The Athena prevention newsletter - general prevention edition

Washington State Health Care Authority sent this bulletin at 11/23/2020 03:12 PM PST

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In this issue

Announcements
Funding opportunities
Job openings

Upcoming events

For more information and to post your own event, visit The Athena Forum Calendar.

HCA trainings and events

CADCA Boot Camp
December 1-4
Virtual

Community trainings and events

National Native American Heritage Month
November
Nationwide

Celebrating the next generation: A panel of young Native leaders
November 30
Webinar

Youth/adult partnership: Strategies for presenting together
November 30
Webinar

The National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) 50th Anniversary Science Symposium: Alcohol across the lifespan: 50 years of evidence-based diagnosis, prevention, and treatment research
November 30 - December 1
Videocast

Trauma informed suicide prevention: Leading school district, county & state systems, Part 1: Policy
December 1
Webinar

Prevention ethics
December 1-4
Virtual

Addressing racial stress and trauma
December 2
Webinar

Sustainability: It starts with relationships
December 2
Webinar

Connecting for culture: Virtually engaging learners during COVID
December 3
Webinar

Digital storytelling: TikTok and video communications for Native youth
December 3
Webinar

Grant writing 101: Grant implementation
December 3
Webinar

Hispanic stress and resilience during the holidays
December 3
Webinar

Mental health and substance use disorders in the era of COVID-19, Part 2
December 3
Webinar

Opioid prescriptions: Keeping yourself and your loved ones safe
December 3
Webinar

Cannabis 101: The cannabis landscape
December 5
Webinar

Prevention ethics
December 7-18
Virtual

Adolescents, young adults and opioid use: When is it a problem? What to do?
December 7
Webinar

Take your break with us! Sustaining and strengthening our connections, part 3
December 7
Webinar

Virtual Native talking circles: Staying connected in challenging times
December 7
Webinar

Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: Cannabis legislation updates and impacts
December 9
Webinar

Healthy Native Youth community of practice: How to support youth through COVID-19
December 9
Webinar

Let’s talk cannabis: A capacity-building training for influential adults
December 9
Webinar

LGBTQ youth tobacco prevention: COVID-19 and lung vulnerability
December 9
Webinar

Effectively managing family conflict: A sample from Guiding Good Choices virtual parenting program
December 10
Webinar

Announcements

OWL E-Learning online courses relaunched

Free online courses through OWL E-Learning are again available. The process to access the site has been changed. If you had access to OWL E-Learning before the relaunch or are new to OWL E-Learning, you will need to follow the steps for new users found on The Athena Forum OWL E-Learning page to access the trainings.

Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board (LCB) Prevention Roundtables

Please join the LCB Board Chair, Jane Rushford, for regional virtual Prevention Roundtables:

Southwest Washington: December 17 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. RSVP by December 4.
Central Washington: December 18 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. RSVP by December 4.

Questions? Contact Sara Cooley Broschart at Sara.Broschart@lcb.wa.gov or (360) 522-0421.

Celebrating 20 years of free tobacco cessation services for Washingtonians

This year marks 20 years of free tobacco services in our state. On November 19, the Department of Health (DOH), in partnership with Optum and the DOH Commercial Tobacco Prevention Program, rolled out modernized services that meet ongoing and emergent needs, from helping adults quit smoking to curbing the youth vaping epidemic, including:

Text2Enroll
Online referrals
Tailored counseling for high-risk populations
Vaping cessation support

The Quitline also has Spanish-speaking quit coaches and offers translation services in over 240 languages.

Learn more about Quitline services on The Athena Forum.

Questions? Contact Nick Fradkin, DOH Tobacco Treatment Consultant, at nick.fradkin@doh.wa.gov.

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) 50th Anniversary Scientific Symposium

The NIAAA is holding a symposium, Alcohol Across the Lifespan: 50 Years of Evidence-Based Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment Research, November 30 and December 1. See the agenda and videocast details online.

Latinx Emerging Leaders in Prevention Fellowship

The Latinx Emerging Leaders Fellowship supports bilingual and multilingual Spanish and Portuguese speaking emerging leaders and community change agents who are actively working to address substance use and misuse. Find more information about this fellowship on The Athena Forum.

Funding opportunities

Current HCA grants

No current funding opportunities

Other funding opportunities

National Association of County and City Health Officials - Improving Social Determinants of Health - Getting Further Faster
Washington State Department of Health - Strengthening Family and Community Engagement through Early Childhood Brain-Building with Vroom (Phase 2)
Indian Health Service - Community Opioid Intervention Pilot Project
American Lung Association - Students Together Against Nicotine Dependence (Pierce County only)

Job openings

Current HCA job openings

Check out existing job openings in the field or post your own at The Athena Forum.

About the Health Care Authority (HCA)

The Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA) is committed to whole-person care, integrating physical health and behavioral health services for better results and healthier residents.

HCA purchases health care for more than 2.5 million Washington residents through Apple Health (Medicaid), the Public Employees Benefits Board (PEBB) Program, the School Employees Benefits Board (SEBB) Program, and the COFA Islander Health Care Program. As the largest health care purchaser in the state, we lead the effort to transform health care, helping ensure Washington residents have access to better health and better care at a lower cost.

Please do not reply directly to this message. For more information, visit the HCA website, where you'll also find contact information.

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