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
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This webinar will explore what the science says about parental influence on preventing the initiation of and reducing the harms from alcohol, marijuana and other drug use. Updates on the prevalence, impact and psychology of adolescent/young adult substance use will be provided in a way that is aimed at equipping professionals to leverage partnerships with parents as an intervention strategy.More
Join Center for CTC Director Dr. Kevin Haggerty on February 14 to discuss “The Power of Community Activated Prevention.” To register, click HERE!
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
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.
Join CTC Coordinators from around to the country for a discussion on February 14th, hosted by Center for CTC Specialist Jaclynn Sagers.
If you have ideas or requests for future topics, please let us know by sending an email to Dalene Beaulieu or to the Center for CTC. This group offers CTC Coordinators/Facilitators a chance toMore
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
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
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
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