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About CSAP's Western CAPT

CSAP's Western Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT) is one of five regional centers funded by the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention and includes Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, Arizona, Nevada, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, and Palau. The purpose of CSAP's Western CAPT is to assist state and jurisdiction prevention programs in the Western Region to apply scientifically-defensible strategies in their efforts to prevent substance abuse.

CSAP's Western CAPT is organized to provide useful, efficient, cost-effective, and culturally sensitive prevention application services through a comprehensive system that matches services to the technological capabilities and capacity of prevention programs. To accomplish these goals, Prevention Application Management Coordinators work with the Single State Agency prevention programs to develop plans designed to assist programs in applying scientifically-defensible prevention strategies. A network of local and regional technical assistance experts, skill development activities, innovative uses of electronic media, and a resource repository.

CSAP's Western CAPT is physically located in the Center for the Application of Substance Abuse Technologies in the Division of Health Sciences at the University of Nevada, Reno.

CSAP's Western CAPT
Center for the Application of Substance Abuse Technologies

Mail Stop 279

University of Nevada, Reno

Reno, Nevada  89557-0258

(888) 734-7476

(775) 784-1174

Fax:  (775) 784-1840

captinfo@unr.edu