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Mentoring Best Practices Builder Forum
Hosted by Mentoring Works Washington
In this monthly forum series, participants from new and developing mentoring programs in community-, school- or site-based programs can take an hour away from their plate of overflowing tasks and sit back to dig deeper into the best practices for mentoring with their peers. Each BPB...
read moreThe Executive Office of the President, Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) are accepting applications for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program grants.
The Drug-Free Communities Support Program (DFC) is a Federal grant program that provides funding to community...
Drug-Free Action Alliance is sponsoring the Big Bowl Vote again this year.
Last year, 112 million people watched the NFL Super Bowl with youth under 21 making up about 18% of the audience. Millions of youth were exposed to alcohol advertisements, and studies show that alcohol ads directly increase underage drinking.
Meanwhile, 10,000 middle and high school students in 20 states...
read moreThe Washington Traffic Safety Commission (WTSC) recently published their Announcement of Available Grant Funds for Federal Fiscal Year 2018! The WTSC hopes to see many innovative ideas from around the state to help achieve the Target Zero Vision.
In the past, the funds have been allocated to support environmental prevention strategies like Parent Party Patrols in both Pierce and Thurston Counties and an array of local strategies directed at reducing youth impaired driving...
read moreHello Fellow WA State DFC Funded Coalition Leaders and Friends of SA Prevention,
Each year, many of us make the journey back to the “other Washington” to attend CADCA’s National Leadership Forum (NLF) in early February. This year I’m happy to be attending and offered to help us coordinate our WA State Delegation for Capitol Hill Day. For those that have not attended, that is the day during the NLF when all attendees are invited to head to Capitol...
read moreWA prevention professional colleagues,
The monthly SA prevention professional calls currently hosted by WASAVP is in the process of being reworked and improved. To help, please complete the following short survey and provide your feedback and suggestions:
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read moreThe National Institutes of Health (NIH) Tribal Health Research Office (THRO) is pleased to announce a digital storytelling Challenge, or competition, in honor of Native American Heritage Month. The Challenge, entitled Storytelling about Health and Wellness in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities is to develop a brief (five minutes or less) digital story that communicates how traditions and heritage promote health within American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN)...
read moreU.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy published a report on an emerging public health threat affecting our country. E-cigarette Use Among Youth and Young Adults: A Report of the Surgeon General is the 33rd Surgeon General’s report in 53 years to address the impact of tobacco on health. It is the first to focus on e-cigarettes.
This report confirms that...
read moreA new study finds that the percentage of U.S. teens who vape declined in 2016—the first significant reversal of a rapid rise in adolescent vaping. The rate grew from nearzero ...
read moreThe Washington State Frontiers of Innovation (WA FOI) partners are seeking Letters of Interest (LOI) from communities that have a passion for prevention, innovation and reducing the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) for families with young children.
The WA FOI team would like to partner with you to explore what works and doesn’t work in your community to connect systems to improve child and family well-being. Specifically, we are interested in how we can work...
read more2016 Partnerships for Success Targeted Enhancement Project application packet now available.
CPWI coalitions are eligible to submit applications for this funding source. Non-CPWI substance abuse prevention coalitions in Washington state may apply and may be accepted with successful application and if funding allows.
Regardless of whether you represent a CPWI coalition or not,...
read more2016 Mental Health Promotion & Suicide Prevention Project application packet now available.
CPWI coalitions, community based organizations, and other agencies are eligible to submit applications for both Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention projects.
Prevention partners are once again invited to participate in National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week, sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. This week-long health observance is an opportunity for teens to learn the facts about drugs, alcohol, and addiction from scientists and other experts.
Organize and promote an educational event or activity for teens during the week of January 23–29, 2017, and help...
read moreEach year the Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery compiles and submits an Annual Synar Report (ASR) to the Federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
The report is currently available for public review. If you wish to submit a comment after reviewing the report, it must be received by 5:00pm (pacific) on Friday, December 9.
Send your comments to: Ray.Horodowicz@dshs.wa.gov....
read moreThe statewide Listen2YourSelfie youth video contest has launched! (Deadline has been extended to January 20, 2017.)
http://listen2yourselfie.org/contest/
Key details about the contest:
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