Sustainability

Got Outcomes? Building the Case for Your Coalition’s Contributions to Change

Jan 12, 2012 |

Virtual

Sponsored by CADCA’s National Coalition Institute, the Got Outcomes! Coalition of Excellence Awards provides coalitions an opportunity to highlight their outcomes and embark on a guided and intensive examination of their strategic plan. While the ultimate goal for an applicant is to win the award, the process is useful for coalition planning and sustainability. In this webinar, participants will learn how applicants work closely with CADCA staff to revisit and refine their logic models, identify gaps in assessment and evaluation, and improve their data presentation skills.

Charting Community Change Episode #1 - "Sustainability: We Did It and You Can Too!"

In “Sustainability: We Did It and You Can Too!,” the premiere episode of the new Institute vodcast series, three coalition leaders examine how their organizations implemented strategies to sustain their efforts after 10 years of funding through the Drug Free Communities Support Program.

Research Support For Comprehensive Community Interventions

This paper was developed to be responsive to the coalition field and to help coalitions understand how environmental strategies are critical elements of a comprehensive plan to reduce substance use and abuse. Environmental strategies are used to change the context (environment) in which substance use and abuse occur. Environmental strategies incorporate efforts aimed at changing or influencing community conditions, standards, institutions, structures, systems and policies (Babor, 2003).

Sustainability Primer: Fostering Long-Term Change to Create Drug-Free Communities

This primer provides a basic understanding of sustainability and its importance in achieving long-term reductions in rates of substance abuse. Pay close attention to identifying what initiatives your community must continue and which resources are necessary to help you develop an effective sustainability plan.

CADCA Debuts New Multimedia Resources for Coalitions

This month, CADCA's National Coalition Institute continues to build its multimedia resources for coalitions through the release of an audio podcast on cultural competence and the debut of a new video podcast, or "vodcast," series.

NHTSA Offering Funding Opportunity

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is seeking local community-based organizations to conduct demonstration programs to demonstrate the feasibility and effect of pairing two complementary strategies for reducing teenagers' access to alcohol: Social Norming and High Visibility Enforcement. Social Norming is the process of flooding a target population with information designed to correct their misperceptions about the frequency and acceptability of specific activities. High Visibility Enforcement (HVE) pairs extensive publicity of concentrated enforcement with police activity focused on violators of certain laws.

Sustaining the Effort -- Sustainability Resources

Sustainability is about creating an effective coalition that brings together a community to develop and carry out a strategic plan that effectively addresses a relevant problem. To help coalitions plan for long-term sustainability, CADCA’s National Coalition Institute offered a series of three Webinars focusing on the six elements in coalition sustainability: identifying what must be sustained identifying necessary resources, creating case statements, determining funding strategies, identifying potential partners and developing an action plan for partners.

Sustaining the Effort 3-Part Webinar Series

Sep 20, 2007 |

Web

Core Competencies that Facilitate Implementation of SAMHSA's Strategic Prevention Framework

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.

Community Mobilizing & Organizing for Coalitions Part 1

May 21, 2009 |

Virtual

Community Mobilization for Coalitions will provide participants with step-by-step information on mobilizing neighborhoods and practical tips and tools to help coalitions communicate effectively with diverse audiences. Participants will learn the different forms of advocacy, why it’s important to research issues and build capacity to implement specific strategies, how to recruit allies and the different campaigns that coalitions may use in their communities. Participants will leave this session equipped with the tools and knowledge to gain support from many sectors of their communities.

New Resource Available to Help Decision-Makers Choose Cost Effective Substance Abuse Prevention Programs

Communities can better develop comprehensive prevention strategies based on their unique needs and characteristics and use cost-benefit ratios to help guide their decisions with the help of a new publication released today by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

National Coalition Academy Expands

CADCA's National Coalition Institute and the National Guard Bureau (NGB), one of our long-standing partners, will add to upcoming National Coalition Academy cohorts in Pennsylvania with groups in Mississippi and Iowa.

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