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Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Boot Camp Description
Are you part of a coalition looking to apply for the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Grant? Are you a member of a DFC coalition looking to refresh your logic model, strategic plan, and other coalition documents? Join our comprehensive training series designed to equip your coalition with the tools, knowledge, and confidence needed to prepare a successful application. Whether you’re new to the DFC Grant process or just looking to update your coalition’s materials, our sessions are tailored to meet your needs.
Prevention Action Alliance has teamed up with CADCA to offer a Drug-Free Communities Grant coalition training series. This program equips coalition leaders with the essential knowledge and tools to build or sustain an effective substance use prevention coalition and secure the DFC Grant. Led by expert CADCA Trainers, the sessions cover everything from prevention fundamentals and data collection to strategic action planning and community engagement.
The best part? You don’t have to attend every session. Our flexible format allows you to choose the sessions that best fit your coalition’s needs and schedule. Whether you want to focus on specific components of the application or gain a comprehensive understanding, you can tailor your participation to suit your goals.
Don’t miss this opportunity to strengthen your coalition’s capacity and increase your chances of securing the DFC Grant. Join us and take the next step toward making a lasting impact in your community!
DFC Grant Coalition Training | Session 7: Advocacy and Policy
The Advocacy and Policy training provides an introduction to advocacy, the legislative process, case statements, and elevator speeches. It covers different advocacy strategies and action planning. Advocacy involves taking actions for change, while lobbying seeks to influence legislators and regulatory agencies. The training clarifies when to advocate and when to lobby.
Trainer
Kristina Clark
President and Founder, KM Clark Consulting Group
Kristina Clark is the President and Founder of KM Clark Consulting Group, a consulting company dedicated to developing and sustaining non-profits. Kristina Clark served as the Executive Director of the Coffee County Anti-Drug Coalition from 2007-2016 before transitioning to Grant Writer and Sustainability Consultant for the coalition, a position she still holds today. Ms. Clark has dedicated herself to non-profit work since graduating from Middle Tennessee State University in May of 2006 with a Bachelor’s of Science in psychology and minors in mental services and sociology. Before serving as the Coalition Executive Director, Kristina held positions as a domestic violence court advocate and in home counselor for at risk youth. In 2012, Ms. Clark earned her Certified Prevention Specialist II and now trains on a national level as a trainer for the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America’s (CADCA) National Coalition Academy. She also trains nationally on the prevention of alcohol and drug abuse as well as non-profit management and capacity building.
Under her leadership the Coalition achieved several awards and grants including Drug Free Communities funding (Years 1-10), the National Got Outcomes! Coalition in Focus award 2013, Tennessee Department of Health’s Injury Prevention award 2012 and a 2014 Patriotic Employer Award from the Office of the Secretary of Defense Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve . With community collaboration and staff team work, Ms. Clark has been able to achieve community level change regarding substance abuse behaviors on a county wide scale including successfully advocating for local and state policy change. As an advocate for diversifying funds for non-profit sustainability, Ms. Clark lead her community coalition in trademarking and marketing a successful comprehensive prescription drug prevention campaign, Count it! Lock it! Drop it!® which will provide the non-profit foundation money for the future as well as assist counties throughout the country in reducing prescription drug abuse. Kristina Clark is also an executive board member for the Prevention Alliance of Tennessee, a statewide prevention legislation advocacy organization.
Kristina Clark was raised throughout the United States as a proud Air Force brat. Ms. Clark has now made Tennessee home base with her husband and best friend Michael Clark, their black lab Sammie “Trainwreck” Clark, and beautiful toddler Michael Joseph.
Additional Sessions
You don’t have to attend every session of the DFC grant coalition training to participate. Our flexible format allows you to choose the sessions that best suit your coalition’s needs and schedule. Below are the other 8 sessions/topics covered in the boot camp. We encourage you to check them out!
- DFC Boot Camp Session 1: Prevention Fundamentals | Tuesday, September 24th, 9:30 AM – 11 AM
- DFC Boot Camp Session 2: Cultural Competence | Tuesday, September 24th, 12:30 PM – 2 PM
- DFC Boot Camp Session 3: Community Assessment | Tuesday, October 8th, 9:30 AM – 11 AM
- DFC Boot Camp Session 4: Logic Models | Tuesday, October 8th, 12:30 PM – 2 PM
- DFC Boot Camp Session 5: Coalition Capacity Building | Tuesday, October 22nd, 9:30 AM – 11 AM
- DFC Boot Camp Session 6: Strategic Action Planning | Tuesday, October 22nd, 12:30 PM – 2 PM
- DFC Boot Camp Session 8: Implementation & Evaluation | Tuesday, November 5th, 12:30 PM – 2 PM
- DFC Boot Camp Session 9: Sustainability SPCA Fall Fest | Tuesday, November 19th, 10 AM – 2 PM
- This session will be in-person. Registration is coming soon!
This training series is made possible by funding from: