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America's
Promise - The Alliance for Youth
This
excellent site continues to build on the original mission of America's
Promise, to bring together people from throughout communities, or
on a state or national level, to strengthen the character and competence
of youth.
http://www.americaspromise.org/
CADCA:
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America
CADCA's
Coalition Toolkit is an important resource for anyone interested
in or involved in a coalition working toward building a safe, healthy,
and drug-free community. Included in the toolkit are resources and
information to assist with funding, media how-to, public policy
issues and tools (including CADCA's "Congressional Toolkit"),
research information and resources, and training opportunities and
services. In addition, there are plenty of links to other sources
and information that will be useful through the "Top Links"
section.
http://www.cadca.org/
The
Community Toolbox 
This
web site, sponsored by the University of Kansas, provides another
set of excellent tools for community building, and includes great
sections on funding, strategic planning, evaluation, and more. More
than 200 sections of practical and detailed tools are available,
and through the "Community Work Station" you can work
on individual steps for getting a community initiative off the ground
and functioning. In addition, the Toolbox offers a "Troubleshooting
Guide" that will address many of the common problems you may
encounter as you begin to work collaboratively toward changing your
community, and it provides opportunities for communicating with
others working on community building through forums and chat rooms.
http://ctb.ukans.edu/
Drug
Free Communities Support Program
The
Drug-Free Communities Support Program is a program sponsored by
the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and the Office
of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). It was designed
to help strengthen community-based coalitions working to reduce
youth substance abuse. This web site provides information on the
various funded programs around the country, plus all you need to
know about applying for a program grant. Future program announcements
and details are offered on this site when they become available.
The site also provides links to a variety of useful resources and
inforamtion on other funding sources that may be helpful.
http://drugfreecommunities.samhsa.gov/
Help Your Community.org
This web site, supported by the Office
of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and the Ad Council, offers
basic information on what community coalitions are, the types of
problems coalitions address, and the kinds of groups that might
be involved in community coalitions. You can also read "success
stories" from groups around the country that have been active
in addressing their own community's challenges. There is an easy-to-use
form for submitting your own community story. THe site also offers
suggestions on how to get involved in a coalition, hot to get started
(including "Sevel Steps to Coalition Lift Off"), things
to do to improve your existing coalitions, and ways you can help
if you're not already involved. Also available is an excellent listing
of links to other websites, and lots more.
http://www.helpyourcommunity.org/
"Building
Coalitions" fact sheets from Ohio State University
http://ohioline.osu.edu/lines/kids.html#COALI
Collaboration
and Coalition Building
(a PowerPoint presentation of a Community Readiness Training Session
for the state of Connecticut's Governor's Prevention Initiative
for Youth held at Central Connecticut State University on July 29,
1999)
http://www.dmhas.state.ct.us/sig/smith/default.htm
CYFERnet
(Children, Youth And Families Education and Research Network) --
Community Section
http://cyfernet.ces.ncsu.edu/cyfres/browse_2.php?search=Community
or http://www.cyfernet.org
The Good
Neighbor's Guide to Community Networking
http://lone-eagles.com/cnguide.htm
Join Together
Online
http://www.jointogether.org/home/
National
Civic League -- Community Services
http://www.ncl.org/cs/index.html
National
Coalition Building Institute International
http://www.ncbi.org/
The National
Network for Collaboration
http://crs.uvm.edu/nnco/
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