Operation Weed and Seed, which is administered by the U.S. Justice Department's Executive Office for Weed and Seed (EOWS), is a community-based strategy that aims to prevent, control, and reduce violent crime, drug abuse, and gang activity in designated high-crime neighborhoods across the country. The site coordinator must often make decisions that reflect the visions and goals of the site strategy and the community stakeholders, as well as monitor the site's compliance with EOWS policies and overall grant requirements. The knowledge areas addressed in this training manual are roles and responsibilities, collaborations and relationship with partners, strategy development and implementation, sustainability, technology, and programmatic and financial requirements. The overall goal of this training is to provide site coordinators with an understanding of the broad range of responsibilities they must fulfill in facilitating the implementation of the Weed-and-Seed strategy. Each training section presents the objectives of that section, along with the personal attributes and skills needed by the site coordinator to perform the tasks discussed. The manual contains a list of experienced site coordinators who can be contacted for advice. Appended sample position descriptions, sample operational policies and procedures, a grant administration manual, Office of Comptroller contact information, and instructions on how to obtain technical assistance from EOWS