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The Mid-America Prevention Technology Transfer Center (Mid-America PTTC) is designed to serve as a prevention catalyst, empowering individuals and fostering partnerships to promote safe, healthy, and drug-free communities across Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas. Our services are evidence-based, culturally competent, and locally focused. We provide intensive technical assistance to support organizations' and systems' efforts to implement evidence-based prevention strategies. The Mid-America PTTC also forms partnerships with local and regional stakeholders to ensure that the training needs of the region are identified and met.

The Mid-America PTTC goals are:

  • Accelerate the adoption and implementation of evidence-based and promising substance misuse prevention strategies.
  • Heighten the awareness, knowledge, and skills of the workforce that addresses substance misuse prevention.
  • Foster regional and national alliances among culturally diverse practitioners, researchers, policymakers, funders, and local communities.
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Episode 28: Transitioning to Virtual Services

Mar 26, 2020

In today’s episode, we will be talking about:

  • What can we do right now to ensure that rich training opportunities continue?
  • How can we collaboratively plan the transition back to in-person services to make it as smooth as possible?
  • How can we, as leaders, continue to engage staff to build on each other’s success,...

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Episode 27: Meeting of the Minds

Mar 2, 2020

In today’s episode, we will be talking about the Meeting of the Minds.

Meeting of the Minds is a regional prevention and health education conference for college and university peer educators, their advisors, administrators, and campus and community law enforcement. During the three-day conference, some of the best...

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