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2024 Region 6 Training and Technical Assistance Needs Assessment Results By Nicole Schoenborn, SSW PTTC Evaluator Each year, the South Southwest Prevention Technology Transfer Center (SSWPTTC) conducts a training and technical assistance (T/TA) needs assessment to help us capture the training needs of the field and inform our overall process for creating the work plan for the region. Our first needs assessment was developed during the COVID-19 pandemic as we saw emerging T/TA needs in the workforce. After 6 years, it has expanded into a comprehensive assessment of needs across the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF), with additional sections around onboarding, health equity, and data literacy. In the past year, the needs assessment informed live events such as the Unraveling Connections: Social Determinants of Health and Substance Misuse Prevention  and the Alcohol, Equity, and Social Justice: Breaking the Silence. Services in the South Southwest region had a stronger emphasis last year on building the capacity of substance misuse prevention professionals to address gaps in prevention with services for underserved communities. Themes that have strongly surfaced for next year’s services continue to address Social Determinants of Health, underserved communities, and cultural humility and responsiveness. In addition, evaluating programs and communicating data using visualization methods will be a focus area for data-related services in this next year of the SSW PTTC. To view the data and findings, select the links below. Read more about the SSW PTTC Needs Assessment Needs Assessment 2024 PowerPoint        

In this Issue The Importance of Accessibility: 5 Simple Steps Resources Highlighting Accessibility and Disabilities Epi Corner: Social Network Analysis: A Helpful Tool in the Prevention Toolbox What's Happening Around the Region? Webinar: Elevate Your Work: Accessibility for Prevention Professionals Webinar: Reducing Youth Substance Misuse by Implementing Mental Health Initiatives New From SAMHSA National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month Get Involved with National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month - A Toolkit

The National Hispanic and Latino PTTC are excited to announce the translation of SAMHSA’s Strategic Prevention Framework guide from English to Spanish. The original English and translated Spanish versions are available to download.

  This virtual learning series explored the connections between the social determinants of health and substance misuse and its consequences, while looking at how awareness and understanding of the social determinants can strengthen your prevention planning efforts. This session also looked at strategies to integrate the social determinants of health into work with community members and partners.   Debra Morris is a results-driven, people-centered professional who brings over 40 years of public health experience to improve population health. She leverages expertise in system strengthening, trauma-informed practices, training, technical assistance, and coalition building to develop culturally responsive interventions. Debra guides agencies with evidence-based and culturally competent prevention strategies to optimize and enhance service delivery models.  She is praised for her ability to mobilize diverse stakeholders in the development of community-centered solutions and utilizing effective methods to address health disparities. She received her MPH from Emory University School of Public Health and is a Master Certified Health Education Specialist. Ben Spooner is a skilled training and technical assistance provider with more than a decade of experience in substance misuse prevention. He has expertise in communications planning, sustainability planning, strategic planning, product development, project management, event organizing, and developing and facilitating distance-learning events. Ben has served as a TA provider for the Center for Strategic Prevention Support since its inception in 2012. He has a passion for incorporating cultural and linguistic responsiveness into his work and helping the communities he works with do the same. He is a certified prevention specialist and has Project Management for Development Professionals (PMD Pro) certification from APMG International.

Webinar Description  This virtual learning series explored the connections between the social determinants of health and substance misuse and its consequences, while looking at how awareness and understanding of the social determinants can strengthen your prevention planning efforts. This session also looked at strategies to integrate the social determinants of health into work with community members and partners. Presenters Debra Morris is a results-driven, people-centered professional who brings over 40 years of public health experience to improve population health. She leverages expertise in system strengthening, trauma-informed practices, training, technical assistance, and coalition building to develop culturally responsive interventions. Debra guides agencies with evidence-based and culturally competent prevention strategies to optimize and enhance service delivery models.  She is praised for her ability to mobilize diverse stakeholders in the development of community-centered solutions and utilizing effective methods to address health disparities. She received her MPH from Emory University School of Public Health and is a Master Certified Health Education Specialist. Ben Spooner is a skilled training and technical assistance provider with more than a decade of experience in substance misuse prevention. He has expertise in communications planning, sustainability planning, strategic planning, product development, project management, event organizing, and developing and facilitating distance-learning events. Ben has served as a TA provider for the Center for Strategic Prevention Support since its inception in 2012. He has a passion for incorporating cultural and linguistic responsiveness into his work and helping the communities he works with do the same. He is a certified prevention specialist and has Project Management for Development Professionals (PMD Pro) certification from APMG International. Presentation Personal Action Plan Worksheet Session Flyer        

In this Issue:   The Prevention Epidemiologist   Epi Corner: Creating Logic Models to Support Epidemiology and Evaluations   What's Happening Around the Region?             Building a Youth Prevention System Series, June 23 and July 21  Don't Miss This             A new toolkit: "Tobacco-Free Toolkit for Behavioral Health Agencies"             National Latino Behavioral Health Conference

  TOOLKIT DESCRIPTION The role of a prevention epidemiologist (Epi) is challenging and demanding - and one of the most rewarding and memorable experiences an epidemiologist will have. While traditionally, an epidemiologist's training focuses on investigating and monitoring disease trends, an Epi's position requires much more. This toolkit provides guidance, information, and resources to help Epis successfully carry out their duties and responsibilities.   Watch the Epi Toolkit Lunch-n-Learn webinar recording and download resources: View Here   Apply for the PTTC Region 6 Technical Assistance Opportunity: After this webinar, substance use and misuse prevention organizations located in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas are eligible to receive intensive virtual technical assistance (TA) on epidemiology and data collection topics. Please follow the link below to submit your request. A South Southwest PTTC staff member will respond to your request within ten business days. TA Request Form    

COURSE DESCRIPTION Part One of the Ditching the Discomfort with Data series, introduces the topic of data literacy and its purpose in the field of prevention, provides an overview of the components of "ditching the discomfort" with data and identify practical tips for working with data.   Select the View Resource button above to watch the recording. Below is the PowerPoint for this webinar. PowerPoint   Begin Your Data Journey and Ditch the Discomfort Are you curious about what you need to know as a prevention professional to participate in data-based decision-making? Have you been working with a prevention grant that requires you to conduct a needs assessment or an evaluation? If you are relatively new to prevention or new to using data, this series is for you! In this five-part series, Dr. Hayden Center will take you on a data journey, from providing an overview of the basic components of data literacy to then taking a deeper dive in parts two through four to learn more about data collection, data analysis and interpretation, and finally visualizing and communicating data to your partners. During this journey, there will be discussion and practical tips from Dr. Center; who has worked with local community prevention organizations to build capacity around working with data.       PRESENTER Dr. Hayden D. Center, Jr. was most recently on faculty at Auburn University at Montgomery in the Department of Psychology, where he taught for ten years. He has taught at several universities over the past thirty years.  He has also been a licensed professional counselor (LPC) specializing in addiction issues for over 30 years. Dr. Center has worked as a consultant in alcohol, tobacco, and other drug abuse prevention since 1987.  He has worked in the field of prevention for more than 30 years. He served as the director of a US Department of Education (USDOE) grant while at Auburn University.  He served the State of Alabama Department of Education as the coordinator of the state Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program. He was a consultant to the Alabama Governor’s Office of Drug Abuse Policy for ten years and has worked with numerous state and local agencies in the state of Alabama. He served as the evaluator for the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention’s (CSAP) Southeast Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (SECAPT) and the Border Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (BCAPT). He has provided over 300 trainings and workshops on the topics of “science-based prevention,” “evaluation,” “risk and protective factors”, and “sustainability.”  He has worked with numerous agencies and organizations at the national, state, and local levels as an evaluator, including three Drug-Free Community grants.  His experience includes working with several projects to develop data bases, collect and interpret data, and produce data dissemination products and materials. Most recently Dr. Center has conducted training on implementation science, the psychopharmacology of marijuana, opioid use disorder, the opioid epidemic, and prevention of opioid overdose death.  He is also working on the development of a sustainability toolkit that was released in the Fall of 2019.  He and three colleagues presented an overview of the toolkit at the National Prevention Network (NPN) Conference in Chicago in 2019.        

Conducting a strong needs assessment is the foundation for developing a successful prevention plan. However, no needs assessment is ever complete. To identify gaps and strengthen on-going data collection for your needs assessment, the Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PTTC) Data-Informed Decisions Working Group has designed this checklist. The checklist is organized by the six (6) core data areas of the Strategic Planning Framework: consequences, consumption, target populations, intervening variables (i.e. risk and protective factors), prevention resources, and community readiness. Data should be as local as possible, but include data from neighboring counties, state, regional, or national data for comparison purposes. For help on addressing your identified data gaps, contact your PTTC for training and technical assistance.

Conducting a strong needs assessment is the foundation for developing a successful prevention plan. The Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PTTC) Data-Informed Decisions Working Group has designed this review sheet to support addressing data gaps through primary data collection. It provides several methods and select resources as a starting point for prevention team’s planning. These methods can involve varied means of data collection, including oral narratives, written text, photographs, video, and others.

COURSE DESCRIPTION This webinar focuses on increasing response rates for the Louisiana's Communities that Care Youth Survey and why its completion by students is important to the state of Louisiana. A particular focus is on presenting strategies for increasing the survey's response rate with students in charter, public, and faith-based schools. This training presents strategies on how to articulate the survey's use by stakeholders in their own organizations and use data with low-response rates.   Select the View Resource button above to watch the recording. Below are the materials for the webinar. PowerPoint Response Rates Handout Innovative Dissemination Approaches Handout   PRESENTERS   Melissa Adolfson, MS, has over a decade of research and evaluation experience. She has worked on projects addressing substance use, mental health, suicide, juvenile justice, maternal and child health, and adverse childhood experiences.           Dr. Kristin Dillon has provided leadership on several statewide demonstration projects in the areas of substance abuse prevention and recovery. She also leads assessments and evaluations of the adult mental health system in Minnesota and beyond to identify opportunities for strengthening services and supports for individuals with serious mental illness.         

In this tool, you can see how you can use each step to inform your practices. Feel free to use this map with stakeholders, a coalition, or community members to explain the process and how you'll use this tool. At the end of this guide, there is a survey that you can use with your organization, coalition, or group to assess your strengths and areas of growth. The New England PTTC will create a report from your organization-specific data which you can share with your team to assess what areas you may want to focus your work around diversity and inclusion. You may return to this tool when you have determined which areas you want to work on for thoughts on what you might do to improve.   Prevention specialists make a commitment to serving the community. To serve a community fully and equitably, the prevention specialist must recognize that not all parts of the community receive prevention messaging and programing the same way. In order to reach all the diverse parts of your population, you must make intentional efforts to identify, understand, and speak to the full variety of people you serve.

Needs Assessment Parts 1 & 2    Dates  Part 1: February 19, 2020  Part 2: February 26, 2020    Description  Conducting a needs assessment is a crucial element of the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) and an integral part of a successful prevention planning process. This two-part webinar series explores Community Needs Assessments in the context of prevention planning, discuss challenges inherent to conducting a community assessment, and strategies for maximizing impact.    Key Webinar Features  Part 1 explores strategies for determining which substance use problems and related behaviors are having the greatest impact on a community, including how to find and use data to identify those risk and protective factors that may be influencing or contributing to these problems, and how to ensure that the data you collect reflects diverse cultural perspectives.  Part 2 explores the value of assessing community capacity to assure a good fit between potential strategies and local conditions and how to use tools such as geo-spatial mapping to share your assessment findings.    Presenters  Jessica Goldberg – is a training and technical assistance specialist with nearly a decade of supporting prevention efforts at the national, state, regional and local levels, as well as an accomplished designer and deliverer of in-person and virtual trainings that address topics ranging from collaboration across health sectors to identifying and addressing health disparities. Her past experience includes serving as a community health specialist with the Massachusetts state technical assistance system, supporting communities in needs assessment, strategic planning and creating logic models to guide change efforts, and then with the Center for the Application for Prevention Technologies or CAPT, and now with the PTTC, where she works closely with states and community coalitions to adopt and apply data-driven prevention planning processes and implement evidence-based and promising prevention practices.  Shai Fuxman, EdD – is a senior research scientist at EDC. Shai has extensive experience in social and emotional learning, youth development, school-based trauma-informed care, and substance misuse prevention. He also has expertise in program evaluation, cultural competence, and quantitative and qualitative research. Shai holds an M.Ed. and Ed.D. in Human Development and Psychology from Harvard University.  Cory Morton – is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work at the University of New Hampshire. His research investigates the community context of substance use—whether structural features of neighborhoods, such as access to substance use services lessen substance related harms. Cory’s role on the PTTC is to coordinate the special focus on geospatial applications, providing webinars and technical assistance on using mapping to determine community need or to evidence change.   Part 1:   Part 2:   Supplemental Materials: Transcript Part 1 Transcript Part 2 Session Slides Part 1 Session Slides Part 2

Data-Informed Decision Working Group     Completing the Data Puzzle, Filling Data Gaps from PTTC Network on Vimeo.   Part two of a two-part series, this webinar will demonstrate strategies to fill gaps in your needs assessment. A case-study approach will demonstrate covered strategies.  

Llevando a cabo un estudio de necesidades para guiar los esfuerzos de prevención   Clara McCurdy-Kirlis y Lourdes Vázquez-Matienzo discuten la realización e uso de evaluación de necesidades para apoyar el labor de Prevención del Uso Indebido de Sustancias en la Comunidad.   Presenters Lourdes Vázquez-Matienzo es una profesional con más de 30 años de experiencia en el campo de la prevención y la salud conductual. Lourdes fue directora de proyectos del Centro para la Aplicación de Tecnología de Prevención (CAPT) de SAMHSA, y los servicios de adiestramiento y asistencia técnica para los organismos estatales y jurisdiccionales de los Fondos del Bloque de Prevención y Tratamiento del Abuso de Sustancias (SAPST) financiados por SAMHSA en la región sureste de los Estados Unidos y el Caribe. Anteriormente, Lourdes también se desempeñó como gerente de proyecto para la subvención de Incentivo Estatal de SAMHSA en Puerto Rico, fue directora ejecutiva de Centros de Prevención al Uso de Drogas y Alcohol en Puerto Rico y fungió coordinadora estatal del Centro Regional del Sureste para Escuelas y Comunidades Libres de Drogas, donde facilitó y apoyó el establecimiento de coaliciones de prevención en áreas rurales y urbanas, logrando expandir los servicios, y la satisfacción y ejecución de las comunidades y distritos escolares participantes. Su compromiso mayor es con la atención de las disparidades en salud y la búsqueda de la equidad en salud con poblaciones marginadas.    Clara McCurdy-Kirlis tiene más de diez años de experiencia en gerencia de proyectos en los campos de la salud y la educación a nivel estatal, tribal, comunitario e internacional. En su rol como coordinadora de servicios de asistencia técnica con el PTTC, Clara juega un rol principal en el diseño instruccional para participantes adultos, en el diseño y ofrecimiento de aprendizaje virtual, a través del diseño de materiales de entrenamientos virtuales y presenciales, y creando documentos educativos. Clara es apasionada sobre el rol de la educación en la transformación de la sociedad y en lograr un cambio positivo a través de la colaboración y el compromiso   Resources Podcast transcript  

A two-part series produced by the PTTC Data-Informed Decisions network work-group, these webinars will demonstrate strategies to identify and fill gaps in needs assessments - step one in SAMHSA's Strategic Prevention Framework. A case-study approach will show these strategies applied to a hypothetical county. Webinar Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this virtual learning experience, participants will be able to: 1. Identify data gaps in your needs assessment 2. Fill data gaps in your needs assessment 3. Determine strategies to obtain buy-in from key stakeholders to address data gaps over time.   (Download the PowerPoint Slides above) Watch the Webinar!    

Research demonstrates that many risk and protective factors influence both substance misuse and one or more mental health concerns. Addressing these shared factors can increase your overall impact on improving community health and wellness. This annotated bibliography reviews some of this research, and was used to inform one section of the guidance document Demystifying Data: Gathering and Using Local Risk and Protective Factor Data for Prevention.  

Data are vital for defining your community's problems or needs (e.g., opioid misuse, underage drinking). Data also help us determine if there are specific populations who are disproportionately impacted by the problems or needs. Risk and protective factors help determine why a community may be experiencing a particular problem or need. Data help guide our decision making and action planning. The purpose of this guidance document is to provide a general overview on gathering and using risk and protective factor data to guide prevention efforts. This document will review strategies to gather and prioritize risk and protective factor data, as well as how to use these data in prevention planning. Also check out the annotated bibliography used to create the section on shared risk and protection included in this document.   

Date May 18, 2020   Description  Data collection is an integral part of identifying patterns of substance misuse in communities and informing prevention priorities. This webinar explores tools and strategies for collecting community level data and includes information on the benefits of implementing Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as a tool for visually depicting “hot spots” to inform prevention activities and stakeholder engagement.   Key Topics  Explore tools and strategies for data collection and identification Using GIS technology for data collection   Presenters Ivy Jones Turner - For over 20 years, Ivy has provided organizational capacity assistance on health promotion and prevention in substance abuse, suicide, violence, injury, and mental health with nonprofit and community-based organizations, state and faith-based agencies, and school districts. Her capacity building skills include program evaluation, training and technical assistance in program design and implementation, organizational development, partnerships/collaborations, and grant management.  Ms. Jones Turner is a Certified Prevention Specialist and holds an MPA from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. Cory Morton – Cory is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work at the University of New Hampshire. His research investigates the community context of substance use—whether structural features of neighborhoods, such as access to substance use services lessen substance related harms. Cory’s role on the PTTC is to coordinate the special focus on geospatial applications, providing webinars and technical assistance on using mapping to determine community need or to evidence change. Clare Neary – Clare is with the Rutgers University School of Social Work Center for Prevention Science and is the current project coordinator for the Northeast and Caribbean Prevention Technology Transfer Center.  She has worked in the substance misuse prevention field for close to a decade, with a special focus on outcomes-based prevention and environmental strategies. Her work in the field of prevention includes focus on public health models include the Strategic Prevention Framework, coalition building, prevention training and technical assistance, and program evaluation.     Supplemental Materials Session slides Session transcript

Date May 22, 2020   Description Data collection is an integral part of identifying patterns of substance misuse in communities and informing prevention priorities. In this peer sharing session our experts work directly with prevention fieldworkers to identify and address challenges with data collection and provide more in-depth information on how to use GIS for prevention purposes.   Key Features  Workshop data-related challenges to identifying emerging prevention priorities Explore ways to use geographic information systems (GIS) to organize data and reveal local substance use “hotspots” Ask experts to address common challenges to collecting data and using GIS   Presenters Cory Morton – Cory is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work at the University of New Hampshire. His research investigates the community context of substance use—whether structural features of neighborhoods, such as access to substance use services lessen substance related harms. Cory’s role on the PTTC is to coordinate the special focus on geospatial applications, providing webinars and technical assistance on using mapping to determine community need or to evidence change. Clare Neary – Clare is with the Rutgers University School of Social Work Center for Prevention Science and is the current project coordinator for the Northeast and Caribbean Prevention Technology Transfer Center. She has worked in the substance misuse prevention field for close to a decade, with a special focus on outcomes-based prevention and environmental strategies. Her work in the field of prevention includes focus on public health models include the Strategic Prevention Framework, coalition building, prevention training and technical assistance, and program evaluation. Kristen Gilmore Powell - Dr. Powell is an Assistant Research Professor with the Rutgers University School of Social Work and Associate Director of the Center for Prevention Science. She is also the Director of the Northeast and Caribbean Prevention Technology Transfer Center. Dr. Powell earned her Ph.D. from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, School of Social Work, in 2013. She has been conducting research and evaluation on topics relevant to prevention science, environmental strategies, empowerment theory, sustainability, and health disparities for more than 12 years. Dr. Powell currently serves as Principal Investigator and Investigator on multiple externally funded research projects. Much of this work focuses on how individual and environmental strategies can prevent the harmful consequences of substance misuse and abuse, particularly in communities identified with high need and existing health disparities. Carol Oliver - Carol is the director of Prevention Solutions at EDC, a training and resource hub that is strengthening the substance misuse prevention workforce in communities across the United States. Drawing on her experience leading large-scale initiatives, she heads up a multidisciplinary team providing award-winning online courses and customized consultation focused on topics such as reducing health disparities, strategic planning, program design, sustainability, and evaluation.     Supplemental Materials Session slides Session transcript

Between April 6, 2020 and April 20, 2020, the Northwest PTTC supplemented the one-hour listening sessions with each of the four states in HHS Region 10: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington with an online emergency workforce assessment.  The online assessment offered an alternative format for prevention professionals to inform the Northwest PTTC about emerging issues related to changes in their work environment due to the Covid-19 stay-at-home orders. The goal of the brief 12 question assessment was to identify barriers faced by the prevention workforce and how the Northwest PTTC can continue to support the workforce. 104 prevention professionals from the four states in HHS Region 10 responded to the anonymous online survey. Responses and emerging themes from the responses are summarized in the attached document.

New England Prevention Technology Transfer Center (PTTC) recognized the immediate need to provide information, training and resources to meet the challenges prevention professionals facing transition in service delivery as a result of the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID 19). A survey to assess these needs was launched March 23, 2020 and closed April 3, 2020. A total of 144 people participated in the survey. Themes for open-ended responses are summarized below each question.

Date  April 1, 2020    Description  Understanding and evaluating past prevention efforts is integral to ensuring the success of future prevention. This webinar explores how to apply insights from past prevention efforts to current and emerging substance use trends. Co-presenters share real world experiences regarding addressing substance misuse and explore strategies for applying successful prevention practices to other urgent prevention areas within the community.    Key Webinar Features  Participants have an opportunity to pose questions, discuss challenges, and connect with other prevention professionals.    Presenters  Jessica Goldberg MWS, MPH, CPS - Jess is a training and technical assistance specialist with the Education Development Center (EDC).  Ivy Jones Turner MPA, CPS - Ms. Jones Turner is a training and technical assistance specialist with the Education Development Center (EDC).  Katiana Perez – Katiana serves as the Executive Director for the Alliance for a Drug Free Puerto Rico.  Alyssa Evans, LMHC – Alyssa serves as a Student Assistance Counselor (SAC) for Columbia High School/Goff Middle School under Rensselaer County Mental Health.  Kim Favro, MA – Kim is a Student Assistance Counselor (SAC) for Averill Park High School through Rensselaer County Mental Health.     Supplemental Materials: Session slides Session transcript

Date  March 25, 2020    Description  Understanding and evaluating past prevention efforts is integral to ensuring the success of future prevention. This webinar explores how to apply insights from past prevention efforts to current and emerging substance use trends. The webinar examines how to use current and emerging substance use trends to locate data sources, identify an approach to preventing misuse, and effectively implement prevention strategies in priority areas.    Key Webinar Features  · Participants will have an opportunity to pose questions, discuss challenges, and connect with other prevention professionals.    Presenters  Diane Litterer - Diane Litterer, MPA, CPS, has been in the field of public health for over 30 years addressing substance misuse and addiction. Diane has worked on local and state level efforts to increase smoke free environments and reduce tobacco use in NJ for over 20 years. NJPN has mobilized advocates including youth leaders and prevention coalitions across the state to educate policy makers on issues that impact the health of our youth and adults. New Jersey was an early adopter of the New Jersey Smokefree Air Act of 2006, which now includes e-cigarettes and was the 3rd state to pass Tobacco 21 in 2017 and most recently, was the first in the country to have all parks and beaches be smoke free in 2018. The Tobacco Free for a Healthy NJ Initiatives is now New Jersey’s comprehensive tobacco control program which is led by NJPN on behalf of the NJ Department of Health. This project includes a youth engagement project, tobacco free college project and worksite project and continues the work for tobacco free multi-unit housing and point of sale initiatives. Diane works to foster collaboration, maximize resources and create healthier communities across NJ.  Jessica Goldberg - Jess is a training and technical assistance specialist with nearly a decade of supporting prevention efforts at the national, state, regional and local levels, as well as an accomplished designer and deliverer of in-person and virtual trainings that address topics ranging from collaboration across health sectors to identifying and addressing health disparities. Her past experience includes serving as a community health specialist with the Massachusetts state technical assistance system, supporting communities in needs assessment, strategic planning and creating logic models to guide change efforts, and then with the Center for the Application for Prevention Technologies or CAPT, and now with the PTTC, where she works closely with states and community coalitions to adopt and apply data-driven prevention planning processes and implement evidence-based and promising prevention practices  Ivy Jones Turner - For over 20 years, Ivy has provided organizational capacity assistance on health promotion and prevention in substance abuse, suicide, violence, injury, and mental health with nonprofit and community-based organizations, state and faith-based agencies, and school districts. Her capacity building skills include program evaluation, training and technical assistance in program design and implementation, organizational development, partnerships/collaborations, and grant management. Ms. Jones Turner is a Certified Prevention Specialist and holds an MPA from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.     Accompanying Materials Session slides Session transcript