National CYFAR Evaluation Studies
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Sustaining Your Project: Steps to Developing a Sustainability Plan 
Author: Marek, Lydia (16 more by this author); Jay Mancini
Description: This session is intended to help those that work with community-based programs focus on and begin to work through issues that are relevant to sustaining their programs. A brief review of related literature is presented to introduce the factors that aid in sustaining community-based programs. Then a step-by-step process is begun to help focus individuals and groups as they work their way through the process of grappling with issues that direct their work towards future sustainability.
The Sustainability of Youth at Risk Programs Six Years after Initial Funding Ends
Author: Marek, Lydia (16 more by this author); Mancini, Jay A.; Brock, D.J.
Description: This sustainability research has found that the original 94 YAR programs continue to provide services to at risk youth and families at two years, three years, and four years post CYFAR/USDA funding (Mancini & Marek, 1998; Marek, Mancini, & Brock, 1999; Marek, Mancini, Earthman, & Brock, 2002). This report focuses on the 92 projects that were funded in 1991 and 1992 (69 of these 92 that were still active at the four-year post-funding data collection point) six years post CYFAR/USDA funding. The central issues addressed include:
I.The current level of program sustainability including measures of competency, capacity, and continuity over time
II.Functioning of the programs with regard to dimensions of sustainability
III.Cooperative Extension’s role in the sustainability of these programs
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Author: Nordby, Ann (24 more by this author)
Description: This research spotlight addresses the issues of program sustainability. Researchers Lydia Marek and Jay Mancini of Virginia Tech have found that CYFAR programs are usually sustained beyond their fifth year of funding. They have developed a list of qualities that make a program sustainable.
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Resource Spotlight: CYFAR Evaluation Community of Practice
Author: Nordby, Ann (24 more by this author)
Description: A new online community of practice brings the CYFERnet evaluation team and program staff involved in evaluation. Discussions expand on webinars and other resources from Extension and within CYFERnet.
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Resource Spotlight: CYFAR Evaluation Community of Practice
Author: Nordby, Ann (24 more by this author)
Description: A new online community of practice brings the CYFERnet evaluation team and program staff involved in evaluation. Discussions expand on webinars and other resources from Extension and within CYFERnet.
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4-H Involvement with CYFAR NCP Projects
Author: Marek, Lydia (16 more by this author); Mancini, Jay A.
Description: This summary reports on the sustainability of the 14 New Communities Programs one (nine states) and two (five states) years after their initial five years of funding ended and the involvement of these sustained NCP projects with 4-H.
Author: Marek, Lydia (16 more by this author); Brock, Donna J. P.; Mancini, Jay A.
Description: Programs for children, youth, teens, adults, and families have been shown to have positive influences on the quality of community life (Comer & Fraser, 1998; Marek, Mancini, Lee and Miles, 1996; Schorr, 1997). Even though the human resource and economic resource investments in community-based programs are substantial, and despite what is known about the nature of successful programs, the matter of what sustains programs is less clear (Lerner, 1995; Mancini & Marek, 1998). The research and analyses reported here are designed to address some of the deficits in our understanding of program sustainability, specifically for at risk audiences, and reflects the second phase in a multi-year study of community-based programs that are targeted to at risk youth and families. The long-term goals of this research project are to document project longevity for at risk audiences and the processes that underlie it, to build a program sustainability conceptual framework, and to develop a community-level sustainability assessment inventory.
Faith-Based/Religious Involvement with CYFAR NCP Projects
Author: Marek, Lydia (16 more by this author); Mancini, Jay A.
Description: This summary reports on the sustainability of the 14 New Communities Programs one (nine states) and two (five states) years after their initial five years of funding ended and the involvement of these sustained NCP projects with faith-based/religious organizations.
National New Communities Program Sustainability Study: Sustainability Factors and Partnerships
Author: Marek, Lydia (16 more by this author); Mancini, Jay A.
Description: This report examines the sustainability of the 14 New Communities Programs one (nine states) and two (five states) years after their initial five years of funding ended, partnerships and community collaborations are also explored to better understand who community partners are, what their involvement in programs is, and how they contribute to the success of the sustained NCP projects.
National State Strengthening Program Sustainability Study: Patterns of Early Sustainability
Author: Marek, Lydia (16 more by this author); Brock, Donna-Jean P.; Mancini, Jay A.
Description: This report focuses on the State Strengthening Programs two years after their initial five years of funding ended. Areas of focus include: 1) functioning of the programs with regard to the seven Sustainability Factors; 2) the current level of program sustainability including measures of competency, capacity, and continuity over time; 3) the relationship of the seven Sustainability Factors to program sustainability; and 4) Cooperative Extension's role in the sustainability of these programs.
Author: Marek, Lydia (16 more by this author); Brock, Donna J. P.; Earthman, G. Erik; Mancini, Jay A.
Description: The National Youth at Risk Program Sustainability Study was designed to examine the sustainability of Youth at Risk projects initially funded through the USDA/CSREES CYFAR Initiative. The current report focuses on 94 Youth at Risk (YAR) projects four years after their initial grant ended and represents the latest in a series of reports focused on the sustainability of these projects.
Author: Mancini, Jay (6 more by this author); Marek, Lydia I.
Description: What is known is that many community-based
programs have relatively short lives and that once the initial funding base expires many programs do as well. Understanding how and why programs survive and thrive
requires an ecological approach to individuals, families, programs, and communities. The following analysis reflects the first phase in a multi-year study of
community-based programs.
Author: Mancini, Jay (6 more by this author); Miles, C. Sue; Lee, Thomas R.; Marek, Lydia I.
Description: Because of difficulties that many community-based projects have in sustaining their programs, understanding those programs that have been highly successful can serve as roadmaps for planning, implementation, and sustainability.
Author: Mancini, Jay (6 more by this author); Lydia Marek
Description: Since 1996 the USDA CYFAR Initiative has sponsored research on the sustainability of community-based programs for families. This research has yielded information on the many factors that are associated with sustainability, including: leadership competence, effective collaboration, understanding the community, program flexibility, adequate funding, staff quality and involvement, and demonstrated program impact. This presentation overviews the seven years of research on approximately 100 community-based programs and reports on the significant findings that explain the patterns and processes of program sustainability. Implications for program development, implementation, and evaluation are presented.
The Sustainability of Youth at Risk Programs Six Years after Initial Funding Ends
Author: Marek, Lydia (16 more by this author); Mancini, Jay A.; Brock, D.J.
Description: This sustainability research has found that the original 94 YAR programs continue to provide services to at risk youth and families at two years, three years, and four years post CYFAR/USDA funding (Mancini & Marek, 1998; Marek, Mancini, & Brock, 1999; Marek, Mancini, Earthman, & Brock, 2002). This report focuses on the 92 projects that were funded in 1991 and 1992 (69 of these 92 that were still active at the four-year post-funding data collection point) six years post CYFAR/USDA funding. The central issues addressed include:
I.The current level of program sustainability including measures of competency, capacity, and continuity over time
II.Functioning of the programs with regard to dimensions of sustainability
III.Cooperative Extension’s role in the sustainability of these programs
– Research –
The Sustainability of Youth at Risk Programs Six Years after Initial Funding Ends
Author: Marek, Lydia (16 more by this author); Mancini, Jay A.; Brock, D.J.
Description: This sustainability research has found that the original 94 YAR programs continue to provide services to at risk youth and families at two years, three years, and four years post CYFAR/USDA funding (Mancini & Marek, 1998; Marek, Mancini, & Brock, 1999; Marek, Mancini, Earthman, & Brock, 2002). This report focuses on the 92 projects that were funded in 1991 and 1992 (69 of these 92 that were still active at the four-year post-funding data collection point) six years post CYFAR/USDA funding. The central issues addressed include:
I.The current level of program sustainability including measures of competency, capacity, and continuity over time
II.Functioning of the programs with regard to dimensions of sustainability
III.Cooperative Extension’s role in the sustainability of these programs