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Resources

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  • TECCS Coalition Building and Community Engagement Guide
    This guide was created by United Way Worldwide to help TECCS pilot site leaders:
    • Develop a strong coalition with membership that reflects the community (or enhance an existing coalition).
    • Build effective coalition structure and processes.
    • Identify, collect and present data in useful ways.
    • Facilitate effective coalition communication.
    • Relate authentically with all community stakeholders including neighborhood residents.
    • Engage the community effectively in all aspects of the coalition’s work.
  • TECCS Coalition Building and Community Engagement Tools
    Companion to the “TECCS Coalition Building and Community Engagement Guide.” Utilize the Coalition Building Checklist and Coalition Leadership Checklist to help you decide which tools are needed. 
  • What Makes An Effective Coalition?
    This paper explores the evidence base for what makes an effective coalition with the assumption that understanding what makes them effective and how to assess and improve them will increase their effectiveness as an advocacy tool and reduce potential frustrations associated with operating a coalition.
  • The Community Tool Box on Coalitions
    Provides a framework and support for creating your coalition or collaborative partnership.
  • University of Florida Coalition Building Resources
    Series of tools to help build coalitions.
  • Coalition Building: Starting a Coalition
    Make the case for building a coalition, how to build, structure and operate a coalition so it thrives.
  • Best Practices User Guide: Coalitions
    This user guide focuses on the critical role coalitions play in a comprehensive tobacco control program. This user guide is organized into seven sections: making the case, a brief history, how to develop a coalition, real world examples of coalitions, how state programs can support coalitions, the case for investment in coalitions and publications, tool kits and websites to help in planning efforts
  • How to Form a Coalition against Drunk Driving
    Topics include the advantages of coalitions, how to’s, hiring a project coordinator, recruiting participants, involving youth, etc.
  • Coalition Building
    Examples from around the world of coalitions and how they were formed. Includes definitions and tools
  • Attendance Awareness
    The Attendance Works website provides data and tools to promote tracking chronic absence data for every student, beginning in kindergarten or earlier and promotes partnering with families and community agencies to intervene when poor attendance is a problem for students or schools.
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