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Strategic Prevention Framework: Building Capacity by Centering Community Voice, Local Knowledge, and Rightsholder Priorities
August 29, 2025 at 9:00 am to 11:00 am
Enhancing Prevention Efforts:
Prevention Proficiencies Community of Practice
Overview
The Prevention Proficiencies Community of Practice focuses on foundational skills and knowledge in local substance use prevention programming and strategy implementation. Tailored to SAMHSA’s federal Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) as well as Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant (SUBG) funding requirements, this space is strategically aligned with statewide and national best practices, prevention priorities, and implementation models to enhance local success.
August Topic
“Nothing About Us Without Us!” This critical value in substance use disorder (SUD) prevention services is talked about regularly. But what does this really mean? How does it look in action?Join us for this interactive space to unpack and discuss what centering community voice in the planning and delivery of local SUD prevention services truly entails. Through dialogue, case studies, and California-specific examples, participants will learn about the Capacity Building component of the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF).
Together participants will untangle some of real-world complexities that are encountered during capacity building processes, including establishing trust with local decisionmakers and rightsholders, as well as ensuring community voice and priorities are embedded into prevention service logic models and service implementation. To aid in addressing some of these barriers, attendees will also learn about the collective impact framework, which centers an equity approach and cross-sector collaboration to promote effective and trustworthy, sustainable SUD prevention programming outcomes.
Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for this ABHPC training are offered by the Center for Applied Research Solutions (CARS) at no cost to you. Information about how to request no-cost CEUs will be provided during the training.
About the Presenters
Rebecca “Maggie” Magdalena Escobedo-Steele (she/her) is the founder of 7th Generation Warriors For Peace, an organization dedicated to working with communities, families, individuals, children and youth to prevent cycles of family violence, gang conflict, addiction and suicide by promoting cultural healing, positive activism and empowerment. For over 25 years, Maggie has implemented women’s leadership programs, youth and community prevention healing events, peacemaking in prison facilities, and wellness workshops throughout California and the United States. Maggie is recognized as a Distinguished American Indian Educator by the California Department of Education, a Peacemaker by the Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution, a Community Fellow for the California Wellness Foundation Violence Prevention Initiative, and an Ambassador for Peace Violence Prevention Coalition of Orange County. She has received the prestigious Chiefs award from Southern California Chief of Probation for her excellence and innovation in working to bring cultural healing and conflict resolution to countless individuals and families.
Elizabeth Cayden (she/her) entered the prevention field in 2014 as a National Fellow within the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) workforce development program. Following the completion of her graduate degree and fellowship at the National Association for Substance Abuse and Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD) in Washington, DC, Lizzie relocated to the west coast with the goal of continuing in the prevention field. A trained epidemiologist and public health subject matter expert, Lizzie has supported substance use prevention and suicide prevention services for counties, statewide and national systems, coalitions, Tribal communities, community-based organizations, and local prevention grantees. She currently lives in Washington State, where she advocates for systemic improvements to the behavioral healthcare system, supports LGBTQ+ community-based efforts, and addresses the stigma encountered by those with lived experience. Lizzie is currently serving as the Project Director for the Advance Behavioral Health Prevention California (ABHPC) statewide training and technical assistance program.
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