LifeSkills Training Program
Sustainability Plan Draft Outline
Section I: Introduction and Background of Your LST Program
Purpose: To provide general background about the history and development of your LST
program.
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Introduction: General introduction to the sustainability plan including an overview of
the sections included.
Background: History and development of your LST program, including where, why,
when and by whom it was established, and the basic structure of the program.
o History and development: e.g. how long has your LST program been
established? Why was LST established in your community (e.g. what data
around the needs – teen and adult drug and tobacco use, etc.) Why did you/your
community select LST as the intervention? Did your school implement this as a
pilot program?
o Basic program structure: e.g. how is your LST program organized? Is it at one
school site or many school sites? What curricula does your LST program align
with or in what curricula is it embedded (e.g. health, other)?
Section II: Current Status and Future Plans
Purpose: To answer key questions about your LST program. This section can include the
following subsections:
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Current Status: Describe key partnerships and the strategies and activities you employ,
highlighting innovative approaches. Describe the progress you are making toward the
results you are trying to effect and major accomplishments.
o Strategies and activities: How are you delivering your LST program? How many
teachers/classrooms/students?
o Key partnerships: What school district, community, city and/or state
organizations does your LST program partner or align with? How do these
entities and initiatives contribute to the success of your program? What kinds of
supports (money, time, volunteers, visibility) do they offer?
o Progress toward results: What successes has your LST program seen so far as
a result of your work?
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Future Plans: Discuss what it is that you want to sustain over the next three years,
including the scale of your strategies and activities. Describe how these goals build on
past successes and are well formulated to contribute to desired results, and how you will
measure progress.
o Goals and progress measurement: Are you planning to expand to additional
schools? Are you planning to continue the program beyond initial funding? What
are the school demographics
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Section III: Achieving Our Goals: Strategic Considerations
Purpose: To show that you understand how the external community affects your LST program,
and to demonstrate adequate internal capacity to accomplish your program’s goals.
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Community context: This section typically discusses current political, economic, labor
market, demographic, social and other trends, threats and opportunities which may have
an impact on your success, and how you plan to effectively respond to as well as
proactively influence the community context.
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Internal capacity: This section addresses leadership, staffing, information systems,
and the overall infrastructure of the program – including things like funding and train-thetrainer structures.
Section IV: Financing Plan
Purpose: To show potential investors that their investments will be used responsibly and
wisely to contribute to the success of your program. This section presents your assumptions
about future funding needs, and your plan for meeting those needs. It should include the
following subsections:
Fiscal Needs – Describe what it is that you want to sustain and what that will cost.
Current resources and gap to be filled – Describe the resources you have available to
meet your fiscal needs – how much through what timeframe and what the gaps are.
Strategies for Securing Needed Resources– Highlight the options you have and are
planning to pursue to secure needed resources.
Section V. Action Plan and Timetable
Purpose: The purpose of this section is to present a clear and convincing plan of action to
sustain your LST program. The section should describe how you plan to implement both
your financing and related strategies. Indicate what the milestones are for each of your
strategies, and who is accountable for implementation.
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