Community Prevention Initiative

Committed to preventing and reducing alcohol and other drug abuse in underserved communities

Project Details

CPI services expand knowledge of effective and culturally relevant prevention services and approaches for all entities currently engaged with alcohol, tobacco and other drug (ATOD) prevention efforts. The CPI functions as an community prevention technology transfer system/ development center serving ATOD prevention organizations and practitioners throughout California. Its primary role is to synthesize and translate state-of-the–art community prevention research-based findings into effective, culturally competent training and technical assistance services that meet the needs of the ATOD prevention services field.

Population or Groups Served:

ATOD prevention programs/providers, local and administrative state agencies currently engaged in ATOD community prevention, or those groups/organizations that want to become involved in ATOD community prevention.


Eligibility Criteria:

TA/training requests must be related to ATOD community prevention issues or requesting group’s mission must focus on preventing or reducing ATOD problems within the community.

View Training Video(s):

Click Here to view a training video on Motivational Interviewing.

Click Here to view a training video on Continuous Quality Improvement

 The focus of the Community Prevention Initiative (CPI) is to promote community wellness by applying research-based findings into effective, culturally competent training and TA services to various segments of the community; including, faith and community-based organizations, private sector/businesses, school systems and local, county and state agencies.  To find out more about CPI, go to:

http://www.ca-cpi.org