In this Issue:

• Increasing Organizational Capacity by Hiring Prevention Certified Professionals
• Epi Corner: A Closer Look at Opioid-Related Mortality: A Focus on American Indians and Alaskan Natives
• What's Happening Around the Region?
  • Welcome the SSW PTTC BOLD Fellow, Jalynn Stubbs
  • Webinar: A Data Story: Visualizing with Purpose in Excel, January 26
  • New! Coalition Effectiveness Video: Goal Directedness
  • Video: Happy Holidays from the South Southwest team!
  • SAMHSA Prevention day, January 30
  • New SAMHSA Guide: Community Engagement: An Essential Component of an Effecteve and Equitable Substance Use Prevention System
• Credentialing Barriers, Poll Question Results
• Opportunities from Our Partners