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Strategy and Action Planning
Identify the strategies (how things will be accomplished).
To develop (or refine) strategies, clearly describe how the effort will bring about the mission and objectives. Identify for each:
The levels to be targeted ( i.e., individuals, families and kinship groups, organizations and sectors, and/or broader systems.)
What different levels of your problem or goal will you target?
For each strategy, consider if it will be universal (i.e., includes all of those who may be at risk or may benefit; e.g. all children and youth) or targeted (i.e., targets those who may be at greater risk for the problem; e.g., youth with a history of violence)
The personal and environmental factors to be addressed by the initiative
Personal factors may include: knowledge, beliefs, skills, education and training, experience, cultural norms and practices, social status, cognitive or physical abilities, gender, age, genetic predisposition
Environmental factors may include: social support, available resources and services, barriers (including financial, physical, and communication), social approval, policies, environmental hazards, living conditions, poverty, and disparity in status
What personal factors related to your vision and mission are common among those affected by the problem and those maintaining it?
What environmental factors related to your vision and mission are common within your targeted community?
Those who can most benefit and contribute and how they can be reached or involved in the effort
Targets of change: those who may at particular risk for the issue or whose actions are critical for success. For you, who would this include?
Agents of change: those who may be in a position to contribute to the initiative, including targets of change. Who would this include?
Community sectors: through which targets and agents of change can be reached or involved
Behavioral strategies to be used. Approaches may include:
Providing information and enhancing skills (e.g., conducting a social marketing campaign to educate people about the problem or goal and how to address it)
Modifying barriers, access, exposures, and opportunities (e.g., increase availability of affordable childcare for those entering work force)
Changing the consequences (e.g., encourage housing developers to create green spaces and mixed income development)
Enhancing services and supports (e.g., increase the number of public health centers that provide dental care)
Modifying policies and broader systems (e.g., change business policies so that employees can get time off to care for their sick children)
Review the strategies and comment on their appropriateness to the situation and sufficiency in addressing the mission and objectives. Review the strategies for:
Consistency with the overall vision, mission, and objectives
Goodness of fit with the resources and opportunities available
Anticipated resistance and barriers and how they can be minimized
Whether those who are affected are reached
Whether those who can contribute are involved
Any changes?
Develop (or refine) the action plan by stating the specific community/system changes to be sought that will result in the accomplishment of your goals and objectives
For each strategy, identify specific community and system changes (i.e., new or modified programs, policies, and practices) to be sought.
After compiling a list of potential changes, review each candidate community or system change and rate it on two dimensions:
Importance to the mission (1=not at all, 5=very); and
Feasibility (1=not at all, 5=very)
Secure a formal decision from the group on what community or system changes (intervention components and elements) will be sought (or implemented), with priority given to those changes with high importance and high feasibility
Related resources:
Our Model of Practice: Building Capacity for Community and System Change
Obtaining Feedback from Constituents: What Changes are Important and Feasible
Providing Information and Enhancing Skills
Overview of Tactics for Modifying Access, Barriers, and Opportunities
Identify action steps for one key community/system change in the action plan (who is going to do what by when). Describe:
What specific change (e.g., in program or policy) or aspect of the intervention that will occur?
Who will carry it out?
When the intervention will be completed or for how long it will be maintained?
Resources (money and staff) needed/available?
Communication - who should know what about this?
Related resources:
Developing an Action Plan
Identifying Action Steps in Bringing About Community and System Change
Designing Community Interventions
Evaluate critically the appropriateness of the action plan (i.e., the activities or community/system changes to be implemented). Use the criteria that follow:
Completeness - Are all the intended activities or community/system changes included in your plan? Are a wide variety of strategies and sectors utilized?
Clarity - Is it apparent what will be done and who will do what by when, to bring about change?
Sufficiency - If all that is proposed were accomplished, would it meet the group's mission and objectives? If not, what additional changes need to be planned and implemented?
Resources (money/staff) needed/available?
Currency - Does the action plan reflect the current work and situation?
Flexibility - As the plan unfolds, is it flexible enough to respond to new opportunities, barriers, and changes in the community? Can it be modified as objectives are accomplished or goals adjusted?
Modify your proposed community and system changes and action plans based on your answers (if necessary).
