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Join virtually or in personApril 30 & May 1, 2024for the 2nd annual youth-led policy event Policy Presentations from: Register here For questions, email Theo Schwartz at [email protected]

Registration is now open for the 2024 Montana Summer Institute! For decades, prevention leaders have been gathering in Montana to learn how to increase health and safety and transform their approach to prevention with the Science of the Positive and Positive Community Norms. This year's theme is Expanding the Circle: Creating Space for Hope, Health, and […]

What is 988 and how does it work? SAMHSA has created a video explaining what 988 is, how it works, and the importance of having a national suicide and crisis lifeline. View and share the video here: https://www.samhsa.gov/.../988/what-is-988-how-does-it-work

  The Mountain Plains would like to share this website created by the Marketing and Communications Workgroup to improve prevention marketing and to build capacity through increased collaboration and integration among prevention professionals. The resources provide a place to find prevention marketing materials that help prevention professionals communicate to interest groups and help connect with […]

In honor of Black History Month, the Mountain Plains would like to highlight the African American Behavioral Health Center of Excellence  The African American Behavioral Health Center of Excellence is a new national Center funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.  They are determined to […]

In honor of Native American Heritage Month, the Mountain Plains would like to highlight We R Native      We R Native is a multimedia health resource for Native teens and young adults. The service includes an interactive website, a text messaging service, and social media. We R Native addresses the social, structural, and environmental stressors that influence […]

  "Together we can get through, reach out, lift up, look ahead, and Live On."   Live On Utah is a statewide effort to prevent suicide by promoting education, providing resources, and changing our culture around suicide and mental health. The campaign aims to: Establish mental health and suicide prevention as a priority for all […]

National Resources: June is Pride Month, PTTC National Coordinating Office Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender, Queer, and Intersex (LGBTQI+) Resource Page, SAMHSA, 2022 SAMHSA releases new data on Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Behavioral Health, SAMHSA Moving Beyond Change Efforts: Evidence and Action to Support and Affirm LGBTQI+ Youth, SAMHSA LGBTQ+ Resource Page, National Suicide Prevention Hotline Substance […]

The terms we use to describe mental illness matter. This document can help us all to use updated language when talking about mental illness. It’s critical we talk about mental illness challenges and that we do so in the right way. Find the full document here    

Starting Jan. 17, Veterans in acute suicidal crisis will be able to go to any VA or non-VA health care facility for emergency health care at no cost – including inpatient or crisis residential care for up to 30 days and outpatient care for up to 90 days. Veterans do not need to be enrolled […]

  We are so excited to announce our newest Region 8 Prevention Fellows for the 2022-2023 year, Steve Otero, Cheyenne Chee, and Morgan Neavill.    ABOUT OUR FELLOWS   Steve Otero Steve Otero is a Certified Workplace Mindfulness Facilitator, National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) outdoor educator, and holds bachelor's degrees in Exercise Science, Experimental Psychology, […]

  The Addiction Policy Forum and the Mid-America Addiction Technology Transfer Center partnered with the grassroots organization Ethnic Communities Opioid Response Network in St. Louis, Missouri, to translate 5 different evidence-based prevention products into 12 different languages, including Arabic, Bosnian, Burmese, Dari, French, Mandarin Chinese, Pashto, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog (Filipino) and Ukrainian.   Find the […]

The DEA's National Drug Take Back Day will be held April 22, 2023. This day provides opportunities for the public to drop off prescription drugs for proper disposal. Resources: DEA Take Back Day Locations    -To prevent unused prescriptions to end up in the wrong hands, find a safe disposal location using the link above Take […]

July is National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. The goal is to bring awareness to the unique struggles that racial and ethnic minority communities face regarding mental illness in the United States. In honor of this, the Mountain Plains PTTC would like to share the following resources:   National Resources: Substance Abuse and Mental Health […]

  "The resources and information on SAMHSA's 988 page are designed to help states, territories, tribes, mental health and substances disorder professionals, and others looking for information on understanding the background, history, funding opportunities, and implementation resources for strengthening prevention and mental health crisis services. 988 goes live on all devices on July 16, 2022." […]

SAMHSA's National Substance Use Prevention Campaign     To find out more, click here

The University of Utah, where the Mountain Plains Prevention Technology Transfer Center is located, published an Indigenous Land Acknowledgement on Indigenous Peoples Day on October 12, 2020:  Indigenous Land Acknowledgement: We acknowledge that this land, which is named for the Ute Tribe, is the traditional and ancestral homeland of the Shoshone, Paiute, Goshute, and Ute […]

The Youth Collaboratory has developed different resources for Engaging Young People in a Virtual World to help services providers engage youth via different social media platforms to all kinds of online meeting platforms.   The Engaging Young People Virtually Tip Sheet is one of these great resources:  Click the image to download the tip sheet     Youth […]

Evidence-Based Practices Resource Center from Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) SAMHSA is committed to improving prevention, treatment, and recovery support services for mental and substance use disorders.  The Evidence-Based Practices Resource Center provides communities, clinicians, policy-makers and others with the information and tools to incorporate evidence-based practices into their communities or clinical […]

The University of Utah School of Dentistry has demonstrated an important role for oral health in managing SUD patients by identifying dramatic increases in treatment length of stay for these patients and their ability to obtain employment, as well as a decrease in their homelessness and drug use, by providing comprehensive dental care as an integrated part of their care. ABSTRACT Background. Using data from a workforce […]