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Welcome to the Community Tool Box
What do you want to do today?
Learn More about Using the CTB
Read a brief description about how to use the CTB and find a related framework for guiding your community work.
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Practical step-by-step guidance in specific community-building skills is available in over 300 sections.
Do the Work
Toolkits outline key tasks, examples, and support for 16 core competencies or skill areas.
Solve a Problem
Troubleshooting guides identify common challenges in doing this work, reflection questions, and links to supports.
Use Promising Approaches
Support for implementing key processes to promote change and improvement, and links to databases for best practices.
Connect with Others
Learn from others by asking a question of an advisor and linking to other online resources.
Search the CTB
Look for a specific topic within the CTB by typing a keyword or phrase into the orange box at the top right-hand side of the page and clicking "Go."
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We offer tailored resources based on the CTB and related capabilities.
People around the world are volunteering to translate and culturally adapt the CTB into Spanish and other priority languages such as Arabic and Portuguese. Over one-third of CTB users come from outside the U.S., but our vision is to reach even more people around the globe to offer help in translating and adapting these tools. Email toolbox@ku.edu or call US (785) 864-0533.
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