Prevention-Related Groups & Coalitions in Lane County
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APAL- Addiction Professionals Association of Lane County
CONTACT: Lucy Zammarelli
PHONE: 541.343.2993
Florence Area Prevention Coalition
Please see the Florence Area Prevention Coalition page.
Healthy Babies, Healthy Communities
Goal: To reduce Lane County’s rate of fetal-infant mortality and increase infant and family health in our communities.
CONTACT: Michelle Lowery
PHONE: 541.682.4623
Lane County Domestic Violence Council
Mission: "To reduce and prevent domestic violence through a coordinated community response."
CONTACT: Theya McCown
PHONE: 541.485.8232
Lane County Harm Reduction Coalition
Mission : "Organizations working together to promote Harm Reduction among substance users as a best practice strategy to improve community health."
CONTACT: Sharon Chamberlain, Chair
PHONE: 541.342.5088
Lane County Problem Gambling Advisory Committee (PGAC)
Addresses gambling-related issues facing Lane County. Topics include: youth problem gambling prevention efforts, gambling access issues and policies, and efforts to increase problem gambling awareness throughout Lane County. Anyone interested in problem gambling-related issues is welcome to join the group. Learn more about the committee ►
Meets the 1st Tuesday of every month (except summer) from 3:30-5pm
LOCATION: Perugino Cafe (767 Willamette St., Eugene [map/directions])
CONTACT: Julie Hynes, staff support, Problem Gambling Prevention Coordinator
PHONE:541.682.3928
WEB: www.preventionlane.org/gambling/pgac.htm
Mental Health Advisory Committee/Local Alcohol & Drug Planning Committee (MHAC/LADPC)
MENTAL HEALTH ADVISORY/LOCAL ALCOHOL AND DRUG PLANNING COMMITTEE
Mandated Committee. Advises County Commissioners as the local mental health authority, and the H&HS Director on community needs and priorities for mental health services and alcohol and drug abuse prevention and treatment services.
Meets the 4th Thursday of each month from 11:00am-1:00pm
LOCATION: Michael Rogers Room, Lane County Mental Health (2411 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Eugene) [map/directions]
CHAIR
: Jennifer Wells, windsplitakt@earthlink.net
Vice Chair: Tim Mueller, gwproj@pacinfo.com
WEBSITE: www.lanecounty.org/Departments/HHS/BhvHlth/Pages/default.aspx
TERM: 4 years, ending October 31
MEMBERS: Thirteen (13) members who are broadly representative of the community, with a balance of age, sex, ethnic, socioeconomic, geographic, professional, and consumer interests represented; including advocates for persons with mental or emotional disturbances, drug abuse problems, mental retardation or other developmental disabilities, and alcoholism and alcohol abuse problems.
MANDATES: ORS 430.342, ORS 430.630(7), OAR 309-14-0020(3), OAR 309-016-0020(2),
OAR 415-056-0005(10)
The AOD Issues Forum is a pro tem subcommittee appointed by the chair of the Lane County Mental Health Advisory Committee. The forum represents a broad spectrum of interventions dealing with problems of chemical abuse and dependency.
CONTACT: Peg Jennette, staff support, Program Services Coordinator
PHONE: 541.682.3777
Oakridge/Westfir Together
TBA - meeting in October 2011
LOCATION: Family Resource Center, Oakridge
CONTACT: Mo Young, staff support
PHONE: 541.682.3817
South Lane Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition
VISION: To improve the lives of children and families for a healthy South Lane community
MISSION: To prevent and reduce substance abuse in the South Lane community
CONTACT: Michelle Lowery
PHONE: 541.682.4623
Success by 6®
Mission: "We envision a community in which all Lane County families, organizations and neighborhoods are unified in an effort to ensure that all our children are safe, healthy, cherished and enter school ready to learn."
Convened by United Way of Lane County
CONTACT: Holly Mar
PHONE: 541.741.6000
Suicide Prevention Steering Committee (SPSC)
The Suicide Prevention Steering Committee (SPSC) was formed for the purpose of facilitating understanding and support among stakeholders on how Youth Suicide Prevention Services. Goal: "To facilitate community efforts to prevent youth suicide in Lane County."
CONTACT: Sandy Moses
PHONE: 541.682.3650
Tobacco Free Lane County (TFLC)
"Tobacco Free Lane County is working with local hospitals, the University of Oregon and other major organizations to create tobacco free campuses. It will work with child care facilities to encourage tobacco free environments for our youngest citizens. We need your help!"
CONTACT: Stephanie Young-Peterson, Lane County Public Health Educator
PHONE: 541.682.4280
University of Oregon Substance Abuse Prevention Program
"The Substance Abuse Prevention Program (SAPP) is designed to provide education and increased awareness in the areas of alcohol, tobacco and other drug prevention, intervention, treatment, and recovery."
EMAIL: sapp@uoregon.edu
PHONE: 541.346.4135
WEB: sapp.uoregon.edu