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Description

Website providing a variety of resources for community development and engagement.

Questions this resource can help answer

What tools are available to help improve stakeholder and community engagement in air quality planning?

What are ways to engage communities in planning, implementing, and evaluating air quality interventions?

How do I use this resource?

This website provides access to training in community engagement, including among others, training in community assessment, analyzing problems and identifying interventions, implementing interventions, and evaluating programs. Trainings are presented as Chapters, and include related “toolkits” which provide steps and examples.

Pro tips

The same set of toolkits available in the chapters are accessible directly in the Learn a Skill page.

Resource information

Resource owner

Non-governmental organization

Format

Website

Backup URL

Update Frequency

Irregularly

Geographic Coverage

Kansas, United States

Technical specifications

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Training

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