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Prevention Perk

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.

Feb 24, 2020

In today’s episode we will be talking about the DEA’s Campus Drug Prevention website and their newest publication, Prevention with Purpose: A Strategic Planning Guide for Preventing Drug Misuse Among College Students. This new guide provides a road map for college and university-based prevention professionals to...


Feb 10, 2020

During this episode, You’ll gain awareness about drug endangered children, the risks they face and understand the many opportunities (often missed) to identify children living in dangerous drug environments. We’ll talk about the benefits of intervention at the earliest possible point to reduce physical and...


Feb 3, 2020

In today's episode, we will be talking with Carlton Hall who has more than 25 years of experience in the fields of government relations, social services, and prevention science. We dive deep into why we need to change the conversation, identifying engagement gaps, and moving beyond frameworks.