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March 7, 2023
The National Indian Health Board (NIHB) now invites award nominations for the Annual NIHB Outstanding Service Awards.
Each year, NIHB invites nominations for awards that recognize excellence, achievement, and contributions that go "above and beyond" the call of service and honors efforts made by individuals, organizations, and programs that have enriched and improved American Indian/Alaska Native health, health systems or policy. Contributions must be in the field of health...
read more March 1, 2023
Join Westside HEY and SW Seattle Youth Alliance coalitions on Wednesday, April 5, at the West Seattle town hall meeting to address underage substance use. Dr. Kevin Haggerty will share important information about health, prevention, vaping, fentanyl, and parent engagement. The event will be held from 6-8 p.m. at the Denny International Middle School Galleria (2601 SW Kenyon St., Seattle, WA 98106) and is free and open to the public.
Prevention professionals are...
read more February 28, 2023
The 2023 Region 10 Opioid Summit will be held in Vancouver, WA, July 19-20, 2023. This year, the conference theme is The Road to Healthier Communities: Creating Equitable and Responsible Systems to Address the Evolving Opioid Epidemic.
Registration and a call for proposals are coming soon! Visit the conference website or The Athena Forum...
read more February 28, 2023
The scholarship application is open! The deadline to submit a scholarship application is Wednesday, March 15.
The 2023 Washington State Spring Youth Forum (SYF) is scheduled to be hybrid on May 10, 2023, at the Great Wolf Lodge, in Ground Mound, WA, with the option to participate and compete...
read more February 28, 2023
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) Division of Grant Review is recruiting reviewers who have academic qualifications and professional work experience in mental health services, preventing substance misuse, and/or treating substance use disorder.
Reviewer Qualifications:
- Master's degree or higher.
- Two years of experience working in a substance use disorder and/or mental health field.
- The ability to analyze...
February 28, 2023
The Eastern Washington Area Health Education Center (EWAHEC) at EWU plans to host a high school prevention internship opportunity for high school students, tentatively named Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Prevention, and we need your help.
This program is focused on high school students ages 16 and up who live in rural areas and are low-income or black, indigenous, or people of color (BIPOC). Interns would be placed at a CPWI location near their home and would be working...
read more February 28, 2023
The National Indian Health Board (NIHB) invites Tribal leaders, health and public health professionals, policy specialists, advocates, and allies to submit workshop proposals for the 2023 National Tribal Health Conference on May 1-5, 2023.
The National Tribal Health Conference (NTHC) welcomes proposals that (1) advance Tribal public health and health equity for American Indians and Alaska Natives; (2) use a Tribal lens and come from a perspective of Indigenous identity;...
read more February 21, 2023
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) recently released five new supplemental resources to Prevention with Purpose: A Strategic Planning Guide to Preventing Drug Misuse Among College Students. These new resources focus on campus health centers and counseling centers, working with community coalitions, considering culture throughout the Strategic Prevention Framework, engaging student-led organizations, and promoting shared responsibility in prevention.
Visit the DEA...
read more February 21, 2023
The Washington State Department of Health’s (DOH) Washington Tracking Network (WTN) is excited to launch its second annual...
read more February 21, 2023
Youth in rural communities are making positive choices when it comes to taking care of themselves. The Rural Network recognizes this and wants to celebrate it!
You can help the Rural Network by having youth complete the survey and share what their "good" is. Their good can be anything that they're good at, like doing, or that motivates them to stay substance-free.
To access the survey, open the attachment and...
read more February 21, 2023
2023 Theme: Black Resistance
Why Black History Month?
Established in 1926, by the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), “Negro History Week” encouraged teachings of Black history in America’s public schools. Negro History Week was celebrated the second week of February to coincide with the birthdays of Fredrick Douglas, once a slave turned activist and author, and Abraham Lincoln who issued the Emancipation...
read more February 13, 2023
WA Breathes invites you to join in signing on to this educational policy statement to demonstrate broad support for restoring adequate state investment in evidence-based, equity-focused strategies to reduce the use of addictive and harmful...
read more February 7, 2023
Purpose:
Gain an understanding of wellness and its essential role in holistic substance use prevention practice for enhancing the mental and physical wellbeing of youth and young adults.
Part I Objectives:
- Describe models of wellness and how wellness relates to substance use prevention.
- Identify how youth are at risk for substance use and mental and chronic disease risk behaviors simultaneously.
- ...
January 25, 2023
The Art and Science of Community Organizing Training (ASCOT) is a virtual, six day training facilitated by a team of regional leaders who hold decades of experience in community engagement, policy development, prevention, leadership development, and community change. The curriculum includes four cross-cutting themes, six tool boxes, daily showcases, learning coalitions, a collection of online resources, small group activities in breakout rooms, and an individual participant-selected course...
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