TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessing capacity to promote science-based programs
T2 - A key informant study of state teen pregnancy prevention organizations
AU - Saunders, Edward
AU - Sabri, Bushra
AU - Huberman, Barbara
AU - Davis, Laura
N1 - Funding Information:
The study was supported by funds from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Address correspondence to Edward Saunders, PhD, School of Social Work, The University of Iowa, 308 North Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242. E-mail: edward-saunders@uiowa.edu
Funding Information:
This study assessed capacity levels of seven state TPP organizations funded by the CDC under the PSBA grant to engage local partners in adopting science-based curricula in their schools and community-based youth-serving organizations. The focus was on the identification of both external and internal factors faced by the state TPP organizations as well as areas of capacity needing strengthening. With a better understanding of the challenges faced by the state and local TPP organizations in promoting SBAs, national support organizations and funders can better assist organizations through training and technical assistance to address those challenges. Equally important, state and local TPP organizations can use lessons learned to better promote and sustain science-based programs.
Funding Information:
There had been considerable training of state-level grantee staff in the first years of the grant in the use of the BDI logic model, and the above comments reflect a positive orientation to the value of this model. Following training in the use of the BDI Logic Model, most staff reported they were going to use it (Rolleri et al., 2008). c) Financial sustainability. High capacity organizations have long-term financial sustainability plans that include diversifying funding sources and developing fund-raising expertise within the organization (Schuh & Leviton, 2006; Stevens & Peikes, 2006). An improvement in financial sustainability was noted among the informant organizations during this three-year study. The organizations moved from overreliance on the CDC grant to diversification of funding sources, identification of new funders, and improved prospects for financial sustainability. Some organizations were increasingly finding new funding opportunities through individual donor giving, fee-for-trainings, and other state and federal government grants. However, risks remained due to the loss of one-year supplemental grant funds in 2008 from the CDC to four of the nine organizations, loss of funding from foundations, uncertainty about receiving funding from some targeted grants, and the current national economic crisis. The following quotes illustrate this:
Funding Information:
By far, the greatest challenge expressed by informants was the issue of long-term financial sustainability. Four state grantees who had received one-year supplemental funds from CDC (and lost it the next year) described possible staff losses and a commensurate loss of resources provided to local sites (most of them school districts). The grantees faced loss of financial support from foundations because of decreased foundation revenues. The state organizations also faced decreased individual donor support for organizations that are dependent on this source of income. As state and local organizations now secure funding, they often begin almost immediately to develop organizational and program sustainability plans that recognize the time-limitations of current funding and explore alternative sources of support for the future.
Copyright:
Copyright 2011 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2011/7
Y1 - 2011/7
N2 - The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify significant external and internal challenges that state organization leaders face in promoting science-based teen pregnancy prevention programs within their states. The state organization administrators were chosen because their organizations were funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to promote science-based prevention programs between 2005 and 2010. Given a recent federal infusion of $155 million to replicate science-based programs nationwide, this study is timely. Data reported in this article were collected annually over three years (2006-2009) using semi-structured interviews. External factors influencing success include the states' socio-political climate, including the impact of abstinence-only programs; internal factors include infrastructure, recruitment, and retention of key partners, organization, board, and staff management and financial sustainability.
AB - The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify significant external and internal challenges that state organization leaders face in promoting science-based teen pregnancy prevention programs within their states. The state organization administrators were chosen because their organizations were funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to promote science-based prevention programs between 2005 and 2010. Given a recent federal infusion of $155 million to replicate science-based programs nationwide, this study is timely. Data reported in this article were collected annually over three years (2006-2009) using semi-structured interviews. External factors influencing success include the states' socio-political climate, including the impact of abstinence-only programs; internal factors include infrastructure, recruitment, and retention of key partners, organization, board, and staff management and financial sustainability.
KW - Key informants
KW - Organizational capacity
KW - Science based approaches
KW - State teen pregnancy organizations
KW - Teen pregnancy prevention
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U2 - 10.1080/15546128.2011.601940
DO - 10.1080/15546128.2011.601940
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:80052997339
SN - 1554-6128
VL - 6
SP - 227
EP - 246
JO - American Journal of Sexuality Education
JF - American Journal of Sexuality Education
IS - 3
ER -