The infrastructure includes:

1     13 Regional Prevention Centers covering all 105 counties in the state which provide:

• Comprehensive science-based technical assistance, support and training to more than 200 community coalitions, task forces and partnerships.
• Technical assistance in support of the six core strategies from Center for Substance Abuse Prevention: Information dissemination, problem identification and referral, alternatives, education, community-based processes and environmental strategies.
• The use of seven core competencies for community initiatives, which are: leadership, community assessment, outcome-based planning, community action and advocacy, community evaluation, social marketing and leveraging resources.

2     A. Kansas Family Partnership which provides

• Statewide advocacy and support for community coalitions.
• Support for SADD and Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free (federal initiative supported by Governor's spouses)
• Statewide prevention training.

       B. Youth Friends of Kansas which provides:

• Matching of community volunteers to school-based mentoring opportunities
• Training of school personnel for implementation of Youth Friends

3     Data collection and analysis

• Provides funding for the Communities That Care student drug use survey.
• Provides funding for the University of Kansas Work Group to maintain a system to evaluate progress of community coalitions.