NDACAN Measure Details
RPG 5 & 6 : Improvement and Sustainability Survey
Description:
The purpose of the improvement and sustainability survey is to collect information on RPG projects’ use of data for continuous improvement and their sustainability planning activities. The improvement and sustainability survey was administered to RPG6 grant recipients and their partners that were involved in program implementation, evaluation activities, and cross-systems collaboration activities. The project director identified partner organizations and the relevant respondent from each partner to complete the survey. Each project director identified between 7 or 14 potential respondents. The survey asks about the project’s plans for sustaining the RPG program and partnership after grant funding ends, as well as how the project uses data to improve RPG project services. Specifically, the survey has the following sections and corresponding information: A. Organization Characteristics - organization description; role on RPG project B. Plans for Sustaining RPG Project – timing and extent of sustainability planning; organization’s involvement in sustainability planning; services the project plans to sustain; sources of data used in sustainability planning; service-related barriers to sustainability Ca. Implementation Supports to Improve RPG Services – presence of processes and structures to support current program implementation and partnership; use of data related to referrals, enrollment, and outcomes Cb. Implementation Supports to Sustain RPG Services - presence of processes and structures to sustain program implementation and partnership; plans to use data after the grant period ends D. Funding and Resources for Sustainability – plans to finance RPG partnership after grant period; organization’s plans to provide in-kind and financial support to sustain partnership E. Federal, State, and Local Context – federal, state, and local policies that have affected sustainability planning; patterns of substance use in service area since grant started The Sustainability Survey was created specifically for this study.
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