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The Department of Health (DOH) You Can campaign educates teens about the risks and consequences of using cannabis and increases protective factors that help teens resist using drugs.
The relaunch includes new messaging focused on cannabis’ impact on mental health, personal relationships, and brain development. Assets also acknowledge the mental and emotional issues youth face, and offer healthy ways to deal with stress, anxiety, and loneliness; encourage young people to connect...
read moreThe Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery (DBHR) has identified funding to provide financial support for prevention partners to attend various conferences. These conferences provide training on prevention theory, strategic planning, coalition development, cultural competency, reducing health disparities, community organizing, and/or the Strategic Prevention Framework.
These conferences are open to CPWI, CBO, and Tribes for attendance. Only registration costs can be covered by...
read moreThe Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is making progress on plans to revise the Tribal Behavioral Health Agenda, published in 2016. SAMHSA worked with tribal leaders, the Indian Health Service, and the National Indian Health Board to develop the National Tribal Behavioral Health Agenda (TBHA). The TBHA is a blueprint for collaborative action by tribes, federal partners, states, and other stakeholders on five foundational elements. They are in process of an...
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What is involved? the Review Team reviews the previous year's Overview and Nomination Packet documents during January and February, making suggestions on improvements, suggestions on how to market the awards to encourage more participation, and to make suggestions on how to simplify the nomination process. Any meetings are via Microsoft Teams. Award nominations are accepted during the April - early August time frame; there are no Review Team...
read moreThis winter, the Behavioral Health Institute (BHI) with the Washington Health Care Authority (HCA) is engaging behavioral health stakeholders from around Washington state in listening sessions to gather information and opinions regarding inequities in behavioral health care. The information gathered from the listening sessions will be used to inform state-level policy recommendations that address inequities in behavioral health care.
BHI is seeking a diversity of identities,...
read moreOn Monday, December 12, 2022, the Supreme Court denied a request made by a group of major tobacco companies to block California’s recently passed ban on flavored tobacco products, allowing for a lower court’s decision permitting the ban to stand.
We are nearing the next cycle of the Communities Talk! A major change is coming!
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will be sponsoring stipends for the next round of Communities Talk to Prevent Alcohol and Other Drug Misuse, an initiative that focuses on alcohol and other drug misuse that negatively affect communities and our youth. Since 2006, the initiative has provided prevention resources and stipends to thousands of community-based...
read moreThe Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is pleased to inform you the new 2022 edition of Drugs of Abuse is now available in...
read moreWashington State Department of Health is pleased to announce a Request for Funding Applications (RFA) for the Washington State Commercial Tobacco Quitline. See attached documents for the application and additional appendices.
DOH anticipates funding one organization through a mix of state and federal funds. The amount of funding available is listed in the application.
The contract has an anticipated start date of April 29, 2023, with a 2-year period performance...
read moreWe are nearing the next cycle of the Communities Talk! A major change is coming!
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will be sponsoring stipends for the next round of Communities Talk to Prevent Alcohol and Other Drug Misuse, an initiative that focuses on alcohol and other drug misuse that negatively affect communities and our youth. Since 2006, the initiative has provided prevention resources and stipends to thousands of community-based...
read moreWhat is involved? The Review Team reviews the previous year’s Overview and Nomination Packet documents during January and February, making suggestions on improvements, suggestions on how to market the awards to encourage more participation, and to make suggestions on how to simplify the nomination process. Any meetings are via Microsoft Teams. Award nominations are accepted during the April – August time frame; there is no Review Team meetings or duties during the...
read moreDate: December 1, 2023
Time: 10 - 12 p.m.
Click here to access the workshop (Zoom).
Northwest High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (NW HIDTA) will be hosting a program planning workshop preparatory to the launch of their 2023 prevention and treatment RFP. This workshop, led by Dr. Robert LaChausse of A Division for the Advancement of Prevention and...
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