“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” - Peter Drucker

Identify how your organization can offer continued support to your community in disease management and preventative care. Best practice is to plan well and lay a foundation based upon good evidence. We hope these resources and ideas will help you get started, pick up where we left off.

A sustainability plan helps with defining your mission and objectives, here are some resources, these are optional. Choose an approach that works best for your organization.

Here are some resources to assist you with this component:

SAMPLE Sustainability Plan.docx
Create, upload, and store your, Sustainability Plan here.
Review the CDC Sustainability Guide for Healthy Communities

Explore, if your organization can offer additional services through a Mobile Health Unit and referral model? Can your organization offer a hypertension support plan to community members? Can you offer the A1CNow and CardioChek screening services through your department?

Can you create partnerships with groups who offer similar services?

MPower
Missouri Highlands Healthcare
SEMO Health Network
Family and Community Trust, MO Community Partnerships
Missouri Public Health Agencies
MU Extension, Community Health and Engagement Programs
MU Extension, Community Health Field Specialists
Extension, University of Missouri
Unite Us
Community Health Workers
OPHI
Regional Resource Guides
Other local groups

Define your WHY! What is the driving factor in offering these services to your community? Limited resources? Community need defined by an assessment? Low socioeconomic factors? Large uninsured population? Understanding the WHY will help you define your mission and sustainability plan.

Suggestions and Examples include:

MPower provides a free Blood Pressure Self-Monitoring Program and they provide referrals through the MPower Quick Patient Referral Portal?

Consider this;

https://www.mpoweryou.org/self-monitoring-blood-pressure-program.php