Norristown Area Communities That Care for Youth (CTCY)

CTCY is a risk –focused approach to reducing adolescent problem behaviors through community mobilization and planning. Citizens and community leaders in the Norristown Borough, East Norriton Township and West Norriton Township worked together and conducted a comprehensive risk assessment. As a result of this risk assessment they identified three priority risk factors that can lead youth in the greater Norristown area to adopt problem behaviors and are using these risk factors to guide them in choosing programs. These risk factors are: Family Management, Friends who Engage in  the Problem Behavior, and The Availability of Drugs and Firearms. CTCY programs attempt to identify and reduce or counter the risks present in the community, home and school and improve the protective factors in the lives of area youth.