Stakeholders can work together in many different ways, for many different reasons. This chart presents four levels of collaboration, ranging from simple to complex.

This tool presents some considerations for evaluating your collaboration, common functions to evaluate, and examples of instruments that measure these functions.

Effective recruitment takes planning. This tool presents the four phases of successful recruitment, starting with doing your homework.

Hear PS@EDC Director Carol Oliver share strategies for equipping coalitions, organizations, and individuals to bring change to their communities. Insights include the importance of laying the groundwork for change, acknowledging growing pains, and inviting the input of members with diverse perspectives.

Access practical tips for leading collaborative teams, organized around five key areas for healthy and engaged groups.

This chart compares two common decision-making approaches—voting and consensus. Which method or combination of methods is best for your team?

Through our Community Opioid Collaborative, PS@EDC works with states to identify and create the constellation of supports that communities need to establish and sustain cross-sector approaches to reducing opioid misuse and overdose, identify communities ready to engage in these approaches, and support these communities in moving this work forward.

This tool presents opportunities for collaborating at each step of the SPF.

This tip sheet provides an introduction to key players involved in on-campus substance abuse prevention efforts, important considerations for working together, and examples of how to engage campuses and college students in community prevention efforts.

Dodi Swope and Chuck Klevgaard offer ideas for how health professionals, social services, and policymakers can work together to prevent opioid abuse.