Capacity Building
The Capacity step involves more than just funding. Capacity includes the following:
- Human resources
- Technical resources
- Management and evaluation resources
- Financial resources
The resources, people, partnerships, coalitions, and skills are essential to the successful implementation of prevention plans. All these are included in capacity.
Capacity: What does it involve?
- Mobilizing resources
- Engaging stakeholders
- Partnerships with the community
- Building coalitions – Training Manual Section 2A and Section 2B
- Developing readiness – Community Readiness Tool and Key Leader Survey
- Focus on cultural competency, sustainability and evaluation
Community Readiness:
Data Sets:
Web:
- The Anti Drug (Office of National Drug Control Policy)
- Prevention Platform
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- Center for Application of Substance Abuse Technologies
- Center for Application of Prevention Technologies
- Higher Education Center for AOD Abuse and Violence Prevention
- Brain scans, studies
- Western Center for Applied Prevention Technology (WestCAPT)
- Prescription Pain Management and Education (Health Department)
- Connected Communities
- CSAP Prevention Pathways - Online Courses
Strategies:
Conferences:
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Department of Human Services
Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health
195 North 1950 West
Salt Lake City , Utah 84116
Phone: 801-538-3939
Fax: 801-538-9892
