Figure 4: Planning with Capacity Components Planning for Implementation Developing Action Steps to Achieve Your Goals Once you know what strategies and capacity-building activities you need to achieve your goals and objectives, you should create an action plan to implement your strategies and activities. A common format for an action plan is: Sample Action Plan Format Prevention Activities and Who is Goal(s) Objectives Timeline Measures Capacity Building Responsible? Activities Creating a Sustainability Plan An important component of the Strategic Prevention Framework is the development of a strategy to sustain policies, program and practices. SPF SIG does not guarantee funding for you to implement evidence-based strategies. So, now that you know what you plan to do and when, how do you plan to support it in the future? Sample Sustainability Plan Format Planned Estimated Level Potential Activities/Strategies Steps to Secure Who is of Funding Funding (from your Action Funding Responsible? Necessary Sources Plan) As part of sustainability, you may want to consider obtaining memoranda of understanding between your coalition and important collaborators such as schools or law enforcement departments. The purpose of this requirement is to help leverage commitments from partners to ensure that components of the strategic plan are acted upon. A memorandum of understanding, also known as a memorandum of agreement, is not a legal document and is not enforceable in court. of agreement are usually used to clarify and/or specify the terms of “Memoranda a cooperative or collaborative arrangement involving two or more organizations. They may have to do, for example, with sharing space, with working together
Figure 4: Planning with Capacity Components Planning for Implementation Developing Action Steps to Achieve Your Goals Once you know what strategies and capacity-building activities you need to achieve your goals and objectives, you should create an action plan to implement your strategies and activities. A common format for an action plan is: Sample Action Plan Format Goal(s) Objectives Prevention Activities and Capacity Building Activities Timeline Who is Responsible? Measures Creating a Sustainability Plan An important component of the Strategic Prevention Framework is the development of a strategy to sustain policies, program and practices. SPF SIG does not guarantee funding for you to implement evidence-based strategies. So, now that you know what you plan to do and when, how do you plan to support it in the future? Sample Sustainability Plan Format Planned Activities/Strategies (from your Action Plan) Estimated Level of Funding Necessary Potential Funding Sources Steps to Secure Funding Who is Responsible? As part of sustainability, you may want to consider obtaining memoranda of understanding between your coalition and important collaborators such as schools or law enforcement departments. The purpose of this requirement is to help leverage commitments from partners to ensure that components of the strategic plan are acted upon. A memorandum of understanding, also known as a memorandum of agreement, is not a legal document and is not enforceable in court. “Memoranda of agreement are usually used to clarify and/or specify the terms of a cooperative or collaborative arrangement involving two or more organizations. They may have to do, for example, with sharing space, with working together
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