Event Calendar

Please see the attached agenda for conference details.  The morning will be in webinar format with a spotlight on out-of-state speakers, the early afternoon will be in webinar format with a spotlight on in-state speakers, and the day will end with a shift to meeting format for a more interactive experience.

Deaths by overdose and suicide continue to increase despite state and national efforts.  Individuals with substance use disorders are at increased risk for suicide.  Efforts to jointly address substance use and suicide are warranted.  This webinar describes suicide risk among those who misuse substances and details multiple strategies for joint prevention, intervention, and treatment in the community and in various service settings.

The MHTTC Network is hosting an 8-part training series using the National School Mental Health Best Practices: Implementation Guidance Modules for States, Districts, and Schools. This resource was developed by the MHTTC Network in partnership with the National Center for School Mental Health (NCSMH) and aims to help states, districts and schools advance comprehensive school mental health and engage in a planning process for implementation. 


Module 7: Funding and Sustainability includes the definition of school mental health funding and sustainability and opportunities to secure and leverage diverse funding sources and to sustain successful school mental health systems.
 

• Each session in the series includes a pre-session video, live panel session, and post-session regional breakout.
• Access the pre-session video for Module 7: Funding and Sustainability HERE. Please watch the video PRIOR to the live session. The purpose of watching the pre-session video is to familiarize yourself with the content for Module 7.
• Live sessions consist of a discussion with a small panel of education and mental health leaders from across the country (including a member from the National Center for School Mental Health team) who will provide an “always and now” application of the module and innovative ideas for implementation, considering the current COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on school mental health.
• The post-session Regional Breakout sessions are intended for participants to have an informal discussion regarding content from the live session, contextualized for their specific region. Access to the Regional Breakout sessions will be provided to all participants during the live sessions.
   

To learn more about the National School Mental Health Best Practices: Implementation Guidance Modules and gain access to the COMPLETE resource, click HERE.

PLEASE NOTE: As of April 2021, the MHTTC Network and National Center for School Mental Health (NCSMH) changed the title of the National School Mental Health Curriculum: Guidance and Best Practices for States, Districts, and Schools to the new title 'National School Mental Health Best Practices: Implementation Guidance Modules for States, Districts, and Schools.'

Evidence has shown that loneliness has enormous impact on the physical and emotional wellbeing of older adults. These concerns may be more pronounced for LGBT Elders, who faced isolation at higher levels as well as marked physical and behavioral health disparities prior to the pandemic. As the world begins to emerge from mandated social distancing, what kind of supports can assist older LGBT adults in developing life-saving connections to care providers and social networks? This webinar will describe the effects of isolation for LGBT Elders, self-care strategies to improve connectedness, and supportive therapeutic interventions to increase wellness, interdependence, self-efficacy, and the essential sense of mattering that makes life meaningful.

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Behavioral health programs are experiencing greater challenges than ever before. The combination of COVID-19, workforce shortages, and alcohol, stimulant, and opioid use disorders and overdoses creates unique challenges for program administrators and implementers serving American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations. At the same time, significant funding is now available.

Are you ready to pursue these funding opportunities in a competitive environment? If not, help is here!

This free training series, featuring Pam Baston, MPA, MCAP, CPP, will guide participants through a step-by-step process in how to strengthen their behavioral health programs and their readiness to successfully compete for funding. Practical tips and tools will be provided, and participants will be encouraged to engage in some self-directed activities between each training session to maximize their success.

Tuesdays, May 4, 11, 18, and 25

1:30-3:00pm ET . 12:30-2:00 CT . 11:30-1:00 MT . 10:30-12:00 PT . 9:30-11:00 AKT

A national three-digit 988 behavioral health and suicide prevention crisis hotline is probably the most significant public policy initiative impacting behavioral healthcare since Medicaid expansion. Behavioral health crisis services have never had a moment like this, where the policy forces are aligning at federal state and local levels and are driving positive change.  The implementation of 988 provides us with the opportunity to build-out and finance a statewide behavioral health crisis response system that is on par with the 911 emergency medical management system. 
 
There are many questions that this webinar will address as an initial forum to learn about best practices to apply to 988 crisis response system optimization. Increasing our collective knowledge is best achieved by engaging with subject-matter experts, rather than expending time, energy, or other resources extracting or researching for answers in disconnected and fragmented ways. Session outcomes include new learning and insights to more effectively respond to a rapid 988 implementation trajectory.  Participants will find that the content and interchange of this session is both pragmatic and enriching.

This series of sessions features traditional Native American storytelling, along with time for discussion on what can be learned from the stories, as well as the ways these stories can be incorporated by Native American providers into their work with patients.

Please note that while we encourage non-Native providers to attend these sessions to increase your cultural understanding and sensitivity, we ask that out of respect for cultural traditions, you do not use these stories as your own if they are not a part of your culture.

Native storytelling is an long honored way of teaching lessons of life. We, as Native people, need to laugh while learning. For example, laughing at how Coyote makes funny mistakes. This can teach people how to avoid behaving as Coyote does. Further, Native legends can offer stories about Creation or the Trickster. However, some stories can only be told during certain times of the year. For example, Coyote legends are only told during the winter time because that is often when Native people would be in their lodges practicing survival skills to help the tribe thrive in difficult times.

Traditionally, the storyteller needed to be an excellent psychologist and able to understand peoples’ perspectives. A story might be used in treatment to help a patient come to a realization in a culturally informed way.

In this one-hour readiness primer, AnaMaria Diaz Martinez, from Washington State University will describe the ​steps for preparing to deliver the Strengthening Families Program 10-14 virtually along with the recommended adaptation​s. She will review the practical requirements (e.g. virtual and technology requirements, facilitator preparations, family engagement packets, etc.) for virtual implementation of SFP 10-14, and will work with attendees to determine their readiness for virtual implementation of SFP 10-14. Participants will leave with an understanding of what is needed to deliver SFP 10-14 in a virtual setting and information on next steps.

Audience: This training is intended for trained and certified SFP 10-14 facilitators, coordinators, support staff, and others who are interested in learning more about the SFP 10-14 virtual curriculum adaptation.

Description: In this two-part virtual ​delivery training, AnaMaria Diaz Martinez from Washington State University will review the virtual curriculum adaptation for Strengthening Families Program 10-14. Participants will leave with an understanding of how to deliver SFP 10-14 in a virtual setting (actual application/practice will happen during the training). 

Audience: This training is intended for trained and certified SFP 10-14 facilitators and support staff who are preparing to implement SFP 10-14 virtually in the next 1-3 months.

Registration: Recommended to attend a 1-hour readiness primer (SFP 10-14 Virtual Adaptation Information Primer) where you will be given an overview of the logistics, technology requirements, and resource handouts to help support your virtual delivery of SFP. For more information, please email SFP 10-14 Community of Practice (CoP) and Evaluation Coordinator Sabrina DiGennaro (sabrina.digennaro@wsu.edu) or WSU SFP 10-14 CoP (sfp.1014@wsu.edu).

We Are A Community of Practice

• We welcome you to join Healthy Native Youth’s Community ofPractice virtual gatherings held the second Wednesday of everymonth at 10-11:30 am PST.
• Sessions include new resources and opportunities to engage withtopical experts. As a community, we share our strengths andexpertise about how we will improve the lives of Native youth.

Who Should Attend?

• Tribal health educators, teachers, parents, prevention specialists;people who share a passion for improving the lives of Native youth.

How To Join

• At the time of the Community of Practice meeting:
• Click here for zoom link (https://echo.zoom.us/j/99982426703?pwd=dHlFVnNaT0lOaUloNnA4QnFPVDlTZz09)
• Password:587626
• Meeting ID: 999 8242 6703

To join by phone only: 1-253-215-8782

• Press *6 to mute your line when not speaking.

Text HEALTHY to 97779 and receive Community of Practice connection info each month on your phone!

This webinar will support alcohol prevention efforts for elementary- and middle school-aged youth. It will include a review of the data on younger youth alcohol use prevalence and patterns, and research on its risk and protective factors. The webinar will discuss how to improve needs assessment efforts focusing on this population, including strategies to improve primary data collection. It will also identify and highlight evidence-based prevention programs intended to serve this younger population.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Overview prevalence data on younger underage alcohol use

• Identify risk and protective factors most relevant to younger youth

• Discuss opportunities to improve needs assessment and data collection processes

• Explore evidence-based prevention strategies and related resources

This 7-week series offers an interactive experience for participants to explore how to develop a sustainability plan. Sustainability planning is an intentional process of looking critically at your current prevention infrastructure, processes, and strategies to develop the necessary resources to sustain meaningful prevention outcomes beyond current funding. Elements of sustainability planning include examining the impact of strategic planning processes, such as SAMSHA’s Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) and interventions, priority setting, resource and feasibility analysis, communication planning, and resource and grant development.

Trainers will demonstrate how to use a set of tools to facilitate a sustainability process with community partners and will coach participants to set actionable steps and timelines to complete a plan over the next year.  The distance learning series will include skill-based learning opportunities, individual and group activities, reading assignments, and group discussion.

When:

Date: May 12, 19, 26, June 2, 9, 16, 23

Time:
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Alaska
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Pacific
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Mountain

Uniting Worldviews to Advance Relationships in Indigenous Communities
Featuring Terry (Ha-ne-ga-noh) Cross, MSW, Senior Advisor to the National Indian Child Welfare Association

PAXIS Institute hosts PAX Chats twice a month.  Great way to receive assistance and support!

This is your chance to ask a PAX question, discuss resources, or share ideas with others implementing PAX throughout the nation!

Identifying the impacts of complex community work is often challenging due to the time lag between the work and the ultimate affects to the clients. Ripple Effects Mapping gives you the ability to tell your stories of the direct and indirect impacts of your work, while simultaneously being engaging and fun. It starts with appreciative inquiry interviews in small group settings, before leading a mapping process that involves storytelling in an online group setting. As participants share their experiences with the facilitator, their stories about the accomplishments, partnerships, and contributions are virtually mapped on the screen. At the conclusion, the participants will have a digital map that contains the learning, actions, and condition changes that happened as a result of a program, workshop series, or event.

Description: In this two-part virtual ​delivery training, AnaMaria Diaz Martinez from Washington State University will review the virtual curriculum adaptation for Strengthening Families Program 10-14. Participants will leave with an understanding of how to deliver SFP 10-14 in a virtual setting (actual application/practice will happen during the training). 

Audience: This training is intended for trained and certified SFP 10-14 facilitators and support staff who are preparing to implement SFP 10-14 virtually in the next 1-3 months.

Registration: Recommended to attend a 1-hour readiness primer (SFP 10-14 Virtual Adaptation Information Primer) where you will be given an overview of the logistics, technology requirements, and resource handouts to help support your virtual delivery of SFP. For more information, please email SFP 10-14 Community of Practice (CoP) and Evaluation Coordinator Sabrina DiGennaro (sabrina.digennaro@wsu.edu) or WSU SFP 10-14 CoP (sfp.1014@wsu.edu).

Positive Community Norms – The Montana Institute– PCN look to improve health and safety in communities with Positive Community Norms (PCN), an approach that promotes protective factors, increases healthy norms, and changes community cultures on issues in areas such as substance abuse or misuse. PCN can help design and implement powerful communications campaigns that shift perceptions, attitudes and behaviors to achieve authentic community transformation.

This training will include 3 online sessions. Attendees are expected to attend all 3 dates. 

Session 1: April 15th, 11:30-1:00pm – Introduction of PCN Dr. Jeff Linkenbach

May 13th, 10:00-11:30am – Applications of PCN in Washington - Dr. Jason Kilmer

June 2nd, 12:00 to 1:30pm – Building on PCN Messages from Data - Sara Thompson

Registration Link - Coming soon 

Hosted by the National American Indian & Alaska Native Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network. From Longhouse to Schoolhouse: AI/AN school communities coming together in partnership to learn, collaborate, and share experiences and knowledge.

Working in the field of prevention and healthy youth development, most of us have all heard the term, ‘risk and protective factors’ but what does that really mean?

The risk and protective factor framework is foundational to Prevention Science. Join Kevin Haggerty, the Director of the Northwest PTTC, and John Briney, Research Scientist and Data Manager, for a deeper dive into risk and protective factors for healthy youth development – what they are, why they’re important, and how to measure them at the community level.

Three part webinar series sessions and dates
Session 1: Risk Factors - May 6, 2021
Session 2: Protective factors - May 13, 2021
Session 3: Measuring risk and protective factors for your community - May 20, 2021

About Minerva TA Calls:

Minerva Technical Assistance Call (online via GoTo Meeting)
Thu, May 13, 2021 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (PDT)

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You are more likely to encounter someone in an emotional or mental crisis than someone having a heart attack.  Learn how to help a friend, family member, coworker or neighbor in need. The National Council for Behavioral Health certifies individuals throughout the nation to provide Mental Health First Aid courses to prepare their communities with the knowledge and skills to help individuals who are developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis.  Identified on SAMHSA’s National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices, the training helps the public better identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illnesses. 

Students must complete a 2-hour self paced course prior to attending this training. 
Students will receive a link to this 2-hour training from the Instructor after successful registration into the course. This email will be sent to the email address provided to us during the time of registration. 
Once students have successfully completed the 2-hour self paced training course, students will receive a second email with a zoom link to allow them access to their virtual classroom on the scheduled class date.

Textbook & Cost:

Textbooks will be available electronically and will be sent within one of the two emails that you will receive from the Instructor.
There is no cost to this course as tuition is generously supported by AHECWW.

Certificate Requirements:

Students must complete both pre-work and live session to receive a certificate.

Youth Mental Health First Aid teaches you how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental health challenges and substance use disorders in young people. This training gives you the skills you need to reach out and provide initial support to a young person who may be developing a mental health or substance use issue and help connect them to the appropriate care. 

First Aiders will complete a 2-hour self-paced class and then participate in a 5-hour instructor-led class using video conferencing via Zoom. 

Participants will be given access to the 2-hour self-paced class two weeks before the training. This is a prerequisite for the 5-hour Zoom training. The self-paced class will need to be completed at least 48 hours before the training. 

This training is interactive; please have a microphone and webcam.

Questions? Contact randyl.wilkins@prevention.org

The EWAHEC has a grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to train Mental Health First Aid.

Please note that our grant limits us to train in Washington State, in the following counties: Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Columbia, Douglas, Ferry, Garfield, Grant, Kittitas, Klickitat, Lincoln, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, and Whitman Counties.

Some key points for you:

• We will be training through September 30, 2021
• Training is 100% virtual for the time being due to COVID
  • We hope to offer in-person training in the spring/summer of 20201, it all depends on COVID
• Training is FREE to you
• Training is scheduled on a date and time that works for your organization
  • We work during business hours, after hours, and on weekends
• The minimum class size is 5 people, and the maximum class size is 20 people
  • If you have more than 20 people that you want to have trained, we are happy to host as many trainings as it takes

To request a training for your group or organization, please scroll farther down the page and complete the fillable form.

To join a training that has been scheduled and is open to anyone, please scroll even farther down the page and complete that form.

The Great Lakes PTTC and MHTTC offer this training for prevention practitioners in HHS Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, and WI.  This event if offered in response to a need identified by Region 5 stakeholders.

This three-hour interactive training will provide an introduction to the substance use prevention field.  The training will cover basic definitions used in the prevention field, explore key models such as the continuum of care, the Strategic Prevention Framework, and provide an overview of evidence-based strategies for substance use prevention. This training is intended for those new to the field with 0–2 years’ experience. 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Define Prevention
• Describe how prevention differs from other fields
• Identify key models used in prevention
• Define key terms used in prevention
• List four strategies used in prevention

Trauma-Informed, Resilience-Oriented (TIRO) Crisis Leadership
Our nation is experiencing a series of collective traumatic events, yet how we each manage this prolonged crisis period will determine its individual and collective long-term impact. In response, join us for an overview of Trauma-Informed, Resilience-Oriented Crisis Leadership. The overview is intended to support public health leaders in their own behavioral health, as well as to build their capacity to enhance trauma-informed resiliency-oriented practices within their jurisdiction through this unprecedented public health crisis.

Learning Objectives: Attendees will be able to
1. Identify the 4 components of Trauma-Informed Resilience Oriented National Council Leadership model
2. Define Moral Injury and identify ways to mitigate injury in staff and create morally safe work environments
3. Identify the importance of self-regulation and it’s connection with burnout
4. Identify a continuous quality improvement strategy to enhance organizational post-traumatic growth to thrive post

Primeros Auxilios de Salud Mental

Es más probable encontrarse con alguien en una crisis emocional o mental que alguien que con un ataque al corazón. Aprenda cómo ayudar a un amigo, familiar, compañero de trabajo o vecino necesitado. El Consejo Nacional de Salud Conductual certifica a personas de todo el país para proporcionar cursos de primeros auxilios de salud mental para preparar a sus comunidades con los conocimientos y habilidades para ayudar a las personas que están desarrollando un problema de salud mental o experimentando una crisis de salud mental. Reconocida en el Registro Nacional de Programas y Prácticas Basadas en Evidencias de SAMHSA, esta capacitación ayuda al público a identificar, comprender y responder mejor a los signos de enfermedades mentales.

Los estudiantes deben completar un curso auto dirigido de 2 horas antes de asistir a esta capacitación.

Los estudiantes recibirán un enlace para esta capacitación de 2 horas después de la inscripción en el curso. Este correo electrónico se enviará a la dirección de correo electrónico que se nos proporcione durante el momento del registro.

Una vez que los estudiantes hayan completado con éxito el curso auto dirigido de 2 horas, los estudiantes recibirán un segundo correo electrónico con un enlace de zoom para permitirles acceder a su aula virtual en la fecha de clase programada.

Libro de texto & Costo:

Los libros de texto estarán disponibles electrónicamente y se enviarán dentro de uno de los dos correos electrónicos que recibirá del Instructor.
No hay costo para este curso, ya que la matrícula es generosamente apoyada por AHECWW.

Requisitos del certificado:
Los estudiantes deben completar la sesión previa al trabajo y en vivo para recibir un certificado.

The goal of the Spring Youth Forum is to recognize and reward youth prevention teams that have implemented a successful prevention project within their communities. The Spring Youth Forum is the follow-up conference to the Prevention Summit. The Forum provides youth prevention teams the opportunity to learn from others while showcasing their own education and planning skills. Youth Teams share successes and lessons learned from projects commenced during or following the previous Prevention Summits or other youth trainings. The Prevention Summit and the Spring Youth Forum work in tandem to create momentum and help to encourage, reward and support youth-led prevention work in communities throughout Washington.

This year, Youth Teams will showcase their completed prevention projects by developing a presentation video that will be displayed during virtual breakout sessions at the Spring Youth Forum. Keep monitoring the Spring Youth Forum website for updates on resources and guidelines for developing presentation videos!

Behavioral health programs are experiencing greater challenges than ever before. The combination of COVID-19, workforce shortages, and alcohol, stimulant, and opioid use disorders and overdoses creates unique challenges for program administrators and implementers serving American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations. At the same time, significant funding is now available.

Are you ready to pursue these funding opportunities in a competitive environment? If not, help is here!

This free training series, featuring Pam Baston, MPA, MCAP, CPP, will guide participants through a step-by-step process in how to strengthen their behavioral health programs and their readiness to successfully compete for funding. Practical tips and tools will be provided, and participants will be encouraged to engage in some self-directed activities between each training session to maximize their success.

Tuesdays, May 4, 11, 18, and 25

1:30-3:00pm ET . 12:30-2:00 CT . 11:30-1:00 MT . 10:30-12:00 PT . 9:30-11:00 AKT

Bi-weekly DBHR service provider calls

In this one-hour readiness primer, AnaMaria Diaz Martinez, from Washington State University will describe the ​steps for preparing to deliver the Strengthening Families Program 10-14 virtually along with the recommended adaptation​s. She will review the practical requirements (e.g. virtual and technology requirements, facilitator preparations, family engagement packets, etc.) for virtual implementation of SFP 10-14, and will work with attendees to determine their readiness for virtual implementation of SFP 10-14. Participants will leave with an understanding of what is needed to deliver SFP 10-14 in a virtual setting and information on next steps.

Audience: This training is intended for trained and certified SFP 10-14 facilitators, coordinators, support staff, and others who are interested in learning more about the SFP 10-14 virtual curriculum adaptation.

 This session will focus on the overlap between tobacco and marijuana and new policy considerations coming around the US in cannabis
 

This 7-week series offers an interactive experience for participants to explore how to develop a sustainability plan. Sustainability planning is an intentional process of looking critically at your current prevention infrastructure, processes, and strategies to develop the necessary resources to sustain meaningful prevention outcomes beyond current funding. Elements of sustainability planning include examining the impact of strategic planning processes, such as SAMSHA’s Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) and interventions, priority setting, resource and feasibility analysis, communication planning, and resource and grant development.

Trainers will demonstrate how to use a set of tools to facilitate a sustainability process with community partners and will coach participants to set actionable steps and timelines to complete a plan over the next year.  The distance learning series will include skill-based learning opportunities, individual and group activities, reading assignments, and group discussion.

When:

Date: May 12, 19, 26, June 2, 9, 16, 23

Time:
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Alaska
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Pacific
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Mountain

With the deployment of vaccines, the COVID-19 virus is coming under control. But the trauma of isolation, grief, fear, economic impact and other societal crises that accompanied the pandemic has triggered a second epidemic of rising substance use and mental health disorders. Discussion topics will include:

• What will the behavioral health scenario look like for the next year and beyond?
• What should family members be looking for?
• What should professionals know?
• What should communities be doing?

Plan NOW to join us for this timely and important community conversation!

This is the second session belonging to a three-part virtual roundtable to address the impact of historical and present day trauma and social injustice on their mental health, provides self-care strategies, and identifies long term community engagement strategies to address the mental health of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities.

This session will explore how implicit bias may influence and impact one’s expectations and interactions with others, and the communities served by Mental Health First Aid/the Mental Health Association of Maryland.

This webinar provides an overview of the unique needs and challenges sexual and gender minority youth experience, discusses health disparities associated with alcohol and substance use, and reviews strategies for integrating adolescent screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) appropriately into care.

Working in the field of prevention and healthy youth development, most of us have all heard the term, ‘risk and protective factors’ but what does that really mean?

The risk and protective factor framework is foundational to Prevention Science. Join Kevin Haggerty, the Director of the Northwest PTTC, and John Briney, Research Scientist and Data Manager, for a deeper dive into risk and protective factors for healthy youth development – what they are, why they’re important, and how to measure them at the community level.

Three part webinar series sessions and dates
Session 1: Risk Factors - May 6, 2021
Session 2: Protective factors - May 13, 2021
Session 3: Measuring risk and protective factors for your community - May 20, 2021

The National American Indian & Alaska Native PTTC will be holding virtual sessions to support our Native communities in these challenging times. These weekly meetings will cover major concerns that have been expressed, and will continue to share resources, and encourage the peer support that has been happening among those who participated. We hope these meetings will be supportive and helpful, and that we can help connect you with the resources you need. Also feel free to reach out to Cindy Sagoe in advance to let her know if there are any topics you specifically want us to be prepared to address. Contact Cindy Sagoe for details: cindy-sagoe@uiowa.edu. 

We welcome you to join Healthy Native Youth’s Community of Practice virtual gatherings held the second Wednesday of every month at 10-11:30 am PST.

Sessions include new resources and opportunities to engage with topical experts. As a community, we share our strengths and expertise about how we will improve the lives of Native youth.

Who Should Attend?

Tribal health educators, teachers, parents, prevention specialists; people who share a passion for improving the lives of Native youth.

• 5/12/21:    Circles of Support: Create a Q&A Service like “Ask Auntie/Ask Uncle” 

This 7-week series offers an interactive experience for participants to explore how to develop a sustainability plan. Sustainability planning is an intentional process of looking critically at your current prevention infrastructure, processes, and strategies to develop the necessary resources to sustain meaningful prevention outcomes beyond current funding. Elements of sustainability planning include examining the impact of strategic planning processes, such as SAMSHA’s Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) and interventions, priority setting, resource and feasibility analysis, communication planning, and resource and grant development.

Trainers will demonstrate how to use a set of tools to facilitate a sustainability process with community partners and will coach participants to set actionable steps and timelines to complete a plan over the next year.  The distance learning series will include skill-based learning opportunities, individual and group activities, reading assignments, and group discussion.

When:

Date: May 12, 19, 26, June 2, 9, 16, 23

Time:
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Alaska
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM Pacific
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Mountain

PAXIS Institute hosts PAX Chats twice a month.  Great way to receive assistance and support!

This is your chance to ask a PAX question, discuss resources, or share ideas with others implementing PAX throughout the nation!

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced prevention professionals to move their work into a virtual environment, creating numerous challenges including data collection. The first webinar of this three-part webinar series on collecting data online during a public health emergency will revisit the Strategic Prevention Framework’s Step 1: Needs Assessment and describe its increased value during a public health emergency. We will explore general best practices for conducting needs assessments, and discuss methods and resources to support ongoing needs assessment given the current challenging environment, as well as strategies to sustain online data collection beyond the COVID-19 pandemic where it may be preferred than traditional in-person methods in some instances.