Announcements

Safe Medication Return lets people appropriately dispose of unwanted household over the counter and prescription medications (including for pets). Secure storage and safe disposal of medication helps reduce overdoses, poisonings, and suicide attempts. Safely disposing of medication also keeps it out of our environment which helps protect our water and soil.

Washington’s two approved drug take-back program operators, MED-Project and Inmar, recently launched:

International Transgender Day of Visibility will be recognized on Friday, March 31, 2023. This observance celebrates the accomplishments of transgender ("trans") and gender non-conforming people while raising awareness of the work that still needs to be done to achieve trans justice.

Despite representing less than five percent of the U.S. population, trans people are targeted by discriminatory legislation that threatens their civil rights, including the ability to access healthcare… read more

National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week (NDAFW) will be held March 20-26, 2023. NDAFW is an annual, week-long observance that inspires dialogue about the science of drug use and substance use disorder among youth. It provides an opportunity for scientists, students, educators, healthcare providers, and community partners to come together to help advance the science and address youth drug and alcohol use.

There are lots of ways to get involved: learn more, take the National Drug and… read more

The Health Equity Zones Initiative is launching its nomination process to select one rural and one urban zone! People across the state are invited to nominate their community to be selected as a health equity zone to focus on their area’s most pressing health issues. Each zone will receive $200,000 per year for two years to identify priorities and work on collaborative solutions to each area’s unique health concerns.

Although the Department of Health is providing technical assistance… read more

The National Indian Health Board (NIHB) now invites award nominations for the Annual NIHB Outstanding Service Awards.

Each year, NIHB invites nominations for awards that recognize excellence, achievement, and contributions that go "above and beyond" the call of service and honors efforts made by individuals, organizations, and programs that have enriched and improved American Indian/Alaska Native health, health systems or policy. Contributions must be in the field of health policy,… read more

The call for proposals is now open! Submit a proposal or visit the conference website for more information. Registration coming soon!

About the Opioid Summit The 2023 Region 10 Opioid Summit will be held in Vancouver, WA, July 19-20, 2023. This year, the conference theme is The Road to Healthier Communities: Creating Equitable and Responsible Systems to Address the Evolving Opioid Epidemic.

Join Westside HEY and SW Seattle Youth Alliance coalitions on Wednesday, April 5, at the West Seattle town hall meeting to address underage substance use. Dr. Kevin Haggerty will share important information about health, prevention, vaping, fentanyl, and parent engagement. The event will be held from 6-8 p.m. at the Denny International Middle School Galleria (2601 SW Kenyon St., Seattle, WA 98106) and is free and open to the public.

Prevention professionals are invited to… read more

The scholarship application is open! The deadline to submit a scholarship application is Wednesday, March 15.

The 2023 Washington State Spring Youth Forum (SYF) is scheduled to be hybrid on May 10, 2023, at the Great Wolf Lodge, in Ground Mound, WA, with the option to participate and compete virtually!

The goal of the Spring Youth Forum is to recognize and reward youth prevention teams that have implemented a successful prevention project within their communities. The… read more

The National Indian Health Board (NIHB) invites Tribal leaders, health and public health professionals, policy specialists, advocates, and allies to submit workshop proposals for the 2023 National Tribal Health Conference on May 1-5, 2023.

The National Tribal Health Conference (NTHC) welcomes proposals that (1) advance Tribal public health and health equity for American Indians and Alaska Natives; (2) use a Tribal lens and come from a perspective of Indigenous identity; and (3)… read more

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) Division of Grant Review is recruiting reviewers who have academic qualifications and professional work experience in mental health services, preventing substance misuse, and/or treating substance use disorder.