Tools & Resources

Tearless Logic Models

This tool (from the Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice) takes the traditional logic model approach and translates it into a less daunting process that breaks the logic model process down into a series of manageable, jargon-free questions. Justin Greenleaf, one of the authors of this article, has also created a short presentation...

Program Development & Evaluation Logic Models

This tool (from the Univ. of WI Extension) includes tools and templates for drafting logic models.

Community Readiness

This tool (from Community Tool Box) provides an overview of the Community Readiness Model and maps other Community Tool Box chapters and sections to the stages of readiness. It can be found in Choose Effective Policies & Programs under...

Community Readiness Model

This tool (from Tri-ethnic Center for Prevention Research at Colorado State University) assesses how ready a community is to address an issue. The basic premise is that matching an intervention to a community’s level of readiness is absolutely essential for success. It can be found in...

Criteria for Choosing Promising Practices and Community Interventions

This tool (from Community Tool Box) defines promising practices and interventions and suggests strategies for finding them. It can be found in Choose Effective Policies & Programs under...

What Drives Health

This tool (from RWJF) discusses how social factors like education, income, work, and housing can affect health directly and indirectly. It can be found in Focus on What's Important under ...

Defining and Analyzing the Problem

This tool (from Community Tool Box) includes guidance to help communities define a problem and determine whether an identified problem is a priority. It can be found in Focus on What's Important under Prepare to...

Developing Facilitating Skills

This tool (from Community Tool Box) provides an overview of what facilitation skills are and why they’re important. This section also covers three basic parts of facilitation: the process of the meeting, skills and tips for guiding the process, and preventing and dealing with disrupters.

Priority Setting Process Checklist

Prioritizing Issues Exercise

This tool (from Healthy People 2020) is a two-page exercise designed to help the group decide on which issue(s) to focus.