Announcements

Soap Lake Prevention Coalition partnered with Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) to launch a new, drug-free alternative activity: Midnight Movies. Events will be held bi-monthly and include prevention messaging and information dissemination followed by a movie screening for youth during high-risk times. Midnight Movie events provide a great opportunity for the coalition to meet youth where they are and to help foster relationship building between youth… read more

Find What Moves You (FWMY) was developed by researchers at Washington State University to support mental, physical, and social well-being in middle school girls. FWMY is a movement-based activity program for youth ages 11-14-years old who identify with a girls' community, intended to help them appreciate, explore, and embody their truest selves. This program welcomes cisgender, transgender, and non-binary youth of all races, ethnicities, abilities, and body sizes. In FWMY, participants will… read more

Co-developed by the Washington State Health Care Authority and Washington State Department of Health with our communications partner, GMMB, the Not a Moment Wasted campaign encourages young adults to avoid using alcohol, cannabis, or other drugs by sharing practical skills to help prioritize wellness, manage emotions, find healthy ways to cope with… read more

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