The Prevention Learning Portal offers an eLearning course that helps you get ready to start a new prevention program. The course provides a Program Budget Template that you can use to calculate the program’s total estimated costs, actual costs, and the difference between the two. The Program Budget Template is available to you here in the PLP eLibrary as a downloadable Excel tool. You are encouraged to also take the Program Readiness eCourse to help you in your additional efforts to launch your new program.
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Project Management: Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed (RACI) Diagram
Any small and large project involves multiple individuals and stakeholders. It is extremely important in managing tasks across the project life cycle to define which individuals/stakeholders are Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, and Informed (RACI). A RACI Diagram or RACI Matrix can assist program managers in identifying who needs to be involved and how they are involved. You can view this video for an overview of RACI Diagrams.
The Peer Review Process.
This video explains the peer review process for prevention programs, which is a quality control process that involves careful review of scholarly and academic work. Experts with knowledge and experience in the same field as the prevention program that is being reviewed will scrutinize the research, ideas, methods, and outcomes of the program to ensure that the research has occurred according to professional standards. These experts also ensure that the program outcomes may be reproduced in other similar contexts and conditions. Then, a publication is produced with the findings which is also referred to as a scholarly publication. To learn more about the Peer Review Process, please view the YouTube video.
The Meaning of “Evidence-Based” Programs.
This handout outlines criteria for what it means to say a program is ‘evidence-based’ and where programs then fall along a ‘continuum of confidence’.
Sustainability Planning Checklist
This checklist is designed to assist program implementers during planning for sustainability. It includes categories such as: budget planning, cost efficiency, revenue streams, data, stakeholder engagement, staff retention, and program participation. This tool can help providers and coalitions think through the various facets of sustainability and develop a plan with practical action steps for tackling sustainability barriers.
Evidence2Success® – A Series: Strategies for Community Impact on Youth Well-Being
By visiting this website, you will have access to a five-part Guiding Collective Change series that looks at over a decade of process evaluation data from communities working collectively to impact the well-being of local youth using tools and strategies from Evidence2Success. The series outlines the benefits and lessons learned about what worked in six communities and ways to implement them in your community.
Evidence2Success® Action Guide 1: Local Data and Decision Making with Youth Surveys
This action guide provides vital guidance for anyone creating or investing in programs for youth.
Evidence2Success® Action Guide 2: Strategic Finance Planning with Communities.
This action guide introduces the Evidence2Success strategic financing strategies, including fundmapping, used in a community- and systems-driven effort to improve youth and family well-being.
What is Prevention Science?
This document introduces prevention science as a multidisciplinary field that uses research to guide effective prevention strategies, particularly for substance use.
Prevention Science and How It Guides Prevention Efforts
This video provides an overview of prevention science, emphasizing its role in identifying risk and protective factors to prevent negative health and social outcomes.