NAU Health Promotions film series in March

National Nutrition Month Food Film Series, Put on by NAU Health Promotions. Cline Library Assembly Hall:

Wednesday March 7, 2012 @ 6:30 PM: Killing Us Softly 4: Advertising’s Image of Women (45 minutes)

Wednesday March 21, 2012 @ 6:30 PM: Food Matters- You Are What You Eat (80 minutes)

Wednesday March 28, 2012 @ 6:30 PM: FRESH (72 minutes) * Followed by a 30 minute panel discussion

For more information, please click here.

Preliminary Results: Community Health Assessment

Good Morning,

As you may remember, the Coconino County Public Health Services District has been conducting a community health assessment with service partners and community residents, to learn more about the health status of our county. Our goal is to determine factors that contribute to local health issues, as well as identify areas for health improvement.

Preliminary results have been compiled, and are available for review.  Community members are encouraged to comment about the initial results via the Feedback link on the following pages.

CCPHSD Community Health Assessment

Please consider sending this out to your networks, as we are interested in hearing from county residents about these preliminary results.

Thank you,

Amy Young
Interim Sr. Health Planner
Coconino County Public Health Services District
2625 N King Street
Flagstaff, AZ  86004
928.679.7312

Parenting Classes - Wednesdays in March and April at FRC

The Flagstaff Leadership Program seeking active community members

Doing great things is only a matter of applying yourself…
to the Flagstaff Leadership Program!

The Flagstaff Leadership Program (FLP) is seeking active community members to join our upcoming class!  Each year, FLP brings together a class of approximately 25 diverse individuals to spend nine months learning about the challenges and opportunities facing the greater Flagstaff area.  They begin the program as strangers and end it having formed a life-long network of friends and colleagues.  As FLP graduates, they are ready to assume responsibility as community leaders and serve as a valued resource for their employers and other organizations that seek to make a positive investment in our community.

Now entering its 23rd year, FLP strives to:

•  Enhance the effectiveness of Flagstaff’s leadership
•  Enable people with opposing views to listen to each other and work together
•  Encourage more people to commit to becoming community leaders

Through the program’s Leadership Education Days (LEDs), class members engage in hands-on study and in-depth discussion of issues most significant to Flagstaff – past, present, and future.  The LEDs are day-long sessions presented each month (usually the third Thursday).  Involving highly reputable experts in their respective fields, LED topics include the following:

Leadership Skills and Ethics
The Arts
Government, Public Safety, and Elections
Economic Development and Tourism
Community Diversity and Culture
Sustainable Communities
Health, Human, and Community Services
Science in the Community
Education and Lifelong Learning 

FLP was created in 1991 by a group of local community leaders.  Today, alumni numbers have reached over 400!  FLP alumni are a fundamental part of the program.  They commit their expertise, energy, and a significant amount of time to the committee work necessary to maintain the level of excellence in class membership and programming.  The Flagstaff Leadership Program is a 501(c)(3) organization working to foster opportunities for increased cooperation among the private, public and non-profit sectors. 
Please take the time to look over the application.  The benefits – both personal and professional – can be remarkable.  The application to apply for the class of 2013 begins in February and the deadline for application submission is Friday, April 6, 2012.

Please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions, and please visit our website to learn more about our amazing program: http://www.flagstaffleadershipprogram.com/

On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Flagstaff Leadership Program and the Recruitment Committee, I look forward to receiving your application!

Sincerely,

Barbara L. Worgess, Class of 2005
Flagstaff Leadership Program – Recruitment Chair
Office Phone: 928.679.7330 Fax: 928.679.7270
Email: bworgess@coconino.az.gov

Application

The Vagina Monologues - one-night only presentation

Kohl's Kids Rock Stars

Set goals, track activities and learn healthy tips – all on the website
• It’s FREE - get started today

• Earn a chance to win certificates and coupons

Log on to http://www.kohlskidsrockstars.com/ or call (602) 933-3351 for more information.

From the Children's Action Alliance...

Arizona's Budget Latest!!
On Monday of this week, a budget proposal emerged from secret talks at the legislature.  First thing Tuesday morning, identical budget bills (HB 2852 and SB 1523) were heard and adopted by the House and Senate Appropriations Committees on a party-line vote.  Obviously, this gave Arizonans no time to learn about a budget proposal that will affect health care, education, public safety and much more.  We urge our lawmakers to make this the beginning of a public conversation on budget priorities.

The legislature and Governor Brewer are far apart on a variety of issues, including the projection of future revenues and the overall level of spending.  For more information comparing the Governor's budget to the new budget bills, click here.

Thanks to the fast-action analysis by Karen McLaughlin, Children's Action Alliance was there Tuesday morning to speak up for kids and families.  We urged lawmakers to make three clear changes in their budget to give Arizona kids the chance to grow up healthy and strong:

1. Add $6.5 million to this year's budget to lift the KidsCare freeze.  This will be a short term investment with a long-term payoff of healthier children, more school success, fewer family bankruptcies, and a stronger health care system.

2. Support Governor Brewer's proposal to add $50 million for reading instruction in elementary schools so that more children can read well by the end of third grade and Arizona can compete and win the jobs of the 21st century.

3. Sustain Child Protective Services, job training, community emergency services, and domestic violence prevention with $50 million to the Department of Economic Security.  These funds will replace federal funds that Arizona is losing and allow current services to continue.  A new investigative unit in CPS simply cannot improve child safety if this budget cut happens at the same time.

UPDATED!  CAA's Legislative Fact Sheets

CAA recently updated all of our legislative district fact sheets to include the most recent data. You can use them to learn about your legislators and the conditions of children in your community.  The new information available includes the percentage of children with at least one foreign born parent and the percentage of 3 and 4 year olds NOT enrolled in some type of preschool. 

Review the fact sheets here, or get more data per legislative district by visiting our Data Center.