Building community capacity and leadership was achieved by jointly developing all aspects of the coalition as recommended by published evidence-based indicators of coalition success.4 Capacity to build the QACAP coalition was facilitated by several means. First, opportunities for coalition members to articulate what they wanted was important in enhancing trust and satisfaction with participation in a coalition. Second, there were critical community members’ capacities for coalition success, including the willingness of coalition members to commit time and experiences to the coalition actions, share talents and resources, and work toward a common goal. Moreover, capacity building was enabled by the partners shared capacity to do this project. For example, the academic partner shared her experience in research and the aging population and the CSIF partners shared their expertise in building community leadership, ability to implement organizational and programmatic functions, and knowledge of the community culture.
