Use this toolkit to refine your coalition’s foundation—policies, bylaws, roles, and mission/vision—so you can focus your energy on real, measurable impact in your community.

Building Strong Coalitions: An Infrastructure Resource Toolkit

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Developed in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), our free Public Health Law Academy training explains how preemption can help or hinder public health measures. This 2024 update features a greater focus on health equity and new examples of how preemption affects the root causes of health inequities. Preview the training content by watching this video short that covers the basics of preemption.

This toolkit supports planning for advocacy efforts and responding to opposition.

ADEA has developed this state advocacy toolkit to better equip you to become an advocate. Resources have been assembled to provide you with information so you can effectively communicate and connect with your state legislators. While systems, processes and personalities may sometimes seem overwhelming, your involvement is crucial to making a positive difference. As President John F. Kennedy stated, “One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.”

The attached toolkit will assist you in analyzing the results of your MiPHY data (which you will have to pull from the website separately). To use the tool, you will need to type in the data of your choosing and it will automatically generate charts/graphs for you. There are detailed instructions on the first tab of the spreadsheet. It currently contains Eaton County data as a placeholder. This is a great tool for coalition operations, grant writing, schools, media campaigns, and more.

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

Schools are prioritizing students’ mental health, and there are many tools and resources to choose from. CDC created this action guide as a place to start. It can help school and district leaders build on what they are already doing to promote students’ mental health and find new strategies to fill in gaps.

The action guide describes six in-school strategies that are proven to promote and support mental health and well-being. For each strategy, the guide also describes approaches, or specific ways to put the strategy into action, and examples of evidence-based policies, programs, and practices.

The toolkit provides education for immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers, and green card holders about cannabis, which some states have legalized but remains federally illicit. The toolkit (including a fact sheet) is translated into eight languages identified as priorities by community partners in Maine. The toolkit aims to support non-citizens in making informed decisions about working in the cannabis industry or how using cannabis may impact legal standing as a non-citizen.

In furthering our efforts to meet people where they are and foster healthy practices in adolescents and youth, the Great Lakes MHTTC and Wisconsin PATCH (Providers and Teens Communicating for Health) asked teens to describe the best ways adults can partner with youth and what motivates young people to get involved with organizations like PATCH. The responses featured in this resource were provided by teenage participants of the PATCH Teen Educators program. 

Prolonged educational workforce shortages perpetuate professional burnout and stress among educators and school staff. This resource guide provides tools to support the self-care and wellness of educators and staff working in school communities. 

In this guide, you will find:

  • National Education Association (NEA) 2022 member survey data
  • Peer-reviewed research on the status of workforce shortages in education after COVID-19
  • Self-care assessments and strategies for wellness specific to educators, school staff, and school settings
  • Podcasts, videos, and recorded webinars addressing self-care and wellness for educators