Webinar 3: Harm Reduction Capacity Building

Lumenus’s Capacity Building Model

This webinar introduces The attached documents introduce how the model was implemented at Lumenus to build harm reduction capacity, highlighting the different steps and how agencies can use this model to guide their own capacity-building efforts. Content includes:

1. Exploring attitudes and concerns of staff;
2. Legality;
3. Key Principles of Harm Reduction; 
4. Staff Needs Assessment;
5. Involving Youth with Lived Experience;
6. Identifying Youth Needs;
7. Exploring Readiness for Change;
8. Developing Capacity; and
9. Sustaining Capacity.

Lumenus's Harm Reduction Capacity Building Model:

Webinar slides:

Assessing Needs of Staff & Youth

This webinar also walks participants through what a needs assessment would look like for their staff and the youth they work with. Lumenus’s capacity building model is offered as a guide and resource to begin assessing immediate service gaps, community needs, and harm reduction priorities.