April 2023
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Hello coalition members,
Our CCDP March 2023 highlights include:
- Tia participated in the ETSU College of Public Health's Networking Night
- Nash worked with youth coalition members and other community kids to install a "Healthy Brains" art display at August Muse.
- Seuss on the Loose and Glow in the Dark Dodgeball events were a great success! We are always grateful to partner with Elizabethton Parks & Rec and the Elizabethton/Carter County Public Library for fun community events.
- Big thanks to Regional Overdose Prevention Specialist, Kahla Cobb for providing a community overdose prevention training for the "Day of Hope."
- We helped install a permanent overdose response and resource box at the Elizabethton/Carter County Public Library. See more info below!
- CCC held an in-person meeting to finalize the survey for our community health assessment. We appreciate Tyler Wright for all of his assistance in ensuring Carter County gathers quality data to create our Community Needs Assessment.
- We hosted the "Stashed Away" trailer at the Elizabethton/Carter County Public Library for National Drug & Alcohol Facts Week
- We offered a Spring Break Safe Sitter training and trained 12 teens to be safe sitters and stay home alone safely!
Support CCDP this month by signing up for our "Egg My Yard" fundraiser. Even if you don't want your yard "egged," send eggs to a kiddo who will love an Easter surprise!
Thanks for always being our encouragers and supporting the work we do!
Jilian
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Are you a member of the CCC? If not, you should be!
The Carter County Collaborative is a comprehensive collaboration between organizations, people, and businesses for the purpose of creating a healthy Carter County. The CCC plans and executes public events, campaigns, and maintains a community needs assessment through separate committees. This collaborative meets every first Thursday of the month from 12-1:30pm and is open to the public. This meeting also serves as the monthly coalition meeting for Carter County Drug Prevention.
Vision: Carter County Collaborative is a comprehensive collaboration among organizations, people, and businesses for the purpose of making Carter County the healthiest in Tennessee.
Mission: The Carter County Collaborative facilitates member meetings, public events and campaigns, and maintains a County Needs Assessment and County Health Improvement Plan.
Values: Collaboration, Awareness, Representation, Leadership, Compassion, Community
Check out the 2022-23 Strategic Plan here: CCC Strategic Plan
To become a member, click here.
Everyone is welcome!
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April CCC Meeting
April 6th
Virtual: Join Zoom @ 12pm
Meeting will end no later than 1:30pm
Speakers:
Diane Thissel, Grief Recovery Method
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Stephanie Pardue, Business Development, English Mountain Recovery
Committees will meet in breakout rooms following the speaker. Participants are welcome to join any committee at any time!
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Committee (Committee A) Goal:
This committee will focus on stigma reduction, education, and community outreach through community partnerships, trainings, and events.
Community Action & Awareness Committee (Committee B) Goal:
Provide information, resources, and support with energy, boldness, and strength, to those in the community.
Community Assessment Committee (Committee C) Goal:
Collect and organize data and provide it in an accessible way to CCC members, to assign leadership roles as needed to manage specific projects, to develop a current community resource hub that is as updated as possible, and to develop a community narrative concerning the county’s historical health.
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Our March Outstanding Coalition Partner is
Elizabethton/Carter County Public Library
BIG thank you to the Elizabethton/Carter County Public Library for housing the region's first overdose response & resource box. We are grateful for their commitment to preventing overdose in our community through the installation and provision of Narcan!
We know that since its' installation, at least one overdose has been reversed by Narcan received from this box. We could not be more grateful for them!
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Our March Outstanding Coalition Member is:
Victoria Chandler
UT Extension, Carter County
We are so grateful for Victoria and the way she supports our community!
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March 2023 Arrest Data
*Data Provided by Carter County Sheriff's Department & Elizabethton Police Department through https://carter-911-tn.zuercherportal.com/#/inmates.
Ages
12-21 - 1
22-30 - 0
31-40 - 1
41-50 - 0
51-60 - 4
61-70 - 1
71 and up - 0
Unknown ages - 0
Gender
Male - 4
Female - 3
Violations
DUI - 3
Underage DUI - 0
Public Intoxication - 1
Underage Consumption - 0
Sale to Minors or Intoxicated Persons- 0
Drug Paraphernalia - 2
Violation of Implied Consent Law - 0
Manufacture, Delivery, Sale or Possession of Methamphetamine - 2
Possession of Cocaine or Methamphetamine w/ deadly weapon - 0
Maintaining a Dwelling - 1
Possession of Handgun (Under the Influence) - 0
Introduction of Contraband into a Penal Institution - 0
Possession of Legend Drug without a Prescription - 0
Simple Possession/Casual Exchange - 0
Falsification of Drug Test - 0
Open Container - 0
Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor - 0
Schedule I - 0
Schedule II - 1
Schedule III - 0
Schedule IV - 0
Schedule V - 0
Schedule VI - 2
9-1-1 Calls For Service
DUI - 3
Possible Drugs - 6
Overdose/Poisoning - 5
Public Intoxication - 4
Suicide/Attempt/Threat - 5
Psychiatric/ Abnormal Behavior/ Suicide Attempt - 0
Mentally Disturbed - 1 |
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March Youth Coalition Updates:
- Hampton Middle and High School Baseball, T. A. Dugger Middle School Baseball, TEACH Middle and High School Basketball and Tri-Cities Dance Company pledged to be Nicotine-free teams!
- Our TN Strong Ambassadors, Carter, Marcellene and Rylee received a weekend of training in Franklin, TN.
- Youth coalition members prepared "healthy brain" art for an art show at August Muse. More info here!
- Youth coalition members helped at Seuss on the Loose and sold concessions at Glow in the Dark Dodgeball for this month's community service projects!
- We prepped for the Annual Kick Butts Day Kickball Tournament. We can't wait to kick butts (and kickballs) on April 1st!
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This project is funded in part by the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. |
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