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  By Anne Roberts, Nonprofit Consultant It can be truly rewarding to partner with your state policymakers to develop solid recommendations to benefit your clients and your community. It can also feel a bit intimidating if you’ve never done it before. In preparation for our approaching legisla

About the Enhancing Pre-Professional Training for Prevention Project The Northwest PTTC convened faculty from prevention-related academic degree programs across the region (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington) to form an Academic Strategic Thinking group. The purpose of this group was to create a netw

NLBHA, the NHL ATTC and PTTC teams are proud and honored to present the 2022 National Hispanic and Latino Executive Leadership and Fellowship Program Graduates. We cannot wait to see the great things they will accomplish in their careers and the beautiful impact they will continue to bring to our co

Date: February 3, 2022 Format: Live   Time: 2:45 PM—4:00 PM EST     REGISTER TODAY   ABOUT THE LEARNING SESSION   Finding time for prevention workforce training and development can be challenging. Using the concept of microlearning, the New England PTTC deve

2022 New England PTTC Mentorship Program   APPLY TODAY!   Application Deadline: Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at 4:00pm ET.  Program Description: The New England PTTC is hosting its second year of the prevention mentoring program, starting in January 2022. This nine-month

What is National Prevention Week (NPW)?   REGISTER HERE!   National Prevention Week (NPW) is an annual health observance dedicated to increasing public awareness and action around substance use prevention and the promotion of positive mental health. This year, this national initiative, spo

The Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery at the Health Care Authority has a scientific advisory group, the Prevention Research Sub Committee (PRSC). The PRSC is co-chaired by Northwest PTTC Directors Dr. Brittany Cooper and Dr. Kevin Haggerty. In March 2020, the subcommittee invited a workgrou

International Drug Overdose Awareness Day Substance use prevention is often understood to have three component parts: demand prevention, supply prevention, and harm prevention. In other words: reducing the desirability of substance use, reducing the availability of substances to use, and reducing th

The New England PTTC was recently tabling at the New England Rural Health Conference where we got to meet and become connected with another great resource for New England, the New England Region affiliate of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, funded by the U.S. National Institute on Heal