Announcements

Watch this page for announcements from other Athena Forum users. Select Send me Announcements in the account settings menu to get notified when there are new postings to this page.

Promoting Healthy Behaviors for Enhancing Youth Drug Use Prevention & Wellness: Free Webinar

Session Objectives:

Describe common healthy behavior problems among youth. Identify the importance of healthy behaviors for youth mental and physical wellbeing and performance.  Explore the relationship between healthy behaviors and substance use and misuse. List approaches and settings for assessing healthy behaviors. Examine strategies for promoting healthy behaviors. Discuss integrating healthy behavior promotion within prevention practice.

Register:  https://… read more

Don't miss today's Drug Take Back Day webinar!

National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is Saturday, October 26. Join us for a webinar today, Wednesday, October 2, at 1 p.m., to learn how to promote Take Back events and safe medication disposal in your community using resources available through the Starts with One prescription opioid misuse prevention campaign. Register for the webinar!

The Starts with One safe disposal toolkit includes ready-to-use ads, posters, social media content, and other… read more

Overdose in action funding opportunity!

The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has been awarded the Overdose Data to Action in States Cooperative Agreement through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Five to seven eligible community-based organizations will receive funding to implement the following prevention strategies: Clinician/health system engagement Public safety partnerships/interventions Harm reduction Community based linkages to care  The estimated funding amount per grantee… read more

Prevention spotlight: MyTOWN Coalition

Earlier this year, Hoquiam's MyTOWN CPWI coalition was awarded additional funding to support prevention efforts that reach the Spanish-speaking population.

The funds were requested to support translation services provided by one of the coalition's organizational partners, Circulo de Mujeres Para la Justicia (Women's Justice Circle). After being awarded the funding, coalition coordinator Priya Lindeen, learned that the coalition's fiscal agent, Grays Harbor County… read more

Not a Moment Wasted campaign relaunch

The Washington State Health Care Authority and Washington State Department of Health relaunched the young adult statewide cannabis and alcohol prevention and mental health promotion campaign, Not a Moment Wasted. The campaign features a series of videos, banner ads, social media ads, and a digital radio ad that will reach young adults, 18 to 25, across Washington state online through October. The ads remind young adults about the risks and consequences of using substances and provide… read more

Learn what you need to know about cannabinoids!

The Washington Association for Substance misuse And Violence Prevention (WASAVP) is presenting a training on Tuesday, September 24, at 1:30 p.m., called “What preventionists need to know about cannabinoids.”

Please register for this highly informative training and encourage those you work with to register for the training as well. The total registration cost is $108.55 (including $8.55 in EventBrite fees). 

All participants who complete the webinar will receive… read more

Youth E-Cigarette Use Drops

Half a million fewer U.S. youth reported current use of e-cigarettes in 2024 compared to 2023, according to new data from the National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) released Sept. 5, 2024 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The nationally representative data featured in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) includes findings on e-cigarette and nicotine pouch use among U.S. youth, two categories of tobacco products the FDA and… read more

"Take Five" Self-assessment Tool for Youth

TAKE Five (https://takefivemi.org) is an online self-assessment tool to support youth substance abuse prevention, mental health and wellbeing.  The tool was created by Mercer Island Youth and Family Services (MIYFS) Healthy Youth Coalition in partnership with the University of Washington Center for the Study of Health and Risk Behaviors (CSHRB) with funding from a SAMHSA Strategic Prevention Framework-Partnership For Success grant. 

TAKE Five offers any Washington youth (… read more

Youth Empowerment Coffee Hour

Do you work with youth, or support other adults who do?

Join statewide community health and prevention partners and colleagues as they share what's been successful, what hasn't, troubleshoot barriers together, and share opportunities and ideas that relate to our Washington youth.

This laid back, “coffee-hour” style monthly call is open to those in the public/community health and prevention fields who work directly with youth or support those who do. The calls are co-hosted… read more

Highline Public Schools seeking part-time school-based project manager!

Highline Public Schools is seeking a part-time school-based project manager to focusing on developing an upstream vaping education and prevention system infrastructure within the school district. This is a one to two year position, requiring 15-20 hours per week, and offers a competitive rate of $85/hour or higher, based on experience, The ideal candidate will manage project implementation, coordinate with school officials, and drive initiatives to promote a healthier school environment.… read more