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UPCOMING EVENTS
SPF Application for Prevention Success Training
(SAPST)
Provides basic knowledge and skills needed to apply the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) to plan, implement, and evaluate effective, data-driven substance misuse programs and practices using the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF).
It introduces the foundations of behavioral health and the public health approach to prevention and explores the Spectrum of Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Interventions, emphasizing risk and protective factors across developmental stages and community contexts.
This course can help substance use prevention professionals earn the CEUs and training hours needed for certification through the Missouri Credentialing Board.
December 8, 10, 15, and 17, 2026 | Virtual - Zoom
*Must attend all four sessions (on camera) and complete homework in between sessions.
Strengthening Your Foundation:
Collaborating Systems for Sustainable Prevention
Experienced prevention professionals move beyond traditional capacity building and sector-based partnerships to explore how prevention can be embedded within healthcare, mental health, education, business, and civic systems.
December 11, 2026 | 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. | Virtual - Zoom
Beyond High School:
Engaging Young Adults in Community Prevention
Learn how to reach 18-25-year-olds across college, trades, military, employment, parenting, unemployment, and other settings outside traditional coalition outreach.
January 13, 2027 | 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. | Virtual - Zoom
Missouri Prevention Advocacy Day at the Capitol
Missouri Prevention Advocacy Leaders (MoPAL) is hosting a substance use prevention advocacy day in Jefferson City. We will be working together to have a unified voice for primary prevention issues important to Missouri. All attendees will have access to a toolkit that will help them navigate the day.
January 20, 2027 | Jefferson City
Beyond Treatment:
Engaging Healthcare in Community Prevention
Explore the broad healthcare ecosystem - from hospitals and primary care to behavioral health, pharmacies, community health centers, emergency departments, and pediatrics - and connect clinical prevention with community-level primary prevention.
March 10, 2027 | 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. | Virtual - Zoom
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SPF Application for Prevention Success Training
(SAPST)
Provides basic knowledge and skills needed to apply the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) to plan, implement, and evaluate effective, data-driven substance misuse programs and practices using the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF).
It introduces the foundations of behavioral health and the public health approach to prevention and explores the Spectrum of Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Interventions, emphasizing risk and protective factors across developmental stages and community contexts.
This course can help substance use prevention professionals earn the CEUs and training hours needed for certification through the Missouri Credentialing Board.
April 5, 6, 7, and 8, 2027 | Kansas City
*Must attend all four sessions (on camera) and complete homework in between sessions.
Prevention Means Business:
Engaging Employers and the Business Community
Learn how to answer a business owner's reasonable question: "Why is this my problem?" and how to stop "selling" prevention and start identifying business problems prevention can help address - using the employer perspective to engage a variety of business partners.
May 12, 2027 | 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. | Virtual - Zoom
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Prevention Core Competencies
The course covers a wide variety of topics including prevention science, community organization, need & resource assessment, evidence-based interventions, and more. The Prevention Core Competencies and accompanying knowledge, skills, and abilities offer professional direction to the prevention field, affecting staff development and career ladders and pipelines, and providing guidance for training programs and service delivery qualification.
May 24, 25, 26, and 27, 2027 | Virtual - Zoom
RECURRING MISSOURI PREVENTION MEETINGS
Missouri Prevention Coalitions Network
The Missouri Prevention Coalitions Network (MPCN) is an opportunity to meet with other SUD prevention coalitions across Missouri to discuss activities coalitions are doing, barriers they are facing, share resources, and brainstorm ideas or concepts with colleagues. The hope and goal of this network is to help enhance and support coalition prevention efforts, providing a safe space for processing and sharing with other like-minded folks in the field.
Second Friday of odd months | 12:00pm-1:30pm | (January, March, May, July, September, November)
Missouri Prevention Advocacy Leaders (MoPAL)
Missouri Prevention Advocacy Leaders (MoPAL) is a group of substance misuse prevention coalition members and Prevention Resource Center staff who are passionate about advocating for primary prevention efforts and support across Missouri. MoPAL has subcommittees that focus on specific topics like events, membership, and substance-focused information. Meets quarterly on Zoom.
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