Collegiate Strategic Prevention Framework-Partnership for Success

09/05/2025

So proud of our Student Leader Alyssa!

Meet Alyssa Milbee, a fourth-year medical student at Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine. 💚 🩺

A proud Teays Valley, WV native, Alyssa kicked off her academic journey at Marshall University College of Science, earning dual degrees in biological and health sciences with minors in chemistry and pre-professional health care studies. 🧪📚

Why medicine? Alyssa loves helping patients and their families understand what’s happening when questions arise. She’s passionate about pediatrics, and aims to make a difference through advocacy, education and community health initiatives. 🌍

Alyssa still remembers the moment she got her acceptance call to medical school. It happened right in the middle of an undergraduate lecture and changed everything. 📞

Beyond the books, Alyssa leads as a Learning Community Leader, mentors fellow students, and even contributed as an associate author for the 2025 First Aid for USMLE Step 1! 🎉📖

She’s grateful for the support and scholarships that fuel her dream of becoming a pediatrician and making every patient feel truly heard.

🗞️ Read the digital issue here: bit.ly/3Ufwwjo

08/06/2025

Attention: Upcoming Free Virtual CATCH My Breath Facilitator Trainings

August 14th 3-5 PM

September 11th 3-5PM

If you work with 5th through 8th graders in WV and want to become a CATCH facilitator, please email us at tobaccofreeWV@gmail.com for the registration link and access code.

08/06/2025

Three weeks out and the momentum is building. Campus Surge 2025 will bring together students, leaders, and advocates for Overdose Awareness Day at the University of Charleston. Expect real conversations, live music, and tools that save lives.

From naloxone to training, this day is about turning awareness into action.

🟣 Led by Mobilize Recovery, DII, and ONEbox�
🟣 Interactive exhibits and expert-led workshops�
🟣 A concert with American Idol winner Noah Thompson

Come stand with us.

🗓 August 31 | 4-7PM�
📍 University of Charleston
🎟 RSVP: mobilizerecovery.org/ucwv_campus_surge

08/06/2025

Our Project Director has spent the last two days at the Pathways To Integrity: Ethics in Behavioral Health and Support Training in Flatwoods, WV. The C-SPF-PFS Project Director was part of the team that presented the FIRST Advanced Ethics for Prevention Professionals in the state of West Virginia and our Director also served on the panel discussion for Cross-disciplinary fields and ethical considerations for collaborative client support.

08/06/2025

🎓 WVCRN 2025-2026 Scholarship Application is Now Open!

The West Virginia Collegiate Recovery Network is proud to support students in recovery on their path to academic success. Thanks to fundraisers and generous donations, we’re offering scholarships of up to $500 to help with school-related expenses.

📌 Open to WV college students in recovery
📌 Must be enrolled part-time or full-time
📌 Must be active in their school’s collegiate recovery community

💻 Apply now! https://form.jotform.com/230378422856057

Awards made before fall and spring semesters as funds allow.
Preference given to West Virginia residents!

08/06/2025

Join us on September 25th for Save a Life Day. We will be setting up in the parking lot of Auto Zone from 8:30am-3:30pm. Please call us at the Health Department if you are interested in being a vendor. 304-265-1288

08/06/2025

Join us for a free training on problem gambling!

https://form.jotform.com/252114674145150

08/06/2025

📣 ATTENTION: All Certified Professionals!

Do you hold a certification with the West Virginia Certification Board for Addiction & Prevention Professionals (WVCBAPP)?

If your certification expires on 9/30/2025, your recertification application must be submitted by August 30, 2025.
This allows time for us to review your application and give you an opportunity to correct any deficiencies — preventing a lapse in your certification.

⚠️ Please note:
All recertification applications received after August 30 will incur a late fee.

💡 Not sure if this is your year?
If you were certified in an odd-numbered year, your time is up!
Check the Certified Entity section on our website to confirm your expiration date.

✅ Don’t wait — renew on time and stay certified!

07/25/2025

Look at all of the CEUs that you can earn!!!!

📢 Exciting News!

The 6-week Prevention Science Microcredential course has been officially approved for 41.75 CEU hours by the West Virginia Certification Board for Addiction & Prevention Professionals! 🙌

Whether you're working toward becoming a Certified Prevention Specialist or looking to grow your skills, this course is a powerful opportunity to earn credit and make an impact.

📅 Begins August 20, 2025
💻 Virtual meetings every Wednesday evening
🏢 Two in-person full day sessions: Sept 19 & 26
💰 Cost: $250 | 🎟️ Limited to 30 seats

✅ Earn your CEUs
✅ Sharpen your prevention skills
✅ Get closer to certification
✅ Earn your Microcredential & Digital Badge

🔗 Ready to enroll? Visit: https://marshall.geniussis.com/catalog/course/210/prevention-science

Questions? Contact Dr. Tammy Collins at collins@marshall.edu

07/25/2025

🚨 Just Added! FREE Su***de Prevention Training – 100 Spots Available!

📅Tuesday, August 13 at Chief Logan Lodge in Logan, WV

“Keep Them Safe: Safety Planning and Lethal Means”
🕙 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM (1-hour lunch break from 12–1 PM – lunch not provided by the grant)

This newly added session will teach you how to support those experiencing suicidal thoughts by creating personalized safety plans and reducing access to lethal means.

🎯Perfect for school counselors, nurses, social workers, mental health professionals—or anyone ready to help save lives.

🧠 Led by: Michelle Tomam (BrotherUp Foundation) & Barri Faucett (Prevent Su***de WV)
👥 Max 100 participants – Registration is FREE but required
🏨 FREE overnight lodging available (50 total rooms provided) for for individuals traveling over 100 miles at Chief Logan Lodge for the night of Aug. 12!
Call 304-855-6100 with code GS1163 to reserve. MUST book room by August 1 (first come, first served).

Don’t miss this rare, last-minute chance to learn critical su***de prevention skills.

👉 Register today at https://tinyurl.com/ywark9bu

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07/24/2025

Rounding out our final day at the 2025 CADCA Mid-Year Training Institute. Looking forward to a great year of working with our colleges and universities across West Virginia.

07/23/2025

WV C-SPF-PFS would like to congratulate the award winners at the Annual WVAAPP Conference. They are all truly outstanding individuals and we are glad to partner with many of them.