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1990 – NOFAS incorporated in South Dakota by Patti Munter
1991 – NOFAS Information and Resource Clearinghouse established
1992 – NOFAS hosts first ever international FASD conference in Minneapolis
1993 – Television movie Healing the Broken Cord starring Jimmy Smits airs for first time
1993 – Senator Ted Kennedy hosts first NOFAS fundraising event at his home featuring
entertainer Carole King
1994 – NOFAS medical school curriculum launched at the University of New Mexico
1994 – Entertainers Bonnie Raitt and Queen Latifah appear in television PSA for NOFAS
1996 – Tom and Linda Daschle headline first NOFAS Leadership Awards Benefit
1997 – Senator Tom Daschle and Jimmy Smits appear in NOFAS PSA
1998 – Washington, D.C. area FASD support group founded
1998 – NOFAS hosts youth summit in New Orleans with teens from twenty-seven states
1999 – Comprehensive Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention Act Enacted
2001 – NOFAS Affiliate Network established
2004 – NOFAS Circle of Hope FASD birth mother’s network founded
2004 – Congressional Caucus on FASD founded
2005 – Award-winning episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit featuring FASD is
broadcast
2005 – U.S. Surgeon General re-issues advisory for women to abstain from alcohol when
pregnant or if considering a pregnancy
2005 – Tom and Linda Daschle FASD Hall of Fame founded
2005 – Women in Film produces award-winning television public service announcement for
NOFAS
2006 – NOFAS initiates first alcohol screening project in Community Health Centers
2007 – NOFAS presents 1,000th FASD workshop or seminar
2008 – NOFAS clearinghouse assists 100,000th FASD consumer
2009 – NOFAS K-12 curriculum presented in nearly 50 school districts nationally
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