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Learn the Basics
+ What is a CCI?
+ When a CCI makes sense
+ What is systems change?
+ Using a logic model
Develop your CCI Project
Guidelines to:
+ Form Federal Partnerships
+ Plan funding
+ Structure TA
+ Design evaluation
Guidelines at a Glance
How to...
+ Develop a solicitation
+ Plan a budget
+ Select and orient CCI sites
Glossary
How this toolkit was created
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Plan Your CCI Project
Manage and Sustain Your CCI Project
Federal Partnerships
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Funding
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Technical Assistance
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Evaluation
Federal Partnerships
When is it better to partner rather than go it alone?
How do I identify potential partners?
What is the best way to recruit and motivate a potential Federal partner?
Who in the partnering agency needs to be involved?
Should I consider partnerships with non-Federal organizations?
What can I do to build a common understanding among the partners?
How do I determine each partner's contributions to the CCI?
What structure works best to govern a Federal partnership?
How can Federal partners model collaboration?
How can we ensure that Federal partners have up-to-date information about CCI sites and issues impacting the initiative?
How do I determine what written agreements will be necessary to formalize the partnership?
What can be done when each Federal partner has its own performance measures and reporting schedule?
Funding
How do I determine the amount and duration of funding necessary?
How can I make the most of limited funding?
How can I ensure that sites devote adequate resources to systems change?
When multiple agencies join together to fund an initiative, how can I coordinate the delivery of funding to sites?
What is the best way to allocate funds for TA?
How can I determine the optimal level of funding for evaluation?
How can I deal with the differences among sites in their readiness to form and work in partnerships?
How can I make sure communities with fewer resources have a chance of being funded and achieving their goals?
What groundwork will help prevent confusion about the use of funds?
How should I communicate my expectations to sites?
Technical Assistance
How should I plan for TA?
How do I determine the TA sites will need--how much and what type?
When should I provide TA?
What's the best way to manage TA services?
How can I ensure that TA providers develop strong relationships with communities?
What types of TA have sites found useful?
How can TA be a catalyst for systems change?
What qualities should I look for as I assemble a TA provider pool?
How do I decide which TA providers to make available to individual sites?
What methods of delivering TA work best for CCIs?
What funding models should I consider for TA?
Evaluation
Why is it important to integrate evaluation into the CCI?
Why is a theory of change useful for integrating evaluation into a CCI?
How can I design the evaluation to serve as a tool I can use during implementation?
What should I consider as I begin to plan for multisite evaluation?
What qualities should I look for when I select a multisite evaluator?
How can I measure outcomes for a CCI, given that it takes more than a decade to see changes in a community?
What decisions will I need to make as I work with evaluators to design a multisite evaluation?
What is the relationship between the multisite evaluation and the evaluations conducted by individual sites?
How can I coordinate multisite and site-level evaluations?
What strategies will help me work on evaluation with tribal and rural communities?
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