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CTC PLUS Facilitator Training (Virtual)

March 18-24, 2021

The Center for Communities That Care will host the next training of facilitators March 18 – 31, 2021 via Zoom Meetings. This interactive workshop provides CTC coordinators and facilitators the skills use the CTC PLUS web platform to implement the CTC process their community.

Registration deadline: February 26, 2021. Space is limited.

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Suicide Prevention Topic of 9/6 Coordinator Call

Don’t miss this month’s call with special guest Heidi Peterson of Tooele, Utah, discussing “Youth Suicide: How can a CTC Coalition Respond?” Youth suicide, depression, and anxiety are issues facing many communities. Heidi will talk about how Tooele CTC has been working to reduce these problems in their community.

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Franklin County CTC Featured as Collective Impact Case Study

FSG, a nonprofit consulting firm specializing in strategy, evaluation, and research, highlights the Franklin County Communities That Care coalition as an example of successful collective impact in its recent post: New Collective Impact Resources: 8 Case Studies of Successful Initiatives.

Read the report and hear from coalition leader Kat Allen about how Franklin County used CTC to achieve collectiveMore

CTC Gets a Strong Start in Michigan

The state of Michigan is currently supporting the birth of new CTC Coalitions with its 2013 Partnerships For Success (SPF-PFS II) grants. Communities across northern and mid-Michigan have already begun using Communities That Care to meet their youth substance abuse reduction goals—they include communities in the Upper Peninsula (Luce County), Roscommon County, Lake County, Saginaw County, Clare County, and GladwinMore