Announcements

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New Spanish-language resources on underage alcohol use

SAMHSA recently released a series of downloadable resources for informing adults and reaching out to teens with the facts about underage alcohol use - all updated in Spanish!

After High School: Talking With Your Young Adult about Underage Drinking This Spanish language fact sheet is to inform parents how to effectively talk to their young adult about the risks of underage drinking. Tips for Teens: The Truth about Alcohol This Spanish language fact sheet for teens provides facts… read more

HHS announces its first ever Behavioral Health Recovery Innovation Challenge

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), is announcing its first-ever behavioral health Recovery Innovation Challenge. The goal of this challenge is to identify innovations developed by peer-run or community-based organizations, and entities that may partner with them—such as local or state governments, health systems, hospitals, or health plans—that advance recovery.

As part of this challenge,… read more

Coalition Leadership Institute follow-up

We hope attendees had an amazing time at 2022 Coalition Leadership Institute. It was a blast to put together with help from the Northwest PTTC and volunteers from the DBHR Prevention team. We appreciated the energy and the engagement you all provided, but if you missed any of it or would like to review, we are pleased to announce that ALL materials from the conference can now be found on the Athena Forum, under “Training” - “Provider Training” - “Coalition Leadership Institute - May 4-5… read more

Beta Testing New PPW Program Follow-Up Course: Youth Goal Monitoring & Setting

We are looking for a few prevention specialists that would like to participate in beta testing the new online Prevention Plus Wellness (PPW) Follow-Up Course: Youth Goal Monitoring & Setting next week.

This online course is designed for Prevention Plus Wellness program implementers who wish to follow-up with participating youth/young adults and track their goal monitoring and goal setting over time.

If chosen, we will send you a link to register for the course and add 1-2… read more

Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors and Youth Mental Health: Free Webinar

Session Objectives:

Explore connections between the big 3 lifestyle behaviors (i.e., breakfast eating (nutrition), sleep duration & physical activity and mental health problems and behaviors among US high school adolescents using YRBS data (2019). Review research examining healthy lifestyle behaviors, including diet and breakfast eating, sleep and physical activity and mental health indicators. Identify practice implications for youth-serving professionals and parents.

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One-Session Substance Use Prevention Plus Wellness Programs & Media Campaigns: Free Webinar

Session Objectives:

Explore the need for addressing both chronic disease risks and substance use risks in single prevention programs and media campaigns for youth, young adults and parents. Identify unique characteristics of PPW programs and campaigns allowing them to broadly prevent substance use while improving the mental and physical health of young people. Review research, theory and practice supporting PPW programs and campaigns as practical, evidence-based multiple risk… read more

Health Equity Interviews

DBHR is looking for interested CPWI Coordinators to participate in a one-hour Health Equity interview for an evaluation project. The purpose of these interviews is to identify success stories, barriers, challenges, and other information relevant for promoting health equity in CPWI communities. The information from this interview will be used to share lessons learned in promoting equity in prevention work with other CPWI communities, to celebrate successes in the communities, and to… read more

National Prevention Week: Thursday'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 Thursday, May 12, is The Talent Pipeline: Enhancing the Prevention Workforce

Prevention professionals can enhance their professional knowledge, skills, and abilities to better serve their… read more

National Prevention Week: Wednesday'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.

Wednesday's topic: Preventing Suicide: Everyone Plays a Role

Someone dies from suicide every 12 minutes in the United States. Suicide impacts all communities and is on the rise throughout the country. In… 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