Millions of people use the Community Tool Box each year to get help taking action, teaching, and training others in organizing for community development. Dive in to find help assessing community needs and resources, addressing social determinants of health, engaging stakeholders, action planning, building leadership, improving cultural competency, planning an evaluation, and sustaining your efforts over time.

Build Your Toolbox

The Community Tool Box offers thousands of pages of practical guidance for community change efforts. We'd love to partner with your organization to deliver these resources for implementation to those you serve through a “mashup,” integrating curated tools and guidance for implementation with your organization's framework for change.

To see an example of a “mashup” to support implementation, visit Healthy People 2020. From their “Implementation” tab, if you select one of the phases of their MAP-IT model, you’ll see that Community Tool Box supports are included for those wanting more detailed “how-to” guidance. The Tool Box has supported mashups, or supports for taking action, with partners including the Institute of Medicine, CDC Community Health Improvement Navigator, County Health Rankings and Roadmaps, Unnatural Causes, Medical Reserve Corps, the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa, and the Peace Corps.