Capacity Building

Good Capacity Building is a Key Part of Sustainability Capacity building is purposeful. It brings the right people to the table. Shows a plan for developing capacity among prevention partners. Describes and identifies partnership members (people), policies, programs, practices, physical locations and funding already in place. Has representation from target populations Include strategies for addressing gaps identified from the organizational capacity assessment.

Good Capacity Building Addresses the Entire Community Don’t micromanage. Seek systemic, community-level change. Have results of the community readiness assessment been described and integrated into the Community prevention plan? Has the Community prevention partnership described its capacity to implement its prevention plan? Describe the plan one component at a time.

Good Capacity Building Addresses Community Readiness Building Community Readiness Key Stakeholders set a tone in the community  Who are they?  Are they on board? Does the community perceive it as an issue  Do we have feedback from the stakeholders? Educate key stakeholders  Training and communication

People/Human Resources: those who know Civic and Volunteers Cultural and ethnic diversity Prevention Government: Justice, law, state and local Treatment Parenting Religious and fraternal Business Schools, counselors, teachers, social workers, coaches Coalitions Economic conditions Geographic knowledge Youth Youth-serving Healthcare and mental health State and local government Community leadership Data and qualitative resources, statistics Accounting, Information technology Target population representation Media

No one does anything without having something in it for themselves We innately differ from each other in very important ways:  we want different things  we have different motives and purposes  we differ in values, beliefs, needs, drives, impulses and urges  we think, conceptualize, understand, comprehend, and interpret reality different

Who needs to be “At the Table” SPF-SIG Organization LCC/Fiscal Agent/OtherLAC Workgroups YouthEvaluation Media Program & Policy Cultural Competence Training & Outreach LEOW Technical Assistance DMHA Evaluation There are those who need to be in the know – but not necessarily at the table

Practices : Purposeful, sustained, continuous, a movement, not a program Town Meetings A well planned capacity building component is marketing!  Marketing includes ongoing newspaper articles, television blurbs, advertising events, newsletters, anything that lets the community know you are there. Logo (we can often find free logo for non-profits). Sustained conduit of information to the public. Mandatory school courses geared toward substance prevention (InDOE: current health issues) Developmental asset framework Take It Back FACE ATOD survey LCC grant offers 4Community (United Way) Grant Communities Mobilizing for Change

Programs: Have a beginning and end, short term Afternoons ROCK In Indiana LifeSkills Project Alert Project Northland Too Good for Drugs and Violence Insight TEG Wrap-around program Youth camp Speakers Red Ribbon Week Kick Butts Day Publications All Stars Class Action ATHENA DARE to be You Family Matters Positive Action All programs. Including, but not limited to, Evidence Based Programs proven or model

Policies School policies and rules about substance use County ordinances on social hosting and serving Mandatory community service learning Drug-testing policies Smoke-free ordinances Drug court Diversion programs Juvenile detention Tickets for underage consumption State laws

Physical Locations Schools Churches Youth Centers YMCA After-School Programs Government Center Zoo Amusement Park Parks Group homes Homeless shelters Community swimming pools and recreation centers Child care centers

What’s Working and What’s Not Capacity is building on what is already in place and not “reinventing the wheel.” Where the needs are high and the resources are few, add to what is already in place and create new practices, policies and programs to fill the gaps. Look at the issue from all angles.

Addressing the issues Where is the gap/risk factor? How do we know it is a gap? Is the gap related to physical, policy, practice, financial, human, cultural? What is filling the gap currently? What will fill the gap? Who can help fill the gap? (Additional staffing, training, or technical assistance needed to implement selected strategies, collect evaluation data, and maintain administrative requirements) Who will it address? Where will the gap get filled (physically)? What will be the sustainable funding/resource to fill the gap?

Capacity Building In Summary: Key to sustainability Addresses the whole community Builds on Policies, programs, practices already in place Attends to and assists human resources and physical locations already in place. Shows the gaps in infrastructure and designs ways to fill those gaps.