National Coalition Academy

“The Academy doesn’t cost a dime, but you get back a ton of change.”

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“Two words: Do it.”

That’s sound advice from Liz Ford, founder of I CAN (Independent Community Assistance Network) in West Philadelphia. Ford is a participant in the National Coalition Academy, a comprehensive training program developed by CADCA’s National Coalition Institute and offered without charge through a partnership with the National Guard Bureau.

“After 20 years the light bulb came on and I got excited. I’ve learned how to implement strategies in a comprehensive way... I’m enjoying what I’m learning,” continued Ford.

Coalitions participating in the Academy learn about creating and maintaining partnerships, sustainability, cultural competency, assessment, prevention planning and implementation, and evaluation.

The National Coalition Academy is a year-long innovative training program that combines three-weeks of classroom training, distance learning and web-support to teach your community what it need to know and what it needs to do to start and/or sustain a highly effective anti-drug coalition.

Your Academy is close to home. Through a partnership with the National Guard Bureau, classes are available at training centers across the country.

“The concrete examples and directions on how to build coalitions and create logic models has helped our organization,” says participant Cathy Stout, Director of Operation UNITE in Somerset, Kentucky. “If you are a new coalition, the Academy will give you the background and expertise to build all the way through to evaluate and sustain.”

Academy participants will learn how to:

By the end of the training, your coalition will have developed a community assessment, logic model, action plan, intervention, evaluation plan, and a sustainability plan.

There is no charge for tuition, or for lodging or meals during the three week-long, on-site classroom sessions at National Guard facilities. Participating communities are required to pay for all other expenses, including travel.

Apply today!

First Cohort of the National Coalition Academy