Announcements

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.

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

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

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

Participants can choose from three tracks:

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:

The Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) has released the JANUARY 2022 Community Risk Profiles, a comprehensive collection of social indicators relevant to a broad range of problem behaviors among adolescents and adults, such as substance abuse among youth.

A product of the Research and Development Analysis (RDA) Community Outcome and Risk Evaluation geographic information system (CORE), nearly 50 indicators are presented in graphs, maps and tables which… read more

The Office of the Attorney General is issuing a Request for Information for a vendor to operate the Washington Tipline. The attached document has a list of questions the AGO is requesting interested vendors to answer. This is an effort to gather information that may be included in a future solicitation document.

You are welcome to share this request with any partners you know who might be interested in providing a response to this RFI. 

Responses are due by 5:00 p.m… read more