Resources to Quit Tobacco
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Resources to Quit Tobacco

Due to the wide array of flavored e-liquids, sleek/discrete-looking designs, and youth-oriented advertising vaping has become a concern among our youth population. Over 99% of these products that are on the market contain nicotine. A majority of the ones most popular among youth, such as JUUL’s, often contain 2 or more times the amount of…

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September is Recovery Month

September is Recovery Month! Recovery Month was first proclaimed in 1989 as Treatment Works! This brought recognition and awareness to the work that substance use treatment professionals were doing to support those with a substance use disorder. In 1998 this was expanded to bring recognition to individuals who suffered from substance use disorder along with…

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New Prevention Coordinator in Delaware County

My name is Brian and I am the new Prevention Coordinator  Helping Services in Delaware County. I am originally from Waverly, IA and for the past four years I have been calling Manchester, IA home. Some hobbies of mine with my wife and dog (Theo) love doing anything outdoors involving hiking, biking, walking trails, fishing,…

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April Substance Use Events

Helping Services partnered with Luther College Wellness to put together two events in April. The first event on April 7th was the documentary If They Had Known, which is a real life example of a college student who mixed alcohol and a prescription medication and later died. After the screening of the documentary, Jessica Rupp,…

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Waukon Police Complete Opioid Training

Helping Services for Youth & Families in partnership with Northeast Iowa Behavioral Health  brought the Waukon Police Department a training on opioids, stimulants, Narcan, how to store medication properly, and mental health awareness.   A similar training will take place for the Winneshiek Medical Center Emergency Management. We are honored to provide training to law enforcement…

Iowa Opioid Response
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Iowa Opioid Response

We are thrilled to announce our partnership with Northeast Iowa Behavioral Health on the Iowa Opioid Response Grant from the Iowa Department of Public Health. The goal of this awareness of opioid and stimulant risks through prevention efforts. We will be focusing on prevention of opioid and stimulants such as methamphetamine in Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette,…

Introducing Prevention Intern, Karen
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Introducing Prevention Intern, Karen

My name is Karen, a non-traditional student at the University of Northern Iowa. I am excited about the opportunity to intern with Helping Services for Youth & Families. As a Cresco native, it is my dream to work within the communities served by Helping Services. I feel that prevention work is important as I am…

Substance Abuse Prevention Community Coalitions
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Substance Abuse Prevention Community Coalitions

Substance abuse is an issue that every community deals with. It does not discriminate and it does not only happen in certain places or to certain people. One way that many communities are addressing this issue is through establishing local substance abuse prevention coalitions.  Many of you may have heard the term coalition but wondered…

Stress and Alcohol
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Stress and Alcohol

Many of us are experiencing additional stress right now as we have been out of our normal routines. Financial burdens, job loss, children at home, working from home, illness, fear, and isolation are just a few you may be experiencing.  According to a study on the National Center for Biological Information, stress is shown to…

Family Literacy Night
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Family Literacy Night

On Tuesday, February 18th, the TigerHawk Connections Learning Center program hosted its first Family Literacy Night of the year. The theme was “Frozen.” We started the night out by eating “frozen” pizza, applesauce, and drinking water. During dinner, we read aloud the Little Golden Book, “Frozen.” We then had three family-oriented activities that each family…