A New Public Face For WASAVP

Hello from WASAVP!

We’re excited to use the first post of our new blog, Prevention First, Washington!, to share some great news: our updated website is scheduled to launch on Thursday, 1/22/2026, at www.wasavp.org.

We are planning to share this blog with you weekly during the legislative session and at least monthly when the legislature is not in session. It may be necessary to send you additional posts to inform you about specific issues or actions that affect prevention and public health.

For more than 25 years, WASAVP (Washington Association for Substance misuse And Violence Prevention) has worked to support and strengthen substance misuse and violence prevention across Washington State. We are an organization founded in 2000 by community-based prevention advocates and coalition coordinators.

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About the New Website

Our new website has been coming for a long time. Over several legislative sessions, we’ve heard from legislators and staff that they lack a single, reliable place to learn about prevention and the important work happening across the state. At the same time, prevention and public health providers have requested specialized, practical information.

The new site is designed to meet both needs.

For legislators and legislative staff, the website will:

• Explain what prevention is and what services are provided

• Share research on the effectiveness of prevention

• Provide up-to-date information on who delivers prevention services in Washington and where those services are located

For prevention and public health providers, the site will offer:

• An announcement bulletin board with news, training opportunities, and legislative updates

• A regularly updated schedule of bills being heard by the legislature

• Access to science-based training resources on coalition development, group process, substance misuse prevention, violence prevention, and general prevention strategies

All these resources are available at no cost. However, that doesn't mean there isn't a cost to provide them.

We encourage you to become a WASAVP member. Membership dues support our education, training, and outreach efforts and are an allowable expense for most funding sources, as they are not used for lobbying.

Donations to WASAVP support our experienced lobbyist, who works directly with legislators, staff, and partner organizations to advance our prevention-focused legislative agenda. We hope you’ll consider making a personal donation—even as little as $15—to help sustain our long history of successful policy work.

Please contact either Linda Thompson, WASAVP President, (509) 833-9333, lthompson@gssac.org, or Scott Waller, WASAVP Policy Lead, (360) 701-8658, tumh2o99@comcast.net, if you have any questions or if you have suggestions for improving the new WASAVP website.