Announcements

The Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery (DBHR) is sponsoring an in-person SPF Application for Prevention Success Training (SAPST) on September 9-12, in the Olympia/Tacoma area (site TBD). 

We highly recommend SAPST as essential training for all CPWI coordinators and other prevention providers who want to build a more thorough understanding of how prevention works and why. This training is facilitated by Scott Waller and Jennifer Dorsett, two long-time prevention providers… read more

Congratulations to everyone who participated in the past National Take Back Day on April 26, 2025. The Drug Enforcement Administration has shared the results of the event, which can be viewed under the “April 2025" dropdown.

This year was the 28th National Take Back Day, with the state of Washington hosting a total of 61 collection sites. In total, Washington collected 5,094 pounds of prescription drugs.

Attendees at CADCA’s mid-year conference will have the opportunity to experience two new trainings in addition to other sessions. Both were co-developed with the Neutral Zone.

Understanding what makes us healthy: July 22 youth session and July 23 adult session  This interactive workshop introduces practical ideas about what impacts our health in clear, everyday language that helps participants gain a clear understanding of what really shapes health in their communities. … read more

Mental Health America is sharing a toolkit they created to help you reach out to black, indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) during Mental Health Month and beyond. Resources for helping improve mental health in BIPOC communities include:

The Focus On underage drinking prevention campaign is currently running an exciting youth user-generated content video project! An extension of our animated social series, the As Told By Teens videos will feature real Washington teens’ answers to top-of-mind questions about underage drinking prevention and mental health, like “What brings you joy?” and “Why is prevention important to you?”. Check out our Instagram, Facebook, and partner toolkit (password: FocusOnYou) for our first… read more

Washington Breathes and the Rutgers Center for Rapid Surveillance of Tobacco are asking educators to complete a simple survey to help us gather photos of products and information about the amounts of e-cigarettes, vape pens, cigarettes, oral nicotine pouches, and other commercial tobacco products from students that have accumulated in your school or school district.

Together, we are gathering information about the brand types and quantity of commercial tobacco products that are… read more

Effective 6/5/2025 SDRG Office Hours (formerly CPWI Strategic Planning Office Hours) will be shortened from 2 hours to 1 hour. We are also introducing new themed sessions once a month. 

1st Thursday 2-3PM: General office hours – drop in with any coalition related questions you may have!  3rd Tuesday 9-10AM: NEW Themed sessions – Topics TBD, check Athena calendar! -    Each session will begin with a short, themed presentation from Jen Hogge -  … read more

Washington Thriving is collecting information through a series of feedback surveys that will be used to inform lawmakers in their future policy decisions. They are asking for 20-25 minutes of your time to take this second survey in the series. Your answers may become the foundation for new laws, funding decisions, and programs that could help thousands of families across Washington. Please take the… read more

Please consider becoming a WASAVP member this month

The annual drive for renewal of existing memberships and recruitment of existing memberships for the Washington Association for Substance misuse And Violence Prevention (WASAVP) is underway and our goal is to attract 50 new members before the end of June 2025. We would like for you and/or your coalition or prevention organization to become members if you are not already, or to renew your membership if you are currently members.

In Concrete, WA, several families (pictured below)–a total of 26 people–graduated from the Strengthening Families Program (SFP) in March, after completing more than 17 hours of training over a seven-week period. SFP is an evidence-based family skills training program for parents, caregivers, and youth that teaches parenting, life, and refusal skills to increase family protective factors and reduce individual and family risk factors associated with later substance misuse, mental health… read more