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Next CTC Coordinator Session – Integrating Milestones & Benchmarks

As coordinators, our guiding light for doing CTC is the Milestones & Benchmarks. What are the many ways we can use them? How do we ensure that we’re integrating attention to those M&Bs in the midst of everything else we’re juggling? How and when are good times to share those M&Bs with work groups, or with the full coalition? JoinMore

New CTC Book Out Now!

Communities that Care: Building Community Engagement and Capacity to Prevent Youth Behavior Problems, published by Oxford University Press is available now! Order now direct from the publisher, Oxford,or via Amazon.

From the publisher: Scholars and policymakers increasingly call for evidence-based, prevention-oriented, and community-driven approaches to improve public health and reduce youth crime, substance use, and related problems. However, few functionalMore

Join us for CTC Facilitator Training in Seattle

The Center for Communities That Care will host a training of facilitators March 5-7, 2019 in Seattle, Washington. This is an opportunity for CTC coordinators and facilitators to learn how to use CTC’s web-based platform to facilitate CTC PLUS implementation in their community.

Registration deadline: February 15, 2019. Space is limited.

Email for registration instructions and additional information: ctr4ctc@uw.edu.

Remembering Heide Felton

On April 6, 2918, we lost a dear friend and benefactor, Heide Felton. Heide was a true believer in promoting healthy development and preventing behavioral problems. She and her husband, Matthew, were among the original investors who created the University of Washington’s first Endowed Professorship in Prevention, held by Professor J. David Hawkins from 1999 through 2017. That professorship providedMore

Join Center for CTC at Blueprints

Make plans now to join us at the Blueprints Conference in Denver, April 30 – May 2, 2018. The Center for Communities That Care will host a CTC pre-conference for current CTC implementers. Come spend the day with us to share new tools, including: strategies for using the Phase 5 CTC PLUS tools to ensure high quality implementation of BlueprintsMore

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.

If you have ideas or requests for future topics, please letMore

Landmark US Report on Substance Abuse

A new Surgeon General’s report finds alcohol and drug misuse and severe substance use disorders, commonly called addiction, to be one of America’s most pressing public health concerns. Nearly 21 million Americans – more than the number of people who have all cancers combined – suffer from substance use disorders.

“Alcohol and drug addiction take an enormous toll on individuals,More