Announcements

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Indicating interest in New Coordinator Basic Training Series for Spring 2022 has ended.  The series is at class capacity!  Thank you for your interest in expanding your knowledge about CPWI!  We are tentatively planning another series for Summer 2022.  Here are the tentative dates for you to review if you are interested in attending the next series:

Thursday, June 30 from 9 - Noon Thursday, July 7 from 10 - Noon Thursday, July 14 from 10 – Noon Thursday, July 21… read more

The Tribal Opioid Solutions Campaign, developed in partnership with Tribes, urban Indian organizations and WA State agency partners, aims to address opioid misuse and prevention in tribal communities across the state. One of the campaign’s year 4 efforts includes an interview spotlighting Quileute’s Health and Human Services Department. The interview was conducted by Native-owned radio station, Daybreak Star Radio, with Miss Ann-Penn Charles and Jody Heller from Quileute.

The… read more

As we continue to move forward with the transition from Minerva 1.0 to 2.0, we have some updates to share.

Go-live: Minerva 2.0 will be officially launching on Monday, February 28th in conjunction with the first training being offered! Please note, you will not be able to gain access into the new system until you have completed the necessary training(s) and until Step 2 of account set-up has been completed. You will not be able to access Minerva 2.0 until you have completed your… read more

Indian Health Service (IHS): IHS recently launched the National Health Coach Pilot Project to deliver health coach training to community and health professionals in Indian Country. The pilot project includes two cohorts of 50 participants.

The IHS will use the results and feedback from participants in this pilot project to assess the feasibility of establishing a health and wellness coach and behavior change approach at the clinical and community levels. The pilot project will also… read more

Save the Dates!

DBHR is planning another series of New Coordinator Basic Training (NCBT) in April 2022.  All new CPWI coalition coordinators, who have not attended a previous NCBT series are strongly encouraged to attend.  New CPWI coalition coordinators are the priority audience for the series. Please email your request to attend to your Prevention Manager.  The series will not be posted on the Athena Training calendar; session invitations will be sent to approved… read more

The Starts with One campaign needs your help promoting a new National Take Back Day media asset for providers.

We are asking CPWI & CBO Prevention System Managers to send the attached email content to each CPWI & CBO provider you support as soon as possible.  

The email allows providers to order a localizable video to promote their communities' April 30 National Take-Back Day efforts if they return the request by April 1, 2022, and includes links to… read more

The Washington State Department of Health’s (DOH) Washington Tracking Network (WTN) is launching the inaugural Washington Tracking Network Youth Science Contest. The WTN Youth Science Contest provides an opportunity for high school students across Washington to develop their science and communication skills while working with health and environmental data from their own communities.

Participants can choose from three tracks:

Health Science Community Engagement Science Communication… read more

The Tribal Wellness and Resilience Gathering by the Cowlitz Tribe Healing of the Canoe will be held May 16-18 at the Heathman Lodge in Vancouver, Washington. They are partnering with Molina Healthcare, Department of Health (DOH), and Healthcare Authority (HCA), and collaborating with other tribes to discuss community wellness and what it means to heal during this season we are in. By attending, you will get the opportunity to hear about what others are and what you can be doing to balance… read more

Who: CPWI and CBO Providers who will be using Minerva 2.0.

What: We are providing instructions around account set up for the new system. This email is for CPWI and CBO Providers who do not currently have a SecureAccess Washington (SAW) account and for those who do. We will be relying on the emails associated with your Minerva 1.0 account to link your SAW account to Minerva 2.0. User’s SAW account email must match their Minerva 1.0 email.

Action Needed:

Account set up,… read more

CADCA has spaces available for their upcoming National Coalition Academies, and they are hosting it in-person in Bellevue. Attendance may be either in-person or virtual, and the first sessions start in March.

This comprehensive coalition training that teaches leaders ‘“what they need to know” (core competencies) and “what their team needs to do” (the essential processes) to establish or maintain a highly effective anti-drug coalition.” This academy is a year-long process where… read more