The Executive Office of the President, Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) are accepting applications for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program grant. The purpose of the DFC Program is to establish and strengthen collaboration to support the efforts of coalitions... more
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National Drug Take Back event materials available
March 8, 2021
Are you planning on hosting a National Drug Take Back Day event on April 24th? We are happy to announce that updated promotional materials for you to use are now available at ... more
Risk and protection profiles for substance use disorder prevention for Washington State and its communities released
February 23, 2021
The Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) has released the July 2022 Community Risk Profiles, a comprehensive collection of social indicators relevant to a broad range of problem behaviors among adolescents and adults, such as substance abuse among youth.
A product of the Research and Development Analysis’ (RDA) Community Outcome and... more
WA Tribal Opioid Solutions Campaign
February 10, 2021
HCA is launching Year 4 of WA Tribal Opioid Solutions a media campaign to support education efforts around opioid misuse prevention and treatment. Campaign materials are informed by collaboration with tribal prevention and treatment partners across the state.
All materials in the campaign toolkit are free to download and use and include videos, social media graphics... more
Feedback needed: CPWI Community Coalition Guide
February 9, 2021
Please consider taking this survey about the CPWI Guide! The results of this survey will be used to revise the CPWI Community Coalition Guide to help teach about CPWI coalition work more effectively. The survey will close at the end of the day on February 28, 2021.
WA Tribal Opioid Solutions Campaign enters Year 4
December 7, 2020
HCA is launching Year 4 of WA Tribal Opioid Solutions a media campaign to support education efforts around opioid misuse prevention and treatment. Campaign materials are informed by collaboration with tribal prevention and treatment partners across the state.
All materials in the campaign toolkit are free to download and use and include videos, social media graphics... more
OWL E-Learning now available!
November 20, 2020
OWL E-Learning utilizes the state of Washington's online learning system for state employees. The state has transitioned to a new system for online learning. OWL E-Learning is now available, however, the process to access the site has been changed. If you had access to OWL E-Learning before the relaunch, you will need to follow the steps for New Users. See how to access online training courses on OWL E-Learning page.
Healthy Youth Survey rescheduled to 2021
November 12, 2020
We are happy to announce the Healthy Youth Survey will be administered in the fall of 2021. Additional details about the survey and modes of administration (ex: paper, electronic in the classroom or other settings) will be announced in the next few months.
As you may be aware, the October 2020 Healthy Youth Survey (HYS) was postponed because the survey was only approved to be administered in-person in a school setting and a... more
Community Consultations for Cohorts 4-6
November 12, 2020
Community Prevention and Wellness Initiative Community Consultations,
The Washington State Health Care Authority/Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery has partnered with the Washington State University IMPACT Research Lab to evaluate the effectiveness of CPWI communities in reducing adolescent substance use and related risk factors. The key findings of the evaluation are being developed into a one-pager handout for each... more
Virtual Prevention Summit access information
November 2, 2020
HCA is excited to offer the Washington State Prevention Summit in this new digital format and hope you enjoy the virtual environment!
If you are registered for the Prevention Provider Meeting you will have live event access on November 2 at 7 am PT. Live event access for the Prevention Summit will open on November 3 at 7 am PT and will close on November 4 at 5 pm PT. The platform will reopen for On Demand viewing access on November 6 at 12 pm PT.
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