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FASD ACHIEVE
Screening, Referrals to Diagnosis and Case Managed Interventions for children (0-7 yrs) diagnosed with an FASD.

 

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness Day

September 9th is International FASDay. NineZero. Nine Months, Zero Alcohol is the prevention message heard across the country on this day. It’s a great way to push forward the FASD prevention and treatment agenda. Each year 42,000 children are born with FASD and it is 100% preventable.
 
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Gap Funds
Gap Funds are available to families raising an individual with FASD. They can be used to offset diagnostic and treatment costs as well as for respite care and recreational play.
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In The News
How FASD can affect OU Students!
Date Posted: Tuesday, September 5, 2006
By: Jennifer Peters, Marketing Communications Intern, OU School of Nursing

Just one glass of wine. Just one. Think again. That one glass of wine could be the beginning of a life-long disability for your unborn child.
College students across the country are putting their unborn children at a potential risk for FASD (Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder) by not altering their habits. Binge drinking and unprotected sex are two of the main reasons why 42,000 children are born with this disorder each year.
For full story: http://www2.oakland.edu/nursing/news.cfm?ID=257

 


 
Important Dates for FASD
May 11 – May 17 National Alcohol & Other Drug Birth Defect Week
September 9 World FASD Awareness Day
 
Newsletter
MCFARES distributes a quarterly newsletter, “Reaching Out,” full of helpful parenting tips, websites of the month and updates from our families. Click here to view the newsletter.
 
Meeting Minutes
MCFARES Coalition meets monthly at the CARE offices.
February 26, 2007
January 22, 2007
October 23, 2006
 
Awards
  • Prevention Grant
  • SAMHSA FASD Center for Excellence
  • MCFARES received a three-year Michigan Department of Community Health, FASD Community Project Grant in 2006. This award allows MCFARES to provide our families with a Parent Liaison to help advocate for children with FASD as well as help families find available resources.
  • MCFARES received a Prevention Network of Michigan Mini Project Grant award for both FASDay 2005 and 2006 events.
  • Prevention Network also awarded MCFARES special recognition as a Model Project Award 2005 and 2006 for its FASDay events.