Community Tool Box

Community Tool Box, University of Kansas: Provides detailed information, frameworks for creating and sustaining community change, including assessment, creating partnerships, strategic plans, and so forth.  The UK site also has information on conducting community research and evalution to document and better understand if and in what ways community initiatives make a difference.

Illinois Project for Local Assessment of Needs (IPLAN). Contains 102 indicators for county-level assessment of health needs; 39 indicators are available at the community level.

MAPP: Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnership: A strategic Approach to Community Health Improvement. National Association of Health Data Organizations and US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Requires free, easy registration for anyone. Available in PDF format.

Turning Point: Nebraska's Plan to Strengthen and Transform Public Health in Our State, CDC in Nebraska.

The SEARCH Institute: Healthy Communities-Healthy Youth, Training and Support. The SEARCH Institute has developed a framework to build youth assets and has training sessions and workshops appropriate for educators, youth and adults together, communities, youth-serving organizations and professionals, and faith communities. Based in Minneapolis, MN.

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