6. Initiation. As a more serious community effort gets under way, you’ll need to provide community-specific information to support existing programs and initiatives.
Conduct in-service training on Community Readiness for professionals and paraprofessionals.Plan publicity efforts associated with start-up of activity or efforts.Attend meetings to provide updates on progress of the effort.Conduct consumer interviews to identify service gaps, improve existing services and identify key places to post information.Begin library or Internet searches for additional resources and potential funding.
Begin some basic evaluation efforts.