• About Us
    • DHCS Team
    • CARS Team
    • Consultants
  • TA and Training Services
    • Events Schedule
    • Individualized TA
    • On-Site Prevention Extension Workshops
    • Online Training Courses
    • Webinars
    • Prevention Certification
  • Products and Publications
    • CPI Publications
    • CPI Newsletters
    • Presentations & Workshop Materials
    • Other Resources & Tools
    • Archived Projects
  • Resource Libraries
    • Prescription Misuse Prevention
    • Interagency Prevention Advisory Council (IPAC)
  • State Prevention News
    • DHCS Data Collection Service
  • County Contact Information
  • Contact Us
    • Request TA/Training

Community Prevention Initiative (CPI)

Home / Team Members / Christina Borbely

July 18, 2016

Christina Borbely

Senior Research Associate

cborbely@cars-rp.org
b

Christina has worked with the CARS team in a consultant or full-time capacity since 2004. In addition to being a Senior Research Associate, she is Field Director for the Now is the Time Technical Assistance (NITT-TA) Center. Christina has a primary focus in promoting evidence-based and culturally appropriate programs and practices that foster resilience and build assets at the individual and community levels. In program evaluation, her areas of expertise include logic models, measure development, evaluation planning and implementation, data management and analysis, dissemination of findings to key stakeholders and the field, and application of evaluation findings for ongoing project improvement. Her topics of interest in youth development encompass application of resiliency frameworks, integration of proven best practices, and linking youth development processes to measurable program outcomes.

Christina received her doctoral degree in Developmental Psychology from Columbia University in 2004. At Columbia, she was a research scientist and coordinator at the National Center for Children and Families, where her work included evaluation of the Life Skills Training prevention program in New York City schools; analysis of youth development research, programs, and policies; and an impact assessment of families in desegregated public housing in Yonkers, NY. As Director of the Research and Planning department at KidsFirst, she directed the creation of a TTA coalition of nine non-profit agencies serving youth in the Placer County region. As the research director at the Child Abuse Prevention Council in California, she worked closely with First 5 California to improve the design of Family Resource Centers to offer evidence-based parenting programs and effective systems for early childhood health and nutrition, and to create partnerships for early childhood education.

  • Facebook
  • Linkedin
  • Twitter
Request TA/Training

Training Events and Conferences

Brief Intervention for Substance Using Adolescents – Orange County
Friday, April 20, 2018
Irvine, CA

Upcoming Webinars

Creating Culturally Competent Substance Use Disorder Prevention Services for LGBTQ Populations Webinar
Thursday, May 10, 2018
12pm - 1:30pm

The Community Prevention Initiative (CPI) provides no-cost technical assistance and training in substance use disorder prevention. CPI is administered by the Center for Applied Research Solutions and funded and directed by the California Department of Health Care Services.

The TTA project is intended to serve California agencies and organizations involved in community-based prevention. CPI is able to provide no-cost TTA support for planning and prevention services that include a broad community perspective. Specifically, the purpose of Community Prevention Initiative, is "to reduce and manage community-level risks and problems directly attributable to and/or collaterally resulting from ATOD availability, manufacture, distribution, promotion, sale and/or use."

The CARS CPI TA team works in coordination with the DHCS team and with a pool of expert consultants to provide services.

For assistance please contact us at:
Phone: (707) 568-3800
Fax: (707) 568-3810

708 College Avenue
Santa Rosa, CA 95404

More CARS Projects

  • SAMHSA's Now Is The Time Initiative (NITT)
  • California Mentoring Partnership (CMP)
  • California Community Colleges Student Mental Health Program (CCC SMHP)

Community Prevention Initiative (CPI)

Phone: (707) 568-3800
Fax: (707) 568-3810

708 College Avenue
Santa Rosa, CA 95404

TA and Training

  • Request TA/Training
  • Events Schedule
  • Individualized TA/Training
  • On-Site Prevention Extension Workshops
  • Online Training Courses
  • Archived Webinars
  • Upcoming Webinars Schedule

Resources

  • CPI Publications
  • CPI Newsletters
  • Presentations & Workshop Materials
  • Prescription Misuse Prevention Resources
  • Other Resources and Tools
  • Archived Projects

Center for Applied Research Solutions (CARS)
CA Department of Health Care Services (DHCS)

Prevention Websites

SAMHSA
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Center for the App. of Pv Technologies (CAPT)
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA)
Youth.gov

Copyright © 2018 Community Prevention Initiative (CPI)
/* ----------------------------------------- */ /* View: Training Events and Conferences - start */ /* ----------------------------------------- */ .entry-meta { display:none !important; } /* ----------------------------------------- */ /* View: Training Events and Conferences - end */ /* ----------------------------------------- */ /* ----------------------------------------- */ /* View: Webinars - start */ /* ----------------------------------------- */ .entry-meta { display:none !important; } /* ----------------------------------------- */ /* View: Webinars - end */ /* ----------------------------------------- */
/* ----------------------------------------- */ /* Content Template: team-member-profile-page - start */ /* ----------------------------------------- */ /* ----------------------------------------- */ /* Content Template: team-member-profile-page - end */ /* ----------------------------------------- */