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National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention

For Project Directors

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Project directors have a unique role and set of responsibilities. Consider this section of the Web site your virtual office; here you will find resources specific to your role.

  • There is a visual guide to the first six months of your initiative.
  • There is a directory of other individuals (technical assistance [TA] providers as well as other project directors) who can support you.
  • There is also a list of reporting requirements and their deadlines applicable to your cohort.
  • Bookmark useful resources you find elsewhere on the site by clicking on Add to favorites so that you can always find them again when log in and visit My Favorites.

It is your role to manage the complex set of activities described in your original application. Managing the myriad activities included in these SS/HS comprehensive plans can be more than a full-time job, and it is possible to define your success by how well you manage the project.

Moreover, leading for systems change can sustain your initiative’s positive outcomes for many years to come.

As an SS/HS project director, you can lead for change in your community, with several goals in mind. First, transforming the quality of interventions and activities that the systems serving children and youth in your community implement, and second, varying how the systems collaborate around common goals. Aiming for systems change requires that you search for and capitalize on opportunities to create systemic change that sustains the work of your initiative.

In addition to this Web site, SAMHSA's SS/HS Web site and the Communication & Social Marketing Center Web site contain abundant resources to guide you as you lead for change.