The purpose of the PTTC Network is to improve implementation and delivery of effective substance use prevention interventions, and provide training and technical assistance services to the substance misuse preventionMore
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In October, SAMHSA celebrates Substance Use Prevention Month! and they are Telling the Prevention Story. Prevention Month lifts up the national conversation — to showcase prevention’s positive effects on communities across the country.
- To inspire action, each of us can share how prevention is improving lives in our communities.
- We aim to prevent substance use in the firstMore
Communities That Care’s Director, Margaret Kuklinski, PhD joined the Bipartisan Policy Center and the Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE) for an in-depth discussion on the opioid epidemic ahead of the election. Experts shared insights from a recent national survey on Americans’ views of the opioid epidemic and evaluated the government’s response to the crisis. WatchMore
The US Department of Health & Human Services Released it’s National Strategy for Suicide Prevention
The 2024 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention is a bold new 10-year, comprehensive, whole-of-society approach to suicide prevention that provides concrete recommendations for addressing gaps in the suicide prevention field. This coordinated and comprehensive approach to suicide prevention at the national, state, tribal, local, and territorialMore
Communities that Care (CTC) was recently featured in a Freakonomics Radio series shedding light on promising efforts to combat the opioid epidemic. Keith Humphreys, Professor of Psychiatry and an Addiction Researcher at Stanford University highlighted CTC and the work of the Social Development Research Group to demonstrate the potential for evidence-based strategies and community engagement in tackling complex societalMore
Join the Northwest PTTC on Thursday, June 20, 2024
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Alaska
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Pacific
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Mountain
During this webinar, we will focus on jumpstarting a prevention coalition for long-term success. During the session we will go on a journey to developing a culture of participation, including techniques for identifying appropriate members forMore
Are you interested in becoming a 2024 CADCA Blue Ribbon Coalition? This is your coalition’s opportunity to receive national recognition from CADCA and the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) for achieving evidence-based and positive community-level outcomes.
The Blue Ribbon Initiative is the only community credential awarded to coalitions for theirMore
On March 20th, the Great Lakes Prevention Technology Transfer Center is hosting Dr. Kevin Haggerty for a 90 minute webinar exploring The National Institute on Drug Abuse – NIDA‘s Monitoring the Future data and how to identify tested and effective prevention programs.
This 90-minute webinar will explore national and state level dataMore
The UW School of Social Work‘s Social Development Research Group has recently published a research brief. This brief reviews a study done on a resource for parents of college students. The study found that a new handbook developed by SDRG researchers and the Department of Human Development at Washington State University (WSU), successfully decreasedMore
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