What is a Coalition?

• CADCA

Washington State

• CHEF - Comprehensive Health Education Foundation
• DSHS Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse
• Washington State Liquor Control Board  Alcohol Education, Activities, Programs, Facts and Services.
• DOH Tobacco Prevention and Control Program
• Governor’s Council on Substance Abuse

• Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (CSPV) was founded in 1992 with a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York to provide informed assistance to groups committed to understanding and preventing violence, particularly adolescent violence.
• Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) mission is to decrease substance use and abuse by bringing effective prevention to every community. The center provides national leadership in the development of policies, programs and services through a comprehensive prevention system approach that includes community involvement and  partnership among all sectors of society.
• Centers for Disease Contral Tobacco Prevention This site provides helpful educational resources, research, data and reports.
• Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) This site features CADCA's weekly updates, positions on public policy, and information about membership and training opportunities.
• Drug Free Community Support Program is designed to strengthen community-based coalition efforts to reduce youth substance abuse.
• Join Together Online is a national resource center and meeting place for communities working to reduce substance abuse (illicit drugs, excessive alcohol & tobacco) and gun violence.
• Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free, a unique coalition of more than 30 Governor's spouses, Federal agencies, and public and private organizations, is an initiative to prevent the use of alcohol by children ages 9 to 15.
• Marin Institute using Media to Increase Community Awareness.
• MediaCampaign The National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign is a multi-dimensional effort to educate and empower youth to reject illicit drugs. The campaign uses a variety of media to reach parents and youth, including TV ads, educational materials, Web sites, and publications. The Campaign's messages reach Americans wherever they live, work, learn, and play.
• National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA) at Columbia University (CASA) is a unique think/action tank that brings together under one roof all of the professional disciplines needed to study and combat all forms of substance abuse -- illegal drugs, pills, alcohol and tobacco -- as they affect all aspects of society.
• National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI) is the information service of the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. NCADI is the world's largest resource for current information and materials concerning substance abuse. NCADI offers substance abuse information that may be ordered free or as cost recovery items either online through the web site, by telephone, or fax. Online access is provided to ten searchable databases for bibliographic abstracts pertaining to such subjects as alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, cocaine, and other drugs. One valuable tool is the Quick Docs feature, with various documents available online to view and print.
• National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) An institute organized into divisions and offices, each of which plays an important role in programs of drug abuse research.
• National Network for Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities (NNSDFSC) 
• Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) the principal purpose of ONDCP is to establish policies, priorities, and objectives for the Nation's drug control program, the goals of which are to reduce illicit drug use, manufacturing, and trafficking; drug-related crime and violence; and drug-related health consequences. To achieve these goals, the Director of ONDCP is charged with producing the National Drug Control Strategy, which directs the Nation's anti-drug efforts and establishes a program, a budget, and guidelines for cooperation among Federal, State, and local entities. ONDCP coordinates the Drug Free Communities grants.
• Partnership for a Drug-Free America (Drug-Free Resource Net) The Partnership for a Drug-Free America is a private, non-profit, non-partisan coalition of professionals from the communications industry. Best known for their national, anti-drug advertising campaign, their mission is to reduce demand for illicit drugs in America through media communication.
• Prevention Online (PREVLINE) Prevention Online is a collection of links to numerous prevention resources, programs, and information, including daily news updates and research statistics, Reality Check, a teleconferencing initiative, online forums, a multi-website database search, and the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug information site, just to name a few. PREVLINE is the most comprehensive collection of prevention resources on the Internet for both professionals and the public.
• Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program The Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program is the Federal government's primary vehicle for reducing alcohol, tobacco and other drug use, and violence, through education and prevention activities in our nation's schools. Twelve continuing education online workshops were created and implemented as live online events for the Drug Prevention and School Safety Coordinators. They contain valuable information, activities, and resources on key topics in the strategic planning and program delivery process. 
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) SAMHSA's mission is to assure that quality substance abuse and mental health services are available to the people who need them and to ensure that prevention and treatment knowledge is used more effectively in the general health care system. This site includes links to CSAT, CMHS, CSAP, PREVLINE, and NCADI.
• Western Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (WestCAPT) Website The fundamental mission of the national CSAP's CAPT system is to bring research to practice. CSAP's CAPT system is designed to work with states and local communities, policymakers and local leaders, agencies and task forces to apply science-based prevention technology that works. The process of transferring proven research to daily application involves taking knowledge and packaging it into practical, user-friendly formats, and facilitating its adoption in the field.
• Department of Justice -
• CTC Downloadable Tools
• Key Strategies to Reduce Underage Drinking
  
• This is the website for the Washington State Coalition to Reduce Underage Drinking.  It will link people to tips for parents to use in talking to their kids about drinking, current research and information about efforts in Washington State and how to get involved.

Funding

• Channing Bete Funding Opportunities - provides listings for private foundations, government sources, and other organizations that are currently accepting grant proposals, along with a link to a brief description and a summary of program requirements for each opportunity.