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Updates on our work and press announcements.

Our official response to the Surgeon General’s Spotlight on Opioids Report, released late last week.
Join us on Thursday, August 30 at 2:00 p.m. EDT for a Facebook Live with the U. S. Surgeon General to discuss the role families can play in helping solve the nation's opioid crisis.
We are excited to announce our first-ever “Parenting Skills Facebook Live: Support for Families Concerned with Substance Use” event taking place on Wednesday, August 15 at 8 p.m. ET on the Partnership’s Facebook page.
In articles in both the Washington Post and Kaiser Health News you can read about Doug  and Bea Duncan, two of our Parent Coaches.
We’ve created two new TV PSAs that encourage parents to take action and not hesitate to reach out for help.
Join us on Wednesday, August 8 from 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. EDT as we co-host with the National Institute on Drug Abuse an hour-long Back-to-School Twitter Chat.
We are proud to announce that the Partnership has been chosen as an official charity partner in the 2018 TCS New York City Marathon.
Partner for Hope, Harrison Kashkin ran the Coney Island Half Marathon and generously donated the proceeds to the Partnership.
President & CEO Fred Muench reflects on his one-year anniversary leading the Partnership.
We were highlighted in the Washington Post in a spotlight article featuring personalized guidance and advice for parents.
Latest parent coach training took place at Utah Support Advocates for Recovery Awareness (USARA) in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The Partnership has expanded its collaboration with Google to ensure that parents can more easily access evidence-based resources to address a substance use disorder within their families.
We hosted our latest parent coach training in New Jersey with the help of our partners, Hope Sheds Light and the Center for Motivation and Change Foundation for Change.
The Grayken Center for Addiction at Boston Medical Center and the Partnership for Drug-Free Kids are collaborating to close a gap in desperately needed support for parents.
The Addiction Solutions Campaign has released recommendations for investing in solutions to the opioid crisis.
Partnership Parent Coach Susan Knade recently participated in a Baltimore, MD town hall meeting focused on the opioid crisis.
Pat Aussem, recently led a presentation focused on vaping for parents, teachers and other high school staff at Mamaroneck High School in New York.
We have relaunched “Search and Rescue,” our opioid prescriber education campaign website.
Google announces matching grant to help us fund our family support services.
The latest Parent Coach Training takes place in Phoenix, Arizona.
We've partnered with Google and the DEA to Promote National Prescription Take Back Day, on April 28th.
We will host our 2018 All-Star Tasting on Wednesday, May 16 at New York City’s own Riverpark – a Tom Colicchio restaurant.
The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids released a new video series for parents seeking help for a loved one’s intravenous opioid use.
We were honored to attend last week’s National Rx Abuse and Heroin Summit in Atlanta, GA.