CTC PLUS
Communities That Care guides communities through a proven five-phase change process. Using prevention science as its base, CTC promotes healthy youth development, improves youth outcomes, and reduces problem behaviors.
Gallatin County
Shelby Hall (406) 894-6561
www.gallatinvalleycommunitiesthatcare.com
Let’s turn prevention science into action for kids.
Our mission is to promote the healthy development of young people through high-quality implementation of CTC PLUS, Guiding Good Choices, and other preventive interventions.
Let’s work together to turn
prevention science into action
for kids.
Performance-Focused
It’s time to take a pre-emptive
community-wide solution.
Youth across the nation are not reaching their full
potential because of serious, preventable issues,
including crime, violence, alcohol and drug use, and
death by suicide.
Despite well-intentioned efforts, response typically
comes too late—and only in an effort to fix the
problem after it occurs.
The evidence shows the CTC
system works.
A rigorous, scientific trial demonstrated that young
people from communities using the CTC system were
25% to 37% less likely to have health and behavior
problems than those from control communities.
CTC is Proven Effective
Communities That Care was tested in a randomized controlled trial. 24 communities across 7 states were matched in pairs within state and randomly assigned to either receive CTC or serve as control communities. Starting in 5th grade, a panel of 4407 students has been followed by our researchers, with positive effects in the CTC group sustained into adulthood.
By 2026, we hope to achieve a 20 percent reduction in health and behavior problems for young people in the United States.
A Good Investment
CTC’s significant effects on youth health and behavior problems produce long-term economic benefits. For every dollar invested in CTC, $11.14 is returned in the form of lower criminal justice system, crime victim, and health care costs, and increased earnings and tax revenues.
Positive growth.
