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Investigating Monitoring the Future, What is going on with the Data?

Northwest Prevention Technology Transfer Center and Monitoring the Future is pleased to offer an on-the-spot conversation about some state and national data trends and what they are and arenot telling us about teen substance misuse.

During this session, participants will take part in the discussion.  We expect we  may ultimately have more questions about the data than answers!  So…bring your questionsMore

Prevention and Health Promotion for Positive Youth Development

The final event in the series: Social Media & Risky Behavior Among Adolescents

Date:  May 10, 2023
Time: 12:00 pm – 01:30 pm PT 

Event Objective:  Attendees will be able to describe the link between social media and risky behavior among adolescents and understand how this information can be applied to their own work.

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CTC Could Reduce Gun Violence Deaths in Children (ABC News)

Margaret Kuklinski, Director of The Center for Communities that Care, shared comments with ABC News to discuss the newly published study highlighting prevention work done by Communities That Care. This study highlights the effect of CTC on adolescents’ handgun-carrying in rural areas. UW Researchers conducted a study of more than 4,000 adolescents across 24 communities in seven states. By theMore

New Funding Opportunity

SAMHSA has released a Funding Opportunity: Strategic Prevention Framework – Partnerships for Success for Communities, Local Governments, Universities, Colleges, and Tribes/Tribal Organizations

The purpose of this program is to use the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF), a community engagement model, to reduce the onset and progression of substance misuse by expanding and strengthening the capacity of local prevention and mental healthMore