1. Building Capacity for Community Change

2. A group of people who share a common place, experience or interest
Community:
A group of people who share a common place, experience or interest 2

3. The well-being of everyone in a community
Community Health:
The well-being of everyone in a community 3

4. Collaborative Partnerships:
Alliances that are used to improve the health of a community 4

5. Community Capacity:
The ability of community members to make a difference over time and across different issues 5

6. Key Partners in a broad collaboration should include:
State and community partnerships
Support organizations
Grant-makers and government agencies

7. A Model for Community Change:
Community context and planning
Community action and intervention
Community and system change
Risk and protective factors and widespread behavior change
Improving more distant outcomes 7

8. Community context is influenced by:
Hopes and expectations
Job and family demands
Problems
Financial resources
The community’s reaction
The broader political and social context 8

9. Community Change:
Developing a new program (or modifying an existing one), bringing about a change in policy, or adjusting a practice related to the group’s mission 9

10. Affect community health and development through:
Targeted mission
Action planning
Changes in leadership
Resources for community mobilizers
Documentation and feedback
Technical assistance
Making outcomes matter 10

11. Your organization’s statement of purpose
Mission statement:
Your organization’s statement of purpose 11

12. Action planning:
Identifying specific changes in the community or broader system, and implementing related action steps to bring them about 12