Sustaining Prevention: Eight Capacity Building Factors for Success

The goal of this Prevention Tactic is to demonstrate how prevention stakeholders can utilize eight capacity building factors to continue and expand prevention efforts regardless of the entity’s size, bureaucracy or the changing environment. To demonstrate how capacity building can enhance the likelihood of sustaining prevention efforts, this Tactic examines three diverse entities that have achieved sustainability success. Representatives from three prevention-based efforts were interviewed in order to better understand their success in sustaining their respective programs.
Domains: Community
Prevention Strategies: Coalitions and Community-Based StrategiesEducationEnvironmentalMentoring
Priority Populations: BIPOCLGBTQ2S+People Living with DisabilitiesPeople Living with a Trauma HistoryRural CommunitiesService Members, Veterans, and their Families (SMVF)Transition Age Youth (TAY)Youth
