Resource Library

Information on understanding culture and diversity, how to strengthen multicultural collaboration, and spirituality and community building.

This primer provides anti-drug coalitions with a basic understanding of cultural competence and its importance in achieving substance abuse reduction that is effective and sustainable. If you know how to include all major sectors of your community in your efforts to develop a plan to create population-level change in community rates of substance abuse, then you likely will increase your chances of success.

Learning the pros and cons of data collection methods can help you find the right data to inform program development and assessment.

Explore best practices for promoting community health and development.

This toolkit helps in developing a picture of the pathway from activities to intended outcomes.

Information about developing a strategic plan and organizational structure, recruiting and training staff and volunteers, and providing technical assistance.

This toolkit provides supports for developing core components of a community intervention and adapting them to fit the context.

This document offers concrete steps towards building effective partnerships and provides tips for making collaborations and partnerships work. Rather than creating new projects or programs, effective coalitions can harness existing resources to develop a unique community approach and achieve results beyond the scope of one single institution or organization.

This toolkit aids in assessing and enhancing cultural competence in your organization or community effort.

This practice-support tool distills research on substance use and misuse in boys and young men of color as well as factors promoting positive youth development.

Information on developing a plan for evaluation, evaluation methods, and using evaluation to understand and improve the initiative.

This toolkit aids in developing an evaluation of a community program or initiative.

This tool describes three examples of logic models—two present a community-level response to reducing the non-medical use of opioid prescription drugs (NMUOPD) and a third presents a state-level response. Each example contains a statement describing the problem (NMUOPD); the goals and objectives for addressing the problem; inputs—what resources and activities comprise the response; partners needed to effectively implement the approach; outputs—the result of these resources and activities; and short-, intermediate-, and long-term outcomes.

This resource contains three examples of logic models that prevention practitioners can use to think through their process for addressing behavioral health disparities at the community level. Each example addresses a different type of disparity, and includes the community’s related substance use problem; factors that contribute to the problem; activities to address the problem; and short-, intermediate-, and long-term outcomes.

This page provides detailed information about direct service and environmental prevention strategies. Programs and strategies in this list must be shown in at least two studies to produce intended results. All programs listed include substance abuse prevention as an area of interest.