Working with ACT for Youth

ACT for Youth is funded by the New York State Department of Health to provide technical assistance (TA), training, and evaluation for CAPP, PREP, and SRAE providers. In 2018, the Department of Health changed our name from the ACT for Youth Center of Excellence (ACT COE) to the ACT for Youth Center for Community Action. Some resources previously created for CAPP and PREP may not reflect this change.

Technical Assistance

We provide technical assistance through a collaborative, relationship-based model of support designed to identify and develop solutions to the challenges faced by CAPP and PREP providers.

TA/Evaluation Support Team

Each CAPP and PREP provider has an ACT for Youth support team comprised of a TA team member and an Evaluation team member. The TA team member is the primary contact.

To identify your support team, see TA/Evaluation Support Teams below.

TA/Evaluation Support Teams

Website

Health Educator Supervisors: With resources on implementation, supervision, and evaluation, the CAPP and PREP section of the website is designed to meet the needs of Health Education Supervisors. Be sure to take a tour through each page of the CAPP and PREP section so that you are aware of every tool available to you.

Educators: Frontline educators will also find many useful resources in this section and elsewhere on the ACT for Youth website. We recommend that Educators begin on this page:

For CAPP and PREP Educators

Blog: The Hub!

The Hub is a blog for CAPP and PREP project staff. Here we answer common questions we've been hearing from providers, and pass along tools and hot tips to help you get your job done. We encourage you to comment, post your questions, and share your ideas! (On your first post, please include your agency. Your first post will need to be approved, but subsequent posts from that email address will go through automatically. This helps us eliminate spam from the comments.)

The Hub!

Trainings, Webinars, and Learning Communities

Required and Recommended Training

The CAPP and PREP initiatives have a number of required and recommended trainings, including trainings for Health Educator Supervisors and trainings for Educators.

Role	Required	Recommended
CAPP Supervisor	BWIAH Provider Meeting	Supervisor Training (online course) Implementing EBPs (online course) Observation Training Positive Youth Development 101 Trauma-Informed Care Training
CAPP Educator	Implementing EBPs (online course) Training of Educators: Project AIM (if using this EBP) Training of Facilitators: TOP (if using this EBP)	Training of Educators for BPBR, MPC Facilitation Training (advanced) Teaching Anatomy and Reproduction Positive Youth Development 101 Trauma-Informed Care Training
PREP Supervisor	Trauma-Informed Care Training BWIAH Provider Meeting	Supervisor Training (online course) Implementing EBPs (online course) Observation Training Positive Youth Development 101
PREP Educator	Implementing EBPs (online course) Trauma-Informed Care Training Training of Educators: Project AIM (if using this EBP) Training of Facilitators: TOP (if using this EBP)	Training of Educators for BPBR, MPC Facilitation Training (advanced) Teaching Anatomy and Reproduction Positive Youth Development 101

Learning Community Meetings

The TA team brings together learning communities focused on certain topics or the needs of particular audiences. These learning communities meet via Zoom on a regular basis to share resources and strategies. The groups and areas of focus have evolved over the years. In spring of 2022, the following groups are meeting: BPBR/MPC, New Educator, Self-Care and Burnout Prevention, Supervisor, and TOP. To learn more about learning communities, contact your TA provider.

Schedule

Find the current schedule of trainings, webinars, and learning communities here:

CAPP and PREP Training Calendar

Online Courses

ACT for Youth has created two web-based courses for CAPP and PREP. The goal of Implementing Evidence-Based Programs is to increase participants' knowledge of evidence-based programs and their implementation, and to develop their ability to deliver these programs with quality. This course is required for CAPP and PREP educators and recommended for Health Educator Supervisors. The Health Educator Supervisor Training focuses on the critical role played by supervisors and offers background and tools for success.

Once you have your log-in information, you can access the courses at the links below. Health Educator Supervisors can request log-ins for themselves and their educators for either or both courses by completing this form: Request log-in for online courses.

Implementing Evidence-Based Programs: An Online Training for Educators
Health Educator Supervisor Training

Evaluation

Each provider has an Evaluation contact as part of their support team. While the TA team member is the primary contact, providers may also contact the Evaluation team member directly for questions about the online reporting system, CAPP pre-post survey administration, and PREP entry and exit surveys. In addition, a great deal of information and tools are available online:

The Online Reporting System
CAPP Pre-Post Surveys
PREP Entry-Exit Surveys