CTC was developed after more than 10 years of work by Drs. J. David Hawkins (left) and Richard F. Catalano (right), professors at the University of Washington’s Social Development Research Group. The Federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention funded early development of the CTC model.

The CTC model is a prevention planning system that helps communities develop an integrated approach to promoting the positive development of children and youth and to preventing problem behaviors, including substance abuse, delinquency, teen pregnancy, school dropout, and violence. Research has identified key risk and protective factors that have a major influence as to the likelihood of youth being involved in risk-taking or negative behavior. Based upon the presence or absence of these risk and protective factors, prevention specialists, community leaders, educators, and parents can identify prevention strategies that best match the needs of their unique community.

CTC was field-tested in Washington and Oregon, and is currently being implemented in Alabama, California, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Montana, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. It has received critical acclaim from prevention experts throughout the country, and has recently been adopted in several countries outside the United States.

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