Announcements

The Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery's Substance Use Disorder Prevention and Mental Health Promotion Section is excited to share five new research briefs developed in collaboration with the Prevention Research Sub-Committee. These new briefs highlight the benefits and uses of prevention science and can be shared with statewide partners. The five new research briefs provide information on the following topics:

Did you know The Athena Forum has a discussion forum for providers? You can use the discussion forum to connect with other providers, ask and answer questions, request feedback, and more!

As a follow-up to the 2023 Coalition Leadership Institute, a new discussion topic has been posted - "2023 Coalition Leadership Activity." You can participate by logging on to The Athena Forum, selecting the discussion topic, and adding a comment!

While you're there, consider starting a new… read more

The Prevention Summit is an annual training and networking opportunity, hosted by HCA, for youth, volunteers, and professionals engaged in mental health promotion and substance use disorder prevention. This year's summit will be held at the Davenport Grand Hotel in Spokane, WA, on October 24-25. More information, including the tentative agenda, is available on the event website. Registration is coming soon!

In the meantime, check out the attached 2023 Prevention Summit website… read more

As part of the Not A Moment Wasted young adult substance use disorder prevention campaign, a new resource is now available to Washington state providers and prevention professionals!

In collaboration with the College Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention and Dr. Jason Kilmer, HCA developed a conversation card deck, featuring prompts designed to get young adults, ages 18-24, talking about SUD prevention and mental health promotion topics.

If you'd like to request to… read more

The Washington State Health Care Authority Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery is excited to announce the apparent successful applicants for the Dedicated Cannabis Account (DCA) and Mental Health Promotion Project (MHPP) community-based organization (CBO) from the request for applications shared earlier this year:

Launching into this new biennium, close to 170 CPWI, CBO, Tribe/UIO providers responsible for data entry in Minerva 2.0 (M2) completed the state fiscal year 2024 biennial data refresh training, virtually or in-person.

This biennium’s refresh training covered the history of Minerva and system basics, as well as dived into system improvements, updated guidance, and hands-on practice with the Minerva 2.0 team. The key takeaway from this year is a focus on simplified, accurate, required… read more

Hello tribal behavioral health partners, The Washington State Health Care Authority is seeking your input on its statewide fentanyl prevention and naloxone education campaign, Friends for Life, currently designed for a more general youth audience. The current phase of the campaign seeks to reach 12-17-year-olds in Washington with information about the risks of illicit fentanyl and how to identify and respond to a fentanyl overdose using naloxone. We are inviting you to participate in… read more

We’re excited to announce the first archive of the SFY24 biennial data refresh! All Logic Models for CPWI, CBO and Admin/Parent accounts attached to Programs & Strategies before 2023-2024 or 2024 will be archived this Saturday, August 12, and Sunday, August 13, 2023, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Pacific Time. This is a routine process that will limit the Logic Models visible in the Plan Channel, under the Overview sub-channel.

This will have no impact on data entry in the Implement… read more