Trainings & Technical Assistance
See upcoming trainings, or request training or technical assistance for your coalition, workplace, or group.
Upcoming Trainings
Live trainings open for registration, including our provider training series.
How housing insecurity raises substance use risk, where prevention fits within San Diego's homelessness response systems, and how language and media narratives shape stigma.
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Request a Training
Our trainings bring evidence-based prevention education to your group — on alcohol, cannabis, emerging substances, and overdose prevention — shaped to your audience, whether that’s a coalition, school, workplace, or community organization, and provided at no cost across San Diego County. Request one below and our team will follow up to plan the details. Need hands-on technical assistance instead? →
Request Technical Assistance
Technical assistance is individualized support for organizations working on substance misuse prevention in San Diego County, provided at no cost. It isn’t a training — it starts with what you’re trying to accomplish and helps you get there, whether that’s interpreting local data, choosing a prevention program, strengthening a coalition, or thinking through a strategy. Tell us what you need and we’ll follow up. Looking for a training instead? →
FAQs
Any community coalition, school, workplace, or provider organization in San Diego County can request support, at no cost.
Nothing. Trainings, technical assistance, and resources are provided free as part of a County of San Diego prevention contract.
Alcohol, cannabis, emerging substances like fentanyl, harm reduction, and overdose prevention — for community groups, providers, and public health partners.
Technical assistance is free, individualized support that starts with what you’re trying to accomplish. Common examples include making sense of local data, choosing and adapting an evidence-based program, strengthening a coalition, planning and strategy, and putting prevention strategies into practice. This isn’t a fixed menu — if you’re working on substance misuse prevention in San Diego County, just ask and we’ll figure out how we can help. Request technical assistance →
A staff member typically follows up within two business days.
Yes — three workgroups are open to new members. Fill out the form to express interest.