September 2008
Date: September 3-5, 2008
Topic: 15th National TASC Conference on Drugs & Crime - The Sky's the Limit: Strengthening Communities through TASC - Innovation, Integration & Imagination
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Description: The 15th National TASC Conference on Drugs & Crime offers research applications, skills-building, and advocacy activities for public safety, substance abuse and mental health treatment professionals as well as faith-based organizations, juvenile and adult services providers, and community advocates
Contact/Registration: REGISTER TODAY! Go to www.NationalTASC.org for convenient online registration or a registration form that can be printed and mailed with payment to: PO Box 5061, Williamsburg VA 23188, ATTN: 2008 National TASC Conference Registration
Early Bird rates apply for all registrations received by July 1, 2008. Member: $295 Non-Member: $395
Regular Registration Member: $345 Non-Member: $445
Date: September 8 & 9, 2008
Topic: Annual WYSAAG Conference
Location: Hitching Post Inn, Cheyenne, Wyoming
Description: This annual conference is for people in recovery for mental illness or substance abuse. Wyoming Self-Advocate’s Advisory Group partners with the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to sponsor this event.
Contact/Registration: Janet Jares, Client Advocate- MHSASD, (307)777-5454, or janet.jares@health.wyo.gov
Date: September 10, 2008
Topic: CMS Training
Location: Cheyenne, WY or Web/Conference Call: 1-877-278-8686, pin- 252335
Description: 10:00am- Basic CMS Training, 1:30pm- Training on Minimum Data Set
Contact/Registration: Eydie Trautwein, (307)777-6493, eydie.trautwein@health.wyo.gov
Date: September 16, 2008
Topic: Optional: Wyoming Public Health Association’s 2008 Annual Education Conference
Location: Casper, WY – Best Western Ramkota
Description: ?Pre-conference workshop sponsored by Wyoming Department of Health, Public Health and Terrorism Preparedness Program 8:00 am - 2:00 pm. ?County Health Officer Meeting 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm. ?Pre-conference Welcome Reception at Casper's National Historic Trails Interpretive Center at 6:00 pm
Contact/Registration: Kelly Weidenbach-Vigil (307) 266-0052 or at kelly.weidenbach@health.wyo.gov or membership@wyopha.org
Website: www.wyopha.org
Abstract Deadline: 5:00 pm Monday, May 30, 2008
Date: September 16-19, 2008
Topic: Wyoming Public Health Association Annual Meeting
Location: Casper, WY
Description: Who will keep Wyoming Healthy? Public Health Leadership for the 21st Century
Contact/Registration: Kelly Weidenbach-Vigil at (307) 266-0052 or at kelly.weidenbach@health.wyo.gov with questions.
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Call for Abstracts- due by Sunday, May 31, at 5:00 pm
Date: September 29 - October 3, 2008
Topic: Drug Court Judicial Training
Location: Judicial Training Center, Annapolis, MD
Description: JUDICIAL TRAINING
The National Drug Court Institute developed a comprehensive training for judges with the assistance of the National Judicial College and drug court judges from across the country. This innovative training provides role specific training, including advanced substance abuse issues, drug testing, incentives and sanctions,community resources, ethics and confidentiality,the drug court environment, judicial styles and the role of the drug court judge.
Who should attend? Judges and other judicial offi cers, who are working with drug courts that are being planned, implemented or that are operational.
Registration Fee: $975.00
Contact/Registration: Bobbie Taylor at: 703-575-9400, ext.16 or btaylor@ndci.org