Our evidence and primary prevention

Summary

Communities That Care was developed by Dr. J. David Hawkins and Dr. Richard Catalano of the Social Development Research Group at the University of Washington. The Communities That Care system is a community action model, based on years of research and continuous improvement, that:

• Focuses both on promoting positive youth development and on preventing problem behaviors
• Helps communities collect the right data
• Helps communities prioritise predictors of problem behavior based on the community profile
• Matches prioritised predictors to tested, effective programs, policies and practices that have proven their ability to affect these predictors
• Helps communities implement and evaluate a community action plan, which increases accountability
• Takes a systematic approach to community building

CTC Model

CTC Process 

 

Phase One – Establish CTC	Create interest in the Community Define scope of prevention effort Identify Community readiness
Phase Two: Organising, Introducing , Involving  CTC	Engage key leaders Develop Community Board to facilitate assessment , priotisation , selection implementation and evaluation of tested and effective programs policies and practices Educate and involve the community in the Communities that Care process
Phase Three:  Develop  a Community profile  Summary:involves collecting community-specific data and constructing a profile from the data which allows the community to analyze its unique strengths and challenges	Conduct a community assessment Partners participate in CTC training workshops (Community assessment and Community resource assessment) Prioritise risk and protective factors Conduct resource and gaps analysis Select a Pilot evidence based activity
Phase Four: Create A Plan	Planning process is supported by technical assistance – CTC Community Action Planning workshop Tested and effective programs, policies, practices to address priority risk and protective factors to fill gaps are selected
Phase Five: Implement and Evaluate	Implementation of plan Monitoring the implementation process Facilitate evaluation Ensure ongoing development and review

 

 

How CTC works

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The Five Phases of CTC

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