Sustainability Primer: Fostering Long-Term Change to Create Drug-Free Communities

2/4/2019 PDF
Certified Prevention Specialist Coalition Support and Community Change General Substance Use Disorder Prevention Strategic Prevention Framework
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“Sustainability” is a term that we hear more and more often in relation to coalition work. Whether in discussions about our natural environment or a new community program, the questions on the minds of many funders, leaders and community stakeholders are… “Does what we are doing make sense as a long-term strategy? and…can we keep this up?”

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