Planning

There are several factors Communities Against Substance Abuse activates for planning prevention strategies. A communal definition of a substance abuse problem is imperative to the development of effective solutions. 

Communities Against Substance Abuse work with groups to identify:

• A description of the setting of the substance abuse problem
• Who to involve in the planning process
• Community resources

In order to develop solutions, we must identifying desired outcomes through:

• Identifying community-wide conditions that we want to create
• Identifying strategies that will result in those improved conditions
• Developing short, medium, and long-term measures of progress

Outcomes will not be achieved unless community participation is initiated to:

• Continue with the effort over time
• Actively participate in implementation of the solution
• Co-design evaluation measures
• Co-design accountability mechanisms