Capacity Building

Capacity building involves mobilizing human, organizational, and financial resources to meet project goals. Training and education to promote readiness are also critical aspects of building capacity.

CSAP provides extensive training and technical assistance (TA) to fill readiness gaps and facilitate the adoption of science-based prevention policies, programs, and practices.

Prevention Platform: This includes interactive applications, training, and TA that will help organizations assess human and material resources, review strengths and weaknesses, and document funding sources.

CADCA's Coalition Institute: CADCA's Coalition Institute offers a wide range of training, TA, and educational materials to build more effective community anti-drug coalitions across America.

Communities That Care: The Communities That Care (CTC) Survey instruments are posted on the home page of the Prevention Platform as Word and PDF files for easy downloading and local reproduction. The training component and survey data analysis that was previously offered through Channing Bete will not be available through SAMHSA/CSAP. Overall, the intention is to incorporate the viable components of the CTC planning process into the Strategic Prevention Framework, one of many tools that can be utilized by communities to develop comprehensive, data-driven plans.

CSAP's Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Center for Excellence: The Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Center for Excellence provides training and TA to a wide variety of people including persons with FASD, members of their families, healthcare providers, social workers, researchers, and community health advocates.

Centers for the Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPTs): CSAP's CAPTs bridge the gap between effective science-based prevention strategies and practices through the dissemination of prevention knowledge and the application of that knowledge in the field.

Foundations of Prevention: An online course in the core knowledge of substance abuse prevention.

Prevention Education Tools: CSAP designs and implements prevention education programs that range from raising the awareness about the harms of underage drinking to helping families live a healthy, drug-free lifestyle.

Older Americans Substance Abuse & Mental Health Technical Assistance Center: The mission of the Older Americans Substance Abuse and Mental Health Technical Assistance Center is to enhance the quality of life and promote the physical and mental well-being of older Americans through the provision of technical assistance by reducing the risk for and incidence of substance abuse and mental health issues late in life.

Online Courses: Courses designed by CSAP address important topics such as

Substance abuse and older adults
Program evaluation
Binge drinking on college campuses
Violence against women
And many more!

CSAP Training Library: Use CSAP's online library to access curricula that address a wide array of topics and audiences.

Resources: Several ready-to-use resources such as fact sheets, audio and video clips from experts and celebrities, and banner ads and icons for use on your Web site.

NCADI: SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI) is the Nation's one-stop resource for information about substance abuse prevention and addiction treatment.

RADAR Network: The RADAR Network, sponsored by SAMHSA's NCADI, is the largest substance abuse prevention and treatment network of its kind. This unique network offers free membership and provides an organized way for States to connect with one another and with national agencies such as the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP), the National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD), and the National Prevention Network (NPN).