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Allamakee Prevention Advisory Group
BySupport Helping Services for Youth & Families March 29, 2022March 29, 2022

The rising concerns over substance misuse, problem gambling, teen pregnancy, and more led a group of concerned citizens and professionals to start meeting to address these difficult topics. Allamakee Prevention Advisory, formed in late 2021, has a mission to “advocate, educate, and provide awareness to positively impact the health and wellness of Allamakee County.” The…

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March is Problem Gambling Awareness Month
BySupport Helping Services for Youth & Families March 2, 2022March 2, 2022

Problem gambling prevention is needed now more than ever. Sports betting is right at our fingertips and Iowans are spending a significant amount of money. According to the Legal Sports Report, Iowa sportsbooks set a new record with $303.3 million in bets in January alone. That pushed the total bets past $3 billion since it…

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Resources to Quit Tobacco
BySupport Helping Services for Youth & Families February 16, 2022February 16, 2022

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
BySupport Helping Services for Youth & Families September 2, 2021September 2, 2021

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
BySupport Helping Services for Youth & Families June 30, 2021August 23, 2021

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
BySupport Helping Services for Youth & Families April 29, 2021May 3, 2021

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
BySupport Helping Services for Youth & Families January 19, 2021January 19, 2021

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…

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Iowa Opioid Response
BySupport Helping Services for Youth & Families January 18, 2021January 18, 2021

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,…

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Introducing Prevention Intern, Karen
BySupport Helping Services for Youth & Families September 4, 2020September 4, 2020

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…

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Substance Abuse Prevention Community Coalitions
BySupport Helping Services for Youth & Families September 1, 2020September 1, 2020

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…

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