COMMUNITY BUILDING RESOURCES

Aspen Roundtable — The Aspen Institute Roundtable on Comprehensive Community Initiatives is a forum in which people engaged in the field of comprehensive community initiatives (CCIs) — including foundation sponsors, directors, technical assistance providers, evaluators, and public sector officials — can meet to discuss the lessons that are being learned by initiatives across the country and to work on common problems they are facing. www.aspenroundtable.org

Asset-Based Community Development Institute — Through extensive interactions with community builders, the institute produces practical resources and tools for community builders to identify, nurture, and mobilize neighborhood assets. www.northwestern.edu/ipr/abcd.html

Community Building Resources — Based in Alberta, Canada, CBR works with Asset-based Community Building (ABCB) and Asset-based Community Development (ABCD). www.cbr-aimhigh.com

Community Toolbox — Serves as support for those who work to promote community health and development with practical skill-building information on over 250 different topics. http://ctb.ku.edu

The Innovation Center — Resources and tools for community youth development. www.theinnovationcenter.org

Institute of Cultural Affairs(ICA) — The ICA is a private, not-for-profit social change organization. Its primary objective is to promote positive change in communities, organizations and individual lives in the US and around the world by helping people find their own solutions to problems and the means to implement those solutions. www.ica-usa.org

LGBT Partnership — Works to educate LGBT communities on tobacco use and prevention. www.lgbtpartnership.org

Marin Institute — Promotes effective alcohol policy, conducts media advocacy, and supports grassroots campaigns to reduce alcohol problems. www.marininstitute.org

National Community Building Network — NCBN serves as a national hub for brokering information and connections among community builders. www.ncbn.org 

National Community Development Institute (NCDI) — NCDI was formed by a seasoned group of multi-racial and social justice professionals to develop the capacity of poor communities - particularly communities of color - to achieve social and economic equity. Toward this end, NCDI has designed a continuum of capacity-building programs and services to build local infrastructure, develop indigenous leadership, build cross-cultural and cross-sector alliances, improve neighborhood well-being and sustain community change. www.ncdinet.org

DATA & EVALUATION RESOURCES

California Neighborhood Research — Provides technical assistance, training and other supportive services to help people in their own growth endeavors in becoming better individuals, organizations and communities. www.calnr.com

Community Guide — The community guide to health prevention services (community link to Federal evidence based practices). www.thecommunityguide.org

Health Policy Guide — Evidence based information to guide policy and program. development. www.healthpolicycoach.org/default.asp

The National Priorities Project — The NPP Database offers state data on socio-economic needs and federal expenditures, and allows you to create customized tables, graphs and reports. http://database.nationalpriorities.org

Rand Corporation — A nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. www.rand.org

W.K. Kellogg Foundation — Go to the Evaluation Toolkit link. www.wkkf.org

Youth In Focus — Provides technical assistance and training to youth, communities and organizations in conducting youth-led research, evaluation and planning. www.youthinfocus.net

TRAINING & FACILITATION RESOURCES

Institute of Cultural Affairs — Training and facilitation courses and resources. www.ica-usa.org

Master Facilitator Journal — Resource for facilitators. www.masterfacilitatorjournal.com/home.html

El-ASKARI CONSULTING PARTNERS

Y. Day Designs — Specializes in effective design solutions for non-profit organizations and small businesses. www.ydaydesigns.com

Korwin Consulting — Provides needs assessment and evaluation.
www.korwinconsulting.com

Progressive Consultants Network of the East Bay — Focus on community building and social justice. www.pcneb.org

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