thursday of each month, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Where: South Harwich, MA
How it works: Starts with a light supper at 5:30 PM, followed by separate groups for parents/caregivers and children from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM.
Learn more and register: www.SharingKindness.org/family-grief-groups
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LOCAL HOPE (HEALTHY OUTCOMES FROM POSITIVE EXPERIENCES) CONVENING | |
Stephanie Patton, Prevention Coordinator in Stoughton, is inviting anyone who might like to join to a convening with partners from the HOPE (Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences) National Resource Center on Wednesday, October 9th from 10 AM – 2 PM. All of the information including the link to register is included on the program flyer. Please feel free to reach out directly to Stephanie (spatton@stoughton-ma.gov) if you have any questions about this event. | |
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Recovery City follows four women (from Worcester, MA) in various states of recovery over a four-year period. There will be a Q&A with local filmmaker Lisa Olivieri and the film's participants. This is a film about what recovery looks like; it's comeback story! The event is FREE. Registration is required.
DETAILS
Date: Sunday, September 22, 2024
Location: Cape Cinema in Dennis
Time: Doors open/concessions available at 3:00 PM | Film Screening: 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM; Post Q & A with director and film participants afterwards.
Registration required at: https://recoverycity.eventbrite.com
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Celebrate Recovery Month with Us! Join us for a FREE Community Event in Honor of Recovery Month.
September is national Recovery Month, a time to celebrate the strength and resilience of those in recovery from substance use and mental health challenges.
This event is open to everyone! Bring your friends, family, and kids to join in the celebration. Whether you're in recovery, supporting a loved one, or simply want to show your support, we welcome you with open arms.
Let's come together as a community to reduce stigma, celebrate recovery, and offer hope.
- Fun for kids of all ages!
- Enjoy delicious treats on us!
- Express your creativity!
- Learn more about local recovery services and support.
DETAILS
Date: Saturday, September 21st
Time: 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Location: Teaticket Park, East Falmouth
Rain Date: Sunday, September 22nd
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NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US: FAMILIES SUPPORTING RECOVERY | |
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Join SAMHSA and the National Federation of Families on Monday, Sept.16th at 1:00 PM to meet four family members who will share their own family recovery story and how they learned to improve their health and wellness, live a self-directed life, and strive to reach their full potential as a family.
Family Recovery includes resilient family members who are parents, spouses, siblings, grandparents, caregivers, and/or children of individuals with emotional, developmental, behavioral, mental health, and/or substance use challenges. Families experience their own recovery when they are actively part of their loved one’s recovery. In recovery, the focus is often on the individual experiencing mental health and/or substance use challenges. Family members who support that person are often forgotten or left out, and feel invisible, blamed, and out of the loop. It is often difficult for families to find support they need as well.
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LIFT THE MASK: PORTRAITS OF LIFE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS | |
THE WEAPONIZATION OF TECHNOLOGY IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE | |
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PART I: Presented by Steven Bradley, Safety and Technology Expert, OurFamilyWizard.com
OVERVIEW: As advocates, prosecutors, law enforcement investigators and service providers, we know that batters use whatever means available to abuse, harass, stalk, and monitor victims. Today technology has provided batterers with tools to accomplish these tasks without even having to leave their computer chairs. In this interactive workshop, Steven Bradley will explore the risks and benefits of technology for victims. Attendees will learn safety planning and evidence collection strategies for phone technology, location apps and social networking sites. Non-technical language will be used to describe the privacy levels of each area and how to safely navigate the world of technology.
PART II: Presented by ADA Alexandra Halprin Isaacs, Cape & Islands District Attorney’s Office
OVERVIEW: A discussion of the ways in which technology is used to further victimize domestic violence survivors in the courtroom setting. Highlighting methods employed by abusers to continue to intimidate, harass, and abuse survivors from the time they report the abuse until trial. Topics will include requests by abusers for access to the entirety of the victim’s personal content within their phones as well as social media credentials, phone records and cell site location information. Additionally, tactics employed by abusers to discredit victim’s testimony or keep them off the stand entirely by exploiting their phone content, use of cash apps, or through misinterpretation of the wiretap statute, and updated technology and recent legislation created to protect victims against further exploitation.
DETAILS
Date: Thursday, September 19, 2024
Time: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM (doors open at 8:30am for coffee and conversation)
Location: Harborview Conference Room, 3195 Main Street, Barnstable Village, MA
REGISTER NOW–SPACE IS LIMITED: Registration is required. If you receive a “Registration Closed” message, this means we have reached capacity and are unable to accept more registrants.
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FIRST Steps Together with the Cape Cod Children’s Place is honored to present to you a traveling art installation that is a visual representation of the many pathways to recovery and the tremendous efforts made to start and restart a journey. The disease of addiction does not have to cast one into the shadows to suffer and recover alone. Our wish is for the ribbons to illuminate all the possibilities for pathways to recovery identified by parents and served by our program and light the way for others who may still feel like they’re wandering in the dark. | |
CALLING ALL LOCAL AND STATEWIDE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR A RESOURCE FAIR | |
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Connect, share, and learn! The Cape and Islands Regional Domestic Violence Council Resource Fair is a great opportunity to showcase your local and statewide programs and services that are beneficial to survivors of domestic violence and others in need of supportive assistance and services related to health, wellness, safety, and stability.
Come network with other service providers and enhance the impact of your program. Tables will be available for you to display information and offer giveaways. Last year we had over 50 programs and services featured at our annual Fair. Join us!
Register for your free exhibitor table space today. https://tinyurl.com/2024-CIRDVC-Resource-Fair (No registration necessary to attend if you are not exhibiting.)
DETAILS
Location: Irish Village/Emerald Resort, 35 Scudder Ave., Hyannis
Date: Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Time: 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM
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RIGOROUS EVALUATION OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OVERDOSE PREVENTION ACTIVITIES AMONG POPULATIONS AFFECTED BY OVERDOSE | |
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On August 30, 2024, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a new cooperative agreement funding opportunity:
RFA-CE-25-149: Rigorous Evaluation of Primary and Secondary Overdose Prevention Activities Among Populations Disproportionately Affected by Overdose
The purpose of the CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) new funding opportunity is to fund research focused on people experiencing disproportionate burden of drug overdose, those who are at greater risk of exposure to drug use, or those experiencing adverse drug use outcomes related to social determinants of health. Funding can be used to develop, implement, and rigorously evaluate strategies to prevent drug-related adverse outcomes among those not yet engaged in drug use (primary prevention), or reduce adverse outcomes among those already engaged in drug use by linking them to and retaining them in care (secondary prevention).
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FOOD ACCESS CAPE COD
Be sure to download our Cape & Islands Food Access Resource Guide! This publication is updated regularly by the Barnstable County Cape Cod Cooperative Extension and contains all the information you need for food accessibility.
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ARE YOU REPRESENTED ON OUR NETWORK OF CARE SERVICE DIRECTORY WEBSITE? | |
The Barnstable County Department of Human Services’ Network of Care (NOC) SERVICE DIRECTORY website, is a robust local health and human services directory with resources for individuals, families, and agencies on Cape Cod with public health questions and concerns.
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