The Community Readiness Model:
• Is a model for community change that integrates a community’s culture,resources, and level of readiness to more effectively address an issue.
• Allows communities to define issues and strategies in their own contexts.
• Builds cooperation among systems and individuals.
• Increases community capacity for prevention and intervention.
• Encourages and enhances community investment in an issue.
• Can be applied in any community (geographic, issue-based, organizational, etc.).
• Can be used to address a wide range of issues.
• Is a guide to the complex process of community change.