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The Athena website is created for prevention professionals to develop, update, and sustain their substance abuse prevention work.

You can find general information about substance abuse prevention on this site or get specific documents and tools like sample agendas and surveys. You can also access prevention discussions and online training opportunities.

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National Prevention Week - Promotion of Mental Health

5 weeks 16 hours ago

Promotion of mental health is a complex and often nebulous topic when it comes to community prevention work. Mental health is much more than simply the absence of mental disorders. However, this does not mean that promoting mental health and wellness is a simple task. see the link below for some great information about mental health and evidence-based promotion efforts. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs220/en/ May 14-20 is National Prevention Week. ... Read more...

Shared Documents

May 24 2017 - Prevention Learning Community Meeting Slides 4 weeks 2 days ago
Enhancing Environmental Prevention Efforts (Part 1) - 3rd hour Presentation - May 24 2017 4 weeks 2 days ago
Existing Contractor Intake Form - for DSHS Contractors 4 weeks 5 days ago
CPWI - Strategic Plan Template - June 2017 - Final 4 weeks 5 days ago
Sample Coalition Coordinator Job Description 5 weeks 1 day ago
RFA packet - WA Opioid STR-CPWI Expansion 5 weeks 4 days ago
Minerva - User Guide 6 weeks 4 days ago
Minerva - Entity Organizational Chart 6 weeks 4 days ago

News and Announcements

Funding Opportunity - Prevention of Opioid Drug Misuse and Abuse 8 weeks 3 days ago
WSLCB Upgrades Marijuana Dashboard 2 weeks 5 days ago
2017 Washington State Prevention Awards of Excellence Nomination Packet (download here) 3 weeks 2 days ago
Community Preventive Services Task Force is Accepting Nominations 3 weeks 2 days ago

Discussion Activity

Looking for educational video recommendations 4 weeks 4 days ago
Looking for educational video recommendations 4 weeks 4 days ago
Quick survey regarding monthly SA prevention professional calls currently hosted by WASAVP 24 weeks 2 days ago

Upcoming Events

2017 Summer Coalition Leadership Institute

Monday, June 26, 2017 - 8:30am - Wednesday, June 28, 2017 - 5:00pm
How Matches End Matters - A LOT!

Thursday, June 29, 2017 - 9:00am - 10:00am
Freedom From Smoking Facilitator Training : Adult Smoking Cessation program

Monday, July 10, 2017 - 10:00am - 4:00pm

Job Opportunities

DSHS Prevention System Manger Posted: 06/23/2017 - 8:12am
Opioid STR Grant Prevention Manager Posted: 06/15/2017 - 7:55am
Epidemiologist 3 (Non-Medical) – Dept of Health Posted: 06/14/2017 - 5:59pm
Prevention/Intervention Specialist and Chemical Dependency Professional Posted: 06/06/2017 - 1:50pm
Student Advocate Posted: 05/19/2017 - 5:31am

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Funding Opportunities

Current funding opportunities can be found on this page.

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