Building capacity and maintaining stakeholder engagement is not always easy. Communities often have competing needs across organizations and agencies, challenges with buy-in, and at times issues around readiness. The International Certification & Reciprocity Consortium (IC&RC)’s credentialing for Prevention Specialist has six domains. In this session, we will focus on Domain 4: Community Organizing. This webinar will explore the complex realm of community organizing to learn strategies that build community ownership, increase understanding of community norms and priorities and enhance collaboration across diverse stakeholders. This is a two-part series that will provide strategies, tips, and cautions as well as real world examples of community organizing in action.
Learning Objectives
- Describe how to assess community norms and behavioral health priorities.
- Explain how to assess a community's readiness to address behavioral health issues.
- Explain how a community can build momentum and engagement to enhance its capacity.
- Understand the importance of consistent and meaningful engagement to sustain alliances and collaborations.
Presented by Kathleen Roberts, MS, CEO of Community Coalition Alliance, Inc.
Kathleen Roberts, MS, is the Chief Executive Officer of Community Coalition Alliance (CCA), Inc. She has over fifteen (15) years of experience working in behavioral health at the local community level, regional level, and state level. She received her Master of Science in Criminology from Florida State University in 2010 as well as a Master of Science in Criminal Justice from University of Central Florida in 2003. In her role at CCA, she works with community coalitions, providers, and partners to assess substance use trends through data collection and analysis, research, partner engagements, and community assessments. Key to this work is centered on workforce development and capacity building to strengthen the role of coalitions across the communities engaged. Ms. Roberts’s research background has focused on substance use, mental health, early childhood, social norms, antisocial behavior, parental influence, sexual violence, and prevention efforts. She also provides ongoing technical assistance and training and serves as a Master Trainer for Florida with the SPF Application For Prevention Success Training (SAPST) Curriculum supported by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Prior to joining CCA, Ms. Roberts was the Clinical Team Lead at the Department of Children and Families Office of Substance Abuse and Mental Health (SAMH) focusing on behavioral health related programmatic, clinical, and policy areas. In this role, she served as the State’s epidemiology workgroup lead, the team lead for the SAMH Clinical Team, and Florida’s National Prevention Network designee. Additionally, Ms. Roberts has served as a Research Associate at Florida State University working on behavioral health related projects across communities in Florida.
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