Educators' Resource Center for Youth Sexual Risk Behavior Prevention

PROGRAM SUSTAINABILITY - Links to Resources

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I. FUNDRAISING AND GRANT WRITING

II. BROADER SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES

I. FUNDRAISING AND GRANT WRITING- Obtaining funding (through grant writing, donations, and other means) is crucial to sustaining a program.

Advocates for Youth (http://www.advocatesforyouth.org)

• Brindis C & Davis L. (1998). Building Strong Foundations, Ensuring the Future (http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/communitiesresponding2.pdf)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for HIV, STD and TB Prevention, Division of Sexually Transmitted Diseases (http://www.cdc.gov)

• Federal Funding Links (http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/FOAs.htm)

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and National Adolescent Health Information Center (NAHIC)

• Improving the Health of Adolescents and Young Adults: A Guide for States and Communities, (2001), Ch. 2, 4 (http://nahic.ucsf.edu/index.php/companion/index/)

The Foundation Center (http://fdncenter.org)
National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy (http://www.teenpregnancy.org)

• Butts D. (1999). Raising Funds for Teen Pregnancy Prevention (http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/get-organized99/ch14.pdf)

II. BROADER SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES- Securing sufficient financial resources is necessary-but not sufficient-to assure program sustainability. Effective leadership, community support, and the ability to adapt to changing political and social conditions are among the other prerequisites for achieving program sustainability.

Annie E. Casey Foundation (http://www.aecf.org/)

• Cornerstone Consulting Group. (2002). End Games: The Challenge of Sustainability (http://www.aecf.org/publications/data/endgames.pdf)

Community Tool Box (http://ctb.ku.edu/)
The Finance Project (http://www.financeproject.org/)

• Sustainability Planning (http://www.financeprojectinfo.org/sustainability/spoverview.asp)

Harvard Family Research Project (http://www.gse.harvard.edu/~hfrp/)

• Weiss H & Bohan-Baker M. (2002). Evaluation's Role in Supporting Initiative Sustainability. (http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/content/pubs/onlinepubs/sustainability/sustainability.pdf).

Urban Institute (http://www.urban.org/)

• De Vita, CJ & Fleming C. (2001). Building Capacity in Nonprofit Organizations (http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/building_capacity.PDF

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (http://aspe.hhs.gov/)

• Edwards SL & Stern RF. (1998). Building and Sustaining Community Partnerships for Teen Pregnancy Prevention: A Working Paper (http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/teenp/teenpreg/teenpreg.htm)

Virginia Cooperative Extension (http://www.ext.vt.edu/)

• Marek LI, Mancini JA, Brock DJ. (1999). Continuity, Success, and Survival of Community-Based Projects: The National Youth At Risk Program Sustainability Study (http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/family/350-801/350-801.html)

Journal Article

• Lodl K & Stevens G. (2002). Coalition sustainability: Long-Term Successes and Lessons Learned. Journal of Extension, 40(1). (http://www.joe.org/joe/2002february/a2.html)

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