Welcome to Communities That Care

    a community-wide initiative for the benefit of the youth of Pennsylvania!

    Communities That Care helps

    communities by providing

    strategic consultation, training

    and research-based tools, which

    help communities work together

    to promote the positive development

    of children and youth, and to prevent

    adolescent problem behaviors such as

    alcohol and other drug use, delinquency,

    teen pregnancy, dropping out of school,

    and violence.

    The Communities That Care system

    is based on successful public health

    models of community action.  The

    most common, and most effective,

    of these models involve seven key

    steps, illustrated here.  Communities That Care has

    been designed to guide communities

    through the five most critical and challenging

    steps in this process, from community mobilization

    through outcomes evaluation.

                                                                    Throughout the process, the goal is simple:  Create healthier, happier kids.

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