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The primary audiences for this just released 13-page brief are policy-makers, clinicians and practitioners, researchers, national/regional and state leaders, community leaders and consumers, and men and boys of color and their families and communities.
A PDF copy is attached. For additional information visit: http://store.samhsa.gov/product/SMA16-4959
read moreThe deadline to submit applications has passed.
Scholarships are available to Washington State teams.
Deadline to submit a complete application is March 31, 2016.
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The Center for Substance Abuse Research, University of Maryland, has released a recorded webinar, Synthetic Drug Threats in the United States, with Jill Head, Ph.D, Supervisory Chemist in the DEA's Special Testing and Research Laboratory is now available on the NDEWS website at http://ndews.umd.edu/resources/synthetic-drugs-jill-head-dea...
read morePrevention Collaboration in Action
https://captcollaboration.edc.org/collaboration-tools
• SAMHSA’s Center for the...
read moreThe Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is requesting proposals from national nonprofit membership organizations and/or associations to establish an annual awards program to recognize and celebrate individuals who have successfully implemented systems changes related to the determinants of health.
Recognition of these efforts increases the visibility and awareness of the urgent need and solutions for systems changes to achieve health equity in our society.
The World Health Organization has released its 2015 publication, “Implementing Child Maltreatment Programmes: What The Experts Say.” The document has extensive discussion about parenting education and evidence-based practices like Triple P (Positive Parenting Program).
read moreThere is a Washington Substance Abuse Prevention Skills Training (WA-SAPST) scheduled March 8 - 11, 2016 in Yakima, WA.
WA-SAPST training is a requirement for all Community Prevention and Wellness Initiative coordinators. It also is a foundational training for those interested in pursuing their...
read moreI-Grant #761, by which schools, districts, and youth-serving community organizations may apply for funding for implementation of the LifeSkills Training program for middle -level aged students, has now launched. The application period will close at 4 PM on February 12.
LifeSkills Training is a prevention program sponsored and managed by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), that by legislative mandate is offered to...
read moreThe Washington Tobacco Prevention and Control Program (TPCP) recently launched a planning process to develop a 5-year tobacco prevention and control state strategic plan. While the TPCP is facilitating the planning process, the resultant plan is intended to serve as a critical roadmap for reducing the number one preventable cause of disease and death in our state.
As a part of our process to develop the statewide strategic tobacco control plan, we will now host two informational...
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The 29th Annual NPN Conference will be September 13-15, 2016 in Buffalo, NY.
This year's theme is: Advancing a Prevention Agenda in a Era of Health Systems Reform.
A save the date flyer is attached.
read moreAnnual Washington Traffic Safety Commission Grant Application Deadline Nearing
The deadline for submitting applications for funding from the Washington Traffic Safety Commission is February 12, 2016.
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read moreCiting information showing that firearms are used in more than 80 percent of suicides and that firearms-related deaths now exceed motor vehicle crash deaths, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed Executive Order 16-02 – Firearm Fatality Prevention – A Public Health Approach.
The purpose of the...
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