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Sustainability Planning
Pat Simmons
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
Planning Resources
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Based on the framework from
Washington University Center for
Tobacco Policy Research
UNC Center for Health Promotion and
Disease Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
Planning Steps
Defining Sustainability
Sustainability
Framework
The ability to make long-term
plans based on a stable funding
environment
Supportive state economic
climate
 Budgetary management from
the larger organization
 A combination of stable and
flexible funding
 Adequate funding
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An internal and external political
environment which influences
program funding, initiatives, and
acceptance
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Political champions that advocate
for the program
Support within and outside your
organization
Strong support from advocacy
groups
The connection between the
program and stakeholders
Key stakeholders from a
variety of disciplines
 Communication with
community leaders
 Strong collaborative
partnerships among federal,
state, and local public health
agencies
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The resources to effectively manage
the program and its activities
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Vision, mission, and goals are
aligned with the larger organization
Infrastructure that supports the
needs of the program
Leadership who effectively
articulate the vision of the program
to external partners
Staff who possess the necessary
skills to implement the program
The ability to adapt and
enhance the program to ensure
its effectiveness
Defined processes for quality
improvement
 Utilization of evaluation
results to make improvements
 Ability to adapt to new science
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The monitoring and evaluation of
process and outcome data
associated with program activities
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Capacity for quality program
evaluation
Reporting short term and
intermediate outcomes
Communication of surveillance
and evaluation results to
demonstrate successes to funders
and other stakeholders
The strategic dissemination of
program outcomes and
activities with stakeholders,
decision-makers, and the public
Communication strategies to
secure and maintain public
support
 Marketing that generates
interest
 Positive media attention
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Effect on the health attitudes,
perceptions, and behaviors in the
area it serves
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Take into account the needs of the
population it is designed to serve
Focus on policy and environmental
change
Reach enough people to improve
measureable health outcomes
Demonstrate the program’s value to
stakeholders
The process to define program
direction, goals and strategies
A plan for future resource
needs
 Goals that are understood by
all stakeholders
 Strategic planning is done in
coordination with partners
and other programs
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Practical Sustainability Plan
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Outlined by the Nine Domains of the Framework
Documents status of each of the 9 domains (i.e.
demonstrated success, work in progress, needs
further improvement, not relevant)
Includes prompts (i.e. what activities do you
have planned, which partners are involved, how
is progress being tracked, etc.)
Includes dates (milestones) for evaluating
progress in each of the domains.
Invites discussion for best practices
Sustainability
Tool Results
Plan Outline
□ MOCAN Program Summary
□ Overview of the Sustainability Planning Process
□ Review of Key Elements for Sustainability
□ Action Plans for Priority Domains
□ Priority Domain #1Funding Stability
□ Priority Domain #2 Surveillance & Evaluation
□ Priority Domain #3 Communication
□ Sustainability Plan Follow-up
□ Missouri Council for Activity and Nutrition Members
Priority Domain #1
Funding Stability
Action Steps
(How will you get to where you want to be?)
Responsibility Timeframe
(Who will make it (When will it
happen?)
happen?)
Convene MOCAN steering committee to discuss
funding opportunities and needs.
UME—Cindy
Deblauw
On-going—meet
monthly
Identify possible funding sources and the best
member to reach out to each potential funder. Create
spreadsheet to track sources and “asks.”
UME/Steering
Committee
November 2011
Steering
Committee
December 2011
Steering
Committee
December 2011
Steering
Committee
February 2012
Develop a packet of information, including talking
points, for members to use when speaking with
potential funders.
Identify at least 3 potential partnerships that would
benefit the organization and cultivate new partnership
opportunities.
Survey workgroups for financial needs.
Priority Domain #2
Communications
Action Steps
(How will you get to where you want to be?)
Responsibility
(Who will make it
happen?)
Timeframe
(When will it
happen?)
Complete MOCAN web site updates.
Cindy Deblauw
October 2011;
ongoing
Gather and compile examples of existing
educational initiatives and messages that have been Messages Group
effectively used to motivate target audiences.
December
2011
Survey work groups for existing materials and
resources.
December
2011
Messages Group
Survey work groups on messaging needs and target
Messages Group
audiences.
Create an integrated communications plan
including strategies and steps for implementation.
Messages Group
February 2012
March 2012
Priority Domain #2
Communications (continued)
Action Steps
(How will you get to where you want to be?)
Responsibility
Timeframe
(Who will make it (When will it
happen?)
happen?)
Prioritize a select number of messages and materials
for use by all MOCAN workgroups and initiatives
to ensure the consistent use of messages across
settings.
MOCAN
membership
with Messages
Group lead
April 2012
Facilitate development of talking points, fact sheets,
and other materials as needed to support and meet
Messages Group
the needs of workgroups.
April 2012
Collaborate with the media to ensure fair and
consistent coverage of relevant issues.
UME
May 2012
Use social media to share success stories of
MOCAN
Messages Group
May 2012
Priority Doman #3
Surveillance & Evaluation
Action Steps
(How will you get to where you want to be?)
Responsibility
(Who will make it
happen?)
Timeframe
(When will it
happen?)
Identify and prioritize program outcome measures (using
indicators listed in the state plan) that need to be
evaluated/tracked from each workgroup and overall.
Workgroup leads
April 2012
Identify team to develop and monitor implementation of
evaluation plan.
UME
February 2012
Assess data sources and tools available from partners.
Workgroup leads
May 2012
Develop evaluation plan and have it approved by steering
committee.
Eval Team
August 2012
Inform membership of plan and request assistance to help
implement it.
Eval Team lead
October 2012
Implement plan and monitor outcome.
Eval Team and
membership as
required
November 2012
and ongoing
Resources Needed
Information?
 Costs?
 Resources/Assistance?
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Next Steps
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Finalize plan and send to CDC
Implement plan including tracking of
activities