Conducting a strong needs assessment is the foundation for developing a successful prevention plan. However, no needs assessment is ever complete. To identify gaps and strengthen on-going data collection for your needs assessment, the Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PTTC) Data-Informed Decisions Working Group has designed this checklist. The checklist is organized by the six (6) core data areas of the Strategic Planning Framework: consequences, consumption, target populations, intervening variables (i.e. risk and protective factors), prevention resources, and community readiness. Data should be as local as possible, but include data from neighboring counties, state, regional, or national data for comparison purposes.

Author: Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PTTC) Data-Informed Decisions Working Group Publisher: Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PTTC) Network

Choice Recovery Coaching Inc (CRC) is a 501 C3 Non-Profit Organization that focuses on training for the recovery workforce and coaching recovery and wellness. Our mission for Choice Recovery Coaching Inc. is to encourage, guide and assist individuals and their families as they face substance use challenges, thereby developing a culture of recovery with equity and justice, which allows them to foster resilience for themselves and their communities. The organization was founded on January 2, 2018, with its Non-Profit Status granted in May of the same year. pAUL aLVES, the CEO/Founder has been specifically focused on the Peer Recovery Workforce since 2011.

The Collaboration Assessment Tool helps individuals and coalitions identify specific strengths and areas of growth and enables partnerships to subsequently establish a baseline and gauge their progress via periodic checks on domains of effective collaboration.

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Publisher: Prevention Institute

Collaboration Multiplier is an interactive tool for strengthening collaborative efforts across diverse fields. A multi-field approach has proven vital for tackling today’s complex social challenges. Whether the goal is promoting health equity, strengthening local economies, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, or enhancing community safety, improving our well-being requires community-wide changes that include strengthening government policies and the practices of key organizations. Multi-field collaboration expands available resources, strategies, and capabilities to achieve outcomes that could not be accomplished by one field alone.

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Publisher: Prevention Institute

This guide shows how HBCUs, as well as other institutions that primarily serve students from a distinct background, region, or culture, can create prevention strategies to meet the unique needs of those students.

Author: Publisher: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

This guide highlights steps taken by the Frostburg State University community to reduce underage and high-risk drinking among the student population and discusses how these strategies were implemented.

Author: Publisher: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health developed this booklet in collaboration with representatives from Native American communities in Massachusetts. This booklet explores ways family members can help prevent youth drinking and other drug use. Values and images from Native American communities are interwoven with the best we know about the prevention of substance use. It includes a list of resources for positive cultural activities, as well as counseling for youth and adults.

Author: Massachusetts Department of Public Health in partnership with Native American communities in Massachusetts

Publisher: Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Communications that promote interest and encourage involvement.

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Publisher: Community Toolbox

CADCA offers a variety of training opportunities, from conference-style training events to its signature National Coalition Academy to statewide and coalition-level trainings to online courses and webinars. CADCA has a training experience to fit every position and experience level of your coalition.

Community engagement is often cited as a tool to improve the health of the community and its members. This guide will review evidence related to leveraging community engagement to support the implementation and scale-up of evidence-based programs and policies.

Author: SAMSHA Publisher: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration (SAMSHA)