Maximize the return on the Commission's investments in the community in light of diminishing resources.

Guidelines

• Go deep – Focus the Commission’s funding by going deeper (increased dosage/intensity) versus funding broad lighter-impact efforts.
• Prioritize high need populations – Prioritize high need populations and communities for more intensive interventions to increase degree of change and return on investments.
• Fund integrated approaches – Fund more multi-disciplinary, integrated approaches versus compartmentalized, single focus services
• Fund evidence-based practices – Fund model programs and evidence-based practices and focus evaluation on program performance
• Match resources to need: targeted and/or countywide – Provide both targeted and countywide services appropriate to levels of need, matching resources to need
• Leverage funding & resources – Leverage funding to maximize resources
• Build on assets – Build on existing assets—e.g. integrate services into structures that already exist
• Focus on prevention – Focus on prevention and early intervention
• Create scalable initiatives with clear measurement – Create scalable initiatives with high potential for clearly communicated successes based on clear measurement.
• Advance policy change and systems change – Engage in strategic collaborations to advance policy change and systems change consistent with achieving the Commission’s goals.