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Question:
we are starting a Community Mentor Program for birth moms in foster care ,how can I get pamphlets,DVD' any information on this topic ,training mentors information to train with etc
Answer:

Hello,
Thank you for your patience in my response. Also, thank you for your question. 
We don't have information on mentoring for birth moms in foster care specifically, but Chapter 22 of the Tool Box has several different sections on youth mentoring. See https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/implement/youth-mentoring. You may also want to do a search of various mentorship models that you could use that fir what you are doing. 
It also sounds like you may be working with a fairly vulnerable group, correct? I may also consider thinking about creating a coalition (of sorts) to assist in addressing this topic. See Toolkits 1 https://ctb.ku.edu/en/creating-and-maintaining-partnerships and 2 https://ctb.ku.edu/en/assessing-community-needs-and-resources. A coalition would bring together different stakeholders that have a "stake" in this topic, such as local community members, health systems, and the foster care system, for example. I understand that this is far beyond what you are asking. And, by converging a group like this, you may also gain access to these important resources (and knowledge of them). 
Thank you for writing in! And, good luck with your important work!
Charlie

Question Date: Jue, 09/26/2019
Question:
I work for a local public health department and we are constantly putting health messages in our community. Is there a template or guidance on how to formulate questions that evaluate comprehension and overall effectiveness of our health messaging materials?
Answer:

Hello,
Thank you for your patience in my response. Also, thank you for your question. 
You may consider chapters 36 - 39 in the Tool Box, as they pertain to evaluating the effectiveness of a program. Toolkit is also a related space where you will find some relevant information. See https://ctb.ku.edu/en/evaluating-initiative
In terms of direct strategies for question development, I lean on what I want to know. That is, what, specifically, would I like to know from participants? If, for example, you are interested in whether a participant (or generally community member) has any experience, you may show one of your ads and ask something like, "In the past month, how many times have you seen this ad?" Or, something like, "In seeing these materials, have they caused you to think about the following..." and you may have a list of ideas you are intending to foster with the materials. Without having the specific context, I can only create general ideas. But, generally, they should be pointed and direct regarding specific components of the messaging. You may also consider doing an internet search for "crafting survey questions." 
I hope this information is helpful. Good luck on your work and thanks for writing in!
Charlie

Question Date: Lun, 09/30/2019
Question:
What methodology can you institute to put in place a water sector committee in the organization which has several departments?
Answer:

Hello,
Thank you for your question. I am not sure if I can adequately respond without some more context, but I can point you to some resources that I think may be of use. It sounds like you are interested in creating some sort of internal organziational committee, correct? If so, you may find the chapters on "Developing a stratrgic plan and organizational structure" helpful. See https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents. You may also find the sections on "leadership and management" useful. 
Good luck on your work! Thanks again for writing in! 
Charlie

Question Date: Sáb, 10/05/2019
Question:
Do you have the complete guide ( Generating, Managing, and Sustaining Financial Resources) document that can be sent to me or I would have to copy it from the website?
Answer:

Hello, and thank you for writing in! 
Because the Tool Box chapters are interlinked and have many hyperlinked references, we do not have a pdf or other format copy we can send. Using ctrl+P is a fairly quick way to save it in a pdf, however. 
Thanks again!
Charlie

Question Date: Sáb, 10/05/2019
Question:
Dado que las preguntas que hacemos ya son un reflejo implícito de nuestros estereotipos y pensamientos sobre un tema, parece importante considerar cuidadosamente lo que queremos preguntar antes de diseñar un programa de intervención.
Nuestra pregunta aquí es:
¿Sobre qué base deciden los investigadores (en la fase de diseño del programa de intervención) qué preguntas hacer?
Answer:

Hola,
Mi respuesta es en inglés y español (con la ayuda de un traductor en línea).
Gracias por escribir. Haces una pregunta muy importante. Las perspectivas probablemente diferirán en esto, por lo que le proporcionaré mis propias ideas.
Para mí, al diseñar una intervención, primero trato de convocar a la coalición de partes interesadas más representativa posible antes de hacer preguntas. Luego, utilizo varias herramientas descritas en los capítulos 17-19 para asegurar que se escuchen todas las voces, especialmente las más afectadas por el problema. También es probable que trabaje con las partes interesadas para construir una teoría de cambio para un posible programa / intervención.
En general, trato de hacer mi mejor esfuerzo para crear un contexto en el que las partes interesadas guíen el proceso. Mi objetivo es ayudar a que surjan esas ideas en lugar de tratar de hacer cumplir mis propias ideas.
Gran pregunta!
Charlie
Hello,
My response is in English and Spanish (with help from an online translator).
Thank you for writing in. You ask a very important question. Perspectives will likely differ on this, so I will provide you with my own ideas.
For me, when designing an intervention, I first try to convene the most representative coalition of stakeholders possible before asking questions. Then, I utilize various tools outlined in chapters 17 – 19 to ensure that all voices are heard – especially those most affected by the issue. I will also likely work with the stakeholders to build a theory of change for a potential program/intervention.
Generally, I try to do my best to create a context where the stakeholders guide the process. My goal is to assist in emerging those ideas instead of trying to enforce my own ideas.
Great question!
Charlie

Question Date: Mié, 10/09/2019
Question: How do we make sure that the intervention fulfills its goals?
Answer:

Hello,
Thank you for writing into the community tool box! 
This is a very broad question, but in my experience a logic model or theory of change are great ways to identify the progress of a intervention/program/initiative. Chapters 36-39 in the tool box have some great resources on evaluation. I'd recommend starting here: https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/evaluate/evaluation
Good luck with your work!
Charlie 

Question Date: Mié, 10/09/2019
Question:
Hi Team, I am heading a project team in Kampala and we intend to set up a free/low cost emergency ambulance service. Besides the current fundraising campaign, we are looking at possibilities of ambulance vehicle donation or related equipment. Any ideas as to how we can go about the idea?
Answer:

Hello,
Thank you for your question and visiting the Ask an Advisor site. Although your question is a bit out of our area, I can help think of some potential paths. I would start by recommending building connections with institutions who have ambulances. I think they would likely be the most informed about how the process of ambulance donation would work. I am not familiar with Ugandan systems, but perhaps there are emergency and other ambulance services there that may be able to help. 
Good luck with your work! Thank you again for contacting us!
Charlie

Question Date: Jue, 10/10/2019
Question:
We are looking for potential people that maybe willing to work with us as as online and onsite volunteers.Is it possible to get them through the Community toolbox platform?
Answer:

Hello,
Thank you for contacting the toolbox! Also, thank you for your patience on my response. 
We do not connect organizations to volunteers. However, depending on where you are located, there are likely organizations that do that kind of work. In the U.S., for example, the United Way is such an organization that works to connect organizations and volunteers. There are also many coalitions that do similar work. 
I would recommend looking locally for similar organizations that may fit your needs. 
Good luck with your work!
Charlie

Question Date: Mié, 10/16/2019
Question:
will there be any legal issue if i use your words present in the web site of yours for my community organization..
Answer:

Hello,
Thank you for your patience on my response! And, thank you for your question. 
There are not any legal issues for using the information provided on the website. However, we would appreciate appropriate citations when referencing the site and/or any materials we produce. 
Charlie

Question Date: Jue, 10/17/2019
Question:
Hello,
I'm a dance artist and teacher and have been curious about how my art/skill could be used to benefit groups of people in any given community. More specifically in areas of conflict resolution, mediation, and/or fostering community building.

Any guidance or direction would be extremely helpful. Any examples would also be beneficial.

I'm searching for a way to give back and put my craft to use.

Appreciation in advance.
Answer:

Hello,
Thank you for writing in and thanks for your patience on my response. 
This sounds like really wonderful work! Unfortunately, it is a little out of my expertise area. However, I know there are many programs around the U.S. that use the arts and dance for a whole host things around community building and healing. For example, there are researchers in my field (community psychology) that use photography as a method for consciousness raising and community change (see "Photovoice"). There is also an entire field of arts-based activism. 
If I were in your position (with your skills and desire), I would connect with a local organization(s) around a topic you are interested in addressing with dance. For example, a former student of mine works in a local "alternative" school to use physical fitness as a form of meditation/focus for students who may be at higher risk for dropping out. In Googling "dance as conflict resolution" I found an article in psychology today that may also be helpful: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-dolphin-divide/201608/conflict-resolution-dancing-your-way-cooperation.
Good luck in your work. 
Charlie

Question Date: Vie, 10/25/2019
Question:
how do i get funding to go to a youth conference hosted by the United Nations on leadership and policy making, as I have been selected but lack the funds to go.
Answer:

Hello,
Thank you for writing in! 
Unfortunately, we don't have information on funding as it is most often context specific. I would recommend checking with local agencies/organizations that do leadership development. Your local city/county may also have some funds. 
Good luck!
Charlie

Question Date: Mar, 10/29/2019
Question: I wanna take action
Answer:

Hello,
I would recommend connecting with a local non-profit organization. They usually have many opportunities for people who are looking to take action. 

Question Date: Mar, 10/29/2019
Question:
Greetings,
Do you have any samples of a simple feasibility study you could share? I am working with a technical college dental training program regarding possible changes to its dental clinic to better serve students and community members. I'd appreciate any examples you can provide that aren't so geared to the business/profit world. Thanks!
Answer:

Hello Lara,
We did not have a specific example of a feasibility study in The Community Tool Box.  
I am able to recommend the following article that provides great details and practical advice about conducting a feasibility study. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2859314/ 
Because this is from a public health perspective, it seems most appropriate to your project, and includes descriptions of studies that have been done. It also provides guidance for different methods that may be used to address different questions you may have. For example, are you concerned about acceptability, practicality, demand? It has suggestions for data collection activities most suitable to answer each of them. There is guidance offered for many of the data collection methods in Chapter 3 of the Community Tool Box - Assessing Community Needs and Resources. You might also explore Section 6 in Chapter 17.
I hope this is helpful to you. If you need more or this did not meet your need, please write back wtih more specific questions and hopefully we can be more helpful.
 

Question Date: Lun, 11/04/2019
Question:
Q:Do you think cultural competency is important in education,health and business sector.
Answer:

Hello,
Yes, cultural competence is important in any situation. If you want to read more about why this is important and what it means, please see Chapter 27, Section 7 in The Community Tool Box.
The Community Tool Box Advisor

Question Date: Mié, 11/06/2019
Question:
hello, sir/mam
My question is how this Community ToolBox Help to join people?
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Answer:

The Community Tool Box helps to join people by offering tools that can be used by individuals who are working to join people. Each Chapter includes information about how to work together to solve community problems or create stronger communities. The related Toolkits are also helpful. For example, Toolkit #1 is Creating and Maintaining Coalitions and Partnerships.  It includes resources to help bring people together in common purpose, assemble the group, form a collective plan and implement it together.
Chapters 27 and 28 help with cultural competence and spirituality and community building. This knowledge and the tools are helpful to not only bring people together, but help them to understand one another and work more effectively together.
I hope this answers your question and you will explore the information and tool kits to see how it can help you to create community and bring people together.
 
 

Question Date: Vie, 11/08/2019
Question:
Hello Team,
I am a student at the University Of Northwestern-St. Paul and would like to ask for permission to cite your web platform of any material referenced in an academic presentation. I noticed the "All Rights Reserved," and "copy right patent," with a Licensed also. I or the University of Northwestern-St. Paul wish to have zero legal action brought to the person or academic organization if material used for the use in academic learning and presenting format. I will wait for your permission response before citing any material from this web platform.
Respectfully,
Einar O. UNWSP Student
Answer:

Hello Einar O.
The Community Tool Box likes it when people use our material and reference us. There is no problem with citing the web platform when you reference material in an academic presentation. The rights reservation and copyrighting are so that people can't take the material and pretend it is their own. Sharing the learning and citing it appropriately is not only OK, but it helps us to get the work out. So, thank you for using and citing the material, and thank you for asking.
The Community Tool Box Advisor

Question Date: Jue, 11/14/2019
Question:
Will you be updating the Precede-Proceed Model to match the 9 Phases (example: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1752-7325.2011.00235.x)? While it is not a huge deal to explain the newer version, it would make it easier people to understand if everything matched.
Answer:

Hello Janie,
The Advisors are separate from the Community Tool Box development team, so I cannot tell you for sure if they will be updating the Precede-Proceed Model. I will, however, pass along your suggestion to them, especially if it would make things easier.
Thank you so much for sharing this information!
The CTB Advisor

Question Date: Vie, 11/15/2019
Question:
I am a social work faculty member at a university in Lebanon. I am working with several colleagues in an interdisciplinary research cluster. We are assisting the national Red Cross in developing a community assessment. This was to be used in short term planning at the various regional branches and then long term planning nationally. Recently, what is locally being referred to as a "revolution" has occurred. But it might more accurately be described as massive civil disobedience. There have been a few violent incidents that have been quite isolated. Yet, I think there is a strong possibility that this will escalate. I am suggesting to the cluster that we temporarily terminate our work. We cannot assess a community that is in crisis. I was interested in your thoughts or advice.

Thank you for your response and the availability of the toolbox. It has been enormously helpful to me over the years in teaching community development and in my work in the community.
Answer:

Hello Michele,
Thank you for contacting The Community Tool Box. We are pleased to hear that we have been helpful over the years with your work in the community.
In regard to deciding whether to suspend the work there are a few considerations.
1. Will the potential violence place individuals who are collecting data in danger?
2. If there is, indeed, a "revolution" taking place and it looks like things might change somehow (political, economic, cultural), how will the outcome impact the community needs and assets? If the current conditions may result in greater or different needs or somehow affect the results you might achieve, then it is important to wait and capture the needs once the environment is stable enough to formulate and implement a plan.
3. If it looks like this "revolution" will be an ongoing string of civil disobedience over a length of time, then you might want to do the assessment and include questions about how this is impacting community members and include this in your planning.
4. You might consider doing an abbreviated version during this time of unrest to determine short term needs at this time, and then conduct the more comprehensive assessment at a later date to be used for long-term planning.
In summary, the first consideration should always be safety. After that, the primary consideration is timing to complete the assessment when you will get the most useful information that can be incorporated into short- and long-term plans without the distortion of results that some extreme but passing events may provide.
Please stay safe and write again if you have further questions.
The CTB Advisor

Question Date: Mié, 11/27/2019
Question:
Hi I was given your information from a copy writer and she stated that this organization may be a good opportunity to assist us in community building for District 2 and 30 of Dallas. I would like to schedule a call with someone to discuss more about what your organization does. Thank you!
Answer:

Hello Adam,
Thank you for contacting The Community Tool Box about assistance with community building. To learn more about what we have to offer, please contact the Community Tool Box staff at:
Work Group for Community Health and Development
4082 Dole Human Development Center
1000 Sunnyside Avenue
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045-7555 (U.S.A.)
Telephone: (785) 864-0533
Fax: (785) 864-5281
Email: toolbox@ku.edu
We will welcome a call or email from you more directly than through our Ask an Advisor feature.
The Community Tool Box Advisor

Question Date: Sáb, 12/07/2019
Question: 1) How do problems get on the public agenda?how this process work in pakistan?
Answer:

Hello,
The Community Tool Box offers guidance for Community Change and Promoting Community Health and Development in Chapters 1, 2,3, and especially Chapter 4 (Getting Issues on the Public Agenda). When you read these chapters, and any others, keep in mind that The Community Tool Box is U.S. based and the guidance provided generally reflects how things are done in the U.S. In our work, we have found that these same methods may not apply in other countries where there are differences in the government, laws, and culture. Using these methods without considering the context where you are can actually have negative outcomes.
Since you are interested in getting problems on the public agenda in Pakistan, I would suggest that you:
1. Browse the Chapters in The Community Tool Box to find what might be relevant and learn some more general possible techniques. For example, Chapter 3 gives guidance on assessing community needs and resources which may be helpful for you to clearly define the problems. And then, before you take any action  --
2. Find individuals who have been successful in Pakistan at getting problems on the public agenda and working to create change. Strategies that are effective in the U.S. may not be at all effective, or even possible in other countries. Again, sometimes strategies used in the U.S. may even have negative outcomes when they are used in other countries. So it is very important that you work with someone who is skilled in Pakistan and knows the laws and how the systems there work. The most important thing to consider if you want to be successful is how the systems work in Pakistan and which methods work best for bringing awareness in those systems.
I hope this is helpful.
The Community Tool Box Advisor

Question Date: Lun, 12/09/2019
Question:
Hi, I work at a very progressive, busy public Library in suburban NYC and am charged with creating a community partnership database and mapping the community's assets. Is your toolbox right for me to explore? Please advise.
Thank you
Jennifer Bangser
Director, Strategic Community Partnerships
The Westport Library
20 Jesup Road
Westport, CT 06880
203.291.4835
847-656-6606 (cell)
JBangser@westportlibrary.org
WestportLibrary.org

Answer:

Hello,
Yes! The Community Tool Box is an excellent resource to help you with creating a community partnership database and mapping community assets.
Chapter 3 includes sections on identifying community assets and resources (Section 8) and tools for community mapping (Section 16). It has a number of other sections that may also include useful information about collecting data in your community. Toolkit #2 accompanies Chapter 3 and includes many resources that you might also find useful. At the bottom of each section, The Community Toolbox includes links to additional resources that can also be helpful.
Thank you for contacting us!
The Community Tool Box Advisor
 

Question Date: Lun, 12/09/2019
Question:
Hello,
I would like to sign up for the newsletter, but the page cannot be found.
Thanks for the help.
Best,
Sally
Answer:

Hello,
We are happy to see that you are interested in our newsletter!  To sign up just follow the instructions below.  Please write back if they do not work for some reason.
Put your mouse on "Connect: Link with Others in the middle at the top of the page.  A drop-down menu will appear with one of the selections being "Subscribe to eNewsletter."  Click on that and it should take you to a page so that you can sign up.  I just signed up and it worked.
The Community Tool Box Advisor
 

Question Date: Jue, 12/12/2019
Question:
Hello,

I just started a non-profit and I'm trying to apply for a grant. In the grant, I need to communicate the challenge or need of community leadership development and what the intended benefits of community leadership development are. In my response, I need to use data to support my approach.

I'm having trouble communicating proof of concept. I don't know how to present the market investability for community leadership development to future impact investors. Can the community toolbox possibly help me gather this data so I can put together a grant application for our work?

Below is A Summary of our new non-profit:

The 1C9 Leadership Foundation is a non-profit whose vision is to empower Baltimore's current and future leaders through leadership development, coaching, and community development. 1C9 Leadership Foundation exists to empower future leaders towards citywide, transformational change in Baltimore, MD. From our leadership development and coaching services to our spiritual formation partnerships, we are striving to build a better future for our communities.

With these challenges, our cities, like Baltimore, can end up looking more like battlegrounds rather than playgrounds. The 1C9 Leadership Foundation believes that where you have Health, Family and Community you have the building blocks for leadership development. Investing in the transformation of Baltimore's leaders is more than inviting people to a program - it takes leadership - and not just leadership, but leadership with a purpose.

Seeing Transformation in Baltimore takes going where people live, listening to them, and pointing them to the God-given purpose(s) that will ultimately meet their deepest needs. However, this kind of wide-scale transformation and change begins at the individual level, one step at a time. From our leadership development and coaching services to our community development projects, you can partner with us as we strive to build a better future for Baltimore's communities.

Below is a summary of our pilot project:

1C9 Leadership Foundation will organize a free annual health fair located at the Penn North Recovery Center's fitness center called Will B. Better Bodies. Through this annual community health fair, signups will be available to low-income men and women in recovery who wish to be part of the 1C9 Emerging Leaders Program. The outcome of this emerging leaders program will allow 1C9 to support the development of Health and Wellness in the respective Neighborhoods of emerging leader applicants. The goal of the Emerging Leaders Program will be to create Workforce Development Opportunities for emerging leaders. In addition, we will offer leadership development workshops to our emerging leader applicants designed to help low-income families and members in the community interested in making a social impact in their respective communities. 1C9 leadership foundation will organize the event and work with the Will B. Better Bodies personnel to execute the activities for the health fair. One of the 1C9 Leadership Foundation's program goals is to collect information on Health and Wellness issues relevant in West Baltimore. We will accomplish this through Neighborhood Development Projects such as the Free Annual Health Fair. We will offer free health workshops that families in the community can sign up for during the event. 1C9 will organize the event and fundraising campaigns. The 1C9 leadership foundation will work with the Penn North Recovery Center's fitness center called Will B. Better Bodies personnel to execute the events health and wellness activities, health screenings and workshops during the health fair. In addition, The 1C9 Leadership Foundation will develop family development resources available to low income households. The goal of developing these resources is to provide single parents, adolescent parents and low income families access to materials and opportunities that increase capacity for parent leadership and increased children’s academic success. Information about our family leadership development resources will be available at the free annual community health fair.
Answer:

Hello,
I am sorry to tell you that The Community Tool Box does not provide hands on services, but provides information and guidance. After reading through your request I found several chapters that you may find helpful:
1. Chapter 2, Section 1. This explains how to create a logic model which you may or may not have. But more importantly, at the bottom of the page are links to good resources for creating a Theory of Change. This can be one useful way to show how what you are doing is expected to produce the changes that will lead to your longer term outcome.
2. Chapter 3 is about gathering and analyzing all types of data. This, and the other tool kits and resources  provided may help you to identify the best data you can use, or how to gather it.
3. Chapter 13 offers Orienting Ideas in Leadership. You may find information in here that you can use to support your case for leadership development. Likewise in Chapter 14 which covers core functions in leadership.
4. Chapter 23 is about Modifying access, barriers and opportunities which is, again, related to the work you are doing. You may also find useful tools or information you can reference to support your grant application.
5. Chapter 42 is about getting grants and may also include helpful information for your grant proposal.
If these tools do not meet your needs, you might try contacting a local university professor in a business school to see if they would be either able to help, or perhaps have a promising graduate student who needs a project or would be interested in performing community service.  
I hope these tools are helpful. 
The Community Tool Box Advisor

Question Date: Lun, 12/16/2019
Question:
Good Morning, It's funny how you come by something really good on the internet and have no idea where the contact originated. I am grateful to have found Toolbox. The organisation I am involved with as deputy president is Living Values Education, a Swiss registered non profit established for 20 years. We are totally voluntary structure and have LVE representation active in over 40 countries. All LVE materials are offered of charge, like you we rely on donations. We have historically been supported by many organisations including UNESCO.
Please view our website: www.livingvalues.net
Even having been successful in the past still requires us to focus on ongoing upgrading of our services to the community.
I am responsible for resources and seeking external help in better presenting facilitator skills to our international field trainers and new comers to LVE. Toolbox has this beautifully and succinctly laid out. Your presentation dovetails with our own explanation of the qualities and requirements of a facilitator and would provide and substantiate even greater understanding. Specifically, we would like to incorporate the text relative to Facilitation shown on your website, naturally offering recognition to the Toolbox source as required.
In addition, we appear to have much in common, your Toolbox website offers many aspects of community training which our members would benefit from and I feel Living Values Education would benefit from developing a greater relationship/partnership with you.
I trust that this message will well received and look forward to further communications with you, LVE recognises and welcomes 2020 - a new decade for us both and a huge opportunity to lend assistance to a world in crisis.

Kind Regards, Happy New Year Kansas
Raj Miles
Deputy President, Association for Living Values Education International

Answer:

Hello,
Thank you for contacting The Community Tool Box and for your complimentary remarks.
The Advisor cannot provide you permission to use Tool Box materials, nor can we form a partnership with you.  We can, however, give you information about who to contact for these things.  Here is the contact information for The Community Tool Box.
We would love to hear from you! Please contact us if you have comments or suggestions or if we may be of assistance:
Work Group for Community Health and Development
4082 Dole Human Development Center
1000 Sunnyside Avenue
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045-7555 (U.S.A.)
Telephone: (785) 864-0533
Fax: (785) 864-5281
Email: toolbox@ku.edu
Website: http://communityhealth.ku.edu
We hope this is helpful,
The Community Tool Box Advisor

Question Date: Sáb, 12/28/2019
Question:
Good morning,
The City of Lincoln, NE is issuing a quote for a Public Health Evaluator for Tobacco Free Lancaster County coalition. I would like to give you the opportunity to submit your quote for the City of Lincoln/Lancaster County Health Department.

All bids and quotes must be submitted electronically. In order to submit your pricing you will need to register on our Ionwave system. Please register soon. I will be releasing this bid today on our system.

TO REGISTER, GO TO:
www.lincoln.ne.gov
Type "bid" into search box located under the Important heading
After hitting enter
CLICK "SUPPLIER REGISTRATION" on the left
ENTER INFORMATION AS REQUIRED WITH THE RED *

After you have registered, and company has been approved you will receive an email notification of the approval. When the bid is released on our site you will receive an email stating the bid has been posted to our site to view and submit pricing. If you register after the bid is released, you may still submit your pricing by logging onto the site and clicking on the bid.

To view our bids/quotes you will log in with the username and password you created in the registration. Once you click on the quote/bid you will see tabs going across the page (Attachment, Attributes, Line, Supplier Response, Submit Response, etc.) click on these tabs in order to see information associated with the bid. Fill in any box under these tabs before clicking on the submit button.

If you have any further questions let me know.


Rachelle Hinze, Buyer
City of Lincoln/Lancaster County Purchasing
440 South 8th, Ste. 200
Lincoln, NE 68508
(402)-441-8313
www.lincoln.ne.gov
Answer:

Hello,
The "Ask the Advisor" feature of hte Community Tool Box is for questions. Contact information for inquiries such as this should go to:
Work Group for Community Health and Development
4082 Dole Human Development Center
1000 Sunnyside Avenue
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045-7555 (U.S.A.)
Telephone: (785) 864-0533
Fax: (785) 864-5281
Email: toolbox@ku.edu
Website: http://communityhealth.ku.edu
Thank you!
The Community Tool Box Advisor

Question Date: Lun, 12/30/2019
Question: Hi...My question is how to make project about poverty and also illiteracy
Answer:

              Thank you for writing to us at the Community Tool Box.   There’s no doubt that both poverty and illiteracy are great problems in many parts of the world.  But what can one person do to make a difference and improve the situation?  You are asking a very big question!
                In our opinion, a good way to start is first to think about your own community setting, and the resources – people, money, and time – you have available (or can make available) there. Then, you might ask yourself what specific actions can you take in your community right now that are realistic and that will have a good chance of success?  
               Those actions may be small in size and scope.  But if you can achieve even a small success, that is a very good thing. That’s because success will lead to positive outcomes for you and your community, and also because success will most likely increase your own confidence and the community’s confidence as well.         
              In different words, success builds momentum. And that means it will increase the chances of your taking future actions in the same area.  
              To find the best actions, though, will usually take thinking and planning before you actually get going.   This planning time will pay off for you later on. You might want to plan your work together with other people in your setting who feel as you do, both because better ideas may emerge from discussion, and because several people can  then share the work you decide upon.
              Also, as you think further, you might consult the sections in Chapter 18 in the Community Tool Box, which discusses Deciding Where to Start.  The sections in Chapter 19, on designing interventions, may also be helpful to you.
              Thanks again for being in touch, and all best wishes for great success in your work.

Question Date: Mié, 01/08/2020
Question: Is there a fillable logic model?
Answer:

Dear Sarah, many thanks for your answer and for your interest in Ask an Advisor. Generally, each call for proposal suggests a specific logic model for planning a project. Anyway, you can find many indications in our Toolkit, Chapter 2, Section 1. Developing a Logic Model or Theory of Change, on the web page https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/overview/models-for-community-health-and-development/logic-model-development/main
Hoping for a successful result for your project, best greetings!

Question Date: Jue, 01/09/2020
Question:
I would like to discuss my project and see what makes the most sense utilizing this tool box. I would really appreciate someone to discuss this with.
Answer:

Dear Cassie,
many thanks for your question and for your confidence in our help. Surely, Community Tool Box has a lot of suggestions that may be useful in a project. However, if you ask us about more specific issues, we may give you - we hope - more suitable indications. Looking forward to better knowing your doubts and your difficulties, many greetings!

Question Date: Vie, 01/10/2020
Question: Principle of critical tinking
Answer:

Dear Jkk, thank you for your interesting (and complex) question.
Many many people talk about critical thinking. Promoting a critically and rationally way of thinking is one of the aims of all educational institutions. Philosophers up from very ancient times (like Socrates or Plato) have discussed the suitable pathway for critical knowledge. In contemporary times, the philosopher Robert Ennis defined critical thinking as a form of “reasonable reflective thinking focused on deciding what to believe or do”. A Latin American educator, Paulo Freire, used the notion of “critical consciousness” referring to the use of critical thinking for analyzing the situation of oppression, as the first step toward change.
From a community psychology perspective, critical thinking may be seen as the search for new strategies and new solutions for collective problems, avoiding re-proposing old attempted solutions, which are often intertwined with the problem, as the systemic scholars stated.
Critical thinking is, therefore, related to efforts to change. You may find ideas in this regard in Community Tool Box, f.i. in Section “Help Taking Action”, sub-section “Best Change Processes”, and precisely “Developing a Framework or Model of Change” on the page https://ctb.ku.edu/en/best-change-processes/developing-a-framework-or-model-of-change/overview. There are suggestions to promote a real process towards changing, taking into account both difficulties and resources existing in social contexts, exploring rationally and critically the best practices for meeting community needs.
Hoping to have provided useful indications, best greetings!

Question Date: Lun, 01/13/2020
Question:
Hello Community tool box advisors! I want to begin by stating that the resources you provide are wonderful and moreover to provide them free of charge is much appreciated!!! I currently work in the field of behavior analysis, where we develop interventions that address adaptive living skills, social skills, employment skills etc. depending on the age demographic that we are working with. I've noticed that at times the skills we are trained to teach do not match with the cultural preferences of our client's communities, I have also noticed that staffing at times may not place cultural needs as a priority. My questions are, 1) Do you have any recommendations for testing an individuals' competence in a culture as it relates to ethnicity and socioeconomic status? 2) Do you have recommendations on how to go about identifying the norms/standards of a community's culture prior to intervention?

Thank you!!!!
Answer:

Dear Onaida
thank you for your questions and for compliments addressed to our work! Our mission is just to offer answers or at least useful instruments for community psychologists.
You can find useful suggestions for both your questions, related to assessing and enhancing cultural competence in our Toolkit 9, “Enhancing Cultural Competence”, which provides also examples.
See also the whole Chapter 27, “Cultural Competence in a Multicultural World”: its eleven sections, with multifaceted topics aimed at enhancing cultural competence and build culturally competent and inclusive communities, may be really interesting for achieving your goals. See, in particular, Section 2. “Building Relationships with People from Different Cultures”. Each section indicates Online Resources and Print Resource (with appropriate references). Generally, this kind of information is related to cultural differences, anyway, we know that often the socioeconomic status is strictly linked to the dominant culture or to the minority culture or ethnic group. Anyway in the toolkit, the social class is taken into account (see f.i. the exercise on the page https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/culture/cultural-competence/building-relationships/main).  I may suggest – in addition – some papers published in the American Journal of Community Psychology by Fabricio Balcazar and Yolanda Suarez Balcazar about their studies regarding cultural competence in health professionals, as Balcazar, F. E., Suarez-Balcazar, Y., & Taylor-Ritzler, T. (2009). Cultural competence: Development of a conceptual framework. Disability and rehabilitation, 31(14), 1153-1160, or Garrido, R., Garcia-Ramirez, M., & Balcazar, F. E. (2019). Moving towards Community Cultural Competence. International Journal of Intercultural Relations73, 89-101. The authors, F. Balcazar and Y. Suarez-Balcazar, are quoted also in Community Tool Box, Section 1 of Chapter 37, “Choosing Questions and Planning the Evaluation”.
Many wishes for your work, and let us know – if you want – the implementation of your projects!

Question Date: Sáb, 01/18/2020
Question:
Good morning,



How can I assess mental wellness needs in my state?

Answer:

Dear Peter
thank you for your question.
You may find some useful indications in our Toolkits, in Section 2. Assessing Community Needs and Resources, on the webpage https://ctb.ku.edu/en/assessing-community-needs-and-resources.
Besides, if you want topics more related to wellness and health services, you can see Section 7. Ten Essential Public Health Services https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/overview/models-for-community-health-and-development/ten-essential-public-health-services/main.
About your specification “in my state”: generally, mental health needs involve many typologies of population. If you refer to your community’s needs, I think that my first indication (Section 2) will be useful for you. If you instead refer to the facilities or the norms in force in your state, you might compare people’s needs with services provided by your state.
Hoping to have been useful, best wishes for your work!

Question Date: Mié, 01/22/2020
Question:
Hello! I am Joe Shepherd and I work for Floyd County Public Library in New Albany, IN. I recently came on board as a customer service liaison, but I am working on my Master's in Social Work, while working on social service projects for the library. I am full time, part customer service and part social service outreach. Currently, I am trying to develop a diversity training for our staff. When I started working here, I've heard how some staff refer to certain patrons based on their socioeconomic status (we have several homeless patrons,) other races (on mentioned a Chinese woman), and individuals that have mental health conditions (one staff member described a man that has some form of psychosis.) They do not realize how they are speaking about these individuals. So I would like to incorporate unconscious bias training into diversity training. I've used the community toolbox when I was working on a needs assessment for a local non profit and I love the diversity section, but I do have questions. How can I tie in implicit bias with the diversity? I have looked for several resources but I am having trouble finding some that are still relevant or do not have broken links (or pages that have been taken down). Any little bit of information will help! Thanks!
Answer:

Dear Joe,
your interest in managing cultural diversities are really valuable. Such an issue is at the base of our work as community psychologists.
In the Community Tool Box, I suggest the whole Chapter 27. “Cultural Competence in a Multicultural World”, and, in particular,  Section 2. “Building Relationships with People from Different Cultures”, the Main Section https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/culture/cultural-competence/building-relationships/main and the related Tools https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/culture/cultural-competence/building-relationships/tools
I find of interest also Section 4. “Strategies and Activities for Reducing Racial Prejudice and Racism”, where, as a tool, there is a PowerPoint presentation, very useful, which may be uploaded, on the page https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/culture/cultural-competence/reduce-prejudice-racism/powerpoint
I suggest you as well Section 7. “Building Culturally Competent Organizations”, and its Tools https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/culture/cultural-competence/culturally-competent-organizations/main
In each Main Section, Print Resources are indicated, so you can – if you want – analyze thoroughly the matter with further readings.
Many compliments for your awareness and sensitiveness and many wishes for your work!

Question Date: Jue, 01/23/2020
Question:
We are in the process of transiting from a local volunteer agency, to a state wide project to address homelessness in Georgia.

Any advice on using CT for a large number of volunteers? i.e. best to train in classroom setting or self taught on line.

Jim McIntosh, Georgia Homeless Coalition
Answer:

Dear James
your question includes two aspects, I suppose. The first one (and the main one) is related to the transformation of a volunteer organization in a state wide project. For this purpose, you may see CHAPTER 9. DEVELOPING AN ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE FOR THE INITIATIVE on the webpage https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/structure/organizational-structure; SECTION 3. DEVELOPING MULTISECTOR TASK FORCES OR ACTION COMMITTEES FOR THE INITIATIVE https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/structure/organizational-structure/multisector-task-forces/main (see also our tools, as Checklist and PowerPoint), and CHAPTER 11, SECTION 3. DEVELOPING VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION PROGRAMS https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/structure/volunteers/orientation-programs/main
About the training: you may use the online support for the preliminary information and for monitoring, but for a more professional training classroom setting and face-to-face relationships are surely preferable.
The second aspect may be related to the specific issue – homelessness – and, in this regard, Community Tool Box has a lot of suggestions: CHAPTER 6, SECTION 15. CREATING FACT SHEETS ON LOCAL ISSUES – EXAMPLES 5 ( National Coalition for the Homeless) https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/participation/promoting-interest/fact-sheets/example; CHAPTER 26, SECTION 3. PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR ALL – EXAMPLES https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/implement/physical-social-environment/affordable-housing/main; and, finally, within Community Stories (https://ctb.ku.edu/en/community-stories) you can see as an example WORKING TO REDUCE THE RECIDIVISM OF HOMELESSNESS IN MICHIGAN https://ctb.ku.edu/en/south-oakland-shelter-homelessness
Many wishes for your changing organization!
 

Question Date: Lun, 01/27/2020
Question:
I just noticed there are no POCs on your Advisory board. This is a great tool that I have shared with others over the years, so this makes me sad. I do hope you're making strides to correct that as representation matters especially to those of us who work for community/social change.

Cheers!
Answer:

            
              Thank you for your comment about the Community Tool Box that you recently posted. We appreciate both your taking the time to write us, as well as your comment itself.  It is important.
              You refer to an Advisory Board, but the Tool Box presently does not have one.  Those who are involved are described in the “Who We Are” section of the Tool Box, at https://ctb.ku.edu/en/who-we-are
               It might be that you were referring to the Advisors in our Ask an Advisor feature; these are the people who answer our questions, and whom you wrote to. If that’s the case, we try to see that our Advisors are diverse and representative of the people we serve.  For example, one of our four advisors scheduled for 2020 is an African-American research scholar, from North Carolina.  
            The Community Tool Box itself also contains 11 separate sections of text on Cultural Competence in a Multicultural World, the majority of which have been written by an Asian-American.  And since the majority of our readership now actually comes from outside of North America, it’s essential that we be culturally sensitive in our work.
            So in developing content, we collaborate with global partners across the world. One recent example was the development of an African Action Toolkit, designed to offer guidance for addressing health and development goals on the African continent. You can view it at https://who-afro.ctb.ku.edu/
           Having said this much, we’re sure we can improve. And we want to improve.  Specifically, when we recruit for people to be Advisors in 2021 (over the summer), we will aim to make a more vigorous effort to recruit people of color.  I will also forward your comment to our Tool Box team.  
              Beyond that, we welcome suggestions from you and others on specific steps you believe we ought to take to improve, keeping in mind that we have very limited resources to do all the things we would like to do.  If you have such suggestions, please write us outside of the Ask an Advisor system, at toolbox@ku.edu, and we will aim to respond as best we can.
              Many thanks again for writing, and all best wishes for continued success in your own work.

Question Date: Vie, 01/31/2020
Question:
Am working on community mapping in Birmingham UK, especially faith community persepctive, as part of developing a route to the city becoming fully sustainable with net zero carbon emissions. Are there examples of your Community Tool Kit being used by UK cities? Is there experience of using the tool kit specifically in relation to sustainability and climate change? Thanks.
Answer:

Dear Chris
many thanks for your interesting question.
About the topic: in Chapter 2 - ”Other Models for Promoting Community Health and Development”, Section 9 is precisely devoted to “community readiness” https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/overview/models-for-community-health-and-development/community-readiness/main  Community readiness is related to the degree to which a community is ready to take action on an issue. This topic, and the suggested tools, revealed their usefulness in addressing matters related to climate change or ecological disasters.
See also Section 18, “PACE EH: Protocol for Assessing Community Excellence in Environmental Health” https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/overview/models-for-community-health-and-development/PACE-EH/main It refers to a US project, but its features – I think – may be applied also in other countries.
About experiences in UK: you may find indications in Toolkit 11 “Influencing Policy Development”, Example 3 “Road Injury Traffic Prevention Policy Development in the UK” https://ctb.ku.edu/en/influencing-policy-development/examples/example3  Surely the issue is different, but you may have some ideas for working in a local community with the aim to impact also to national and local policies.
Many wishes for your work and many compliments for your commitment to environmental issues!

Question Date: Jue, 02/06/2020
Question:
Hi, I am a BSN student. For my community assessment I have to use the MAPIT tool. My community if interest is 80yr and older who live in assisted living facilities. I want to determine how falls affect this community in being able to get access to clinics preventative services or assess to care.
Answer:

Dear Jennifer
thank you for your question.
In CTB, Chapter 2. “Other Models for Promoting Community Health and Development”, there is a whole Section devoted to MAP-IT, Section 14. "MAP-IT: A Model for Implementing Healthy People 2020", on the web page https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/overview/models-for-community-health-and-development/map-it/main
Perhaps there is not a specific paragraph about falls and their impact; nevertheless, there are a lot of examples and suggested tools, so we think that you will find some ideas for your community with elderly people.
Many wishes for your work!

Question Date: Mar, 02/11/2020
Question:
I want to start my own nonprofit and would like to connect with someone to consult about my idea and help to file my legal documents. Can I get some advise on how to go about this?
Answer:

Dear Amee'ra
I may suggest you – first of all – to read Chapter 9 Section 1. “Organizational Structure: An Overview” https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/structure/organizational-structure/overview/main
Take a look also to the other sections of the same Chapter, the Checklist and the Examples.
I don’t know the field of action your organization will be involved in, so it is difficult to give you more specific advice… About legal documents: legal rules may be different in the different local areas. Perhaps you have to ask a consultant with expertise in non-profit organizations. It is the more reliable help for you in a crucial time as the beginning of an activity. Or, meanwhile, you can look within nonprofit organizations in your context for someone who may be a “peer-support” for you (and who might be also a future partner for your projects).
Many wishes for your work!

Question Date: Jue, 02/13/2020
Question: How can I get sponsored in my organization
Answer:

Dear  Nicholas,
you don’t specify the kind of organization and the event or activity you would want to be sponsored. Anyway, Community Tool Box may have some useful indications for you, f.i. in Chapter 46 Planning for sustainability, and particularly in Section 3. Promoting Adoption of the Initiative's Mission and Objectives, on the web page https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/sustain/long-term-sustainability/promote-adoption-of-mission/main
There are operational ideas also in Chapter 33 Conducting a Direct Action Campaign https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/advocacy/direct-action/letters-to-elected-officials/main which may be interesting if you need to contact possible sponsors for funding a particular event.
Best greetings, and wishes for your organization!

Question Date: Lun, 02/17/2020
Question:
Do you have an official MLA citation for Ch. 27 for the "Learn a Skill" tab? https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/culture/cultural-competence
Answer:

Dear Scott
Thank you for your message.
There isn’t, at present, an “official” way to quote a Chapter of CTB in MLA (Modern Language Association) style, often used for literature, language, or arts.
If you use APA style, the correct citation (as in the answer provided on March 29, 2019) for the whole CTB is:
Community Tool Box (Year, Month Date Published). Tools to change our world. Center for Community Health and Development. University of Kansas. Retrieved from: https://ctb.ku.edu/en.
For a specific Chapter (in your case Chapter 27):
Community Tool Box (Year, Month, Date Published). Tools to change our world. Chapter 27, Section [add the Section, if you want]. Center for Community Health and Development. University of Kansas. Retrieved from: https://ctb.ku.edu/en.
Nevertheless, you can turn it in MLA style, in this order:
Author's Last name, First name. "Title of Source." Title of Container, other contributors, version, numbers, publisher, publication date, location.
Best greetings!

Question Date: Mié, 02/19/2020
Question:
I am looking into starting a support group for women who have been in/are in abusive/controlling relationships. I was wondering if you have suggestions on where to start? Also, how do I go about conducting meeting for this group without triggering anyone?
Answer:

Dear Ashley
thank you very much for your question, and for your concern and your sensitivity towards women suffering for such problems, and who would participate in the group.
I think that in Community Tool Box you can find useful indications in this section:
» Learn a Skill » Toolkits » 10. Advocating for Change » Examples » Example 8: Together for Girls: Working to end sexual violence https://ctb.ku.edu/en/advocating-change/examples/example8
Moreover, in community psychology journals, we can find many projects, research, and interventions about the serious problem regarding gender violence. Just to give you some examples, I may cite:
Estefan, L. F., Armstead, T. L., Rivera, M. S., Kearns, M. C., Carter, D., Crowell, J., ... & Daniels, B. (2019). Enhancing the national dialogue on the prevention of intimate partner violence. American journal of community psychology63(1-2), 153-167.
Sharkey, J. D., Reed, L. A., & Felix, E. D. (2017). Dating and sexual violence research in the schools: Balancing protection of confidentiality with supporting the welfare of survivors. American journal of community psychology60(3-4), 361-367.
And, about European experiences (in Europe there are important laws for contrasting such issue): Stoyanova, V. (2019). On the Bride’s side? Victims of domestic violence and their residence rights under EU and Council of Europe Law. Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights37(4), 311-335.
Many wishes for your important project!

Question Date: Vie, 02/21/2020
Question:
Last fall I taught a doctoral course at Northern Kentucky University entitle "Regional Stewardship". We used the KU toolkit extensively as a framework for evaluating regional community change efforts. The course focused on leading community change from the top,but i am changing the focus this fall to leading from the middle and not limiting to regional efforts. I am having trouble locating books/articles/videos on leading change efforts from the middle. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Answer:

Dear Teri
I suppose that you are interested in how to propose bottom-up changes in the community. Is it right? If so, I can suggest you see:
- Chapter 1. Our Model for Community Change and Improvement on the webpage https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/overview/model-for-community-change-and-improvement
and, particularly, Section 8. Some Lessons Learned on Community Organization and Change
https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/overview/model-for-community-change-and-improvement/lessons-learned/main
Among the toolkits, I think that may be interesting for you Toolkit 4. Developing a Framework or Model of Change
https://ctb.ku.edu/en/4-developing-framework-or-model-change
I hope to have met your needs…
Many wishes for your work!

Question Date: Dom, 02/23/2020
Question: how can i get old story books for my community library?
Answer:

Dear George
thank you for your interest in our suggestions!
About your question (which is not right on community psychology, but rather on community help…!), I think that perhaps there are a lot of people who want to give old books to a community library… you can publish some announcements in public places (cafés, schools, or similar) or on social networks (if you think that people are linked with). Besides, you may ask publishers: sometimes they have unsold copies of books which may be useful for you.
How to organize such an action? in Community Tool Box suggestions for social marketing are provided, in Chapter 45. Social Marketing of Successful Components of the Initiative, on the webpage https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/sustain/social-marketing
and Toolkit 13 Implementing Social Marketing, https://ctb.ku.edu/en/implement-social-marketing-effort
It is even possible that this would be the first step for good community engagement for future programs!
Best wishes

Question Date: Mié, 02/26/2020
Question:
Hello, i am a dental hygienist and would like to know does your tool kit have a template to write a community dental program for elderly? Thank you for your time
Answer:

Dear Sherelle
thank you for your question. It is a pleasure to receive requests from professionals working in other fields!
Probably in CTB, you will not find a specific program for the elderly, as a dental program… nevertheless Chapter 24. “Improving Services”, and particularly its Section 7. “Developing and Increasing Access to Health and Community Services” may be useful for you. It is on the webpage https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/implement/improving-services/access-health-and-community-services/examples and it is focused on poor residents, but you can find some ideas.
Many wishes for your program! elderly people in your community are lucky to have a dental hygienist like you…

Question Date: Dom, 03/01/2020
Question:
Hello,

I am a student in a Canadian university (UQAM, Montreal) finishing my last year of Ph.D/Psy.D in community psychology and I am realising my intership in France in a non-profit organization.

In my intership, I am coordinating a territorial project (initated by the government) to bring all actors working around mental health (medical professionals, social professionals, community actors, etc.) to propose new initatives and new collaboration inside the territory.

I am supervised by a Social and Health Psychologist and I am realizing now that I sharing my experience with pairs in community psychology could help me structured my community work.

I don't know if this request could be answered, but thank you already fot all the work you do!

Cordially,
Paul
Answer:

Dear Paul
thanks for your compliments.
Surely a community psychology point of view may be useful for your work. If you want to see other projects on mental health, in CTB there are lots of suggestions: for instance Chapter 5. “Choosing Strategies to Promote Community Health and Development”, on the page https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents-community-assessment/choosing-strategies-to-promote-community-health-and-development You can look to all its Sections, both those on strategies, community development, social planning… and those about coalitions building, an issue that is related to the aims of your internship.
If you want, instead, to be in touch with other PhD students in community psychology, so to sharing ideas with them… it is quite difficult because CTB hasn’t (at least so far) similar possibilities... You may ask professors of your university (in Montréal or in France) if there are links or networks among students involved in such topics.
Good luck with your work!
 

Question Date: Mar, 03/03/2020
Question:
Where to complaint the problems of local area about the building houses in coorporation area of kolkata
Answer:

Dear Dipesh Prasad
I imagine that your question refers to a great community problem. Nevertheless, it is quite difficult to help you... We don’t know the local situation and the local urban planning rules. I may suggest you act no with an individual claim, but rather to build a collective movement among all the citizens about this issue.
In the Community Tool Box, you may find several resources, like “Chapter 33. Conducting a Direct Action Campaign” (https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/advocacy/direct-action ) and Toolkit 10. “Advocating for Change” (https://ctb.ku.edu/en/advocating-change), where you can get a lot of suggestions, checklists, examples, and tools.
Please let us know if our advice may be useful,
best wishes for your action!

Question Date: Jue, 03/05/2020
Question:
Hi,

Your resource is amazing! And inspiring!

I am studying for the ASWB master's exam and hope you can help me understand the rationale for this question. I think questions are written to trip you up but as I am truly interested in community work, I want to understand the real reason why the correct answer is A and not C (I’m only presenting the two viable choices).

The juvenile facilities in a city are clearly substandard. As a first attempt to aid in correcting the problem, the social worker should:
a. Mobilize interest groups to explore and recommend alternatives
c. Organize the parents of the juveniles to demand change

I thought it would be C, to organize the parents. Is the reason C is wrong because of the second part of the answer “to demand change.”? Is A better because it says to “explore and recommend alternatives.”? Or is it better to begin with existing interest groups than to organize parents.

I hope you can see my confusion and help me understand the best approach to go about affecting change in the real world.

Thank you so much!!!

Linda Mason
Answer:

Dear Linda
many thanks for your compliments regarding CBT resources.
About your doubts: I don’t know the rationale for the question pointed out, and perhaps it is not written to trip you up…
I can imagine, to my knowledge, that “Mobilize interest groups to explore and recommend alternatives” is better because this kind of action is directly addressed to people who will use such facilities (first of all young people). You may look for some indication in Chapter 6. “Communications to Promote Interest” (on the webpage https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/participation/promoting-interest) and Chapter 7. “Encouraging Involvement in Community Work” (https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/participation/encouraging-involvement). For each chapter, see also the related sections.
We don’t know how old are young people mentioned in the question. Perhaps they are adolescents or young adults, so able to know their needs.
From a community psychology point of view, a program may help them to become aware of their needs. Parents are surely important and crucial for minors, but perhaps, if older, it may be preferable to address our attempts directly to them, so to empower them as citizens. Subsequently, parents may be involved as significant stakeholders, taking into account their opinions, which may be in line with the juvenile ones, or not (and then social workers will have to mediate). The question talks about “interest groups”, which means young people, but also parents and teachers and other people without limitations.
Hoping to have been useful,
best wishes for your studies!

Question Date: Mar, 03/10/2020
Question:
do you have a toolkit available for raising awareness for people with disabilities? im trying to change my part of the world by educating and breaking down barriers.
any help would be appreciated.
Answer:

Dear Tobi
thank you for your message.
I think that in Chapter 23. “Modifying Access, Barriers, and Opportunities » and particularly in Section 5. “Increasing Access for People with Physical Disabilities” on the page https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/implement/access-barriers-opportunities/increase-access-disabilities/tools you may find some useful ideas for breaking the barriers! there are examples, tools, and a summarizing PowerPoint
Many wishes for your work!

Question Date: Mié, 03/11/2020
Question:
This is a follow up question. I was asking for the rationale for this question:
The juvenile facilities in a city are clearly substandard. As a first attempt
to aid in correcting the problem, the social worker should:
a. Mobilize interest groups to explore and recommend alternatives
c. Organize the parents of the juveniles to demand change

The answer is A and you responded by agreeing because "interest groups" would mean the juveniles. But I assure you, the interest groups who would work to change the system would not be a group of 14-18 year-olds who were in detention, due to some interaction with the law. It would be their parents. So ask the question again:
I thought the answer would be C, to organize the parents. Is the reason C is wrong because of the second part of the answer “to demand change.”? Is A better because it says to “explore and recommend alternatives.”? Or is it better to begin with existing interest groups than to organize parents (who might not be committed to their children's success).

I interpreted interest groups as concerned parents, prison reform advocates, general public interested in the success of young people.

Linda Mason
Answer:

Dear Linda
sorry for the misunderstanding, but we didn’t know the context and what kind of people was involved in changing the facilities (young people are now in detention?) You say that they were parents. Ok.
So, I think that the rationale of the right answer (a) may be both the first part of the answer (interest groups) and also the second part – as you say – to explore and recommend alternatives. We may start with groups already interested and committed to, as not only parents (sometimes no committed), but also professionals, prison reform advocates or citizens. Personally, I think that also young people under criminal proceedings may be an interest group to be involved in exploring alternatives, but this is my opinion and perhaps another matter.
Hoping to have been more clear, and more useful
best wishes!

Question Date: Mié, 03/11/2020
Question:
Hello, does the Community ToolBox website have resources for writing a business plan? I am writing a business plan for a massage therapist and wanted to see sample business plans as a guide. Thank you so much. Regards, Tamara
Answer:

Dear Tamara
thank you for your question, which gives us the opportunity to share the difficulty in writing something very far from our competences as psychologists! the first time I had to do it, I was terrified… nevertheless, it is important to learn it because we have to write a business plan every time we apply for an institutional grant…
In Community Tool Box we have provided some tools. You can see the whole Chapter 42.” Getting Grants and Financial Resources” https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/finances/grants-and-financial-resources, and particularly Section 2. “Creating a Business Plan” https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/finances/grants-and-financial-resources/business-plan/main. Among the tools, there is a SAMPLE BALANCE SHEET, and a SAMPLE FORECASTED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND RETAINED EARNINGS.
I hope it will be helpful for you.
Many wishes to you and to the massage therapist you are helping!
 

Question Date: Mar, 03/17/2020
Question:
I am working on a project in my community for elderly abuse. I would like to know how do I go about getting a strong committee to help me with this project.
Answer:

Dear Brazzlie
many thanks for your interest in Community Tool Box.
Perhaps you don’t find something just specifically devoted to elderly abuse, however, on our website, there are a lot of suggestions for building a strong community committee.
I may suggest you, among our resources, Chapter 5. “Choosing Strategies to Promote Community Health and Development” on the web page https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents-community-assessment/choosing-strategies-to-promote-community-health-and-development, and in particular Section 5. “Coalition Building I: Starting a Coalition” https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/assessment/promotion-strategies/start-a-coaltion/main, and then the following Section 6, on Maintaining a Coalition.
I think that you will find useful ideas for your project.
Greetings!

Question Date: Mar, 03/17/2020

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