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Information gathering survey to ease drug education access

Information received recently shows that individuals are having trouble accessing sufficient training hours regarding drug education and that has affected whether people are applying for the Certified Prevention Professional (CPP) certification. The CPP certification requires a total of 24 hours of drug education.

The CPP Drug Education Survey will gather information about experiences people have had trying to acquire the necessary drug education training hours. It only has ten questions… read more

Registration is open! Region 10 Opioid Summit

We are the Foundation: Improving the Workforce Pillars for Opioid Prevention, Treatment, Recovery, and Intervention Join us for a two-day Opioid Summit including multiple breakout sessions focused around prevention, special interventions, treatment and recovery, and plenary sessions you don’t want to miss!

Register now for this free, virtual event that takes place August 3-4.

The Region 10 Opioid Summit is an opportunity for professionals from Alaska, Idaho, Oregon,… read more

National Prevention Week: Tuesday's Topic

SAMHSA’s National Prevention Week, May 8 – 14, 2022, brings together communities and organizations to raise awareness about the importance of substance use prevention and positive mental health. Each day of NPW focuses on a different substance use and mental health topic.

Tthe topic for Tuesday, May 10 is Preventing Substance Use and Promoting Mental Health in Youth.

In 2018, 8.9 million young adults reported having a mental illness and 5.1 million young adults reported… read more

Healthy Youth Survey 2021 Results Drop-In Hours

You are invited to the Washington State Healthy Youth Survey (HYS) 2021 Results Drop-In Hours! Bring your HYS results and data questions, and receive live technical assistance from the HYS data and epidemiology team.

When:

Tuesday, May 24, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. on Microsoft Teams Tuesday, June 7, 1pm-2:30pm on Microsoft Teams

Ask questions like:

How do I read and interpret these QxQ results? What is appropriate to claim about 2021 data, as compared to past years?… read more

National Prevention Week: Monday's topic

SAMHSA’s National Prevention Week, May 8 – 14, 2022, brings together communities and organizations to raise awareness about the importance of substance use prevention and positive mental health. Each day of NPW focuses on a different substance use and mental health topic.

The topic for Monday, May 8, is Strengthening Community Resilience: Substance Misuse and Overdose Prevention.

In 2021, the number of overdose deaths in the United States surpassed 100,000. Among these, over… read more

Healthy Youth Lifestyle Behaviors, Substance Use & Other Health Risks: Free Webinar

Session Objectives:

Explore connections between 3 key healthy lifestyle behaviors (i.e., breakfast eating, sleep duration & physical activity) and risk behaviors, including substance use, violence, automotive safety, and other health problems and behaviors among US high school adolescents using YRBS data. Review research examining health habits and substance use and other health risk behavior associations. Identify practice implications for substance use prevention and health… read more

CADCA’s 2022 Got Outcomes! Awards Launches

Coalitions are invited to apply for the prestigious Got Outcomes! award. This awards program nationally recognizes coalitions that create positive, long-lasting changes in their communities by implementing a comprehensive and feasible plan guided by local data.

Awards in the categories of Coalition in Focus, Coalition of Excellence, or Coalition of the Year. There is also the opportunity to be recognized for doing an exceptional job updating and utilizing coalition products through… read more

New SPORT PPW App & Media Campaign

Hi Washington State Prevention Professionals.

We are exploring creating a software app that would make following up with youth after their one-session PPW program easier and would like your feedback.

The app would allow prevention professionals to:

1) Send out daily text message reminders to youth to track their goals,

2) Track youths’ daily monitoring of their goals,

3) Remind and track youths’ weekly goal setting, and

4) Allow online… read more

Legislative Youth Advisory Council opportunity

The Washington State Legislative Youth Advisory Council (LYAC) is seeking 14-18 year-old members from a wide variety of geographic, political, and socioeconomic backgrounds who are interested in applying to become members. LYAC members have the opportunity to influence tangible legislative change at the state level. They are looking for passionate young people who want to make change within the state. They need youth who are willing to step up and take the reins to encouraging other young… read more

DEA National Rx Take Back Social Media Campaign

The Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take Back Campaign is underway and we created this digital social media campaign to encourage the use of social media to help us spread the word about the upcoming Take Back Day, on April 30th, from 10:00 a.m..-2:00 p.m, local time.

During #TakeBackDay, DEA will be hosting and participating in Take Back events throughout the country. Look out for tweets and posts from @DEAHQ and our DEA Field Division Twitter… read more