Across the state, a system of Regional Prevention Centers has been established to assist communities in building their capacity to address youth health and behavior problems through available state resources. In North Central Kansas, the Regional Prevention Center is house at the Central Kansas Foundation and serves a nine-county area including: Saline, Ottawa, Ellsworth, Lincoln, Dickinson, Cloud, Mitchell, Jewell, and Republic counties. The Regional Prevention Centers support the Kansas Communities that Care, a program that assists individuals, families, organizations and policy makers concerned about the healthy development of young people to work together to prevent adolescent health and behavior problems.

Staff of the Regional Prevention Center works to implement the Kansas Communities That Care program in three phases: Community Mobilization, Risk and Resource Assessment, and Implementation and Evaluation of Promising Approaches. A primary focus is education of community members about risk and protective factors. The staff facilitates community planning around identified risk factors.

For more information about the Regional Prevention Center and services that can be provided within the community, please contact the Director of Prevention Services or stop by and browse our resource library. Hours are 8:30 to 4:30 M-F.

Regional Prevention Center of North Central Kansas
1805 S. Ohio
Salina, KS 67401
(785) 825-6224

Brenda Haaga, Director
Jodie Beisner, Community Consultant