Implementation Issues

Once outcomes have been considered and an effective program has been identified you may be facing multiple implementation issues, including how to maintain program fidelity. Listed below are some sites that may help identify implementation issues.

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Promising Practices Network - Program Implementation: This section of the Promising Practices Network defines implementation and provides information on why implementation is important, how it can be achieved, and how to measure it in practice.
Family Living Programs: What Works: Juvenile Delinquency Prevention: This page, sponsored by the University of Wisconsin, includes the original What Works, Wisconsin report and a new series of Research to Practice briefs addressing various issues in selecting and implementing prevention programs in the community.
Washington State Institute for Public Policy: This website includes practical non-partisan research in the following areas: education, criminal justice, welfare, children and adult services, health, utilities, and general government.

Effective and Promising Practices

Implementation Issues