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Program Readiness: Preparing for Program Launch

Create an account with The Pennsylvania State University and earn completion certificates for several prevention topics. Identifying and putting a new program in place can be overwhelming. This tutorial supports exploration and decision-making around key implementation components that increase the likelihood of program success and provides tools and information to support program launch and early sustainability planning.

Project Management: The Process for Leading Successful Projects.

Create an account with The Pennsylvania State University and earn completion certificates for several prevention topics. The purpose of this course is to introduce the basics of project management. It covers core project management processes and how they strategically organize and execute tasks needed to achieve a project goal, with skills, techniques, and tools that support efficient and successful project completion.

Using Logic Models to Strengthen Programs from Start to Finish

Create an account with The Pennsylvania State University and earn completion certificates for several prevention topics. This resource explains how a logic model helps clarify a program’s goals, articulate how and why it works, and identify why desired outcomes may or may not be occurring at different stages of planning, implementation, or reflection. It describes the logic model as a guiding framework that visually links program activities to intended goals and outcomes, serving as a practical roadmap for program success.

Coordinating Youth-Driven Work in the Community – Sustaining & Advancing Youth Initiatives

Create an account with Colorado State University and earn completion certificates for several prevention topics. In this course, you will gain insights into evaluating and sustaining youth engagement in your initiatives through thoughtful planning and proactive approaches to keeping youth involved. This course is Part 3 in a three-part series. While this course can be taken without the other two, it is designed to build on concepts explored in the first youth engagement course, which is an Introduction to Youth Engagement, and the second, Activating Youth in Prevention Work.

Writing S.M.A.R.T. Goals and Objectives

Create an account with The Pennsylvania State University and earn completion certificates for several prevention topics. The purpose of this course is to introduce S.M.A.R.T. goals and objectives and explain how they translate ideas into action by clearly defining what needs to be done, by whom, and by what target date. The course also demonstrates how S.M.A.R.T. components support measurable accountability and timelines for assessing whether project activities are producing the intended results.

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Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development
University of Colorado Boulder
Institute of Behavioral Science
UCB 483, Boulder, CO 80309

Email: blueprints@colorado.edu

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Blueprints for Healthy Youth Development is currently funded by the United States Office of National Drug Control Policy and historically has received funding from Arnold Ventures, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.