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Insights from Empirical Literature and from Program Directors Reveal Some Characteristics of Sustainable Programs

• Following their review of the literature, the researchers hypothesized that sustainment would be most strongly associated with programs showing evidence of increased funding stability, increased modifiability, increased political support, stronger partnerships, greater organizational capacity, program evaluation, greater public impact, and strategic planning.
• Program sustainment was significantly predicted by measures of program funding stability, program modifiability, and the existence of well-connected project leaders.
• In post hoc tests, sustainment was also significantly predicted by the existence of well-connected project leaders.

The Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) aims to improve community safety through effective programming throughout the United States. To maximize the impact of its investments, BJA has an interest in supporting programs that will be sustained beyond initial federal funding. This notion of program sustainability is becoming increasingly important as programs have been challenged to operate with increasingly scarce resources. RAND Corporation researchers aimed to better understand the characteristics and environments of programs that are likely to persist beyond federal seed funding and to delineate strategies that will enable BJA to assist programs that it funds in their efforts to sustain themselves. Using archival documentation and survey methods, they assessed 231 BJA grantee programs spanning three BJA funding domains — drug courts, human trafficking, and mental health — to identify characteristics associated with sustainability. They found evidence of program sustainment in most BJA grantees studied, particularly in sustained funding. They also examined the association between organizational and contextual factors and sustained operations and sustained funding. Finally, they recommend a plan for ongoing measurement of sustainability.

• Chapter One

  Introduction

• Chapter Two

  Insights on Program Sustainability from the Empirical Literature

• Chapter Three

  Insights on Program Sustainability from Successful Program Directors

• Chapter Four

  Factors Affecting the Sustainment of Bureau of Justice Assistance — Supported Programs

• Chapter Five

  Conclusions and Recommendations

• Appendix A

  Variables Collected from Bureau of Justice Assistance Reports

• Appendix B

  Survey Questions

• Appendix C

  Results of A Priori Logistic Regressions

• Appendix D

  Results of Post Hoc Logistic Regressions