Sustainability Planning in Prevention Guidebook and Toolkit

The Sustainability Planning in Prevention Guidebook and Sustainability Planning in Prevention Toolkit are designed to help substance misuse prevention providers, coalitions, groups, organizations, and training and technical assistance providers to:

Look critically at prevention infrastructures
Develop sustainability plans
Establish the necessary partnerships and resources to sustain meaningful prevention outcomes beyond current funding

The Sustainability Planning Guidebook and accompanying toolkit were originally developed and published by SAMHSA’s Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT) task order in 2018 (Reference # HHSS283201200024I/HHSS28342002T). The 2024 versions of the guidebook and toolkit were developed with the support of the DHHS, SAMHSA, under cooperative agreement H79SP080995.

Published

March 4, 2024

Type

Documents, Toolkit

Developed by

Great Lakes PTTC

Target Audience(s)

Other, Prevention Professional

Keywords

Infrastructure, Prevention Research/Science, Strategic Prevention Framework, Sustainability

Language(s)

english

Attachment(s)

Sustainability Planning in Prevention Guidebook Sustainability Planning in Prevention Toolkit

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