Products and Resources Catalog

More than 13.6 million adults over the age of 50 met the criteria for a substance use disorder in 2022. Yet substance use among this population remains underrecognized and has historically not been a priority population for many prevention professionals. This product explains the scope and causes of substance use among older adults, including the role of the social determinants of health. It also emphasizes the importance of screenings to identify older adults at risk for substance use.

The Sustainability Planning in Prevention Guidebook and Sustainability Planning in Prevention Toolkit are designed to help substance misuse prevention providers, coalitions, groups, organizations, and training and technical assistance providers to: Look critically at prevention infrastructures Develop sustainability plans Establish the necessary partnerships and resources to sustain meaningful prevention outcomes beyond current funding              The Sustainability Planning Guidebook and accompanying toolkit were originally developed and published by SAMHSA’s Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT) task order in 2018 (Reference # HHSS283201200024I/HHSS28342002T). The 2024 versions of the guidebook and toolkit were developed with the support of the DHHS, SAMHSA, under cooperative agreement H79SP080995.

Use this simple chart & its key questions to map out, track and achieve your own professional development goals. For additional information, view the associated training here. 

The following resources were developed for prevention practitioners and community coalition members by the Northeast and Caribbean Prevention Technology Transfer center to accompany the webinar series Addressing Emerging Prevention Priorities with a Health Equity lens.  Towards More Equity: Ways to Enhance Your Prevention Programming

During this first course in the two-part course series, you will learn about the importance of gathering data for assessment and evaluation and you will learn about the types of data to gather. Key risk and protective factors associated with substance use and mental health are discussed. The course explores existing sources of data, assessment of data gaps, and options for collecting primary data at the local level. By the end of the course, participants will: 1. Learn about key risk and protective factors to assess at the individual, family, peer, school, and community levels; 2. Identify sources of existing data on risk and protective factors; and 3. Assess strategies for developing a data collection plan in order to address data gaps at the local level.   Target Audience Community and state-level prevention practitioners, tribes, allied health partners and community members located in the Pacific Southwest states and jurisdictions of American Samoa, Arizona, California, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada, Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.

This course provides an overview of how policy change can be an effective strategy for prevention professionals to address community-level problems with alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. The goal of the course is to dispel some of the concerns around policy and help community coalitions and partners see that it is feasible, do-able and most importantly, impactful.  There are 5 main objectives designed to prepare participants to design and work on a policy change campaign.   Objective 1 - to review the concept of risk and protective factors as they relate to ATOD prevention strategies. Objective 2 -  to provide an overview of the two main approaches to prevention interventions, namely individual and environmental strategies. Objective 3 -  to define policy and explain how it can impact ATOD problems at the community level. Objective 4 -  to illustrate how public policy and organizational policy differ.  Objective 5 -  to introduce the concept of preemption and briefly discuss how it can hinder policy efforts.   The course content was developed by: Kristin Kidd, MA, WF School of Medicine Kimberly Wagoner, DrPH, MPH, WF School of Medicine Michael Sparks, MA, SparksInitiatives, Inc. Mark Wolfson, PhD, UC Riverside

This program is intended for professionals in HHS Region 1 (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont).   The New England Prevention Technology Transfer Center Fellowship program is an opportunity for professionals who have been in the field of prevention for 5 or more years to work both independently and as part of a collaborative team to develop an innovative piece of research and accompanying tool for the benefit of the workforce at large. This program will support a seven-month term, during which the fellows will each create a tool or product around a central, priority subject area, and at the end of the program, the fellows will present their products to the workforce in a symposium meant to demonstrate how the products should and can be used.    The goal of the program is twofold: First, it supports the advanced development of skills for prevention professionals who have experience in the field so that they can continue to grow professionally. Fellows can expect to be credited with the creation of their product by the New England PTTC, where the products will be housed, and each Fellow may use the product as they see fit within their own career advancement. Second, the program creates new and original research and products which are specific to the New England region to support prevention professionals at all levels of experience. Each fellow will create their own product or tool using their research, and all six fellows will work together to be sure that their products complement one another and can be used in concert.    The program will optimally have one fellow from each of the six New England states and will provide each fellow with a total working stipend of $10,000. The term will begin in May of 2021 and will complete after the symposium, scheduled for November 2021. Each Fellow is expected to attend three collaborative meetings, a technical meeting prior to the symposium, and the symposium itself. Fellows will then remain active alumni of the program after completion of the term and may reapply for future terms of the program if desired.    Ideal candidates for the program have some experience with research and development and will be in contact with another professional who can offer them additional research and development guidance if necessary. Candidates will have the ability to work over the course of several months on the production of a tool or resource and will be able to work with a team on the presentation of the final products. Candidates can apply for the New England Fellowship Program from January 12, 2021, to March 12, 2021.    Learn more and apply at (you'll need a google account to view the form): https://bit.ly/38YysEI   Need more information? Contact us at [email protected]

Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) takes the same approach as traditional first aid: offer short-term comfort to someone until professional assistance or support from a family member or peer arrives. With MHFA, the focus can be on a range of needs from a developing mental health condition to a full-blown mental health crisis or overdose. This webinar will focus on the Continuum of Care to identify how Preventionists can use MHFA to achieve substance abuse prevention. The substance abuse preventionist can expect to identify how the Mental Health First Aid course interventions address prevention at the Institute of Medicine's three levels of risk; universal, selective, and indicated.