Community Tool Box

Building Healthy Communities

CTB Logo Looking for community-based solutions? The Community Tool Box (CTB) website is a free resource provided by the University of Kansas and offers practical skill-building information on over 250 different topics. Since new users may have different needs and skill levels, we have found four different entry points into the CTB. You can’t go wrong so feel free to click around for the method that works best for you.

  • Getting Information - Detailed & comprehensive. This part reads like a book. To help organize your learning, 46 chapters are organized into 13 categories. If you need to train others, each section has text that can be quickly turned into overheads and a series of checklists that summarize the main points that can be used to evaluate your community’s progress.
    http://ctb.ku.edu/en/tablecontents/
  • Doing Your Work - Practical & prescriptive. This section is streamlined for action. Outlines, examples, and how-tos are designed to get you and your team into the work. This content is organized into 16 tool kits or competencies
    http://ctb.ku.edu/en/dothework/

  • Logic Model - Visual & integrated. This section brings the previous section together into a 12-part model. After orienting yourself to the model, there are links back to the 16 competencies described in the Doing Your Work section. An added feature is a detailed evidence for each step in the model.
    http://ctb.ku.edu/en/promisingapproach/
  • Solve a Problem - Solution-oriented. If your team has been working on a community issue and has run into difficulties, this section helps zero-in on resources that will help you find possible solutions for your problem.
    http://ctb.ku.edu/en/solveproblem/