Announcements

The High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) program is a grant program designed to coordinate and assist federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement as well as prevention and treatment organizations.

Northwest HIDTA recently issued a prevention and treatment request for proposals (RFP) to address gaps in substance use prevention in Washington State that cannot be funded through other existing resources. Proposals are due by 11:59 p.m. on Friday, March 1, 2024.

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We appreciate your participation in DBHR's Learning Community Meeting (LCM) on Wednesday, January 24, 2024. You can find the agenda, presentations slides, and the third hour training, hosted by our partners at Prevention Voices, on The Athena Forum.

DBHR will host an optional LCM for DBHR prevention and promotion contractors on Wednesday, February 28, 9:05 a.m. to noon.

Community Prevention and Wellness Initiative (CPWI) and community-based organization (… read more

The Healthy Youth Survey Planning Committee (HYSPC) is now collecting proposals for new and revised questions to include in the 2025 Healthy Youth Survey (HYS). If you would like to submit a proposal for a new question to be added to the survey, or you would like to propose a revision to an existing question or question scale, please complete and submit this form no later than Friday, April 12, 2024.

If you are interested in submitting a topic for consideration on the 2025 HYS, but… read more

FDA recently launched a Spanish-language version of the Vaping Prevention and Education Resource Center. This resource center is an online hub with free science-based, standards-mapped lesson plans and materials teachers can use to help students understand the dangers associated with e-cigarette use and nicotine addiction.

All content on the resource center is free, easy to navigate, and optimized for different audiences. Teachers can use these tools to promote learning and initiate… read more

Tribal leaders and their representatives are invited to participate in a series of four listening sessions to provide guidance and proposals for the 2025 Washington State Healthy Youth Survey (HYS). The HYS survey focuses on health risk and protective factors and offers rich information about how youth are doing in their own voices.

Historically, the HYS planning committee has hosted general meetings about the survey and welcomed proposals for revisions in writing. For HYS 2025, the… read more

The Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Prevention of Underage Drinking's (ICCPUD) alcohol policy academy is a free, year-long opportunity for selected coalitions to engage in local and state-level policy development to prevent and reduce underage drinking and harms related to excessive drinking.

The policy academy offers opportunities to collaborate with leading experts on alcohol policy, learn policy strategies and best practices from experienced prevention experts, and… read more

The Health Care Authority's Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery (DBHR) is hosting its next learning community meeting (LCM) for DBHR prevention and promotion contractors on Wednesday, January 24, 9:05 a.m. to noon. The meeting will include updates about the prevention budget and legislative session, including bills to watch, and more!

Attendance is required for Community Prevention and Wellness Initiative (CPWI) and community-based organization (CBO) contractors. Tribal and… read more

The National Indian Health Board (NIHB) invites tribal leaders, health and public health professionals, policy specialists, and advocates to submit workshop proposals for the National Tribal Health Conference (NTHC) on May 19-23, 2024, in Rapid City, South Dakota.

This year's conference theme is "Tribal Health Equity on Our Terms," and will focus on health promotion and disease prevention; behavioral health; public health policy, infrastructure, and systems; advocacy; and strong… read more

Each year, outstanding prevention professionals are recognized during the Prevention Awards of Excellence ceremony at the Health Care Authority's Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery's annual Prevention Summit. Working behind the scenes, volunteers make these awards possible!

If you're interested in giving back and recognizing individuals and organizations making an impact in Washington, consider joining the 2024 Prevention Awards of Excellence review team!

As a… read more