[VDH.VermontPrevention] News and updates from Prevention Works! VT

Tue Dec 31 08:12:08 EST 2019

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Prevention Works! VT, a statewide "coalition of coalitions" with a mission to create and lead advocates to work collaboratively on policy, practice and attitudes that promote prevention, health and wellness with one voice.

Prevention Works! Vermont serves as:

  *   A voice for substance abuse coalitions and prevention in state conversations and committees;
  *   Technical assistance on best practices, research, and resources for coalitions, or for communities that want to develop a coalition.
  *   A coordinator to help advocates across Vermont work together to change policies and practices to improve prevention, health and wellness.
Changes at Prevention Works! VT

[https://gallery.mailchimp.com/74c546cbc7f7944bf70612148/images/f9a5c5fd-f9bf-498e-9017-19db712673da.jpg]Good-bye and thank you to our fearless leader Lori Augustyniak
We are sad to have to say good-bye to Prevention Works VT! Coordinator Lori Augustyniak. Lori has more than twenty years of experience working in the fields of health promotion and prevention.  She served as the Coordinator of PW!VT for more than 5 years tirelessly advocating for increased resoures for prevention and giving voice to effective prevention strategies in state work groups, initiaties and legislative policy making. While Lori may have moved on from her position at PW!VT we know she will contiue to be a strong advocate for health in VT!

From Lori: "I appreciate all that each of you has contributed, and will continue to give, to the promotion of health in VT. It really has been a privilege to work with so many compassionate, intelligent and competent prevention professionals for the past 20 years!  This work has enhanced my life, helped me raised a substance-free teenager and allowed me to make a difference along the way…prevention will inevitably be my legacy!"
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A few parting words from Vermont prevention professionals:

"I appreciate Lori's dedication to supporting the field of prevention.  As someone relatively new to this field she was always a great resource to call and bounce ideas off of or get new resources." Jessica Bickford, Coordinator for Healthy Lamoille Valley

"Lori Augustyniak and I started out in the late 90's in the first round of statewide prevention funding (the New Directions grant) that put community coalitions on the map. When struggling community coalitions asked for support, Lori and partners dreamed up Prevention Works to become the coalition of coalitions, and Lori took on the challenge of doing that work. Her leadership at the statewide level has been invaluable, and prevention is now included in every conversation about substance misuse. Thanks, Lori!"  Ginny Burley, Central Vermont New Directions Coalition

"Lori has shown incredible dedication to this field and to the work of improving our VT communities - both professionally and personally.  I have always been impressed with how she advocated for prevention coalitions to get more resources in her professional role, while in her personal time also reaching out to advocate with her own legislators and community about substance abuse prevention issues. I look up to her as a role model for my own work." Mariah Sanderson, Burlington Partnership for a Healthy Community

Prevention Works is Hiring!
We are looking for a new statewide Substance Abuse Prevention Coordinator to create and lead advocates in VT to work collaboratively on policy, practice and attitudes that promote prevention, health and wellness with one voice. Job details are listed below.

Interested applicants should submit the following to Alice Abraham at The Collaborative by emailing alice at thecollaborative.us<mailto:alice at thecollaborative.us>:

  *   Cover letter and resume
  *   Two references
  *   Two writing samples of which you are the primary author
Please also include a document with your answers to these questions:

  1.  What makes a job enjoyable for you?
  2.  How will this position will fit with your personal and professional goals?
  3.  This position requires meetings during business hours and some evening and weekend events. Are you able to fulfill this schedule?
  4.  What is your desired salary range?
Job Details:
Position reports directly to the Prevention Works! VT Steering Committee.
Supports programs, projects and individuals associated with the PW! Mission.
32 hours per week max.

Qualifications:

  *   Experience with public health approaches to substance abuse prevention
  *   Strong community organizational skills
  *   Excellent oral and written communication skills
  *   Aptitude and passion for policy improvement and substance abuse prevention
  *   Demonstrated transparent and high integrity leadership
Work Duties:
• Lead Prevention Works! in a manner that supports and guides the organization’s mission
• Communicate effectively with the organization leadership and provide, in a timely and accurate manner, required reports to the Steering Committee, Fiscal Agent and grantors
• Build and maintain connections with relevant community, state and national organizations and pursue new opportunities for collaboration
• Advocate with Legislative Support and Steering Committee on policies and practices for community health and wellness with local and statewide officials and policy-makers
• Research and evaluate relevant community data. Utilize a working knowledge of significant developments, trends, and best practices in the field of substance abuse prevention. Attend regular trainings.
• Strategically work with the Steering Committee and staff to increase funding streams
• Oversee PW! online presence including website, social media pages, and e-newsletter
• Report detailed and timely information to the Steering Committee on both successes and challenges related to grant initiatives, organizational function, finances, and programming

This is a work-from-home position and requires that you have a reliable car to drive to meetings & trainings throughout rural Vermont during various weather conditions.

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Our mailing address is:
Prevention Works! VT
73 Main Street, #33
Montpelier, VT 05602

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