Announcements

The following is excerpted from the CounterTobacco.org website:

In late April, 2022, the FDA released two proposed rules prohibiting menthol as a characterizing flavor in cigarettes and all characterizing flavors in cigars.

This action represents a huge and long overdue step forward for public health and health equity. When implemented, these changes will save lives, especially Black lives, and help protect kids from tobacco addiction. Scientific evidence shows that menthol… read more

Session Objectives:

Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3X1ZbJ3VQSKbvthefgXaWQ

Length: 60 minutes

Date: Wednesday June 1st

Time: 12:… read more

HCA will be hosting the 2022 Washington State Provider Meeting and Prevention Summit this November in a hybrid format. The in-person portion will be held in Yakima, WA at the Yakima Convention Center. The virtual option will include livestreaming for those to take part remotely. More information on the hybrid format will be shared as the agenda is finalized in the coming months.

The pre-conference Washington State Prevention Provider Meeting will be hosted the morning of Tuesday,… read more

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!

As a follow-up to National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, CADCA put together a video on the safe storage and disposal of medications with their partner AmerisourceBergen. Take a look, share the video, and help keep this successful awareness campaign going!

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

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

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

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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