Announcements

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

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

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:

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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

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

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

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

Session Objectives:

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

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