Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium

Technical Assistance

TTAC maintains an experienced staff as well as a rich and diverse pool of highly qualified consultants available for onsite, telephone, and online assistance. TTAC staff and consultants offer expertise in an array of areas including, but not limited to:

Community mobilization and coalition building – mobilizing communities to achieve systems, policy, and social norm change; establishing diverse coalitions and partnerships; membership recruitment, engagement and retention; organizational development and action planning; maintaining momentum; conflict resolution
Strategic and action planning – group facilitation; engaging stakeholders; establishing a strategic direction (creating a vision, mission, goals, etc.); communicating the plan; developing an implementation plan and action steps
Comprehensive tobacco control programming – building and sustaining comprehensive programs that are based on best practices and evidence-based strategies; implementing CDC-recommended strategies including MPOWER and MAPPS
Policy and advocacy – assisting at every stage of policy involvement, from creating a policy agenda to building a united voice in support of policy priorities; making the transition from program delivery to policy advocacy; building competence on CDC-recommended policies, such as smoke-free air and pricing policy
Community assessment – assessing community needs and resources; determining methodology and data sources; interpreting and applying results
Achieving health equity – collaborating with national, state, and local organizations and community partners to develop policy strategies to eliminate tobacco-related disparities through promotion of health equity
Evaluation – developing an evaluation plan and using results to improve program process and outcomes
Sustainability – ensuring program sustainability through grant writing and fundraising; developing scopes of work and review processes for mini-grants, RFP/RFA, and other contracted services; creating a sustainability plan
Networking and information exchange – establishing networks and communication systems that support peer-to-peer exchange of information and strategies

Understanding that the challenges in tobacco control are complex and varied, TTAC meets the needs of the client by considering the nature of the assignment, the geographic region, cultural appropriateness, and client timeline sensitivities.

TTAC can also provide

Facilitation – skilled facilitation on organizational development or program matters; practical insight into the dynamics of coalition and/or program relationships; leadership, decision-making, and conflict resolution; creative thinking in cross-cultural contexts
Curriculum development and instructional design – design new or update existing training curricula utilizing traditional and multimedia formats
Document review – technical and content review of professional documents and resource material
Information management – general assistance in locating information and resources, including tobacco control research, reports and referrals to individuals or organizations with a particular expertise
Event coordination – organize and implement small and large-group training events, meetings and conferences

TTAC cannot provide

Grants or funding

Submit a technical assistance request
If you feel that TTAC can be of assistance to your program, we invite you to complete and submit a Training and Technical Assistance Request Form, call us at 404-712-8474, or send us an email. Whether your request is basic or complex, we want to assist you. If you are unable to describe your exact requirements at this time, TTAC staff can also help you define those needs. One of our staff members will respond to you promptly, review your request, and determine the next steps.

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