ATOD Prevention welcomes 2012: Culture is prevention, education is key
By Jenifer Metcalf
The Substance Abuse Prevention
program has great things to offer. Find
out what you can do to raise awareness
and help carry a positive message in this
community by addressing community
norms to reduce ATOD (alcohol, tobacco
and other drugs) use and abuse.
The goal of prevention is to raise
awareness and delay the onset of first use.
The philosophy of the Siletz Tribal
Behavioral Health Prevention Program
is based on four healing principles identi
fied by prevention partners when the first
prevention plan was developed in 1999.
They are as follows:
Healing from problems associated
with alcohol, tobacco and other drugs
comes from within - ourselves, our
Tribe and our community. We will
find the support and resources to heal,
renew and rebuild.
2. Our journey is linked to our past. It is
with our cultural values and today’s
knowledge that we will be able to
restore, mend and strengthen our
selves and future generations.
3. We will educate our children about
the harmful effects of alcohol,
tobacco and other drugs from the time
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Siletz Tribal Behavioral
Health Programs
Healing of the individual and Tribe go
hand in hand. The well-being of the
Tribe is inseparable from the well
being of the individual.
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Did you know?
Fifty-eight percent of Tribal sixth
graders in Siletz feel there is a slight risk
of harm if 1 -2 alcoholic beverages are
consumed on a daily basis. These youth
are 6 percent higher than the state average
in their perception of harm. This means
Tribal youth in the sixth grade are receiv
ing alcohol prevention-related messages
and awareness is being raised.
(Student Wellness Survey 2010)
Behavioral Health Prevention Staff
ATOD/Delinquency Prevention Coordina
tor: Jenifer Metcalf
Tobacco Prevention and Education: Tasha
Mason
Strategic Prevention Framework Coordi
nator: Cyndee Druba
Prevention Assistant: Jeremy Lacewell
CEDARR
I Community Efforts Demonstrating the Ability to Rebuild and Restore
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Prevention, Outpatient Treatment
and Women’s Transitional
Siletz: 800-600-5599 or
541-444-8286
Eugene: 541-484-4234
they are in their mother’s womb until
they pass from this world. The health,
success and well-being of future gen
erations depends upon the strength of
our message.
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Mission Statement: We will utilize resources to prevent the use of alcohol
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and other drugs, delinquency and violence; we will seek to reduce the barriers
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to treatment and support those who choose abstinance.
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Narcotics Anonymous Toll-Free
Help Line - 877-233-4287
Salem: 503-390-9494
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Jan. 4
Siletz Public Library
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5:30 p.m.
255 SE Gaither, Siletz
For information on Alcoholics ■
Anonymous: aa-oregon.org
Portland: 503-238-1512
Topic to be discussed: Community readiness survey presentation
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Help Tribal youth by becoming a
volunteer for Prevention Program
If you are interested in volunteering with the Prevention Program, here are
some specific guidelines:
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Apply to be a Tribal Prevention volunteer at Human Resources. This will
include agreeing to a criminal background check and a drug screen.
Over a hundred years ago Black TCk
had a vision of the time 'when
Indian Yeopie would healfrom the
devastating effects of Turopean
migration. In his vision the Sacred
Moop which had been broken, would
be mended in seven generations.
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of Sacred ground Outreach
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There are many ways to fight to protect our children - one of
those ways is by being a foster parent.
The Siletz Tribal Indian Child "Welfare Department is accepting
and recruiting foster homes on behalf of our Tribal children,
for more information, call Christy Murt, foster care certifier,
at 800-922-1399, ext. 1338, or 541-444 8338.
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January 2012
Attend an orientation with Prevention staff to learn about ethics and program
policies and procedures. A volunteer training program will be developed.
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For those with previous problems of alcohol/drugs, at least one year of
living a clean and sober lifestyle is required.
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Participate in making a prevention video/DVD.
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All people to be filmed must sign an agreement to be filmed.
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The Tribal general manager and Tribal Council must approve of the final
cut before it’s released for public viewing.
Any question regarding this process, please contact Jenifer Metcalf,
Prevention coordinator, at jeniferm@ctsi.nsn.us or 800-600-5599 or
541-444-9618.
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The children born into this decade
will be the seventh generation.
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