Life Enhancing Alcohol-management Program

The LEAP is a comprehensive, multidimensional, community-level intervention offered in Housing First settings that was developed using a CBPR framework. The LEAP principles, process, and components were conceptualized and operationalized by the CAB in the pilot study, and are outlined in a recently published articles in the American Psychologist and Journal of Community Psychology. Briefly, LEAP principles include recognizing and respecting community as a key unit of identity versus solely as individuals in a traditional research hierarchy; embracing cultural humility; practicing pragmatism and compassion; aiming to build equitable research partnerships with communities; acknowledging and promoting community strengths; and supporting relevant, sustainable, positive and community-led change.