Research has shown domestic violence and abuse is associated with the development of chronic health conditions including diabetes, obesity, eating disorders, and substance abuse. You may be asked routinely about high blood…
Category: Prevention Outreach
Tillamook County 2024 Calendar Contest ALL GRADES K-12 “It’s A New Day” ART DUE – 11/10/23
OIOpublisher SOS Tillamook—the Prevention Program of Tillamook Family Counseling Center, is excited to once again be gathering artwork from local students to be featured in the 2024 Tillamook County Calendar. The theme…
Columbia Pacific CCO hosts Substance Use Disorder Summit for first time in three years Oct. 9 & 10 — Invites community, partners to attend FREE
SEASIDE, Oregon – Columbia Pacific CCO is bringing back its annual Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Summit this fall. The summit, which had been on hold for the past three years because of…
FREE ACTIVE PARENTING VIRTUAL SESSIONS AVAILABLE, START OCT. 4th
ACTIVE PARENTING – presented by Tillamook Family Counseling Center and Northwest Parenting: Session 1: October 4th 5:45PM-8:00PM(Zoom) Session 2: October 11th 5:45PM-8:00PM(Zoom) Session 3: October 18th 5:45PM-8:00PM(Zoom) Active Parenting is a comprehensive…
Oregon awards $640,000 to local coalitions, providers for suicide prevention efforts; Tillamook Suicide Prevention Coalition Receives Funding
Local efforts build, expand new coalitions, training efforts to recognize National Suicide Prevention Month Editor’s Note: If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available. Call or…
Suicide Prevention Awareness Month: Local Suicide Prevention Training Available – Sept. 11th; Over 300 people Trained in Tillamook County
Each year, lives are lost due to suicide, and this cause of death is preventable. One way to prevent suicide is to increase protective factors, such as: a connection with others, access…
Overdose Awareness Day Thursday, August 31st at Blue Heron French Cheese Company – Free Food, Music, and More
Tillamook’s Second Annual Overdose Awareness Day will be held at the Blue Heron in Tillamook, Oregon on Thursday August 31st from 4pm-7pm. This annual campaign aims to end overdose, remember without stigma…
COMMUNITY CONVERSATION Let’s Talk About Safety: WTF – What the Fentanyl? Nachos & Narcan – Thursday July 27th at TBCC
Join us Thursday July 27th at 5:30 pm at Tillamook Bay Community College for “NACHOS & NARCAN” – the quarterly “Community Conversation – Let’s Talk About Safety” – focusing on fentanyl awareness,…
WORDS OF WISDOM: Bombarded and Overwhelmed
by Neal Lemery This week, I attended a community forum on our community’s drug and mental health crisis, presented by the Tillamook County Community Health Center (the county health department). Concerned citizens,…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS: Check the sources – Fentanyl Aware
Fentanyl is very cheap and extremely addictive. Fake prescription pills have flooded the market since about 2014. Fentanyl is often mixed into fake pills. It can also be mixed with or…