Resource Assessment Questions

• What prevention professionals are available to staff the prevention project?


• What volunteer resources are available to staff the prevention project?


• What skills do you have, and what skills do you lack?


• What specialists, technicians, or consultants are available?


• How much time can they commit?


• What facilities and equipment are needed and available?


• What potential funding exists for the effort?


• What Federal or State grants are available and appropriate?


• What private foundations or corporations are appropriate?


• Are there local agencies that can be approached?


• Is there pro bono help for legal, accounting, advertising, research design, or evaluation?


• Are there in-kind services available for word processing, photoduplication, mail, telephones, Internet service, or computer time?


• Can funds be redirected from or combined with those of other programs?


• Are prevention service providers, as well as community volunteers, willing to commit additional time to the program effort if funds are limited?