1. Have we reviewed others' approaches to solving similar problems?
- Toolkit: Analyzing Problems and Goals
- Toolkit: Developing a Framework or Model of Change
- Toolkit: Developing an Intervention
- Links to Databases of Promising Approaches
- Our Model for Community Change and Improvement
- Some Other Models for Promoting Community Health and Development
2. Have we developed a strategic plan for addressing the problem or goal?
- Toolkit: Developing Strategic and Action Plans
- Developing A Strategic Plan
- An Overview of Strategic Planning or “VMOSA” (Vision, Mission, Objectives, Strategies, and Action Plans)
- Proclaiming Your Dream: Developing Vision and Mission Statements
- Creating Objectives
- Developing Successful Strategies: Planning to Win
- Understanding Risk and Protective Factors
3. Have we engaged stakeholders in designing the intervention to promote ownership and to get their feedback on the appropriateness of the intervention’s goals?
- Some Models for Promoting Community Health and Development
- Leading a Community Dialogue on Building a Healthy Community
- Gaining Public Support for Addressing Community Health and Development Issues
- Encouraging Involvement in Community Work
- Involving Key Influentials in the Initiative
- Involving People Most Affected by the Problem
- Obtaining Feedback from Constituents: What Changes are Important and Feasible
- Building and Sustaining Commitment
- Participatory Approaches to Planning Community Interventions
- Understanding Community Leadership, Evaluators, and Funders: What Are Their Interests?
4. Have we developed clear vision and mission statements?
- An Overview of Strategic Planning or “VMOSA” (Vision, Mission, Objectives, Strategies, and Action Plans)
- Proclaiming Your Dream: Developing Vision and Mission Statements
5. Have we developed objectives and strategies?
- An Overview of Strategic Planning or “VMOSA” (Vision, Mission, Objectives, Strategies, and Action Plans)
- Creating Objectives
- Developing Successful Strategies: Planning to Win
6. Have we developed a clear action plan for each community and system change to be sought (or intervention component to be implemented)?
- Toolkit: Developing Strategic and Action Plans
- An Overview of Strategic Planning or “VMOSA” (Vision, Mission, Objectives, Strategies, and Action Plans)
- Developing an Action Plan
- Identifying Action Steps in Bringing About Community and System Change
7. Have we developed a logic model or framework (i.e., a visual picture for how you will get from present conditions to intended outcomes)?
- Toolkit: Developing a Framework or Model of Change
- Some Other Models for Promoting Community Health and Development
- Developing a Logic Model or Theory of Change
8. Have we engaged local people in selecting, designing, and/or adapting an intervention to fit the situation?
- Encouraging Involvment in Community Work
- Involving Key Influentials in the Initiative
- Involving People Most Affected by the Problem
- Obtaining Feedback from Constituents: What Changes are Important and Feasible
- Participatory Approaches to Planning Community Interventions
- Choosing and Adapting Community Interventions
- Understanding Community Leadership, Evaluators, and Funders: What Are Their Interests?
9. Do we have collaborative leadership to work on this problem or towards this goal?
- Orienting Ideas in Leadership
- Developing a Plan for Building Leadership
- Building Teams: Broadening the Base for Leadership
- Collaborative Leadership
10. Have we identified core intervention components and modes of delivery that reflect an analysis of the problem or goal and available resources?
- Choosing Strategies to Promote Community Health and Development
- Strategies for Community Change and Improvement: An Overview
- Identifying Action Steps in Bringing About Community and System Change
11. Have we determined what we can practically afford to do—financially, politically—given our time and resources?
- Assessing Community Needs and Resources
- Obtaining Feedback from Constituents: What Changes Are Important and Feasible
- Developing a Plan for Financial Sustainability
- Developing a Business Plan
12. Have we planned for how we will adapt the intervention to fit the local context?
- Criteria for Choosing Promising Practices and Community Interventions
- Adapting Community Interventions for Different Cultures and Communities
13. Have we identified anticipated barriers and resistance and how they might be overcome or diminished?
- Responding to Counterattacks
- Identifying Opponents
- Overview of Opposition Tactics: Recognizing the Ten D’s
- How to Respond to Opposition Tactics
14. Have we planned for how we can assure quality implementation and conditions for success?
- Modifying Access, Barriers and Opportunities
- Changing Policies
- Modifying Policies to Enhance the Quality of Services
- Achieving and Maintaining Quality Performance
15. Have we developed a plan to consistently monitor and evaluate our work?
- Toolkit: Evaluating the Initiative
- Introduction to Evaluation
- A Framework for Program Evaluation: A Gateway to Tools
- Developing an Evaluation Plan
- Participatory Evaluation
- Some Operations in Evaluating Community Intervention
- Some Methods for Evaluating Comprehensive Community Initiatives
- Using Evaluation to Understand and Improve the Initiative
- Providing Feedback to Improve the Initiative
- Maintaining Quality Performance