Sustainability

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.

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.

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.

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).