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Prevention by Design services support use of the
Taking Charge "community environment"
approach to prevention planning and programming
for counties and local communities, especially
cities. Taking Charge is designed for self-guided
and self-directed application by local agencies
and organizations. We offer introductory training
to familiarize local agencies and organizations
with Taking Charge's concepts and strategies,
and coaching to support their application to local
prevention initiatives.
We also provide customized technical assistance
and planning as-needed to help with management
of selected community risk-environments where
alcohol/drug use is problematic. These environments
include commercial settings (places where alcohol/drugs
are sold); public events and public places
where alcohol/drugs are used, and private or quasi-public
settings and circumstances where problematic
alcohol/drug use is not being effectively managed
or controlled.
Our services include:
Training, familiarization and technical assistance
in use of the Taking Charge approach for environmental
risk management:
- Taking Charge training
Introductory on-site training sessions introduce
basic concepts, planning strategies, and methods
for community planning using the Taking Charge
approach. Training focuses on the types of at-risk
settings and circumstances of concern to the
community.
- SPF Planning Guide and Tip Sheets training
Planning Guide training breaks down the Five
Steps into tangible tasks based on the county's
specific needs. Tip Sheets offer proven techniques
for expediting these steps.
- Three Actor Model Program Planning, Implementation
and Evaluation
Utilizing logic-model planning based on the
our Three Actor Model, we map out the steps
required to achieve specific objectives to reduce
alcohol/drug-related problems in selected risk
environments.
Information services on community environment
prevention policies and practices, and assistance
expanding your local community's capacity to generate
local data to document risk-environments and to
support prevention initiatives:
- Data Services
We assist counties to document risk-environments
using local data that are already available,
or that can be locally generated. Technical
assistance and training are also provided on
the collection, analysis, reporting, and utilization
of these data. We specialize in collection,
management and reporting of local law enforcement
data for alcohol/drug-related police problems
(ASIPS/GIS format, or Alcohol/drug Sensitive
Information Planning System).
- Information Services
We provide information about community environment
approaches to prevention being used in other
communities, and facilitate contacts with other
community practitioners, researchers, and consultants
at work in these areas.
Specialized technical assistance solving specific
program problems and developing solutions tailored
to the community's needs:
- Long-Term Structural Support
We provide training for agency-wide strategic
planning and organization, including assistance
with the funding process.
- Special projects and problem-solving
We are a resource for assistance with documentation,
planning, design and management of community
initiatives to reduce alcohol/drug-related problems
for selected settings, geographically-defined
areas, community-level events.
- Environmental Design
We provide consultation on facility design and management to prevent alcohol/drug-related and crime-related problems on and about the premises occupant-oriented (participatory) architectural planning principles and CPTED (Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design).
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