Training & Technical Assistance

Reducing Plastic Waste in Jamaica’s Waters

Addressing the plastics pollution crisis in Kingston Harbor requires a multipronged approach including infrastructure and behavioral interventions. Our TTA work and partnerships in Jamaica helped provide incentives and opportunities for local communities to dispose of waste differently, including through community-based micro-businesses.

Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program (COSSUP)

Between 2000 and 2021, over 1 million people in the U.S. aged 14 or older died of a drug-involved overdose. COSSUP increases access to and use of substance use prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery support services. We partner with state-based grantees and their subrecipients to create products and resources that address the overdose epidemic.

Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI)

SAKI is a national program dedicated to creating a coordinated community response to sexual assault and violent crime through a victim-centered approach. SAKI builds jurisdictional capacity to support sexual assault kit testing and submission and implements sustainable strategies for investigation and prosecution. We lead a team of partners including law enforcement officials, forensic medical personnel, prosecutors, response researchers, victim advocacy professionals, and more.

We Think Twice Digital Media Campaign

Teenagers face unique challenges that are amplified in a digital world, and significant disparities persist by geography, household income, race and ethnicity, and sexual orientation. We partnered with the Administration for Children and Families and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health to create and implement the We Think Twice campaign, which helps teenagers build knowledge and skills to form healthy relationships, set and achieve goals, and make healthy decisions.

Preparing Schools for Future Learning Disruptions

To enhance the capacity of North Carolina school districts, we partnered with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction on Rethink Education. By delivering evidence-based practices and tailored education TTA, this work ensured that K–12 leaders and educators had the knowledge, resources, and best practices they needed to respond to current and future learning disruptions, such as those experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic.