A highly trained nurse meets remotely or in person with first-time parents to offer knowledge and support throughout pregnancy and until the child reaches two years of age.

As a first-time parent, you most likely have a ton of questions. That's why Nurse-Family Partnership starts working with you before you give birth to your child. By meeting with you as early in your pregnancy as possible, your nurse will address your questions and concerns, prepare you for childbirth, and help ensure that you deliver a healthy baby.

After you deliver your baby, the nurse who helped you during your pregnancy will still be there for you – through breastfeeding, bathing your baby, and changing diapers. She'll answer all your questions about your baby, coach you on child development, empower you to believe in your ability to perform your new role as a parent successfully.

For more program information visit, www.nursefamilypartnership.org.

Nurse-Family Partnership is for first-time parents who are: (1) pregnant with their first child and (2) meet income requirements in Clallam County.

There is no cost to participate.

This program is available on a rolling basis. There is no application deadline.

To learn more or enroll in the program, please call Megan Contento, RN 360-301-1120, or MContento@co.jefferson.wa.us.

Nurse-Family Partnership is offered in partnership with First Step Family Support Center, Jefferson County Public Health, and the Port Angeles Healthy Youth Coalition.

Guiding Good Choices is an evidence-based program from the University of Washington to strengthen family bonds, improve parent-child communication, help families better manage conflict, and increase the use of guidelines, monitoring, and consequences.

For youth, Guiding Good Choices has been shown to (1) reduce depression symptoms by 28% through the end of 12th grade, (2) reduce alcohol and cannabis use by 41%, (3) reduce progression to more serious substance abuse by 54%, (3) increase the likelihood that non-using youth to remain substance-free by 26%.

Audience: Parents, caregivers

Length: 90 minutes, once a week for five weeks

For more program information visit, www.communitiesthatcare.net/programs/ggc.

This is a universal program for all parents, guardians, and caregiving family members of 5th, 6th, and 7th Graders.

There are no other program eligibility requirements, and there is no cost to participate.

Join a FREE 5-week in-person program for Port Angeles School District parents and caregivers of graduating 6th Graders, or incoming 7th Graders. There is no cost to participate, meals and program materials are included.

Registration is limited and will be first-come, first-served. Wait-listed registrations will be given priority for registration in future series.

To learn more or enroll in the program, please call Rachel Ray, CPP, 360-565-2637 or RRay@co.clallam.wa.us.

Guiding Good Choices is offered in partnership with Clallam County Juvenile and Family Services, and the Port Angeles Healthy Youth Coalition.

SPORT Prevention Plus Wellness is an evidence-based health promotion program that highlights the positive benefits of an active lifestyle to reduce the use of alcohol, cannabis, tobacco, and e-cigarette/vape use by high school students in addition to improving overall physical health, nutrition, and sleep habits.

The program consists of an in-person health behavior screen, a one-on-one consultation, a take-home fitness prescription targeting adolescent health-promoting and harm-reduction behaviors.

For high school students, SPORT has been shown to (1) reduce alcohol consumption and delay initiation, (2) cigarette use frequency, (3) cannabis use frequency, and (4) increase exercise habits, and improve the diversity of physical activity.

Audience: Students in 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th Grade

Length: 60 minutes, once

For more program information visit, www.blueprintsprograms.org/programs/sport-prevention-plus-wellness.

This is a universal program for all high school-aged students or youth.

There are no other program eligibility requirements.

This program is available on a rolling basis. There is no application deadline.

There is no cost to participate, snacks and program materials are included.

To learn more or enroll in the program, please call Rachel Ray, CPP 360-565-2637, or email, RRay@co.clallam.wa.us.

SPORT Prevention Plus Wellness is offered by the Port Angeles Healthy Youth Coalition. If you are interested in becoming a trained facilitator please email, rray@co.clallam.wa.us.

Services are available to any student attending Port Angeles High School. There is no cost to participate. The target population includes:

• Students impacted by substance abusing parents

• Student impacted by their own substance misuse or abuse

• Students in recovery

• Students who are at risk for substance misuse/abuse

These offerings are available on a rolling basis. There is no application deadline.

Project SUCCESS is A.J. Teel, the Student Assistance Professional with the Olympic Education Service District 114 at Port Angeles High School.

Contact A.J. at ateel@portangelesschools.org.

While medications help treat disease, manage chronic conditions, and improve health - unused and expired medications pose a public safety concern. Opioids are now one of the leading causes of injury-related deaths in Washington State. 75 percent of opioid misuse starts with people using medication that wasn’t prescribed for them, usually taken from a friend or family member, often without their knowledge.

Safe Storage Port Angeles aims to protect young people to prevent opioid misuse by helping residents safely store medications being used at home. Each Lockbag is laminated nylon and measures at 12” (L) by 8” (H) and holds up to 24 prescription bottles.

To learn more about this larger state-wide initiative visit, https://getthefactsrx.com.

This is a universal offering for all Port Angeles residents. There are no eligibility requirements.

These offerings are available on a rolling basis. There is no application deadline.

To receive a Lockbag at any time, for no cost, complete this online pre-survey or email RRay@co.clallam.wa.us.

Lockbags are also distributed at Med Take Back Day, visit our Prevention Education page for more details.

To learn more or receive your free Lockbag, please call Rachel Ray, CPP 360-565-2637, or email, RRay@co.clallam.wa.us.

Safe Storage Port Angeles is offered by the Port Angeles Healthy Youth Coalition. If you are interested in providing safe storage promotional materials to friends, neighbors, or at a local community center or workplace please get in touch.