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ToolKits
ACHI Community Health Assessment Toolkit
http://www.assesstoolkit.org/assesstoolkit_app/index.jsp
Action Strategies Toolkit - A Guide for Local and State Leaders Working to Create Healthy Communities and Prevent Obesity
http://www.leadershipforhealthycommunities.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=352&Itemid=154
After a Suicide: A Toolkit for Schools
http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/App_Files/Media/PDF/sprc_online_library.pdf
After-School Toolkit: Tips, Techniques and a Template for Improving Program Quality
http://www.ppv.org/ppv/publications/assets/228_publication.pdf
Believe in Better Health Toolkit
http://www.stronghealth.com/services/primarycare/pbtoolkit/about.cfm
Community Tool Box
http://ctb.ku.edu/en/
Cultural Competency Toolkit
http://www.ncstac.org/content/culturalcompetency/index.htm
Diabetes Toolkit
http://www.diabetesatwork.org/diabetesatwork/_files/Workshop_Planning_Guide..pdf
Drug-Free Workplace Kit
http://www.workplace.samhsa.gov/WPWorkit/index.html
Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Tool Kit, US Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/field/www/faith/
Health Action 2007 Tool Kit
http://www.familiesusa.org/resources/tools-for-advocates/kits/health-action-2007-tool-kit.html
Health Disparities Toolkit, HRET
http://www.hretdisparities.org/
Health Education Curriculum Analysis Tool (HECAT), CDC, DHHS
http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/HECAT/
Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit
http://www.nchealthliteracy.org/toolkit/
Healthier US CDC Toolkits
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/hwi/toolkits/
Healthy People 2010 Toolkit
http://www.healthypeople.gov/state/toolkit/
Healthy People 2020 Consortium Toolkit
http://healthypeople.gov/2020/consortium/hpConsortium.aspx#toolkit
HIV Prevention Toolkit
http://www.proyectoideas.jsi.com/Docs/IDEAS%20Toolkit%20(English).pdf
Making Health Literacy Real: The Beginnings of My Organization's Plan for Action
http://www.health.gov/communication/literacy/Making%20HealthLiteracyReal.pdf
Medicare Advantage Tutorial
http://www.kaiseredu.org/tutorials/medicareadvantage/player.html
Mental Health Toolkit, ACF
http://www.headstartinfo.org/infocenter/mentalhealth/mh_tkbok.htm
Mind/Body Health Toolkit
http://www.psycpractitioner.org/apo/public/mbtoolkit.html#
My Family Health Portrait - A Tool from the Surgeon General
https://familyhistory.hhs.gov/fhh-web/home.action
MyFoodAdvisor, American Diabetes Association
http://www.diabetes.org/my-food-advisor.jsp?WTLPromo=pr_080408&vms=271938527964
National and Community Service Online Learning Center
http://my.nationalservice.org/learning/
Office on Women's Health Toolkit
http://www.nsba.org/site/doc_micro.asp?TRACKID=&VID=38&CID=1120&DID=41125
Pandemic Planning Tool Kit
http://www.pandemictoolkit.com/
Parent Engagement Toolkit
http://www.americaspromise.org/Resources/ParentEngagement.aspx
Pediatric Environmental Health Toolkit
http://psr.igc.org/ped env hlth toolkit project.htm
Peripheral Artery Disease (P.A.D.) Tool Kit
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/pad/index.html
Policy Toolkit
http://www.wkkf.org/default.aspx?tabid=75&CID=280&NID=61&LanguageID=0
Preventing Bullying in Children's Lives
http://www.eyesonbullying.org/
Preventing Suicide - A Toolkit for High Schools
http://store.samhsa.gov/product/Preventing-Suicide-A-Toolkit-for-High-Schools/SMA12-4669
Preventive Health Screenings Toolkit
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/hwi/toolkits/other_screenings.htm
Prisoner Reentry Toolkit
http://www.dol.gov/cfbci/pritoolkit.htm
Providing Hospice and Palliative Care in Rural and Frontier Areas
http://www.capc.org/Rural-Toolkit-READER.pdf
Public Health Toolkit
http://healthlinks.washington.edu/index.jsp?id=3fc3829c cb69 4ffb 9f22 f44530af3567
Ready4Reentry - Prisoner Reentry Toolkit
http://www.dol.gov/cfbci/PRItoolkit.pdf
Recovery Month Toolkit
http://www.recoverymonth.gov/2008/kit/default.aspx
Rural Viability Index
http://www.orca.state.tx.us/index.php/Community+Development/Rural+Viability+Index
SAMHSA National Prevention Week Participant Toolkit
http://store.samhsa.gov/shin/content//SMA12-4687/SMA12-4687.pdf
Stay in Circulation Community Action Tool Kit
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/pad/materials/community_action.html#toolkit
Suicide Prevention Toolkit for Rural Primary Care
http://www.wiche.edu/pub/12453
Sustaining Grassroots Community-Based Programs: A Toolkit for Community and Faith-based Service Providers
http://ncadistore.samhsa.gov/catalog/productDetails.aspx?ProductID=17868
Telemental Health Toolkit
http://www.va.gov/OCC/toolkits/telementalhealth/vha_telemental_health_toolkit_06 22 03.pdf
The National Health Plan Collaborative Toolkit
http://www.rwjf.org/qualityequality/product.jsp?id=33960
Three Alliance for Health Reform Toolkits
Produced with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
http://www.allhealth.org/publications/Child_health_insurance/Child_Health_Coverage_76.asp
Toolkit for Health Professionals
http://www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines/dga2005/toolkit/default.htm
Toolkit for Implementing Smoke-Free Laws
http://goingsmokefree.org/
Toolkit for Minimal Risk Research
http://www.ahrq.gov/fund/informedconsent/ictoolkit.pdf
Toolkit for Working with Rural Volunteers
http://www.ruralvolunteer.org/
Variety of Health Tookits
http://www.healthyms.com/HealthyLiving/_static/47.html
Women's Health Toolkit, HRSA
http://newsroom.hrsa.gov/NewsBriefs/2005/toolkit.htm

Guides
A Field Guide to Community Coaching
http://communitycoaching.com/doc/FIELDGUIDE-version-1final.pdf
A Healthier You, DHHS
http://www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines/dga2005/healthieryou/contents.htm
Affordable Care Act: A Guide for Families
http://www.sph.umd.edu/fmsc/fis/documents/2010AffordableCareAct-AGuideforFamiliesWEBPOST2010.pdf
Bridges to Opportunity for Unprepared Adults - A State Policy Guide for Community College Leaders
http://www.fordfound.org/pdfs/impact/Bridges_to_Opportunity_for_Underprepared_Adults.pdf
Building Capacity in Evaluating Outcomes: A Teaching and Facilitating Resource for Community-Based Programs and Organizations
http://www.uwex.edu/ces/pdande/evaluation/bceo/index.html
Common Health-Related Terms and Suggested Alternatives
http://healthresearchforaction.org/downloads/tip_glossary_common_words2.pdf
Community Assessment Guide Book
http://www.healthycarolinians.org/library/pdf/09CHAguidebook.pdf
Community Development: A Guidebook for Rural Leaders
http://www.amazon.com/Community-Development-Guidebook-Rural-leaders/dp/0967837200
Community Guide - A Guide to Community Preventive Services
http://www.thecommunityguide.org/index.html
Designing Consumer Health IT: Guide for Developers and Systems Designers
http://www.amia.org/news-and-publications/public-policy-news/ahrq-releases-report-designing-consumer-health-it-guide-dev
Dietary Guidelines for Americans, DHHS & USDA
http://www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines/dga2005/document/default.htm
Exercise & Physical Activity: Your Everyday Guide from the National Institute on Aging
http://www.nia.nih.gov/HealthInformation/Publications/ExerciseGuide/
Federal Resources for Sustainable Rural Communities
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentidonly=true&contentid=2012/07/0246.xml
Feeding Our Future - A Farm to School Program Guide
http://www.worldhungeryear.org/info_center/farm_to_school.pdf
Guide to Community Preventive Services, CDC, DHHS
http://www.thecommunityguide.org/
Guide to Funding Your Community Health Initiative
http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/roadmaps/opportunities/funding-guide?utm_source=Copy+of+Webinars+Reminder+5%2F4%2F12&utm_campaign=May+Webinars+Reminder&utm_medium=email
Guide to Proposal Writing (2007) Fifth Edition, The Foundation Center
http://foundationcenter.org/media/news/pr_0703.html
Guidelines for spiritual care in palliative care: "Improving the Quality of Spiritual Care as a Dimension of Palliative Care: The Report of the Consensus Conference"
http://www.gwish.org/
H1N1 Flu - A Guide for Community and Faith-Based Organizations
http://flu.gov/professional/community/cfboguidance.pdf
Health Literacy Online Guide
http://www.health.gov/healthliteracyonline/
Healthy People in Healthy Communities - A Community Planning Guide Using Healthy People 2010
http://www.healthypeople.gov/Publications/HealthyCommunities2001/default.htm
Heart & Soul Implementation Guides
http://www.orton.org/page/heart_soul_implementation_guides
Laying a Solid Foundation: Strategies for Effective Program Replication
http://www.ppv.org/ppv/publication.asp?section_id=29&search_id=&publication_id=298
MAP-IT: A Guide To Using Healthy People 2020 in Your Community
http://healthypeople.gov/2020/implementing/default.aspx?source=govdelivery
Maximizing Program Services Through Private Sector Partnerships and Relationships - A Guide for Faith- and Community-Based Service Providers, SAMHSA, DHHS
http://www.samhsa.gov/FBCI/docs/PartnerHandbook_feb2006.pdf
Mentoring Ex-Prisoners: A Guide for Prisoner Reentry Programs
http://www.dol.gov/cfbci/20071101Mentoring.pdf
Model Programs Guide - Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
http://www.dsgonline.com/mpg2.5/mpg_index.htm
Partnerships for the Common Good - A Partnership Guide for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Organizations
http://www.hhs.gov/partnerships/resources/partnerships_toolkit_2.pdf
Preventing Falls: How to Develop Community-based Fall Prevention Programs for Older Adults
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/preventingfalls/CDC%20Guide_030508.pdf
Principles for Good Governance and Ethical Practice: A Guide for Charities and Foundations
http://www.nonprofitpanel.org/
Reentry Partnerships: A Guide for States - Faith-Based and Community Organizations
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/BJA/pdf/CSG_Reentry_Partnership.pdf
Resource Guide on Public Engagement
http://www.ncdd.org/files/NCDD2010_Resource_Guide.pdf
Shortimer: Preparing for Release
https://www.prisonfellowship.org/images/content/prison_fellowship/documents/rebranded_documents/shortimer_2009.pdf
Supporting Schools and Communities in Breaking the Prison Pipeline: A Guide to Emerging and Promising Crisis Intervention Programs for Youth
http://www.nami.org/Content/ContentGroups/CAAC/CIT_Youth_White_Paper_Final.pdf
Taking Care of Myself: A Guide for When I Leave the Hospital
http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/goinghomeguide.htm
The Advocacy Handbook - A Guide for Implementing Recommendations of the Criminal Justice/Mental Health Consensus Project
http://consensusproject.org/downloads/Advocacy_Handbook_brochure
The Solarize Guidebook
http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy11osti/50440.pdf
Theory at a Glance - A Guide for Health Promotion Practice (Second Edition)
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/cancerlibrary/theory.pdf
Yoon, J. & Nickel, J. (2008). Reentry Partnerships: A Guide for States & Faith-Based and Community Organizations. New York: Council of State Governments Justice Center.
http://www.usdoj.gov/fbci/docs/reentry-partnership.pdf
Your Field Guide to Community Building
http://www.heartlandcenter.info/fieldguide/