Helping 16 to 24-year olds in Clark County find what’s next for them
Next, where ESD 112 Clark County youth workforce development programs are housed, helps young adults ages 16-24 obtain skills, education and vocational training to help them [...]
Prevent Coalition-trained youth advocate for legislation
Two days after more than 40 student and adult prevention advocates from Southwest Washington rallied and met with legislators at the Washington state capitol, the [...]
Reflections from a Community Conversation on Soaring Rates of Teen Vaping
"If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together," Shane Gardner, Evergreen Public Schools Manager of School Safety [...]
Youth, Law Enforcement & Prevention Partners Discuss Soaring Rates of Teen Vaping
Community Members Invited to Participate Prevent Coalition is hosting a public forum for community members with a panel of youth, prevention experts, and school-based law [...]
Youth teaching youth to use their voice
Participants shared their poster making skills with the group At the third annual Use Your Voice youth advocacy training, roughly 45 students from Clark, Skamania, [...]
Nationally-trained youth lead advocacy workshop for local teens
Nearly 70 teens from three SW Washington counties will learn from nationally-trained youth leaders how individuals can make a differencence in their communities through policy-making [...]
Drug Take Back Event Collects 3,678 Pounds of Pills
On Saturday, 1,373 Clark, Skamania, and Klickitat County residents dropped off a total of 3,678 pounds of unused and unwanted prescription and over-the-counter medications with [...]
OSPI to host webinar on students who smoke or vape October 10
But it’s just tobacco… When looking at student substance use policy violations, do school staff overlook tobacco and vaping use as the “least of their worries”? [...]
Prevent Coalition offers prevention tools for schools and parents Sept. 20
Substance abuse prevention tools for building youth resilience will be offered at Prevent Coalition’s quarterly meeting on Thursday, September 20th. In keeping with Prevent Coalition’s [...]
Prevent Coalition, in collaboration with nine partnering coalitions, recognizes volunteers for prevention efforts
Mayor McEnerny-Ogle of Vancouver, Mayor Coston of Washougal and Vancouver Councilmember Stober were among those recognized for their support More than 65 community [...]
Prevention & Youth Services to facilitate Parent Project in Clark & Cowlitz counties
Prevention & Youth Services staff, Becky Mohagen, Regina Frazier, Taya Sanders, Margrit Lovell, Vicki Wood and Nathan Choules attended the Parent Project Facilitators Training in [...]
Drug Take Back event collects 4,683 pounds of pills
On Saturday, 1,451 Clark and Skamania County residents dropped off a total of 4,683 pounds of unused and unwanted prescription and over-the-counter medications with local [...]