Communities in Action, a University of Washington School of Social Work initiative in Southeast and Central Seattle neighborhoods using the Communities That Care framework, presented their action plan to key leaders this week. The group plans to move ahead with implementation of three evidence-based programs targeting two priority risk areas: mental health and violence. Read the Seattle Times column More

The University of Washington Center for Communities That Care is very pleased to announce that Dalene Dutton has joined the Center as a CTC Specialist. Prior to joining the Center in July, 2015, she coordinated the activities of a Communities That Care (CTC) Coalition in Maine for 12 years. A certified CTC Master Trainer and coach, Ms. Dutton has beenMore

The UW Center for Communities That Care will host its next eCTC Training of Facilitators this coming October in Seattle!

This is an opportunity for CTC coordinators and facilitators to learn how to use the new, web-based materials to facilitate CTC workshops in their community. The Facilitator Training will be held on Monday, October 5th, 2015 to Wednesday, October 7th,More

Today the Institute of Medicine released two individually-authored perspectives on the power of prevention: Unleashing the Power of Prevention and A Challenge to Unleash the Power of Prevention. The authors “propose a grand challenge that will advance the policies, programs, funding, and workforce preparation neededMore

On April 8, 2015, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. ET, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) will host “Communities that Care: Building Trust and Preventing Crime.”
Jim Bueermann, President of the Police Foundation and former chief of the Redlands, CA, police department, and Dr. David Hawkins, founding director of the University of Washington’s Social DevelopmentMore

Dr. Richard Catalano, co-developer of Communities That Care, will present a distinguished faculty seminar Wednesday, November 12 at 4pm Eastern.

Building Prevention Infrastructure to Reduce Delinquency, Violence and Substance Use: Communities that Care.
Join the University of Michigan Injury Center for a presentation of the research base for prevention of behavioral health problems and how to use communityMore

In Blueprints Standards and Issues in Identifying Blueprints Programs, Del Elliott and David Hawkins will repeat the workshop on this topic presented at the 2014 Blueprints Conference. The Blueprints program review process is described and the standard for certifying programs as evidence-based Model or Promising Blueprint Programs is outlined. The reviews of program evaluations by the Blueprints Advisory Board usingMore

Prevention systems like Communities That Care should be used to help at-risk youths before they enter the system say researchers in an article published this week in the journal Pediatrics, and featured on NPR. Read the full article here.

On May 7th the Tooele City Council celebrated the last 10 years of prevention success with the premier of a new commercial for Guiding Good Choices featuring Miss Utah, Danica Olsen-Baker.    The clip will air locally in Tooele at the Motor Vu Drive In.  Watch here!

Don’t miss an informative CTC webinar on Friday, March 14 at 9:00am Pacific Time!

One of the most challenging aspects in advancing the use of evidence-based programs is engaging community stakeholders, helping them to identify their community’s needs, and the programs that will best meet those needs. For 20More