What is Wagner Communities That Care?

  • Diverse group of community stakeholders.

  • Developing a strategic community prevention plan designed to address the community's profile of risk and protection with tested, effective programs and to implement the chosen programs with fidelity.

  • Wagner Communities That Care coalition started development, January 2022, with a diverse group of community stakeholders.

  • Wagner Communities That Care focuses on Wagner youth and community.

  • Wagner CTC uses the Communities That Care prevention framework that provides communities with tools to address youth health and behavior problems through focus on identified risk and protective factors. Priority risk and protective factors are selected based off youth survey data and a community profile.

  • Wagner CTC strives for a stronger community and successful youth!

Phase 1 Getting Started: This phase began January 2022. Connie Kaufman, BSN, RN with the Wagner Community Memorial Hospital-Avera, was identified as the coordinator for
the Wagner Communities That Care efforts.
Phase 2 Getting Organized: This phase involved identifying and forming a diverse group of stakeholders to start this coalition.

Phase 3 Developing a Community Profile: Using youth survey data as well as community data, a community profile was created. Priorities were selected.

Phase 4 Create a Plan: Putting all the efforts together! Based on selected priorities, programs were selected for implementation.

Phase 5 Implement and Evaluate: All the planning into action! Implementation of the chosen programs, while tracking progress and measuring evaluation.

Please use this link to watch a quick video to learn more about the 5 phases: https://www.communitiesthatcare.net/programs/ctc-plus/

Wagner Communities That Care Coalition uses a prevention framework that gives us the tools to address youth health and behavior problems through focus on identified risk and protective factors.

Wagner Communities That Care coalition started development, January 2022, with a diverse group of community stakeholders. Communities That Care (CTC) uses a 5 phase process.

Communities That Cares (CTC) is a 5-phase process guides a strategic prevention plan with tested, effective programs and implement tested, effective programs to decrease risk factors and increase protective factors. CTC is a proven prevention system for a stronger community and successful youth!

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