Creating healthier communities since 2011
Partnering with citizens and local organizations, West Virginia Prevention Solutions develops, coordinates, and administers innovative projects and provides needed resources to our community. We are charged with service coordination needs, resource assessment, planning, community mobilization and evaluation to improve service systems for children and families. West Virginia Prevention Solutions provides indirect services including managing, supervising, and coordinating a variety of programs and initiatives in our community. We also provide services to those who directly serve children and families, specifically organizations and groups.
WV Prevention Solutions Staff, Prevention Day at the WV State Capitol, 2023
West Virginia Prevention Solutions is a non-profit agency funded by grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, and the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau for Children & Families and Bureau for Behavior Health. Our purpose is to assess the needs of 13 Region 4 counties and pull together existing agencies to find ways to meet those needs.
Contact
➤ LOCATION
118 N 6th St.
Clarksburg, WV 26301
☎ CONTACT
Elizabeth@WVPreventionSolutions.org
(304)423-5049
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Grants and Funding
Substance Abuse Prevention Services (SAPS)
$684,568.00
The expectation of this funding is to create awareness and increase readiness by disseminating information to communities about substance use disorder. In addition, this grant provides for evidence based prevention education programming, development of coalitions for mobilizing communities against substance use disorder, and implementation of prevention strategies that improve community norms. Finally, this grant helps to identifiy problem behaviors and appropriately refer those individuals for services.
State Opiate Response Grant (SOR)
$393,881.00
The purpose of this funding is to develop and implement a Statewide Anti-Stigma campaign in partnership with the other Prevention Lead Organizations. This grant also provides the opportunity for regional adult intervention services focused on preventing suicide in adults age 18 and older. Under this grant, coalitions are given the opportunity to engage the communities in understanding Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) and substance use disorder among parenting and pregnant women. This grant also provides prevention education curricula specifically for children age 4 to 8 years old in the general population.
WV Collegiate Initiative to address High risk substance use (WVCIA)
$90,000.00
This funding specifically aims to prevent or decrease opioid use, underage drinking, intravenous drug use, and marijuana use among high-risk WV students ages 17-20 through selective and indicated prevention strategies informed by the Strategic Prevention Framework; local, state, and federal level data; and targeted and culturally appropriate evidence based practices.
Partnerships for success
$321,866.00.
This funding specifically aims to prevent or decrease opioid use, underage drinking, intravenous drug use, and marijuana use among high-risk WV students ages 9-20 using selective and indicated prevention strategies informed by the Strategic Prevention Framework; local, state, and federal level data; and targeted and culturally appropriate evidence based practices.
Strategic prevention framework-Prescription Drug abuse (SPF-Rx)
$21,979.00.
This 5 year grant is focused on the prevention of prescription drug use and misuse as well as overdose in 13 counties using SAMHSA’s opioid toolkit and two (2) new websites:
www.HelpandHopeWV.com
www.StigmaFreeWV.com
Family Resource Network Planning and Evaluation Grant
$38,600
The purpose of this grant is to understand and respond to the needs and opportunities in specific counties in WV. West Virginia Prevention Solutions FRN Grant focuses solely on Harrison County. This grant strives to connect, encourage, and coordinate existing services and organizations to address needs of the children and families in the county. When needs arise that are not already being addressed, this grant supports organization networking to create new services.
“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will use the first four to sharpen the axe.”
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