The Community Coalition for Teens
About The Community Coalition for Teens
The mission of the Community Coalition for Teens is to promote the health and well-being of teens in the Franklin County and North Quabbin region. CCT collaborates with school and community partners to:
- establish and support effective youth development and health-promotion programs;
- provide training and technical assistance with emphasis on evidence-based practices; and
- involve and empower youth.
Current Projects
Teen Health Survey CCT works with eight local school districts to conduct the annual Teen Health Survey. Students in grades 8, 10, and 12 participate in this important survey about health and decision-making. The results help determine programming, secure funding, and educate parents, students, and the community.
Resource Library CCT has a resource library of video and print materials, including evidence-based curricula, on youth development, teen substance abuse, violence and pregnancy prevention, social norms marketing, coalition building, etc., for those who work with youth.
Youth Conference For 16 years, CCT has sponsored an Annual Youth Conference, planned and run by our youth Conference Planning Committee, with between 300 and 500 youth from seven districts participating. Greenfield Middle School hosted the 2007 conference and Mahar Regional Middle School will host the 2008 conference on May 8.
Communities That Care Communities That Care is a community-wide partnership to reduce teen substance use and promote positive youth development, Community Action! and CCT are co-hosts of this initiative, and work with a wide variety of community organizations. The Communities That Care Coalition has active workgroups in the areas of Parent Education, Community Laws and Norms and Youth Recognition.
Social Norms Marketing CCT provides training and technical assistance to local schools and community groups interest in implementing campaigns promoting positive social norms. Students learn the principles of marketing and apply their knowledge and the results of their school's Teen Health Survey to create prevention campaigns that work.
Parent Education CCT provides training and mini-grants to community and school partners who would like to offer Guiding Good Choices to parents they work with. Guiding Good Choices is an evidence-based parent education program that helps parents of teens and pre-teens keep their kids safe, healthy, and happy.
Teen Outreach Program The Teen Outreach Program (TOP) is a science-based youth development curriculum with proven outcomes in dropout prevention, teen pregnancy prevention, and reducing school failure. TOP combines a weekly curriculum with a youth-led service-learning project.