Drug Take-Back Event collects over 4,300 pounds of medicine
If you’ve ever been sat on by an adult male northern elephant seal, you can imagine the weight of the medications that were collected in [...]
Youth survey results help Clark County help kids
Getting into a teenager’s head is hard. That’s why the Healthy Youth Survey is a goldmine for educators, families, law enforcement professionals, prevention groups and [...]
New website, tools and resources available for educators to address vaping
2018 Healthy Youth Survey: Vaping among teens dramatically rising School administrators, counselors, and health care professionals are encouraged to visit a new website that contains [...]
Have you locked up your meds?
The Drug Take-Back Event on Saturday, April 27, is going to be extra-special. In addition to offering our community the opportunity to safely dispose of [...]
Local groups to collect unwanted meds, offer lock boxes
The No. 1 reason youth misuse prescription drugs is that they are easy to get—often from family and friends’ medicine cabinets. In Washington state, 7 [...]
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 [...]
Woodland Middle School students participate in CHOICES workshop
Eighth-grade students at Woodland Middle School learned the importance of not dropping out of school through CHOICES, an interactive workshop presented by the CHOICES Education [...]
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 [...]
nPower Girls Program Featured in the Connected Science Learning Journal
nPower Girls, a program of ESD 112, is empowering female students in STEM through teacher development and community connections. The program is the subject of [...]
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, [...]