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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This presentation presents three models of post-overdose interventions, highlighting the role of prevention practitioners in supporting these strategies.

Delivered September 27, 2018, this hour-long webinar explores what works to reduce opioid misuse and the role of prevention in stemming this crisis.

Prevention Solutions@EDC has created several new services to support states and communities in addressing three pressing topics: racial and health inequity, opioid misuse and overdose, and evaluation design and delivery.

Prevention Solutions@EDC’s new Prevention Fundamentals Online (PFO) training prepare practitioners new to the substance misuse prevention field and/or working in related disciplines to address substance misuse prevention within the broader context of behavioral health, and to do so through a lens of cultural competence and humility.

Use this template to capture important decisions, document next steps, and improve accountability.