1. Community Building Initiative Pillars
Engagement of Community Residents
Development of Community Leaders
Collaboration among Community & Organizational Partners
Bridge-building with External Decision Makers
Engagement of community residents in decision making, including identifying an issue of concern, mobilizing to take appropriate action, and providing support for ongoing involvement in their communities;
Development of resident leaders who have the capacity to assume leadership roles in their communities and to represent their communities to external decision makers;
Collaboration among community and organizational partners, to work together and with community residents to develop and implement a work plan for the project;
Bridge building with external decision makers (such as city council members, school board members), to develop relationships and interest to support the community’s approach to addressing the identified problem.

2. Community Building Initiative Model
EVIDENCE
Phases of Work
Plan for Implementation
Community Problem Selection Process
Implementation
CBI Pillars
Engagement of Community Residents
Development of Community Leaders
Collaboration among Community & Organizational Partners
Bridge-building with External Decision Makers
The CBI pillars serve as the principles that guide the site level activities throughout the planning and implementation phases of the work. It is expected that the CBI Model will facilitate the development of community capacity to make measurable change on an identified problem.
Briefly, the key activities associated with each phase of work include:
Community Problem Selection Process:
Steps– to be completed by April 2014
Community Assessment
Identification of 1-2 problems for further analysis
Problem Analysis for 1-2 problems
Selection of one community problem for the CBI
2) Plan for Implementation – Initial elements included in RFP
Steps to be completed by July/August 2014
Convert problem statement to goal statement and identify outcome measure
Identify strategies and strategy measures
Identify baseline measures
3) Implementation
Implementation grants awarded -- Sept 2014
Steps
Select activities
Select targets associated with identified measures
Provide resident training
Implementation of activities
Both the CBI pillars and the phases of work are deeply grounded in the evidence on best-practice.

3. Community Problem Selection Process (CPSP)
Community Assessment
Identification of 1-2 problems for further analysis
Problem Analysis for 1-2 problems
Selection of one community problem for the CBI
Four steps:

4. Plan for Implementation
Activities
Goal
(Statement of the Goal)
Outcome Measure
(Measure of the Goal)
Strategy 1
Strategy 1 Measure
Strategy 2
Strategy 3
Strategy 3 Measure
Strategy 2 Measure
Activities
Activities