A Prescription for Program Sustainability: The Drug-Free Community Sustainability Model in Practice

Laura M Mercer Kollar1, Wendy Cummings, Christine Koffkey

  • 1Author Affiliations: Division of Overdose Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Atlanta, Georgia (Dr Mercer Kollar, Dr Anderson, and Albarran); Oyate Prevention Coalition, Rapid City, South Dakota (Cummings); Genesee County Prevention Coalition, Flint, Michigan (Koffkey); Chester County Empowering Communities for Healthy Outcomes Coalition, Chester, South Carolina (Reid); Schools Together Allowing No Drugs Coalition, Oneida, Tennessee (Owens); and Michigan State University, College of Social Science, School of Social Work, East Lansing, Michigan (Dr Smith-Darden).

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