EVENT: “Thriving Children and Families: Prevention With Purpose”

This National Child Abuse Prevention Month, Practice Prevention With Purpose     This April, I invite you to participate in the National Child Abuse Prevention Month campaign. We work all year to protect children and families and ensure their well-being,

WEBINARS: Clinical Guidance Training for Treating Pregnant & Parenting Women with Opioid Use Disorder & Their Infants April 13 & 15

The Bureau for Behavioral Health would like to share the following information about an upcoming virtual training presented jointly by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), West Virginia Perinatal Partnership (WVPP), Marshall University Family Medicine, Substance Abuse and

RESOURCE: dispose of medications at home using the DisposeRx®

West Virginia Drug Intervention Institute (WV DII) and Fruth Partnership for medication safety press release here: https://www.wvdii.org/post/wv-dii-disposerx-fruth-pharmacy-partner-on-medication-safety-disposal-campaign Goal is to make it easy for families to dispose of medications at home using the DisposeRx® medication packets. We have also developed

SUPPORT GROUP: Family Strong- for family of individuals with substance use disorder

Families Strong is a support group developed to support families impacted by substance use disorder (SUD). The program focuses on helping family members develop self-care, build social supports, and learn effective motivational strategies for interacting with a loved one who

FUNDING: cooperative agreement funding opportunity for the Work Incentives Planning and Assistance program open until 4-19-2021

We are pleased to announce a cooperative agreement funding opportunity for the Work Incentives Planning and Assistance program.  Cooperative agreements are legal financial assistance instruments between a Federal agency (in this case SSA) and a non-Federal entity when there is

CONFERENCE: WV Child Advocacy Network April 6, 13, 22, and 29

Meet WVCAN’s Conference Presenters The WVCAN 2021 Statewide Conference “Centers of Courage: Fostering Innovation & Resilience in the Response to Child Abuse” will be held virtually next month. Join as many workshops as you like, with a discount for attending