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Funding Announcement - Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking (STOP Act)

Submitted by RayH on Tue, 01/17/2023 - 14:48

The Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking (STOP) Act Notice of Funding Opportunity Announcement (NOFO) was recently released. Applications are due by Friday, March 3, 2023.

The anticipated award amount is $60,000 annually for 4 years.  This is an increase of $10,000 per year from previous grant cycles!

Current or former Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program recipients are strongly encouraged to apply.

2021 National Survey on Drug Use and Health Report released

Submitted by wilsokl107 on Fri, 01/06/2023 - 11:20

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) released the results of its annual National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), which shows how people living in America reported about their experience with mental health conditions, substance use, and pursuit of treatment in 2021.

2021 Monitoring the Future Survey outcomes released

Submitted by connie.lauderda... on Thu, 09/01/2022 - 15:24
The Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan conducts an annual survey completed by students in grades 8, 10 and 12. A subset of that group is tracked through adulthood. Their headline finding of the Monitoring the Future survey this year was that marijuana and hallucinogen use among young adults 19 to 30 years old reached all-time high in 2021. 
 
Other key findings for young adults from the press release include:

    Alcohol Fact Sheet (August 2022)

    Submitted by wilsokl107 on Wed, 09/21/2022 - 10:35

    National Prevention Week 2020, May 10–16

    Submitted by DBHR Athena Adm... on Mon, 05/04/2020 - 09:25

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administrations (SAMHSA) National Prevention Week (NPW) is a public education platform that promotes prevention year-round through providing ideas, capacity-building, tools, and resources to help individuals and communities make substance use prevention happen every day.

    Prevention Technical Transfer Centers releases Pandemic Response Resources

    Submitted by DBHR Athena Adm... on Fri, 03/27/2020 - 10:45

    The Prevention Technical Transfer Centers (PTTCs) have create a page on their website to provide quick access to Pandemic Response Resources focused on Prevention. You can access this page via the PTTC website (https://pttcnetwork.org/ )  or by clicking on the following link: https://pttcnetwork.org/centers/global-pttc/pandemic-response-resources

    You will find Federal Resources and also Resources from the PTTC Network such as:

    Prevention Plus Wellness Youth and Teacher Resources

    Submitted by cwerch@preventi... on Mon, 01/13/2020 - 07:06

    Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) provides easy to use evidence-informed resources to help prevention and health specialists and parents prevent youth and young adult alcohol, cannabis, tobacco, e-cigarette, and opioid use while promoting protective wellness lifestyles.

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