The Community Tool Box is a free online resource from the University of Kansas. It includes an extensive set of tools covering community assessment, planning, intervention, evaluation, advocacy, and other aspects of community practice.
Familiarize yourself with the key elements of capacity building. Through real-life scenarios and examples, learn what tools work and how to maximize impact during your service.
Use this framework to learn how to represent yourself to bring positive change in your community through the concepts such as honesty, connection, and resistance.
Learn about five strategic factors that have tremendous impact on the well-being of individuals, families and communities. In this paper, read about how the the 5C's (community, connections, control, cash, and collective action) work together to create successful community development campaigns.
This New York Times profile of a Houston, Texas nonprofit highlights the role gathering community input plays in empowering and building the capacity of communities.
Build your program's sustainability by deepening your ties to the surrounding community. This course provides capacity building tips for identifying assets in your community and strengthening your program's ability to leverage those assets for win-win outcomes.
Use this compilation of effective programs, best practices, major players, and relevant policies in your work helping disadvantaged communities achieve financial independence.
