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Save the date for the CACSAP conference from September 24-26, 2008, in beautiful Irvine, CA! This year will be another great opportunity to learn about new resources, best practices, and to network with your colleagues. Watch our Conference Page for more information as it becomes available. See you there!
Advocacy Alert!
Governor Schwarzenegger has proposed drastic cuts to the California budget for 2008-2009. These cuts would affect all departments, including Education, Health and Public Health, and Social Services. Officials in the administration have also proposed lumping categorical programs into four grants, potentially hurting vital Cal-SAFE programs. ACT NOW to oppose these cuts. Click here for more information.
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Conference Brochure and Registration now Available!
The 2008 CACSAP Conference brochure is available here, on our events page. Don't miss this great opportunity to learn about innovations in the field, find new tools and techniques, and network with your colleagues. This year's conference will feature Keynote speakers Dr. Doug Kirby and Dr. Peter Alsop, as well as plenary sessions, educational theater, a preconference institute, and the great, hands-on workshops you've come to expect from CACSAP. For more information, or to register, click the links on this page.
May is National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
The Annual Teen Pregnancy Prevention Day and its corresponding Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month is fast approaching. The Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy is Wednesday, May 7th. The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy (www.teenpregnancy.org) will be conducting its Teen Quiz, and encourages programs all over the country to ask students to go online and take the quiz. In addition, CACSAP will be sending out a press release about the day, the quiz and teen pregnancy to local media outlets. We will also provide a link to the quiz here, on our web site and will be sending out materials related to National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Day over our e-mail list.
Most important, we will be highlighting regional CACSAP efforts to promote Teen Pregnancy Prevention month. In addition to sending regional information to the National Campaign, we will create pages here on our site that list activities that are happening around the state. If your region or agency is participating on any kind of event, please contact us at cacsap@cacsap.org to tell us about your event. The San Diego regional event is posted here now to serve as an example of what regions can do. Other possible events include encouraging students to take the quiz, putting up banners or information sheets in schools and community centers, and alerting the media to the issue of teen pregnancy in your community.
Especially now, with the budget crisis and pending cuts to our valuable programs, we need to make this issues surround teen pregnancy and parenting known. Use this opportunity to focus attention on the issue and on your programs. For information and tools for advocacy efforts, click here. Please take part in this National event and help us make sure our communities understand the need to support our efforts.
Nominate your heroes...
...For a CACSAP award! CACSAP presents four annual awards to leaders in the field of teen parenting and teen pregnancy prevention. If you know someone who is a standout in the field, make a nomination today. Awards are presented at our annual conference.
Evaluation Update
CACSAP is recommending that all Cal-SAFE programs continue to collect data using the GradStar program. Even though the state is no longer collecting this data, it's imperative that we continue to collect the data that shows our programs are effective! CACSAP is working on finding ways to evaluate Cal-SAFE data and appreciate the help of individual programs.