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COALITION NEWS
August events, resources, opportunities, & more.
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ESD 112’s Prevent Coalition has been awarded a $97,634 grant from the Clark County Opioid Abatement Council to implement evidence-based opioid prevention strategies for youth. The one-year grant, effective July 1, 2024, marks a significant step in addressing the growing concern about opioid misuse among young people in the county.
Read the full story at esd112.org/news.
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Last month Prevent Coalition staff and partners completed training at the 23rd annual CADCA Mid-Year Training Institute. They were joined by coalition coordinators and coalition members from southwest Washington. In all over 2,000 participants attended the event representing prevention professionals from all regions of the country and internationally, government leaders, youth, prevention specialists, addiction treatment professionals, addiction recovery advocates, researchers, educators, law enforcement professionals, and faith-based leaders. It provided an incredible opportunity to network with thousands of advocates passionate about prevention.
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Attendees had access to nearly 30 hours of diverse training sessions during the four-day event. Keynote speakers included Capt. Chris Jones, Pharm.D., Dr. PH, MPH, and director of the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. Ambassador Adam Namm who currently serves as the Executive Secretary of CICAD for the Organization of American States (OAS). Also Allison Arwady, MD, MPH, director of the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, where she leads CDC's innovative research and science programs.
Prevent staff and coalition partners look forward to using the training received, latest science, trends, tools and strategies to create healthy, thriving, and substance-free communities in the southwest Washington region and beyond. Prevent would like to thank the Youth Cannabis and Commercial Tobacco Prevention Program and Washington Department of Health for supporting our attendees!
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Prevent released their latest podcast, Season 2, Episode 4 - How to Organize & Run a Youth Conference. Prevent Coalition staff members Matthew Cox and Abigail Wells reflect upon their coalition's most recent youth conference, "Elevate", and share past experience, tips, and best practices that can be used to plan a future youth forum, summit, or conference.
All Prevent Coalition podcasts can be found at preventcoalition.podbean.com or on Google Podcasts, the Apple Podcast app and other familiar streaming services. Episodes are also archived at preventcoalition.org/events/news/.
Season 2 Episodes:
Season 1 Episodes:
Consider adding the Prevent Coalition Podcast to your playlist! We're sharing stories and strategies to help coalitions and organizations reach their full potential.
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A “crossover” product is the alcoholic version of a traditionally non-alcoholic product. Soft drink and juice producers along with alcohol suppliers have introduced many of these products within the past few years. While these products gain in popularity, there is concern that the crossover products may potentially be confused with their non-alcohol beverage counterparts and lead to point-of-sale purchases by youth.
Read the full story by the Liquor and Cannabis Board (LCB).
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Resources to Support a Safe School Year
Schools will begin to come alive again in August with the excitement of a new school year. Youth serving adults and parents can help students safely navigate through this school year by boosting their knowledge about the risks of vaping, educating youth, and promoting alternatives to use. Below is a mini tool kit of resources to assist!
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This recorded webinar presented by the Washington Poison Center in 2022 will provide essential information about vaping devices, health concerns, youth vaping trends and risks. Best suited for prevention professionals, parents, educators, community coalitions and members. Hosted by ESD 112 and Prevent Coalition of Southwest Washington.
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Stanford Tobacco Prevention Toolikit
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Free curriculum includes a middle and high school program with 6 lessons, approximately 50 minutes each. A two-lesson elementary school version, approximately 50 minutes each, is available. Every lesson provides activities, online quiz games, and worksheets in addition to presentations, resources, and other materials aimed at addressing key factors associated with youth e-cigarette use.
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Vaping: Know the Truth
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This self-led interactive digital curriculum is for grade levels 8-12, can be completed in approximately 30-60 minutes, and aligns to national health education standards. In addition to encouraging students to live vape-free lives it offers resources to help young people who are currently using e-cigarettes to quit.
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Catch My Breath Youth Vaping Prevention Program
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This peer-led teaching approach empowers students with the knowledge and skills needed to make informed decisions about e-cigarettes and resist social pressures to vape. Free access includes English & Spanish versions of the core curriculum for grades 5-12.
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FDA Vaping Prevention & Education Resource Center
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Access free resources for teachers, students, and parents to learn more about the dangers of vaping nicotine. Includes lesson plans, videos featuring real teens, science-based information, and more.
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Stanford Medicine Cannabis Awareness Toolkit
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Theory-based and evidence-informed resources created by educators, parents, and researchers aimed at preventing middle and high school students’ use of cannabis/marijuana.
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Classroom Resources - National Institute on Drug Abuse
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Search curriculum on the science and consequences of substance use. All lessons are based on national science and education standards and were developed by scientists from leading universities and the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Also available are conversation starters for parents and "Ask a Scientist" videos.
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Choose You Campaign
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Washington State Department of Health (DOH) launched this campaign to promote heathy youth choices and educate youth about the risks of using vapes. Links to quitting resources available.
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Empower Vape Free Youth
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The Empower Vape-Free Youth campaign encourages middle and high school educators to speak with students about the risks of e-cigarettes and nicotine addiction. The campaign includes resources for educators to help students avoid or quit vaping.
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Find Your Good Campaign
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The Find Your Good campaign aims to promote healthy activities and positive interactions between youth, to help them recognize there are ways to cope with stress without using drugs or alcohol. Campaign materials and more information available at youthnow.me/findyourgood
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International Overdose Awareness Day is the world’s largest annual campaign to end overdose, stimulate action and discussion about evidence-based overdose prevention and drug policy, and remember without stigma those who have died and acknowledge the grief of the family and friends left behind. The theme for 2024 is “Together we can”, highlighting the power of our community when we all stand together.
A huge collection of promotional materials are available on the campaign website including posters, flyers, social media graphics, marketing messages, and campaign ideas for prevention clubs or coalitions.
Access all the resources www.overdoseday.com/
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CADCA launched a new campaign to reduce overdoses called "Over the Dose?" The campaign seeks to prevent the opportunity for misuse before it starts. Too often patients are prescribed more prescription medication than they need. Since many are unaware of how to store or dispose of dangerous pills, they can fall into the wrong hands.
From August - October join CADCA in challenging your communities to safely dispose of unwanted medications. Resources such as videos, social media graphics, messaging, drop box locations, and more are available on the campaign website.
Visit cadca.org/over-the-dose to learn more and download resources to promote the campaign.
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Here is an infographic that lists different ways companies circumvent regulations to expose teens unknowingly to products and marketing that promotes behaviors that are harmful to their mental, emotional and physical health.
The infographic aims to educate adults so they can help teens make informed choices. Produced by Aaron Weiner, PhD, a board-certified psychologist and a past president of the Society of Addiction Psychology.
Click on the image to download the infographic.
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The CDC has updated their alcohol prevention website (cdc.gov/alcohol) to help the general public and health professionals understand how they can take action to improve health and well-being and to understand proven strategies to support a better quality of life.
A webpage with community strategies is available with recommendations to prevent underage drinking, facts about youth use, how it harms communities, and links to additional resources. A separate webpage outlines other policies and proven strategies to prevent excessive use. Coalitions may find this information helpful in building their youth alcohol prevention strategy.
For additional information visit cdc.gov/alcohol.
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Be Well WA is a new long-term and multi-layered initiative promoting wellness and health equity for all people in Washington state. Anchored by the Washington State Department of Health (DOH), Be Well WA is an innovative collaboration with partners and communities to help empower people throughout Washington with information, resources, and opportunities to improve their individual health and well-being.
Check out the campaign website at bewellwa.org. Washington Department of Health (WADOH) also provides partner resources and more - click here to visit the WADOH Be Well WA webpage.
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The Washington State Legislature wrapped up the 2024 session on March 7th. However, anytime is a good time to better understand the legislative process. Grant County Health District developed a toolkit just for that purpose with support and endorsement from the Youth Cannabis and Commercial Tobacco Prevention Program (YCCTPP).
This toolkit is meant to serve as an educational resource and includes a compilation of knowledge, definitions, experiences, and guidance from several well-known players on the WA State prevention scene.
Click here (or the image) to view the toolkit.
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*Storing medicine in a locked location is the single most effective deterrent to accidental poisonings, overdose, medicine theft, and misuse that can lead to prescription drug addiction. Stay informed and talk with loved ones about the risks for ingesting or taking medicine not prescribed for them and benefits of safeguarding your medications. Learn more at www.LocksSaveLives.org.
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CADCA with several key partners developed this resource for Grangers, young people, coalitions, community-serving organizations, religious organizations and any other group that seeks to meaningfully engage rural youth, to address substance misuse issues in their communities and achieve positive community change through comprehensive strategies with a focus on policy and advocacy.
Click on the image with this story to view and download the tool kit.
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Cultivate, elevate, and celebrate rural voices! The 2024 Rural Conference will take place on September 25 & 26, 2024 at the Yakima Convention Center, Yakima, WA. This will be the second Rural Conference and excitement is growing! Registration and agenda are available on the conference web page. Visit preventcoalition.org/ruralconference.
If you have questions about the conference or the Rural Network please feel free to contact us at [email protected].
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Whether you have recently joined the Rural Network or are still thinking about it there is a resource available that will answer your commonly asked questions - our New Member Orientation Guide!
This guide describes our mission, vision, funding, 7 core principles, who we serve, and how to get involved. It also describes what our meetings are like and why you should join!
Learn all the details at smore.com/8eqhp
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Monthly “Rural Network Meetings”
The full membership meets monthly on the last Tuesday from 2-3:30pm. This meeting is meant to engage network members, build connections across isolated communities, provide training to members and bring in guest speakers, we do policy work and have guest legislators come to meet rural volunteers, and we also do community-of-practice style activities where members share their experiences with one another or tackle tough issues collaboratively. These meetings are usually held virtually and open to the public, anyone is welcome to join.
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Conference Workgroup
This group meets monthly to prepare, design and plan for a statewide gathering of rural prevention professionals which happens every 2 years in Yakima, called the Rural Conference. We had our first ever conference last year convening our network members and the goal is to expand on that experience and make it even bigger and better than it already was. This committee gets to design theme, branding elements, activities that happen at the conference, agenda, speakers and more. This workgroup is hosted by the Rede Group, an event-planning subcontractor of Rural Network. The committee meets on a rotating schedule based on volunteer availability each month.
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Book Club
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Engagement Committee
This is our newest Committee. It is tasked with reflecting and brainstorming about member engagement. The committee will discuss recruiting for opportunities, barriers to Rural Network participation, strategies and activities to build capacity and membership across rural communities, as well as feedback received about participation. The Engagement Committee meets the second Wednesday of each month from 10am-11am.
We are looking for more members! If you are interested in participating, please reach out to Abigail Wells at [email protected].
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Steering Committee
Our leadership team guides the work of the Rural Network, reflects on action plan progress, plans monthly meeting agenda, and evaluates the progress and outcomes of the program. We’re looking for more members to guide the work and get involved to increase our Steering capacity and keep the work sustained/strong. We meet monthly on the 1st Thursday from 10am-11:30am (PT) and are hoping to add 3-4 more members.
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Toolkit Workgroup
We have a Toolkit Workgroup meeting that is currently on pause due to funding delays and contract negotiations. This committee will eventually be run by the Montana Institute and is in charge of creating a Positive Community Norms (PCN) Campaign for rural communities statewide. Last year, this committee updated the Find Your Good campaign and created new messaging/media based on a rural youth survey they created and promoted.
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Office Hours
Our staff holds a placeholder for an hour every month for people to come and brainstorm, bounce ideas off one another, or otherwise receive support or Technical Assistance from any/all our staff team. Sometimes you need a like-minded Coordinator to generate ideas, double check their action plan, troubleshoot a difficult sector representative, etc. We’re here to support you at these monthly time slots. Email Abigail Wells ([email protected]) or [email protected] to reserve this time with us.
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7 Core Principles Rural Network.pdf
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Rural Network Meeting
Tuesday, August 27, 2024 2-3:30 p.m. Online conference call
Rural Network Office Hours
Wednesday, September 4, 2024 1-2 p.m. Online conference call For Rural Network members to receive technical assistance
Rural Network Steering Committee
Thursday, September 5, 2024 10:00-11:30 a.m. Online conference call Develop the plan, guide the implementation, evaluate the results.
Rural Prevention Conference
September 25-26, 2024 In person, Yakima Convention Center, Yakima, WA Event website: www.preventcoalition.org/ruralconference Learn the latest science, data, and equity initiatives in rural prevention. Strategize and network with other rural prevention peers during this two-day event!
All times are Pacific Standard Time (PST)
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Relevant events and training not sponsored by Prevent Coalition:
National Prevention Network
NPN Conference 2024
In-person, Arizona Grand Resort, Phoenix, AZ August 13-15, 2024
Cost: $899 Registration: Visit website: https://npnconference.org/
The purpose of the NPN Conference is to highlight the latest research in the substance use prevention field. It provides a forum for prevention professionals, coalition leaders, researchers, and federal partners to share research, best practices and promising evaluation results for the purpose of integrating research into prevention practice.
Washington State Division of Behavioral Health & Recovery Coalition Leadership Institute
In-person, Washington L&I Conference Center - 7273 Linderson Way SW, Tumwater, WA 98501 August 21st, 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM - August 22nd, 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM (end time may change) Registration: Please visit the event webpage for more information.
Required training for all CPWI Coalition Coordinators, but anyone involved with a prevention coalition is welcome to attend. Institute objectives: learn about the latest news and information from state prevention leaders, researchers, and prevention peers; grow into new skills and interest areas; and connect with others doing similar work in other communities across Washington State.
PTTC 2024 Northwest Prevention Leadership Academy
Virtual Sessions - 1pm-2:30pm (PT) on July 24, September 3 and 24 In-person, Tacoma, WA September 11-12, 2024
Cost: Free! Registration: Click here to learn more on PTTC website.
Participants must attend all virtual and in-person sessions to receive 20-hour certificate of participation. The academy will explore leadership principles for prevention coalitions using a set of Liberating Structures; practical methods and tools designed to foster active participation and create innovation among team members, collaborators, and communities.
ADAI Symposium 2024
Cannabis, Schizophrenia, and Other Psychotic Disorders
Virtual and In-person, University Tower, 4333 Brooklyn Ave NE, Seattle, WA September 19, 2024 Cost: Free! Registration and event information: Visit event website.
Join ADAI's Cannabis Education & Research Program this fall for their biennial symposium on the latest in cannabis research presented by local and international experts. This year's event will focus on cannabis, schizophrenia, and other psychotic disorders.
Washington State Public Health Association 2024 Annual Conference
In-person, Yakima Valley, WA October 9-11, 2024 Cost: Early bird rates, $450 member, $585 Non-member. Discounted rates available. Registration and event information: Visit event website.
Did you know that this is WSPHA's 90th anniversary?! This year they will celebrate the roots of public health in social movements and collectively consider the past to pave the way for the future. This year's theme is, "Cultivating Social Justice: Past, Present, & Future". Attendees will find an engaging lineup of plenaries, workshops, and networking opportunities.
Washington State Prevention Summit 2024 In-person, The Westin Seattle, Seattle, WA
October 30-31, 2024 Cost: Adult $200, Youth (18 and under) $100 Registration and event information: Visit event website.
The Prevention Summit is an enriching training and networking opportunity for youth, volunteers, and professionals engaged in health promotion and the prevention of substance misuse, violence, and other high-risk behaviors, in a setting that promotes cultural humility. The Summit provides high-quality workshops, forums, and hands-on learning opportunities designed to meet a variety of needs, including professional development for prevention professionals. Summit includes a separate track for youth.
CADCA
35th Annual National Leadership Forum Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center, National Harbor, MD February 3-6, 2025 Event website coming soon! Click here for past event information. CADCA Forum provides training from top experts in the field, Information, tools and strategies to take your prevention work to the next level, the latest science, news and trends on substance misuse issues, the opportunity to network with thousands of advocates passionate about prevention, and specialized youth leadership training. You may also consider attending SAMHSA's 21st Annual Prevention Day that will be held on February 3, 2025.
National Conference on Tobacco or Health 2025 In-person, Chicago, IL
August 26-29, 2025 Registration and event information TBD More Information on the National Network of Public Health Institutes website.
The National Conference on Tobacco or Health (NCTOH) is one of the largest, long-standing gatherings for top United States tobacco control professionals. The convening attracts a diversity of public health professionals committed to best practices and policies to reduce tobacco use—the leading preventable cause of disease and death in the United States.
NW PTTC
Ethics in Prevention Foundations (Virtually moderated 6-hour course) Repeats monthly, visit website for next session! No Fee, Limited Space Available This two-week, asynchronous moderated course, adapted from the original SAMHSA Center for Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT) course, explores the six principles of the Prevention Code of Ethics. The course also introduces a decision-making process to help practitioners apply this code to a variety of ethical dilemmas, and an online discussion area to facilitate discussion with other course participants. Course meets requirements for prevention specialist credentialing.
View ongoing training and events at https://pttcnetwork.org.
NW PTTC Special Topics in Prevention of Substance Misuse (Self-paced courses) A large selection of online, on-demand courses that explore special topics in prevention of substance misuse that will better-equip prevention professionals & coalitions to serve their communities. Access the courses via the HealtheKnowledge.org website.
NW PTTC Pharmacology for Prevention Professionals (Self-paced course) Explore the basics of how substances impact major brain regions and the acute and chronic symptoms associated with different substances. Certificates of 1.5 hours for each of the following four courses: Basics of Pharmacology and Alcohol, Basics of Pharmacology and Opioids, Basics of Pharmacology and Psychostimulants (Cocaine & Methamphetamine), and Basics of Pharmacology and Cannabis. Learn more and enroll via the HealtheKnowledge.org website.
CADCA Training and Events Website Free! Explore the library of webinars available, both archived and coming soon. Hosted by CADCA trainers covering topics related to starting and operating a community coalition, prevention, and more. Visit the CADCA TRAINING & EVENTS website.
CADCA Webinar Wednesday Series Free! Register for an upcoming Wednesday webinar or view archived recordings on your own schedule. Visit the CADCA WEBINAR WEDNESDAY SERIES website.
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Connection is the Best Prevention
Supported by fiscal agent ESD 112, Prevent Coalition is a regional coalition formed in 2003 to increase collaboration, awareness, and reduce youth substance use in Southwest Washington. Prevent Coalition also implements initiatives for rural communities across Washington state. As a community mobilizer, our coalition creates a culture promoting healthy choices; advocates for policies and regulations that protect, empower and nurture youth; and facilitates positive opportunities for youth to be involved and thrive.
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.PreventCoalition.org
Location: 2500 NE 65th Ave., Vancouver, WA, USA
Phone: 360-952-3457
Facebook: Facebook.com/PreventCoalition
Twitter: @supportyouthnow
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