Community Resources Assessment Training

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3. Prepare participants to identify and collect relevant and useful information about the community’s prevention resources. 2-3 Community Resources Assessment Training

4. Identify existing community resources that address priority risk and protective factors. Develop a plan for collecting information about the community’s resources. 2-4 Community Resources Assessment Training

5. Create an inventory of resources that address priority risk and protective factors. • Identify what information to collect from each resource. • Select collection methods. • Assign collection tasks and collect the information. 2-5 Community Resources Assessment Training

6. Phone books • Internet directories • Referral guides from service agencies and crisis clinics • Hospital resource guides • School program lists • Publications from civic and religious organizations • Municipal or county resource directories • Local newspapers 2-6 Community Resources Assessment Training

7. Break into teams—one team per priority risk or protective factor. • In teams: Identify existing community resources that address your priority risk or protective factor. • As a group: Use your results to complete the Resource Inventory Worksheet. 2-7 Community Resources Assessment Training

8. Contact information • Resource description • Resource strategy • Target population • Risk and protective factors • Evaluation and effectiveness • Issues or barriers 2-8 Community Resources Assessment Training

9. Mail or e-mail • Interviews • Web sites 2-9 Community Resources Assessment Training

10. Identify specific tasks and responsibilities. • Assign tasks. • Set dates. 2-10 Community Resources Assessment Training

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