1. Scale Up, Scale Back, or Maintain A Data-Driven Approach to Sustainability Planning
April 25, 2018

2. Presenter
Shawn Stelow Griffin Senior Director, Collaborative Communications Group

3. Three Big Ideas Sustainability is not just about the money
Sustainability is not a one-time conversation, meeting, or planning session
Not every program should be sustained

4. Today’s Goals
Discuss prework to learn what activities grantees hope to sustain
Share resources for identifying federal, state, and philanthropic funding
Explore three sustainability strategies
Identify three priority activities to fund through the sustainability plan

5. Slide Title
YCC Element
Sustain
Not Sustain
Add
Career Focus in high growth industry or occupation
Integrated Academic and Career Curricula
Strong Partnership and Engagement with Employers
Work-Based Learning
Indvidualized Career and Academic Counseling (updating IDP)
Small Learning Community
Professional Development
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6. Slide Title Career Focus in high growth industry or occupation
YCC Element
Sustain
Not Sustain
Add
Career Focus in high growth industry or occupation
Integrated Academic and Career Curricula
Strong Partnership and Engagement with Employers
Work-Based Learning
Indvidualized Career and Academic Counseling (updating IDP)
Small Learning Community
Professional Development

7. Slide Title Career Focus in high growth industry or occupation
YCC Element
Sustain
Not Sustain
Add
Career Focus in high growth industry or occupation
Integrated Academic and Career Curricula
Strong Partnership and Engagement with Employers
Work-Based Learning
Indvidualized Career and Academic Counseling (updating IDP)
Small Learning Community
Professional Development

8. What Guided Your Decision Making?
What resources did you consult?
Who participated in the discussions?
Was there agreement about the elements to sustain and not sustain?
What factor(s) were key to your decision to sustain or not sustain?
Were there many elements you decided to add?

9. Four Sustainability Actions
Assess
Assess where you’ve been, and where you are going next
Analyze
Make data driven-decisions about what to sustain
Strategize
Create a strategic financing plan that aligns to your project plan
Execute
Implement the strategy. Meet at regular intervals to assess progress towards your sustainability goals.

10. Three Sustainability Strategies
Cost Savings
Revenue Generation
Leveraging Partnerships

11. Revenue Generation
Federal Funding

12. Leveraging Federal Funding
Find the tool here:

13. Other Sources Youth.gov Federal Agency websites
Map My Community
Federal Agency websites
CFDA (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

14. Revenue Generation
State Funding

15. State Priorities Partnership website State Agency Budgets
State Budget
Be sure to read the budget narrative
State Priorities Partnership website
State Agency Budgets

16. Philanthropic Funding
Revenue Generation
Philanthropic Funding

17. Foundation Center
Issue Advocacy Groups
State or Local Center for Nonprofits
Local Community Foundations

18. Leveraging Partnerships

19. Let’s think about language, though
Partner
Donor/Funder
Contractor

20. Let’s think about language, though
Relationship Type
Contracted Service
Donor Funder
Partnership
Relationship Expectations
Transactional
Altruistic
Mutually Beneficial
Communication Examples
Contract, Letter of Agreement
Proposal, Annual Report, Evaluation
MOU, Media opportunity, Best practice brief

21. Let’s think about language, though
Collaboration
Coordination
Cooperation

22. Why Engage Community Partners?
Increased program visibility
Foster greater collaboration
Make better use of resources
Develop public will for sustainability

23. Something New and Valuable Together
Partners Bring
New Perspectives
New Resources
New Skills

24. Take Stock
Take Measure
Take Action

25. Take Stock
Take Measure
Take Action

26. Partner Assessment

27. Take Stock
Take Measure
Take Action

28. Discussion—Taking Stock
How do the partners you have align with your program’s needs?
Who in your community has access to the resources you need? Does their mission align to yours?
How can you frame the potential partnership as a win-win?
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29. Take Stock
Take Measure
Take Action

30. Expanding our Reach:
Start with strategies and activities: have a reason for the partnership.
Brainstorm potential partners: Remember, collaboration requires shared vision.
Perfect the pitch: Don’t just think about what you gain. Make it reciprocal.
Have an engagement plan: Think about who, how and when to approach the new partner.

31. Next Steps
Follow-up Coaching Call
May 10, 2018
12:30 – 1:30 pm ET

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33. Contact: Shawn Griffin