1. Capacity Building

2. What is Capacity?
Various types and levels of resources within the community and within an organization such as a coalition
The community’s level of readiness to engage in and support prevention efforts
Capacity= Resource + Readiness

3. Capacity: Why is it Important?
To “build capacity” means to increase the resources, people, partnerships, coalitions, and skills that are essential to the successful implementation of prevention plans.

4. Assessing Capacity Identifying and recruiting coalition members
Coalition Infrastructure
Sustainability
Community Readiness
Coalition Readiness
Capacity workplan; Capacity building activities: improving awareness, building new relationships and strengthening existing relationships, improving organizational resources, developing and preparing prevention workforce, ensuring sustainability

5. Examples of Capacity Building
Ensure the coalition reflects the cultural and ethnic make-up of the community
Enhance how the coalition works (i.e. structure, decision making, and planning)
Build the community’s resources that support programs, practices and strategies to address alcohol

6. Capacity Building Activities
To improve the ability of the community to deliver substance abuse prevention services by:
Improving awareness about underage drinking, binge drinking, and alcohol related crashes
Building new relationships and strengthening existing relationships
Improving organizational resources
Developing and preparing prevention workforce
Ensuring sustainability of the project

7. Capacity Building Involves:
Creating sustainable partnerships
Developing readiness and leadership
Developing cultural competence and building on existing prevention infrastructure
Strengthening capacity through education and training on the five steps of the SPF process

8. Membership Tools: Coalition Roster Community Mapping Recruitment Plan
Worksheets 1-3 , Member Recruitment worksheet

9. Membership Have you done community mapping? When?
Do you have membership packets?
Do you utilize Coalition Interest Surveys?

10. Questions for Communities
Who are the key stakeholders in your community?
Are these individuals actively involved in planning and implementing successful prevention efforts?
Who is the connector in your community?

11. Activity What sector are you missing?
Who do you know to fill this sector (organization or individual)?
What skills/resources can they bring to the coalition?
How are you going to sell the mission/vision of the coalition to them? WIFM?
How will you reach out to the potential new members?

12. What gets/keeps people involved?
Role
Results
Respect
Recognition
Relationship
Reward

13. Sustaining Coalition Membership
Building “ownership” of the vision/mission
Engaging in meaningful roles, responsibilities, and activities
Providing training
Fulfilling their WIFM
Providing appropriate recognition
Keep people informed
Cultivate program champions

15. Coalition Infrastructure
Organizational Chart
Coalition By-Laws and Guiding Principles
Job Descriptions-Clearly defined roles and responsibilities
Guidance documents for the coalition ( Meeting agenda, meeting minutes, MOUs,)
Committees: Types of Committees and Roles/Responsibilities
Levels of Commitment: Individual & Organization
Additional resource:
Worksheet 6-18

16. Community Readiness
Readiness is the degree to which a community is prepared to take action on an issue.

17. Why is Community Readiness Important?
If the coalition’s strategic plan selects strategies that are too ambitious for the general population (i.e., arresting adults who purchase alcohol for minors) the coalition is likely to fail because the general population is unwilling to support the efforts.

18. Community Readiness…. Is very issue-specific Is measurable
Is multi dimensional
May vary across dimensions
May vary across different segments of a community
Can be increased successfully
Is essential knowledge for the development of strategies and interventions

19. The Community Readiness Model
Is a model for community change that integrates a community’s culture, resources, and level of readiness to more effectively address an issue.
Increases community capacity for prevention and intervention
Encourages and enhances community investment in an issue

20. Purpose of the Model
The purpose of Community Readiness is to provide communities with the stages of readiness for development of appropriate strategies that are more successful and cost effective.

21. What the Model CAN Do? Facilitates community-based change
Uses a nine stage, multidimensional model
Builds cooperation among systems and individuals
Helps identify resources
Helps identify obstacles
Provides an assessment of how ready the community is with respect to accepting an intervention as something that needs doing
Identifies types of efforts or strategies that are appropriate to raise community readiness

22. Dimensions of Readiness
Community Efforts (Programs, activities, policies, etc.)
Community Knowledge of the Efforts
Leadership (formal and informal)
Community Climate
Community Knowledge of the Issue
Resources Related to the Issue (People, time, money, space, etc.)

23. Who is Interviewed? Individuals may represent: Schools/Universities
City/county government
Law Enforcement
Health and medical professions
Social services
Mental health and treatment services
Clergy or spiritual community
Community at large
Youth
36 questions, each interview should take minutes. Identify 4-6 individuals in your community who are connected to the issue. Try to find people who represent different segments of your community

24. Stages of Readiness No Awareness Denial Vague Awareness Preplanning
Preparation
Initiation
Institutionalization/stabilization
Confirmation/expansion
Professionalization

25. Appropriate Strategies for Readiness Level
Strategies worksheets

26. Capacity Action Plans Capacity Plan for Coalition Membership
Capacity Plan for Data Collection/Analysis
Capacity Plan for Community Readiness
Can implement capacity action plans immediately!! Do not have to wait for the strategic plan. Capacity Work plan example (in binder) Decide what do we build to create community capacity and readiness? An action plan will highlight your strengths and gaps in the areas of community readiness, community resources, organizational resources, community partnerships, and cultural competency

27. Capacity Plans Step 1: What are your desired outcomes
What exactly would you like to see different or further developed in your community system?
Step 2: Create your capacity action plans
Problem, Goal, Objectives, and Strategies
Define
Activity
Who will take the lead?
When will this be accomplished?
Step 3: Implement the plan!
Example of completed capacity work plan from SD coalition

28. Capacity Building Success
Engagement of stakeholders
Community Mobilization
Partnerships

29. Capacity Success
Drug Free Marion County is reaching out to neighborhood groups with the development of an alcohol permits remonstration guidebook to help increase community knowledge of the permit process including hearing dates and changes.
Monroe County Asset Building Coalition has successfully stopped the issuance of a new liquor license by mobilizing neighborhood families.
Monroe County Asset Building Coalition has partnered with State Excise Police on Alcohol Laws reminder posters to be distributed to all alcohol licensees.