History of PW

Timeline of Prevention Works (updated 9/19/06)

2007

Dads Matter 6/2/07 with Mac Bledsoe & Bernie Dorsey
The Science of the Positive: Applying the Social Norms Model – May 10/11, 2007 – 75 registered
How to Access and Use Data Related to Substance Abuse Prevention – January 19, 2007 -23 participants
Alcohol: Not Just Any Kind of Drug – January 19, 2007 – 26 participants
Parent Educators Training: Parenting Wisely – March 13-14, 2007 – 11 Facilitators Trained
Understanding Self-Harm & Suicide – March 19, 2007 – 85 participants
Freedom From Smoking Class – March 16-May 4, 2007 - 5 participants
Retailer Training (Forks & Port Angeles) – April 6, 2007 – 11 businesses

2006

Training: The Culture of Poverty 6/23/06 (80 participants)
Guiding Good Choices Facilitator Training – August 10-11, 2006 – 10 Facilitators Trained
Tobacco Cessation Training – October 13, 2006

2005

Grantwriting Training How to Fund Those Projects You've Always Wanted to Fund, 6/05

2004

11/04 Parent Educator's Summit - Children Don't Come with Manuals (Kevin Haggerty & Drew Betz)
9/04 Meth Watch - Train the Trainer Maria Via, Greater Spokane Substance Abuse Council & Washington State Meth Initiative, Bill Moreland, Washington State Meth Initiative and Steve Freng, NW High Intensity Drug & Steve Freng, NW High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Prevention and Treatment Manager
3/04 John Medina - Parenting with Love & Laughter

2003

Community Forum - Prevention Works! You’re Part of It with John Medina in 5/03
Drug-Endangered Children with Susan Webber-Brown 4/03
Trainings: Parents Who Care, The Nurturing Program
Building Harmony with Our Latino Community (Sequim) 2003
Interpreter Training (Forks & Sequim) 2003
Home Visitors Summit 11/03 with Patti Bland - Working with Families & Addiction: Learning Motivational Interviewing Skills
Parent Education Summit 10/03 (?)
Home Visitors Summit 2/03 - Dr. Marti Erickson, Director of the University of Minnesota's Children, Youth & Family Consortium - Seeing is Believing: Using Videotaping and Guided Self-Observation to Promote Parental Sensitivity

2002

2001

Prevention Works! received a certificate of excellence from the Washington State Governor’s Council on Substance Abuse.
lGrant Writing for Prevention & Treatment Programs 2001
lCoordinated Child Abuse Prevention Month
The Incredible Years 2001
Developmental Assets Training

2000

PW obtained 501c6 - allowed PW to obtain a bank account (6/00)
Community Forum - –Robin Karr-Morse and Dennis Maloney in February, 2000
lTreatment Works! Conference in 2000, Prevention Works! presented workshops on prevention
In 2000, Prevention Works! was one of two programs in the state of Washington to receive an Exemplary Program Award for Substance Abuse Prevention.

1999

l1999 Prevention Works! was one of eight coalitions in the state to receive a direct Federal grant from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Grant under the Drug Free Communities Support System. The award is possible for four years (the first two years at $100,000, subsequent years at $75,000).

1998

Prevention Works began in 1998 when seven people who wanted to improve the future for children in Clallam County and to maximize funding possibilities met for the first time.

lOriginal Goals were:
To focus on at-risk parents with children ages 0 to 4.
lTo target problem behaviors of substance abuse, child abuse and neglect, and violence.
lTo invest in research-based programs and services.
To conduct independent evaluations of services.
To coordinate services and blend funding.