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Toolkit/Resource | Type | Source | Description | Supplemental Materials |
Eight Step Guide to Building a Coalition | Guide | This guide provides useful information about important parts of a coalition and how they can be successful | ||
Evolution to Effective Prevention Diagnostic Scale | Worksheet | This scale can be used to assess the development of prevention efforts, analyze current efforts, and assist groups in making efforts more comprehensive and effective | ||
Tools |
This webpage, part of, The Partnership Center's Opioid Epidemic Practical Toolkit, provides information about forming and joining an opioid coalition. |
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Coalition Examples
Toolkit/Resource | Type | Source | Description | Supplemental Materials |
Information | Fed Up! | AUDIENCE: Early Coalitions/Potential Coalition Members Provides a brief history of the Fed Up! Coalition, as well as examples of their work, goals, and impact so far. |
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Planning for Prevention
Toolkit/Resource | Type | Source | Description | Supplemental Materials |
Online Course | AUDIENCE: Prevention Specialists, Coalition Members FREE, 2 hours self-paced course provides an overview of sustainability within the context of prevention—including how it's defined, different sustainability approaches, and factors that contribute to success |
The enrollment key for all open-enrollment courses is: CAPT (all uppercase) | ||
Online Course | FREE, 2 hours self-paced course | The enrollment key for all open-enrollment courses is: CAPT (all uppercase) | ||
Online Course | AUDIENCE: Prevention Specialists, Coalition Members FREE, 5 hour self-paced course to learn about the history of prevention, key concepts and definitions, and specific drug effects—and get a glimpse of the effects of substance use and addiction on the brain. |
The enrollment key for all open-enrollment courses is: CAPT (all uppercase) | ||
What is the SPF? An Introduction to SAMHSA's Strategic Prevention Framework |
Online Course | AUDIENCE: Prevention Specialists, Coalition Members FREE, 4 hour self-paced course to take a guided tour of the SPF, a data-driven planning process designed to help you more effectively address substance misuse and related prevention needs in your community |
The enrollment key for all open-enrollment courses is: CAPT (all uppercase) | |
Go Get It! Finding Existing Data to Inform Your Prevention Efforts |
Online Course | AUDIENCE: Prevention Specialists, Coalition Members FREE, 2 hour self-paced course to explore strategies for identifying, locating, and accessing the data you need to assess the substance use prevention needs of your community. |
The enrollment key for all open-enrollment courses is: CAPT (all uppercase) | |
Online Course | AUDIENCE: Prevention Specialists, Coalition Members FREE, 2 hour self-paced course to discover the key elements of focus group design and delivery through case examples to highlight the many ways focus groups can be used to support prevention practice. |
The enrollment key for all open-enrollment courses is: CAPT (all uppercase) | ||
Online Course | AUDIENCE: Prevention Specialists, Coalition Members FREE, 2 hour self-paced course to learn how to plan and conduct key informant interviews that produce the valuable information you need to inform your prevention efforts |
The enrollment key for all open-enrollment courses is: CAPT (all uppercase) | ||
Involving Youth in Your Substance Abuse Prevention Program (SELF) |
Online Course | AUDIENCE: Prevention Specialists, Coalition Members FREE, 5 hour self-paced course to develop the knowledge and skills to effectively engage youth in all aspects of your substance misuse prevention efforts—from planning to evaluation. |
The enrollment key for all open-enrollment courses is: CAPT (all uppercase) | |