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    I'm looking to focus on a community issue that could possibly get attention of law makers but unsure to go about it. It must be something that is not currently on law makers floor and has to be community based. One idea I though about was how some areas have the safe school passage but what about a safe child zone for instance if a child walking home felt threatened then they would hold up a red card to alert staff help is needed. Help needed don't know where I'm going with this
    • Assessing Community Needs and Resources
    • Advocating for Change
    • Influencing Policy Development
    		 Sun, 10/29/2017
    I have Traumatic Brain Injury from a domestic violence relationship and am curious to find the answer as to why I am still trying to connect with the right organization for help. I have been desperately trying so hard in getting help, assistance, housing, something to get me out of this nightmare of a situation im trapped in. I qualify for services still but yet have actually had help by anyone. Ive been destitute for over a year now and feel id be better off going back to my abuser of 6 years. At least id have food, shelter, clothes, hygeine, makeup, vehicle right? I just dont get why there are so many organizations that receive grant funding but someone like me, who prior to my injury, held a 4.2GPA and almost completed my masters program....Also, if I can be of any help, id love to represent the TBI, Victims of Abuse, PTSD, Disabled adults community by giving my testimony anytime. Thank you.
         		Advocating for Change Sun, 10/29/2017
    I would like to request permission to use your precede proceed diagram for my Doctor of Nursing (DNP) project that I will be doing for Georgetown University. I intend to use the diagram to demonstrate any correlation between new state legislation on opioid prescribing in the emergency department with provider knowledge, attitudes and practices.

    Thank you for your consideration.

    Kimberly Vanesko FNP-BC
         		Thu, 10/26/2017
    What advise do you have for folks who are trying to work on a community project, but need to keep a full time job in order to pay the bills.
    		Building Leadership Thu, 10/26/2017
    I want to start a mentoring/peer support business specifically in mental health and addictions recovery. Any help on program development or anything on how to get started is greatly appreciated.
    		Developing Strategic and Action Plans Thu, 10/26/2017
    I work with a non-profit that is categorized as a foundation. However, that limits our grant applications. How can we change our status? We seek grants, we cannot provide grants to other organizations.
         		Mon, 10/23/2017
    If I buy the Training Curriculum will I get to use the online toolbox? Sun, 10/22/2017
    How to let people know that medicare is dropping arthritic knee injections per input from surgeons. This was included in Part B because it is injected by doctor in an office location. Surgeons state it is "not medically necessary." However, many of us find it very necessary and don't want, or can't consider, the surgery alternative. The plans are not being transparent and won't even discuss with doctor providers "until the patient has enrolled in the policy."

    Please help get the word out so people can ask the plans for a straightforward answer.
    • Increasing Participation and Membership
    • Advocating for Change
    • Implementing a Social Marketing Effort
    		 Sat, 10/21/2017
    good work we have a community porgram in kenya in need of funding how can we connect with resources by using the tool box we shall be glad for your responce
    		Writing a Grant Application for Funding Tue, 10/17/2017
    How do you give focused advice to enhance practical application of this community toolbox?
         		Sat, 10/14/2017
    where is the templet for the GANTT chart? Improving Organizational Management and Development Mon, 10/09/2017
    Hello,
    I hope this message finds you well. I am a director of a research org at Tufts and we do quite a bit of collaborative research. We have the rare opportunity to take on two nonproject specific RPPs in the coming months and have just completed initial retreat with each partner. My next step is to draft a vision agreement with each group largely capturing the mission, values, main activities and metrics to gauge impact. This is separate from any financial agreements that we'll draw with them. This document will also be important for us to have, to win internal buy-in in our networks/supervisors/funders, and to communicate what we are doing to our external audiences. I am writing to request help, specifically to see if you know of a really wonderful infographic template that i can use for this. I am looking for a one-page template that can then be used everywhere. I would ideally like this for free, but would consider a reasonable fee design professional who could do this, too. Thanks!
         		Creating and Maintaining Coalitions and Partnerships Fri, 10/06/2017
    described how a community development worker would treat private issues differently to public issues?
    • Building Leadership
    • Advocating for Change
    		 Thu, 10/05/2017
    How did get the funding and launch the program for youth entrepreneurship. I am working with a nonprofit in Detroit that wants to start a youth entrepreneurship program this summer. Any best practices for fundraising, evaluation and intake of students would be appreciated.
    • Increasing Participation and Membership
    • Evaluating the Initiative
    • Improving Organizational Management and Development
    		 Wed, 10/04/2017
    What would an APA style reference look like for using content from here? I cannot find all the information I need to reference your site
         		Wed, 10/04/2017
    I would like to develop a communications strategy? can the community toolbox help?
    • Developing Strategic and Action Plans
    • Implementing a Social Marketing Effort
    		 Tue, 10/03/2017
    Where do I start if I want to use your tools for advocates for community change focusing on alternative solutions for health?
    • Analyzing Problems and Goals
    • Developing Strategic and Action Plans
    • Advocating for Change
    		 Tue, 10/03/2017
    What can I do to start the process of a community- base project program at my community center. The center is in a rural area where jobs and resources are limited and there is a drug and alcohol problem with our youth. I want to help my community, but don’t know where I should put my energy.
    • Assessing Community Needs and Resources
    • Analyzing Problems and Goals
    		 Thu, 09/28/2017
    Good morning, I am Steven Jeggels, coach and chairperson of the Jeffreys Bay Surf Club in Jeffreys Bay, South Africa.

    I was searching Google for Youth Leadership Course/Content and ended up at your website. Appreciate all the available content and advice on your site.

    This got me thinking - what if I approach the Community Tool Box and request some guidance and input into our Learn to Surf programme we are implementing for less privilege youth (6 - 20 years) from my community in Pellsrus (about 30 000 residents) in Jeffreys Bay, South Africa.

    We have been teaching kids how to surf for the last 15 years and had many success with many being selected to our national and provincial teams annually. However, we want to do more than teaching surfing and have researched many options to develop a leadership course for the boys and girls. Resources are limited in the region where we reside about this.

    Can we perhaps knock on your door for guidance about this and maybe assist us with developing such a course for our youth from Pellsrus in Jeffreys Bay?

    We are looking at an overall course that includes teachings about a life skills mentorship programme, supplementary literacy programme to improve English dialect and to spark an interest in reading.

    Some time ago someone told us about The Five Pillars of a Stable Human Foundation programme that we must implement with our learn to Surf programme to improve behaviour, attitude and human value among our youth. I cannot find such a programme. Would be great if we can have such a programme!!

    Anyway, please if you can respond to this request it will be much appreciated.

    Regards
    Steven Jeggels (Chairperson & Coach)
    Jeffreys Bay Surf Club
    Jeffreys Bay
    6330
    Eastern Province
    South Africa
         		Building Leadership Thu, 09/28/2017
    I am working for a neighborhood organization and part of my job is to reach out to the community and ask what future projects they would like to see. One of the ways we are planning on doing this is door knocking in the neighborhood. We will explain our organization, that we are looking for community input, and ask for their participation in our surveys. I read over your section on wind shielding and walking surveys and that was helpful. What I am wondering now is the best way to reach out to community members to get their participation in our survey. Do you have any advice on how to develop a door knocking script? Do you have a template? Thank you!
    • Assessing Community Needs and Resources
    • Developing Strategic and Action Plans
    • Implementing a Social Marketing Effort
    		 Tue, 09/26/2017
    I am interested in where can I locate the following on your page

    Identifying a need

    Obtaining resources for those needs

    Carrying out an actions plan to meet the needs
    • Assessing Community Needs and Resources
    • Analyzing Problems and Goals
    		 Mon, 09/25/2017
    Hello, my name is Emma Villarreal, Community Health Worker and I'm enrolled in my first semester in the UIC School of Public Health. My question is; where do I find specific information about conducting a Chicago neighborhood community profile. For example questions; what are Public Health Challenges, economic overview, nutritional options in a particular neighborhood?
    There are so many links that I feel lost in the search.

    Thank you.
    Emma Villarreal
    		Thu, 09/21/2017
    I was wondering if there was a way to print chapters? I have trouble reading articles on the computer.

         		Sun, 09/10/2017
    Hello. I am working as an AmeriCorps VISTA with Union County Carnegie Library this year. We are attempting to create a literacy program for adult learners to help them to develop their ability to improve their economic opportunities as well as to better all areas of their life, as reading is a fundamental skill. I am having problems finding out the literacy rate as well as other pertinent information in order to get started. Do you have any suggestions as to how to get started? Any information will be appreciated.
    • Assessing Community Needs and Resources
    • Analyzing Problems and Goals
    		 Wed, 09/06/2017
    Hello,
    when I was searching how come I will do my community work I found this. I really happy to contact and get some advise, please let me know how come I get community tool box training and reading material? is there any ways can you guys helping me to get more knowledge and wisdom on my resent plan of community work?
    • Assessing Community Needs and Resources
    • Developing Strategic and Action Plans
    • Building Leadership
    • Advocating for Change
    • Improving Organizational Management and Development
    • Sustaining the Work or Initiative
    		 Fri, 08/18/2017
    My names is Nambulana am a female aged 19 and am from Zambia.I have a very big concern over my fellow youths in terms of our healthcare and i thought of forming an organization or club.how can I be able to create one and am I going to be able to find sponsorship
    • Creating and Maintaining Coalitions and Partnerships
    • Assessing Community Needs and Resources
    • Analyzing Problems and Goals
    		 Mon, 08/14/2017
    This is personal but I recognize it as something definite. In most problems it so vague. I want to learn about other cultures, and this even sounds so culturally insensitive. It is probably. Please don't think I'm joking. Anytime I try to get to know Slavic, German, Russian, people, guys especially, I get so attracted to them. It's irrational typically or gets set off by hearing them speak sometimes. I feel like a jerk but I don't want to be like this. I want to have a respectful conversation without being... distracted. I apologize. Do you suggest I find where these attractions originated? I loved this guy in 7th grade(1999), a Russian dancer. In 3rd grade I fake married a Lebanese boy. Sorry, this is getting long. I was making friends with this German guy and it was good... then it took over. My brain scrambles when I talk to him. You don't have to answer but please please if you could direct me to somewhere that would help and take it seriously. I've been trying to figure out why I'm like this. But it started so long ago... Also, maybe I secretly should be Russian or whatever. Who knows? I'm open to anything you think could even possibly help. Thin chance or not. I hate this feeling. And having to keep it somewhat secret. Yugoslavians. Russians. Slavic languages. Stupid ugly dumb jerk Russians sometimes even. What's wrong with me? Even helping me with a way I should ask this question I can't even think about it anymore.
         		Analyzing Problems and Goals Sat, 08/12/2017
    How would I go about finding members or do I have to be a non profit
    • Creating and Maintaining Coalitions and Partnerships
    • Analyzing Problems and Goals
    • Developing Strategic and Action Plans
    • Increasing Participation and Membership
    		 Fri, 08/11/2017

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