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SustainingCommunity Programs:
Created by Tammy GillespieCreated by Tammy Gillespie
University of Missouri, Outreach University of Missouri, Outreach and Extensionand Extension
Planning for Success
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Sustainability information is based on research sponsored in part by U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Principal Investigators: Jay A. Mancini and Lydia I. Marek,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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What is sustainability?
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Help groups:
1. Discuss sustainability process
2. Prioritize activities for project survival
3. Highlight sustainability resources
Purpose of Presentation
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Implications for Sustainability
Leadership
Demonstrated Program Impact
Collaborators Community
Funding
Project Staffing
Changes
Action Planning
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Sustainability
Program Funding
Do you have:
Current funding for at least 2 years?
Plans for additional future funding?
Funding for current operations & staffing?
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Leadership
Do Leaders:
Plan early for sustainability?
Establish clear project mission?
Identify survival strategies?
Sustainability
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Project Staffing
Are staff:
Involved in design, evaluation & decision making?
Trained, recognized & rewarded?
Flexible & creative?
Sustainability
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Changes
Do programs end?
Are new programs developed?
Are sites consolidated?
Sustainability
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Community
Are needs & assets regularly assessed?
Does the project reflect diversity?
Does the project have strong local government support?
Sustainability
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Demonstrated Program Impact
Are evaluation plans developed prior to implementation?
Are evaluations conducted regularly?
Are program “success stories” shared with funding sources and the public?
Sustainability
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Collaborators
Common vision
Involved inprogram designInvolved in
program implementation
Business & governmentrepresentatives
Clearly defined rolesInvolved in program
evaluation
Sustainability
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Sustainability Resources
Youth at Risk Sustainability Studies
1998 Study – Patterns of Project Survival and
Organizational Support
1999 Study – Continuity, Success and Survival of
Community-Based Projects
2003 Study – Ongoing community-based program
implementation, successes, and obstacles: The National
Youth at Risk Program Sustainability Study
Sustainability
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Children, Youth and Families Education and
Research Network (CYFERnet.org)
Coalition for Community Schools:
Sustainability Checklist
Sustainability Resources
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Action Planning
Project Leadership
Collaborators
Community
Demonstrated Program Impact
Funding
Project Staffing
Change/modify
Sustainability
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Acknowledgements
US Department of Agriculture
Children, Youth and Families at Risk Initiative
Missouri Outreach Development Fund
Community partners and volunteers
Lydia I. Marek and Jay A. Mancini, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Principal Investigators, Youth at Risk Sustainability Studies
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Sustainability Topic:______________
(Adapted from CYFAR 2001 Conference Workshop, Marek and Mancini)
Action Step?
Who will do what?
How will it be accomplished?
For what purpose?
Due date
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1. Sustainability resources • Youth At Risk Sustainability Studies• Web addresses
2. Sticky Wall with main categories listed
3. Large index cards
4. Sticker “dots” – yellow, orange and green
Materials Needed
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1. Setup equipment & room
2. Display legend for sticky wall
3. Distribute handouts
Process
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Process (continued)
4. Start PowerPoint presentation (1-13)
5. Divide into groups
6. Discuss framework handout
7. Site information group discussion
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Process (continued)
8. Sticky wall
9. Groups share findings– Strengths
– Trends
– Correlations
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Process (continued)
10. Action Planning Sheet (1 per variable)
11. Evaluation process