2012 Conferences:
(See Training Page for announcements)
*5/21-23: 46th Annual WAAODA Spring Conference: Multiple Pathways to Recovery, Madison
* 7/18-19: WIDEC Annual Conference, Wisconsin Rapids
*10/23-25: National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children Conference: Collaborating for Healthier Children, Stronger Families, and Safer Communities, Des Moines, IA

News:
5/14/12: Parents arrested after 'shake and bake' meth bottle found next to sleeping toddler (Grant Co., WI)
5/2/12: Number of Babies Born W/ Drug Withdrawal Signs Triples (AP)
5/1/12: Waushara Alliance for Drug Endangered Children Town Hall Meetings to Focus on Heroin Sale and Use in Waushara County (UW Extension)
4/27/12: Attorney General promises help in stopping crimes (Wisconsin Dells)
4/26/12: Illegal drugs cost WI’s kids, taxpayers (WI Reporter)
4/17/12: WI Bureau of Child Welfare showing improvement
4/13/12: "Drug Endangered Children" Team Helps Kids Exposed to Drugs (Brown Co, WI)
4/9/12: Webinar Series: Strength Based Tribal Collaboration for Drug Endangered Children
3/29/12: Company says its pseudoephedrine is meth-resistant
3/19/12: Study of 'meth babies' finds behavior problems similar to those of 'crack babies'
2/16/12: Recovering Chippewa Falls addict talks about the dangers of meth
2/15/12: Dave Forsythe talks to WSAW about the meth problem in Wisconsin

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WIDEC exists to help you make a difference in the lives of children who are in danger because their parents or caregivers are using, dealing or manufacturing drugs. We are united in the commitment to support, rescue, shelter, and defend children who are being harmed by drugs.

Our partners are essential to the success and safety of the children we protect.  Therefore, we would like to thank them for their perseverance in supporting our efforts.

Community involvement from everyone is essential. WIDEC realizes that statewide awareness and involvement go hand in hand. Together we can be proactive as a team to send the message that Wisconsin values the safety of children, and will not accept child neglect, physical, emotional or sexual abuse due to drugs.

WIDEC defines 'Drug Endangered Child' as:

Any child, born or unborn, *at risk of neglect, or sexual or physical abuse, or emotional abuse, or mental harm by the parent's or caregiver's use, distribution or manufacture of any controlled substance or the parent's or caregiver's failure to protect the child from the exposure to the use, distribution or manufacture of any controlled substance.

*(As defined by Wisconsin Statute 940 and Chapter 48)

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