MCRUD Steering Committee Agenda
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Genesee Health Systems
420 W. 5th Avenue (Board Room?)
Flint, MI 48503
Call in number: TBD
Passcode: TBD
I.
Call to Order and Introductions
II.
Approval of October 28, 2014 and January 27, 2015 MCRUD Steering Committee
Meeting minutes.
III.
Special Presentations by Baker College, Kettering Institute, and Mott Community
College. They will be briefly talking about what they are doing to reduce underage
drinking.
IV.
Brief Round table Reports
V.
Committee Reports & Recommendations
a. Executive Committee (EC) – See MCRUD FY14-15 Calendar for upcoming MCRUD
meetings. This information is posted on mcrud.org. Upcoming meetings are below.
 No March MCRUD Steering Committee. Traffic Safety Summit is March 24-26
in E. Lansing.
 No April MCRUD Steering Committee Meeting. However, Monday, April 27,
2015 is the Shoalition Showcase. This is at Peckham in Lansing.
 May 19 – Upper Peninsula (this is the 3rd Tuesday, the meeting was moved up a
week due to Memorial Day.
b. Development Committee
c. Coalition Showcase Work group – Lisa Coleman
d. Youth Activities Work group – Amy Buckingham/Erin Shahley
VI.
Local/State/National Issues –
a. MLCC news – Self Serve Taps/In Room Bar Devices; Post and Hold Rule
b. Pending bills
c. Governor proposes increasing liquor license fees
VII.
Old Business –
a. Coalition survey
VIII.
New Business
IX.
Resources/Upcoming Conferences – Most of the resources are hyperlinked so you can get
more information. MCRUD also posts a lot of articles and announcements on its facebook
page.
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March 24-26 – Michigan Traffic Safety Summit – East Lansing
April 21 – Michigan Prevention Association’s Advocacy Day - Lansing
April 27 – Showlition Showcase – Peckham, Inc – Lansing.
May 1 – Kent County Youth Summit
September 21-22 – 16th Annual SUD/COD Annual Conference in Grand Rapids.
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Effectiveness Bank Alert - Monitoring and evaluating Scotland’s alcohol strategy. Fourth
annual report
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Effectiveness Bank Alert - Peer recovery support for individuals with substance use
disorders: assessing the evidence.
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New Grant Opportunities: Drug-Free Communities Support Program
Click here for more information. Deadline March 18.
Study Teens Who Skimp On Sleep Now Have More Drinking Problems Later - About 45
percent of adolescents don't get the recommended eight to 10 hours a night, polls show.
The findings are based on data collected from 6,500 adolescents who were part of the
larger National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, which began tracking a group of
adolescents in the mid-90s. Read more here.
The Chronicle of High Education's A Reader's Guide to Campus Sexual Assault examines how
campus sexual assault has become a focus of public discussion and-for colleges-an urgent,
crucial concern. The guide describes ways to help protect students and includes
recommendations on how college personnel should comply with the expanding legal
obligations. To view this resource, click here.
SAMHSA Headlines – January 22
SAMHSA Headlines – February 5
UDETC February 2015 Resource Alert
UDETC currently has six courses available. These online courses are available at no-cost and
include:Conducting Compliance Check Operations, Environmental Strategies, Party
Prevention and Controlled Party Dispersal, Techniques for Managing Special Events, Source
Investigations, and our newest course on Using Community Volunteers to Support
Prevention and Enforcement of Underage Drinking. To learn more about our current
distance learning opportunities click here:
http://www.udetc.org/documents/distancelearningflyer.pdf
From SAMHSA - The "National Behavioral Health Barometer" (Barometer) provides data
about key aspects of behavioral health care issues affecting American communities.
The January issue of Safety Network, a bimonthly publication from the Michigan Office of
Highway Safety Planning (OHSP), click here to read it.