As an all-volunteer board, the Prevention Specialist Certification Board of Washington (PSCBW) strives to do its work as efficiently and timely as possible. However, during the month of December, response time will be delayed. Several directors of the board will not be available for certification and board work, including responding to email inquiries, review and approval of any PSCBW prevention certification applications, and other board related business. Thank you for your understanding....
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December 13, 2023
The 2024 National Prevention Network Conference (NPN) will be held August 13-15, 2024 at the Arizona Grand Resort in Phoenix, AZ! More information will be posted on the conference webpage soon!
read more December 8, 2023
We are nearing the next cycle of the Communities Talk!
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will be sponsoring stipends for the next round of Communities Talk to Prevent Alcohol and Other Drug Misuse, an initiative that focuses on alcohol and other drug misuse that negatively affect communities and our youth. Since 2006, the initiative has provided prevention resources and stipends to thousands of community-based organizations, colleges, and...
read more December 7, 2023
Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) is collaborating with WellScreen to bring PPW’s unique evidence-based “whole-health” brief substance use prevention interventions that promote healthy lifestyle behaviors and mental health onto WellScreen’s online technology for screening for alcohol, tobacco, and drug use, including opioid consumption.
WellScreen is based on the Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) protocol and uses evidence-based screeners like...
read more December 1, 2023
What is involved? The Review Team reviews the previous year’s Overview and Nomination Packet documents during January and February, making suggestions on improvements, suggestions on how to market the awards to encourage more participation, and to make suggestions on how to simplify the nomination process. Any meetings are via Microsoft Teams. Award nominations are accepted during the April – August time frame; there are no Review Team meetings or duties during the...
read more November 30, 2023
This report has been submitted to SAMHSA. Public review period has concluded.
.Each year the Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery compiles and submits an Annual Synar Report (ASR) to the Federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
The report is currently available for public review. If you wish to submit a comment after reading the report, send your comments to: ...
read more November 28, 2023
The Native Center for Behavioral Health hosts a prevention fellowship program, a one-year career development and practicum for early-career professionals or students in the substance use prevention field.
On Thursday, November 30, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., this year's three fellows will present the projects they have worked on during their fellowship year:
- Alcohol Prevention Among Indigenous Youth (Shelene Head): There will be...
November 22, 2023
Last month, the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation hosted the annual Centennial Accord meetings, a formal collaboration between the 29 federally recognized tribes in Washington and the state government. Hundreds of Tribal leaders from Washington, Idaho, and Oregon attended and participated in the meetings.
At this year's meetings, Tribal leaders shared how fentanyl and opioids have impacted their nations and people. According to the Centers for Disease Control and...
read more November 22, 2023
It’s no surprise that peer pressure is a powerful force in the life of a teenager. Since car crashes are a leading cause of injury and death for young people in the U.S., there’s a new peer-to-peer program in Washington called Teens in the Driver Seat® (TDS) that uses peer pressure as a positive influence by having teens lead the program and spread awareness about teen traffic safety at their schools.
This student-led program focuses on...
read more November 22, 2023
The Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) has released a full series of guides which offer action-oriented strategies for professionals, families, and communities to support queer and trans youth. The series includes a resource guide and four companion focus guides designed for specific populations.
Developed by...
read more November 22, 2023
Check out and consider sharing the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) two new 988 Lifeline videos - You Matter PSA and Impact of the 988 Lifeline - now available in SAMHSA's...
read more November 22, 2023
SAMHSA's Division of Grant Review is recruiting reviewers who have academic qualifications and professional work experience in mental health services, preventing substance misuse, and/or treating substance use disorder.
Selected reviewers will be expected to:
- Participate in a mandatory pre-review teleconference to learn about key aspects of the notice of funding opportunity;
- Be available during the review period, which is expected to last two weeks; and...
November 7, 2023
Last month, the Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA), Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery (DBHR) hosted its annual Prevention Summit in-person for the first time since 2019. With over 600 people in attendance, including nearly 170 youth, 360 adults, and 80 virtual attendees, the event was an amazing success.
Together, we learned about a broad range of prevention topics, connected with others in the prevention field, and recognized those that made significant...
read more November 3, 2023
About the study
With funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Boston University is conducting research to understand and characterize students in collegiate recovery programs. The online survey contains questions about your education, employment, mental health history, criminal justice history, personality and substance use.
Who can participate?
Participants must be students in a collegiate...
read more November 2, 2023
On behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA); the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); and the State Justice Institute (SJI), the Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR) is excited to share this solicitation for Reaching Rural: Advancing Collaborative Solutions. This initiative is grounded in the value of “for...
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