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Trainings for Prevention Professionals
October 1, 2007
Dear ORN Consumer and Friend of SAI:
We regret to inform you that SAI will no longer be funded as an ORN affiliate to serve Greater
Cleveland. In the past ORN was funded through the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) and the
Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services (ODADAS). I have been informed that
ODE has decided to contract with a company out of state to provide the services which the ORN
affiliates once provided in Ohio and ODADAS has decided only to fund services provided through
affiliates in Athens , Cincinnati , Columbus , Dayton , and Toledo (and those at a reduced level).
What this means for us and for you is that (1) we will no longer be providing any training
workshops in our area and (2) we will not be able to dedicate staff time to serve you with videos
and materials in our resource room. We regret this decision, but due to funding we must require
our staff to spend their time on our Drug Free Communities and Coalition Mentoring projects
We have appreciated the years of serving you as the OPERC/ORN affiliate for this region and will
continue to promote prevention through our Drug Free Communities and Coalition Mentoring
grants. Our mission remains – “to provide alcohol, tobacco, and other drug prevention programs
and services to promote drug-free communities in Northeast Ohio .”
Sincerely,
Rev. Richard McCain
On behalf of the Board of Trustees and Staff of SAI
**All training sessions held at Highland Road Church of Christ unless otherwise indicated
***All sessions held on Thursday from 9:00a.m. until 3:30p.m. unless otherwise indicated; registration will begin at
8:30a.m. for all workshops
Flyers with registration information and descriptions of workshops will be available soon.
