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Strategic Planning

New Initiatives: Considerations Related to Planning, Implementing, Sustaining, and Going-to-Scale

Publisher: 
University of California, Los Angeles

This brief is designed to provide a quick overview of basic ideas, phases, stages, and steps related to the planning, implementation, maintenance, and scale-up of valuable new initiatives.

Evaluation's Role in Supporting Initiative Sustainability

Publisher: 
Harvard University

This report from the Harvard Family Research Project offers ideas for the roles that evaluation can play in ensuring early and regular discussions about sustainability.

The Community Tool Box Web Site

Publisher: 
University of Kansas

The Community Tool Box is the world's largest resource for free information on essential skills for building healthy communities.

Planning, Implementing and Evaluating Culturally Competent Service Delivery Systems in Primary Health Care Settings

Publisher: 
Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development

This checklist provides guidance on the delivery of services and supports to children and adolescents with emotional, behavioral, and mental disorders, and their families.

Project Director Consortia August 2009

Date/Time: 
August 05, 2009
Location: 
Washington, D.C.

This Project Director Consortia meeting took place in Washington, D.C. directly after the Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools National Conference.

Communications Institute for 2007 and Sustainability Working Meeting for 2006 Project Directors

Date/Time: 
May 13, 2008
Location: 
New Orleans, Louisiana

The 2007 Project Directors (with one additional person from their grant site) attended the Communications Institute while the 2006 SS/HS Project Directors attended a Sustainability Working Meeting

Strategic Planning for Sustainability 2007

Date/Time: 
November 08, 2007
Location: 
Denver, CO

This two day workshop, co-sponsored by the National Center and the SS/HS Communication Teams, took place in Denver, CO for all FY 2005 sites.

Strategic Planning for Sustainability

Date/Time: 
November 18, 2008
Location: 
Minneapolis, Minnesota

This three-day conference brought together teams of 2006 SS/HS grantees to focus on the many strategies for sustainability.

Strategic Planning

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Strategic planning is an integral part of any successful initiative. It is not a single event, but a series of events focused on plan development, review, and revision.