How to Build and Implementation Toolkit from Start to Finish

Ask yourself: Am I facilitating the implementation of an initiative, program or intervention or am I part of an implementation team that's implementing an initiative, program or intervention?
Answer: If the answer is yes, you're in the right place!

Ask yourself: If I don't where to start looking for information about implementation, what would be my first step?
Answer: The Facilitator' s Guide is a good place to start. It provides a definition of implementation, rationale for implementation and offers some suggested tools for successful implementation.

Ask yourself: How do I start building an implementation toolkit from start to finish for my specific project?
Answer: Follow the steps below and you'll be on your way to developing your own implementation toolkit.

Step 1	Investigate by asking yourself and your colleagues if there are materials already available that can be used to integrate into an implementation toolkit.
Step 2	If information is not readily available, assemble and construct background and contextual information about the concern you are addressing. For help in constructing the background, click HERE. For help in constructing the logic model, click HERE. Hooray! You are now beginning to construct the definitional tools section of an implementation toolkit.
Step 3	Assemble and construct engagement and communication tools that can be used in your county or organization to introduce a new initiative, program or intervention to staff and other stakeholders. For help in constructing engagement and communication tools, click HERE .
Step 4	Create or adapt assessment tools that are helpful in determining human and capital resources and organizational readiness for implementation. For help in constructing an organizational readiness assessment, click HERE. It may also be helpful to determine if one is ready to implement a specific initiative. For help in constructing an initiative readiness assessment, click HERE.
Step 5	Generate planning tools that may be beneficial to you and others as you begin the process of implementation. Planning tools could include timelines, action items, things-to-do lists, and sample meeting agendas. For help in constructing a timeline, click HERE. For help in constructing a meeting agenda, click HERE.
Step 6	Develop or adapt training, coaching and transfer of learning (TOL) tools to meet your needs. For help in constructing one or more of these tools, click HERE.
Step 7	Create an evaluation plan that includes who will do what, when and how. The evaluation plan should include the expected outcomes and methods for measuring the outcomes. For help in constructing an evaluation, click HERE (under construction)
Step 8	Policy and Procedures may be organized as a separate component in your individual implementation toolkit or they may be integrated into other toolkit components. For help in constructing policies and procedures, click HERE (under construction)
Step 9	Fiscal/Funding Tools provide information about potential and actual funding streams, recommendations for obtaining funds and suggestions for sustaining and maintaining the initiative program or intervention. For help in construction fiscal/funding tools, click HERE (under construction)