Reducing Risk at Your Holiday Party
Tips to help you stay safe during and after holiday parties.
Puerto Rico Prevention Organizations Partner with PS@EDC to Address Health Disparities
Customized technical assistance from Prevention Solutions@EDC helps to ensure that prevention coalitions across Puerto Rico have the knowledge and skills needed to understand and reduce health disparities in their communities.
PS@EDC Webinar Explores the Impact of COVID-19 Policies on Alcohol and Marijuana Use
Since the onset of COVID-19, many states and communities have dramatically loosened restrictions on alcohol and marijuana use and access. This webinar explores the impact of these changes on the nation’s health.
PS@EDC Trains Kentucky Prevention Specialists on the Art of Effective TA
PS@EDC Director Carol Oliver delivered a two-day workshop to 90+ technical assistance providers from Kentucky’s Department for Behavioral Health on ways to increase the effectiveness of their services, including strategies for assessing client needs, engaging key stakeholders, and selecting appropriate TA methods.
PS@EDC Trainings Prepare New York Practitioners to Develop Realistic Evaluation Plans
When New York’s Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services rolled out a new set of reporting requirements last spring, they saw a unique opportunity to empower and engage prevention practitioners in evaluation planning. To help them do so, they drew on the resources of Prevention Solutions@EDC.
PS@EDC Prepares New Cohort of SAPST Trainers!
In early June, 11 enthusiastic trainers from across the country participated in Prevention Solutions@EDC’s SAPST Virtual Training of Trainers (TOT). The TOT prepared participants to deliver the highly respected Substance Abuse Prevention Skills Training—or SAPST—in their states and communities.
Partnering with the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services to Address Problem Gambling
States and communities have begun developing systemic supports to address the related problems of problem gambling and substance misuse in a coordinated way. Prevention Solutions@EDC is collaborating with Iowa’s Department of Public Health to prepare for this important work.
PS@EDC Partners with Dedham Prevention Coalition to Build Data Capacity
Having access to good data and understanding how to use it is the foundation for effective prevention programming. Over the past three years, PS@EDC has worked closely with the Dedham Organization for Substance Awareness (DOSA) to integrate data into all of this successful coalition's decision-making.
PS@EDC Explores the Connections between Prevention and Recovery
There is a growing need to better understand the relationship of substance abuse prevention to recovery and, moreover, to understand both prevention and recovery as they relate to resiliency. Find out how PS@EDC is addressing this challenge.
PS@EDC Community of Practice Helps OASAS Staff Go Virtual
Find out how Prevention Solutions@EDC is working with New York State’s substance misuse prevention system to build the online facilitation skills of its providers.