Community Prevention Coalition of Teton County (CPCTC)

The CPCTC's purpose is to promote the health of people living in Teton County. The prevention coalition is a combination of concerned citizens, schools, health care, law enforcement, businesses, faith leaders, local government, and youth-serving organizations who have come together to work collaboratively toward the common goal of building a safe, healthy, and vibrant community whose culture encourages connectivity and wellbeing.

Vision: Promote the wellbeing of our community.

Mission: CPCTC will utilize effective strategies that strengthen community efforts to prevent suicide and reduce the problematic use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.

Why Prevention Matters: Through prevention efforts we can stop substance use before it begins, particularly among youth and adolescents. Prevention helps people develop the knowledge, attitudes, and skills they need to make good choices or change harmful behaviors. By targeting shared risk and protective factors, we are able to build community networks that care, improving health and safety. Community is prevention.

The CPCTC uses the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMSHA) Strategic Prevention framework (SPF) to guide their work. The Strategic Prevention Framework is five steps and two guiding principles that offer prevention planners a comprehensive approach to understanding and addressing substance misuse and related behavioral health problems facing their communities.