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DEADLINE TO APPLY: January 29, 2025, at 4:00 pm EST Learn more and apply. (you'll need a google account to view the form) The 2025 priority area is "Community Mapping:  Assets, capacity building, and behavioral health spectrum partnerships in rural and urban New England" Thank you for your application to the New England PTTC Research and […]

Join us in celebrating Sarah’s 5th work anniversary at AdCare! Sarah is the awesome Co-Director of the New England Prevention Technology Transfer Center and Training and Technical Assistance Coordinator at AdCare Maine. Happy 5th Anniversary, Sarah, and here’s hoping for many more!

• March 18, 2025, 9 am-3pm • White's of Westport, 66 State Rd. Westport, MA For additional information, please contact Christina Mancebo-Torres at [email protected] (mailto: [email protected]) or call 774-400-0897. LEARN MORE: https://www.facebook.com/share/15umVC6sx6/ Sponsorship opportunities are available. Sponsored by the New England PTTC and AdCare Educational Institute of Maine, Inc.

Please join us in congratulating Scott Gagnon, MPP, PS-C on his recent dual Prevention Professional of the Year Awards. Scott is a Certified Prevention Specialist and has been a professional in the field of substance use prevention for over 18 years. Scott’s roots are in community-based prevention. Scott was the Associate Executive Director of AdCare […]

October is Substance Use Prevention Month! Join SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) on Wed., 10/30, 3—4 pm ET, to learn about how states are advancing prevention + telling their prevention story. Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_aDYTfDcPQtuQcRU0Mz8w3g#/registration #MyPreventionStory #SubstanceUsePreventionMonth

The latest edition of our bi-monthly newsletter is available. This month’s edition features Prevention Stories, Announcing the upcoming launch of our graphic medicine, Against the Odds - Request a copy now, Stories of Substance Misuse Prevention and Resilience, October is Substance Use Prevention Month and other awareness campaigns for October/November, and regionally and nationally developed […]

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- WEBINAR ANNOUNCEMENT: Join us on December 18, 2024, at 2:00 pm for the WEBINAR: Against The Odds: Gambling Prevention Graphic Medicine Resource Launch (HHS Region 1). Learn about the tool and how you can use it to onboard new substance misuse prevention staff. Learn more and register. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The New England Prevention Technology Transfer […]

AdCare Educational Institute of Maine, Inc. is seeking to hire a highly-motivated individual into a Prevention Fellowship Program being implemented through its New England Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PTTC) program. This one-year fellowship, funded by SAMHSA, is part of a national fellowship program working to train and sustain a well-trained and knowledgeable cadre of prevention […]

October is Substance Use Prevention Month — and we’re Telling the Prevention Story. Join SAMHSA, as partners in prevention! Prevention Month lifts up the national conversation — to showcase prevention’s positive effects on communities across the country. View the toolkit on the SAMHSA website.

AdCare Educational Institute of Maine, Inc. is looking to hire an experienced substance misuse prevention or public health professional!  Ideal candidates will be highly motivated with a love for engagement and collaboration with a variety of prevention partners.   Sound like you? Keep reading.... AdCare Maine has been home to the New England Prevention Technology Transfer […]

Our team is excited to announce we will once again be serving Region 1 to bring the best prevention training and technical assistance to New England! We look forward to partnering with local, state, and regional providers to bring the best of prevention science and practices to Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode […]

For the first time in decades, public health data shows a sudden and hopeful drop in drug overdose deaths across the U.S. “This is exciting,” said Dr. Nora Volkow, head of the National Institute On Drug Abuse [NIDA], the federal laboratory charged with studying addiction. “This looks real. This looks very, very real.” Read the […]

Public Comments due by October 15 SAMHSA is revising its approach to collecting data from grantees. The proposed new client-level performance tool will involve streamlining as well as incorporating select new measures/questions into a multi-component client-level tool. Particularly, SAMHSA’s Core Outcomes of Recovery (SCOR) Scale, which constitutes 13 recovery-oriented measures that align with SAMHSA’s approach […]

The latest edition of our bi-monthly newsletter is available. This month’s edition features Workforce Development, Announcing the 2024 Research and Design (RAD) Prevention Fellowship Products, awareness campaigns for August/September, and regionally and nationally developed events and tools to support and grow the prevention workforce in New England. View the newsletter.

Congrats to the 2024 fellows! Thanks for your hard work and dedication to the field. We're excited to announce 6 new research-based substance misuse prevention tools supporting Workforce Development: Recruiting, Training, Retaining Diverse Professionals across the Career Lattice for the New England Region. View and Download: https://pttcnetwork.org/products_and_resources/the-2024-new-england-pttc-research-design-rad-prevention-fellowship-products/

The purpose of the National Prevention Network (NPN) Conference is to highlight the latest research in the substance use prevention field. It provides a forum for prevention professionals, coalition leaders, researchers, and federal partners to share research, best practices and promising evaluation results for the purpose of integrating research into prevention practice. The New England […]

August 26, 2024 – August 30, 2024 The Best Practices 5-day event gives addiction and behavioral health professionals the opportunity for in-depth study of areas of special interest. The program includes offerings in advanced clinical treatment in best practices and evidence-based practices treatment approaches, a track for psychologists and experienced counselors, an advanced prevention track, current and emerging topics, […]

The annual summit is part of the state’s commitment to fighting the opioid epidemic and convenes leaders from around Maine and the Nation to share ideas, strategies, and best practices to help Maine people affected by this crisis. This full-day, in-person program will include keynote speakers and breakout sessions, with the voices of persons in recovery […]

The latest edition of our bi-monthly newsletter is available. This month’s edition features Our Leaders, the Advanced Prevention Institute, awareness campaigns for June, and regionally and nationally developed events and tools to support and grow the prevention workforce in New England. View the newsletter.

Reporting to Adcare Educational Institute’s Executive Director, the Director of Maine Operations will be responsible for overseeing all functions required for the successful operation of programs for Adcare Educational Institute of Maine. They will maintain ongoing relationships with state, local, and national prevention and behavioral health organizations that partner with AdCare Educational Institute of Maine […]

Hello, this message is for all of our New England PTTC partners, collaborators, supporters, and PTTC event participants. I wanted to share with you all that after nearly nine years as the Associate Executive Director for AdCare Educational Institute of Maine, Inc., and six years as the Director of the New England Prevention Technology Transfer […]

National Prevention Week is a public education platform showcasing the work of communities and organizations across the country that are preventing substance use and promoting positive mental health. This year, National Prevention Week is taking place from May 12-18, 2024! Learn more.

Date: June 10-13, 2024 Format: Virtual Conference Time(s):See the conference website Cost: See the conference website ABOUT THE CONFERENCE The New England School of Addiction and Prevention Studies, commonly called Summer School, is an intensive 4-day learning experience to further knowledge, skills, and experience in the field of substance use disorder services. For over 55 years, participants from […]

Access six free continuing education modules for healthcare professionals on substance use disorders (SUD) or request bulk naloxone for distribution to your community. VISIT THE WEBSITE. Brought to you by: URI Community First Responder Program ROTA-R