7. Stabilization. Now that efforts and programs are in place, it’s necessary to stabilize them so as to maintain the overall community effort.
Plan community events to maintain support for the issue.Conduct training for community professionals.Conduct training for community members.Introduce your program evaluation through training and newspaper articles.Conduct quarterly meetings to review progress, modify strategies.Hold recognition events for local supporters or volunteers.Prepare and submit newspaper articles detailing progress and future plans.
Begin networking among service providers and community systems.
8. Confirmation / Expansion. Once services are stabilized, the task is to expand and enhance them.
Formalize the networking with qualified service agreements.Prepare a community risk assessment profile.Publish a localized program services directory.Maintain a comprehensive database available to the public.Develop a local speaker’s bureau.Initiate policy change through support of local city officials.Conduct media outreach on specific data trends related to the issue.
Utilize evaluation data to modify efforts.