• Community Organization

• Define the community by identifying its demographic characteristics and core values for the purpose of providing appropriate prevention services.

• Identify key community members using informal and formal processes in order to determine community readiness and ensure diverse participation.

• Engage community leaders by including them in the planning process in order to foster participation and ownership in achieving prevention goals.

• Identify prevention needs and resources within the community by collecting relevant information in order to provide a foundation for a sound and culturally appropriate plan.

• Develop a prevention plan in accordance with appropriate prevention theory by collaborating with community members to achieve the identified goals.

• Support the community by providing technical assistance in order to implement a plan for achieving prevention goals.

• Develop the capacity of the community through ongoing mentoring and training to sustain positive change resulting from the prevention project.