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Association Brain Food Weekly: 4.16.21

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. Accessibility is inclusion , says Fionta, and if you’re not focusing on it, you’re preventing people from accessing your resources and participating in your programs, events, services, and membership benefits. Member behavior. Quick hits.

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Counseling Groups Partner to Fight Bill They Say Allows For Discrimination

Associations Now

Now the American Counseling Association (ACA)—along with the Tennessee Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (TAMFT), the Tennessee Equality Project (TEP), and other groups—are combining their resources, experience, and clout to bring attention to the potentially devastating effects of the proposed legislation.

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Governors Association Launches Opioid Treatment Pilot Targeted at Prisons

Associations Now

Last month, NGA announced a pilot program in eight states—Alaska, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Jersey, Virginia, and Washington—that will expand access to addiction treatment for offenders in prisons. According to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, 65 percent of U.S.

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Parsing Common Core: An Education Program Under Fire

Associations Now

Indiana, Michigan, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin this year halted or delayed implementation, according to the Denver-based National Conference of State Legislatures. With increased public scrutiny and media attention, the standards have become increasingly politicized—and, in some states, stalled.