Troubleshooting Guide for Solving Problems:

Common Problems, Reflection Questions, and Links to Support Tools

 

 

 

     13.  Not enough money or resources needed to sustain the program or intiative

 

 

 

SOME REFLECTION QUESTIONS:

 

 

SOME CTB SUPPORTS:

 

1. Have we developed a plan for financial sustainability?

Toolkit: Sustaining the Work or Initiative

Chapter 42, Section 1: Developing a Plan for Financial Sustainability

Chapter 42, Section 3: Developing a Committee to Help with Financial Sustainability

Chapter 46, Section 2: Strategies for Sustaining the Initiative

2. Do we know how to select prospective funders?

Chapter 46, Section 5: Marketing the Initiative to Secure Financial Support

Chapter 46, Section 11: Soliciting Contributions and In-Kind Support

3. Have we created a business plan?

Toolkit: Improving Organizational Management and Development

Chapter 42, Section 2: Creating a Business Plan

4. Have we sought grant funding?

Toolkit: Writing a Grant Application for Funding

Chapter 42, Section 5: Writing a Grant

5. Did we set goals for resources needed to sustain the organization and/or its activities after the project/current funding?

Toolkit: Sustaining the Work or Initiative

Chapter 46, Section 2: Strategies for Sustaining the Initiative

6. Do we know which of our programs should continue over the long term?

CHAPTER 45: SOCIAL MARKETING OF SUCCESSFUL COMPONENTS OF THE INITIATIVE

Chapter 46, Section 5: Marketing the Initiative to Secure Financial Support

7. Do we have a plan in place to institutionalize or sustain the initiative (e.g., do we know how to continue our programs, practices, etc.?)?

CHAPTER 46: PLANNING FOR LONG-TERM INSTITUTIONALIZATION
Chapter 46, Section 5: Marketing the Initiative to Secure Financial Support

8. Do we know how to find continuing, regular support for one of our programs?

Chapter 42, Section 1: Developing a Plan for Financial Sustainability

Chapter 42, Section 4: Applying for a Grant: The General Approach

Chapter 46, Section 1: Strategies for the Long-Term Institutionalization of an Initiative: An Overview

Chapter 46, Section 2: Strategies for Sustaining the Initiative

Chapter 46, Section 5: Marketing the Initiative to Secure Financial Support

Chapter 46, Section 11: Soliciting Contributions and In-Kind Support

9. Do we know how to encourage others to adopt our mission and objectives?

Toolkit: Implementing a Social Marketing Effort

Chapter 8, Section 2: Proclaiming Your Dream: Developing Vision and Mission Statements
Chapter 8, Section 3: Creating Objectives

Chapter 24, Section 3: Promoting Coordination, Cooperative Agreements, and Collaborative Agreements Among Agencies

Chapter 30, Section 4: Recognizing Allies

Chapter 46, Section 3: Promoting Adoption of the Initiative’s Mission and Objectives

10. Do we know how to keep our message alive even if our group disappears?

Chapter 45: Social Marketing of Successful Components of the Initiative

Chapter 46: Planning for Long-Term Institutionalization

11. Have we made a decision to institutionalize one or more of our programs?

Chapter 46, Section 1: Strategies for the Long-Term Institutionalization of an Initiative: An Overview

Chapter 46, Section 2: Strategies for Sustaining the Initiative

12. Have we planned to institutionalize our initiative (e.g., have we planned to continue our program, practice, etc.?)?

Chapter 42, Section 1: Developing a Plan for Financial Sustainability

Chapter 42, Section 3: Developing a Committee to Help with Financial Sustainability

CHAPTER 46: PLANNING FOR LONG-TERM INSTITUTIONALIZATION

Chapter 46, Section 2: Strategies for Sustaining the Initiative

13. Have we planned to extend our efforts to help more people in the broader community?

Chapter 45: Social Marketing of Successful Components of the Initiative

Chapter 46: Planning for Long-Term Institutionalization