3 Sustain Your Work

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3.1 Create a Plan
3.2 Partner
3.3 Train and Build Skills
3.4 Get Results and Share Program Success
3.5 Find Funding

Have you invested a lot into setting up and running your heart health program?

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Sustainability means keeping a program going, even when the money with which you started it runs out. It also means that you can keep helping people and their families to be as healthy as possible!

Most likely, yes. You will also have received support from your organization, the community, and maybe funders. Because of this, make sure that you can keep it going, or sustain it.

Many people assume that funding is the only thing that matters to sustainability. But it takes more than money to keep a program going and focused on what it set out to do.

To plan a sustainable program, be sure to do the following:

3.1 Create a Plan
3.2 Partner
3.3 Train and Build Skills
3.4 Get Results and Share Program Success
3.5 Find Funding

Last Updated: June 2014

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Health Disparities About Health Disparities CHW Health Disparities Initiative Key Activities of the Initiative Role of Community Health Workers Start a Program Start to Finish: Your Toolkit to Plan and Run a Heart Health Program Overview 1 Plan Your Program 2 Run Your Program 3 Sustain Your Work 4 Get Help and Support Partner with Us Resources Webinars Evaluation Journal Articles Toolkit: Helpful Handouts and Tools Health Education Materials African American American Indian/Alaska Native Asian American/Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander Filipino American Vietnamese Hispanic/Latino Multicultural Resources Communities in Action Strategic Champions African American American Indian/Alaska Native Filipino American Hispanic/Latino NHLBI-PAHO Collaboration to Promote Heart Health in the Americas Contact nhlbiinfo@nhlbi.nih.gov Phone: 301-592-8573 For access to free telecommunications relay services (TRS), dial 711 TTY: 240-629-3255 Mail: NHLBI Health Information Center Attention: Website P.O. Box 30105 Bethesda, MD 20824-0105