Coalition Building

This document outlines the 15 core competencies that facilitate implementation of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Strategic Prevention Framework and the skills required to support the process.

CADCA's National Coalition Institute will host a new Webinar- CADCA's Institute…Helping New Grantees Get Smarter Faster on Thursday, November 12, 2009 from 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Eastern. The CADCA Institute serves as the vehicle for coalition training, technical assistance, evaluation, research and capacity building for Drug Free Communities Support Program grantees and other community anti-drug coalitions throughout the United States.

To meet the needs of community anti-drug coalitions, CADCA´s National Coalition Institute encourages the use of technical assistance from Institute staff. No matter what your question is, the Institute is here to assist you. Just starting out? The Institute can help those who are just stepping into the coalition building arena. Even if your coalition has been around for many years it can still find itself needing to move to the next level of effectiveness. Often when we are in the midst of our work we are not able to see the issues with which we are dealing with any sort of objectivity. It is the nature of the work and sometimes we just need to get some help.

A new resource providing tools to help community coalitions connect with local chapters of national organizations is available from CADCA’s National Coalition Institute

In last week´s edition of Coalitions Online, we began a three-part series on sustainability planning. In this week´s second part of the series, we will discuss steps three and four in the six steps of sustainability planning.

In previous editions of Coalitions Online, we began a three-part series on sustainability planning. This week´s article finishes with steps five and six in the six steps of sustainability planning.

La creación de coaliciones es un trabajo arduo pero lleno de grandes satisfacciones. Al reunir diversos sectores de la comunidad, su coalición puede funcionar eficazmente para desarrollar una solución comprensiva a los problemas que le enfrenta del consumo de las sustancias ilícitas. Este breve manual fue desarrollado por el Instituto Nacional de Coaliciones Comunitarias, que es administrado por CADCA. Dicho instituto se estableció en el año 2002 por ley del Congreso Nacional de los Estados Unidos para mejorar la efectividad de las coaliciones comunitarias anti-drogas a través de toda la nación.

Esta publicación ofrece información sobre lo que verdaderamente significa liderazgo, como se define el lider­azgo, y cómo un buen líder puede mantener el ímpetu de la coalición anti-drogas.

Don’t miss the opportunity to grab your seat at CADCA's upcoming National Coalition Academy (NCA). Applications are now being accepted for the new 2009-2010 NCA classes. There are four separate confirmed NCA cohorts this year, two will take place in Pennsylvania, one in Iowa and one in Mississippi.

The Strengthening Partnerships project is an effort to assist local community coalitions in connecting with local organizations and associations that share a common goal in making the local community a healthier and safer place to live. The project is designed to encourage an influential group of national organizations—those with wide reach into local communities—to become partners with CADCA, and to encourage their local chapters to become actively involved in supporting local anti-drug coalitions.