Briefly summarizes the National Family and Prevention Summit held in partnership with the PEI Alliance for Mental Well-Being. A wide-ranging group of experts gathered to offer evidence-based guidance and direction on the role of family in preventing or delaying the onset of harms related to substance use. Participants found four common themes and decided on eight calls to action as recommendations and next steps. The event was part of CCSA’s Strategies to End Substance Use Crises summit series.

Conclusion: Summit participants agreed that families need to play a central role in preventing substance use harms and made clear calls to action on how the power of families can be harnessed to prevent substance use–related harms. To effectively implement the eight calls to action, all levels of government, non-governmental organizations and communities need to work together. Discussions during the summit were mostly positive and solution focused, which resulted in strong connections being made. Based on summit discussions, it was evident that priorities are shifting, and key system partners are ready to re-invest and re-invigorate efforts to address root causes of substance use and take proactive measures to prevent substance use–related harms.