This guide addresses how community Literacy Coalitions and their partner organizations can track the progress they are making to improve literacy in their communities, then use this information to improve their activities and, therefore, the effectiveness of their work.  While the guide focuses more on performance measurement and management from the perspective of community Literacy Coalitions, many of its recommendations are also intended to be helpful to individual literacy service providers.   Click under "Special Institute Literacy Projects" for the full text.  (The National Institute for Literacy is a federal agency that provides leadership on literacy issues.)

This guide (a) highlights  the concept of school-community partnerships; (b) reviews the state of the art to underscore directions for advancing the field; and (c) provides tools for those interested in developing and improving the ways schools and communities work together. (The national Center for Mental Health in Schools is an initiative of the School Mental Health Project of the Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles  Funding is provided by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, DHHS.)

This action kit for municipal leaders offers a broad range of strategies cities can use to promote physical activity, healthy eating, and access to healthy foods to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic. Recommendations in the action kit focus on forging partnerships with schools, making the most of out-of-school time, promoting access to nutritious foods, utilizing parks and recreation, and reshaping the physical environment. In addition, the kit contains numerous city examples, facts, and additional resources. (Headquartered in Washington DC, the National League of Cities is an organization of 1,600 cities and towns in the U.S.)

This resource is designed to help guide State and local agencies and organizations through public health processes that address important adolescent health and safety issues. It offers guidance and resources for national, State, and local adolescent health leaders to undertake the initiatives related to the 21 Critical Health Objectives which represent the most serious health and safety issues facing adolescents and young adults. (CDC is an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.)

This workbook presents information that will help Head Start and Early Head Start programs conduct a thorough and up-to-date community assessment. The workbook will also help programs identify new or underserved populations in the service area, assess their needs, and identify available resources. The process is presented as a series of five steps: (a) plan and organize; (b) design data collection; (c) gather data; (d) review and analyze; and (e) make decisions. Each step is described in detail and examples are given from actual community assessments conducted by Head Start programs around the country. Also see related resources at the bottom of the page. (The Early Childhood Knowledge & ...

This Tool Kit is designed to teach State and local government officials how to identify and fix problems that prevent people with disabilities from gaining equal access to State and local government programs, services, and activities.  It will also teach State and local officials how to conduct accessibility surveys of their buildings and facilities to identify and remove architectural barriers to access.

This four part webinar series was developed in partnership with Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and Georgetown University's National TA Center for Children's Mental Health.  It was developed to support youth in becoming involved in policy work. The series includes Policy 101, The Art of Public Speaking, Strategic Sharing, and Community Engagement.  Due to a technical error, in the second module the sound doesn't start until around 17 minutes. All the relevant information is presented in written format up to this point, as well as throughout.