YCCTPP training and Technical Assistance Resources

Welcome to the resource page for the Washington DOH, Youth Cannabis, Commercial Tobacco Prevention Program. You will find information and links here to upcoming training opportunities as well as links to videos of past trainings. Please feel free to contact us with opportunities you would like to see added to our calendar or with any questions. This is an ever changing page, so please check back often!

Robb Hutson robb.hutson@redegroup.co

Skye Larsen skye.larsen@redegroup.co

Training calendar 2025-2026

Engaging Youth in Public Health: Insights from Washington’s Youth Advisory Council
The Department of Health’s (DOH) Adolescent and Young Adult Health Youth Advisory Council (YAC or the Council) is a formal structure for young people to participate in public health programming at the DOH. Members of the Council come from diverse backgrounds, have unique lived experiences, and live in different parts of Washington. They come together to discuss health topics that are important to them, including barriers, challenges and youth-friendly solutions to issues young people face in health care. Their contributions and ideas help shape adolescent health programming at DOH.
Registration Here: https://redegroup.zoom.us/meeting/register/YCuz7eFvQEirizRH8fj1TQ
The Impact of Cannabis Retail Accessibility and Health Care and Education Outcomes
This presentation will highlight recent work from WSIPP’s ongoing long-term evaluation of public health and safety consequences of Initiative 502. In our most recent study, we find that residential access to operational retailers relates to higher rates of cannabis-related health care encounters and the co-occurrence of disordered cannabis use and mental health disorders. In a second study, we find that high school proximity to operational retailers relates to adverse academic outcomes.
Amani Rashid is a Senior Research Associate at the Washington State Institute for Public Policy (WSIPP). Their work uses empirical analytic tools to understand policy as it relates to topics such as public health, behavioral health, and education.
Registration Here:
https://redegroup.zoom.us/meeting/register/QM8KbhGZSUGIO-JlmDo-Mg