Roanoke Times
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DATE: FRIDAY, May 21, 1993                   TAG: 9305210168
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: ALMENA HUGHES STAFF WRITER
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ROANOKE JUDGE GETS TIPPER GORE AWARD

Gore, a children's mental health services advocate, presented the award in recognition of Trompeter's work in advancing community-based, family-focused mental health services for at-risk children and adolescents.

The ceremony in Alexandria was sponsored by the National Mental Health Association, a voluntary charitable organization working to change America's perception of mental health and mental illnesses.

Trompeter is a judge in the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court for Roanoke, Roanoke County and Salem. He also is a member of the Mental Health Laws Committee of the Virginia Bar Association.

Trompeter brought to the Roanoke Valley the court-appointed special advocate program, which pairs community-trained volunteers with children who have been removed from their homes. He served on a task force on the needs of mentally ill children in Virginia and co-authored the state's civil commitment legislation.

His work with the Mental Health Association of Virginia's "Invisible Children" task force resulted in legislation that restructured delivery of services to children and adolescents, allowing interagency collaboration and resource pooling.

He helped get Roanoke included among 10 cities nationwide participating in a program to develop a communitywide plan to reduce substance abuse among its young and their families. He also formed the truancy/dropout prevention task force to help schools, courts and social service agencies keep kids in school.

Trompeter has served as president of the Mental Health Association of Roanoke, as a member of the board of the association in Virginia and as chairman of the state association's Children's Committee.

Gore, wife of Vice President Al Gore, in 1992 received the association's first Remember the Children Award for her work on behalf of children's mental health in Tennessee and the nation.