The Mountain Plains - Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PTTC) conducted a training and technical assistance (T&TA) needs survey distributed to each of the six states (Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming) in our region. The goal of this survey was to understand the T&TA needs of the prevention professionals in our states. We developed the survey during December 2018 through April 2019 and it was administered from April through May of 2019. A total of 267 prevention professionals in Region 8 started the survey; 21 of these individuals did not complete the survey. After removing the incomplete responses, data collected from 246 participants were reviewed. Respondents were predominantly:
Participants were asked to indicate the priority/need for training and/or technical assistance (TA) on a variety of topics. Each topic was rated on a 5-point scale. The top five training needs based on the percentage of respondents indicating it as a “Very Interested” included:
