Individualized Consultation

Work directly with one or more of our professional consultants on the issues of your county, prevention organization, or community. Receive expert consultation and recommendations tailored to meet your individual needs. A TA Request Form is available on-line or you can contact the CPI TA Team directly.

Prevention Extension Workshops

CPI offers the Prevention Extension Workshop Series, which aims to make state-of-the-art research and practices in the field of Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) prevention more accessible to communities throughout California.

The series addresses emerging issues and proven practices in the AOD prevention field. The workshops are in line with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Strategic Prevention Framework, each workshop covering at least one of the Framework's steps.

Prevention Extension Workshop Schedule
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Customized Trainings

When you need training in a specific skill or content area that meets a unique local need, our team of expert consultants is available. They will work closely with you to develop and deliver customized trainings based on the information most relevant to reaching your goals. Topics of interest include: strategic planning, logic model development, evidence-based drug and violence prevention strategies, local evaluation strategies.
Training Request Form

Webinars

CARS is dedicated to distance learning through monthly webinars as a way to deliver training content and to enhance our research to practice agenda. We offer seminars, or "brown bag" facilitated discussions with presentations of a current topic and Prevention Extension trainings modified for the webinar format.
Upcoming Webinars | Past Webinars

Publications and Resources

CARS and the CPI TA team have a strong reputation for creating and disseminating publications that are relevant, timely, easy to understand, and credible. The appropriate resources can make your work easier by translating sophisticated research findings into concrete tips and strategies for application in real-world settings. The CPI Prevention Tactics and other products are available electronically on the project website and by request.

Research-Based Prevention Strategies

A major objective of the CPI TA Project is to promote the widespread development and implementation of research and evidence-based prevention approaches. Customized assistance is available to assist prevention providers in assessing, implementing and/or replicating proven prevention practices, programs, and policies with fidelity.

Outcome-Based Planning

The CPI TA services emphasize local capacity building to develop and implement processes by which local programs can measure outcomes and utilize evaluation data to guide prevention planning and improvement efforts. Consultation and training is available from the basics including logic model development, identification of feasible outcomes, and selection and/or development of instrumentation to more advanced strategies for data analysis, interpretation, and reporting.

Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services

TA, training, and resources are available to prevention providers to foster the development and implementation AOD prevention services designed to meet the diverse cultural and linguistic needs of communities throughout California, and most importantly, to develop cultural competence in ways that are relevant to your local communities and participants.

Sustainability

CPI TA services address the need for the prevention field to develop long-term funding strategies and to envision enduring prevention programs to serve their communities. Consultation services focus on the need for multiple strategies including building long-term program infrastructures and partnerships in addition to securing funding.