MOMSTELL

Accomplishments

Local Accomplishments:

Legislation Involvement:

--Parents testified at field hearings in Cumberland, Blair, Bucks, Philadelphia and Dauphin

  Counties

Speaking Engagements:

--Cumberland and Perry County Drug and Alcohol Bureau's Heroin Awareness Education

  Program at various schools and community meetings

--Special guest of TV show "Call the Dr" to discuss drug and alcohol issues

--WITF  Roundtable discussion on Heroin

--Local Fox News Special- The Heroin Trap

--Parents sharing their stories throughout their communities

--Parents interviewed for local TV show on "Drugs in your neighborhood"

Organization Affiliations:

--Cumberland/Perry County Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition

--Carlisle Health and Wellness Task Force

Statewide Accomplishments:

Legislation Involvement:

--HR-585, To establish a parent panel to study accessible treatment services and make

  recommendations to facilitate access to treatment and intervention services in the

  community. (Passed unanimously June 13, 2006)

--Working on the state budget every year to restore cuts and increase treatment  funding

--HB-28, a heroin drug trafficking bill (Passed into law June of 2000)

--Testifying in both the Pennsylvania House and Senate

Speaking Engagements:

--Parent Press Conferences at the Pennsylvania State Capitol

--Drug and Alcohol Budget Rallies

--Pennsylvania Recovery Organization and Alliance Statewide Conferences-Heroin Education

   workshop

--The Pennsylvania Department of  Health's  Statewide Opiate Conference-Advocacy training

--Over 100 presentation of our  Heroin Awareness program

--Substance Abuse Awareness Day Press conference at the PA Capitol

-- Commonwealth Prevention Alliance--MOMSTELL Advocacy workshops

-- Speaking with the Heroin Education and Dangerous Substance Understanding Program (HEADSUP)

--District Attorney's Statewide Prosecutor School

--PA District Attorney's Association Press Conference

--United Way Capital Area Campaign-Sharing personal stories

-- Pennsylvania Student Assistance Program Conference-Parents told their personal stories

--MOMSTELL Advocacy Presentation for the Pennsylvania Certification Board

-- Pennsylvania Community Providers Association-  "About" MOMSTELL presentation

-- Statewide NAMI conference-MOMSTELL grassroots advocacy presentation

-- MISA Conference-MOMSTELL advocacy presentation

Organization Affiliations:

---Appointed by the Pennsylvania Secretary of Welfare to the Children's Behavioral Health 

   Task  Force

--Appointed by PA Secretary of Welfare to Children's Advisory Committee

--Pennsylvania Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse steering committee on drug and

  alcohol issues

--Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse's  strategic planning committee on drug and

  alcohol issues

--Appointed to the Student Assistance Advisory Board

--Pennsylvania  School -Based Behavioral Health Taskforce

--Co-Occurring Disorders Work Group

--Pennsylvania's Children's Integrated Services Advisory Committee

--Pennsylvania Forensics Taskforce

--Former Board of Directors of Pennsylvania Recovery Organization and Alliance (PRO-A)

Nationwide Accomplishments:

Legislation Involvement:

--Model State Drug Laws

--SB-1701, Civil Asset Forfeiture Bill

--Drug-Free Communities Act Program Reauthorization

--National Budget-Increase funding for substance Abuse Treatment, Education and Prevention

  including Safe and Drug Free Schools

Speaking Engagements:

--National Conference speakers

--National Policy Academies

--Joint Meetings on Adolescent Treatment Effectiveness

--Press conferences at the United States Supreme Court 

--Drug Enforcement Agency's Drug Demand Reduction Coordinators Training in DC

--United Way Campaign at National Rite Aid Headquarters

Organization Affiliations:

--Partnership for a Drug Free America Parent Advisory Board

--Liaison Partner for Drug Watch International

--Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Management Team

--National Families in Action Parent Corps Pioneer

TV and Radio Programs:

--Interviews for Partnership For a Drug Free America's website on DXM

--Minnesota's KTOE " Life After Loss" radio show

--Statewide PSA announcements for the Pennsylvania Attorney General

--"Street Talk,"  New Jersey radio show discussing MOMSTELL

--Repeat appearances on WGAL-TV LIVE for "Heroin in our Communities"

--Fox 43 special, "Heroin Trap"

--PSA commercial for WITF-TV Public Television

--Video telling Angie's story for the United Way Capitol Area Region Campaign

MOMSTELL Developments:

--Created  the first Independent Parent Advisory Council for Substance Abuse to address

  family and community access to alcohol and drug abuse and addiction treatment services

--Participated in successful national campaign demanding Hershey Foods stop production of

   ice breaker pacs. The mints were packaged in small heat sealed square packets filled with

   white powder. The packets resembled illegal drug packets.

-- Liaison Network for Drug Watch International since October 2004

--Participated in "Addiction is not Fashionable" campaign against Christian Dior's "Addict"

  product line and met with Paris executives in Manhattan, New York

Awards:

--Received the Pennsylvania Community Providers Association 2005 President's award for

  advocacy

--Received the 2005 Remembering Adam's Scott Gobbel Award for selfless service to those in

  need

--Recognized by Pennsylvania District Attorney's Institute for instruction at the Basic

  Prosecutor's School

--Recognized by Victim Service Agencies of Cumberland County for outstanding work and

  advocacy on behalf of crime victims

--Recognized by Pennsylvania Attorney General for participation in the Attorney General's

  Team Up Against Drug Youth Camp

--Recognized by Department of Health, Bureau of Drug and Alcohol and the Institute of

  Research Education and Treatment in Addiction

--2001 Volunteer of the Year Award from PRO-A

--IABC/Harrisburg-Capitol 2000 Gold Award for writing "Heroin's Heartache" for WITF

  magazine