| | Milestones |
| Year 1 | - Hire Program Coordinator
- Identify, adapt and/or develop assessment tools
- Develop focus group scripts
- Choose 2 communities in each state, 1 control and 1 intervention
- Hire Program Manager in each state
- Train Program Manager in Community-Based Participatory Research
| - Staff hired
- Tools developed
- Communities chosen
- Training provided to intervention communities
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| Year 2 | - Complete assessments and focus groups
- On-going support and training, as needed, for intervention communities
| - Pre-assessments completed
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| Year 3 | - Begin implementation of at least one nutrition and one physical activity intervention
- Interventions start
- Continue on-going support and training,
| - Interventions implemented
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| Year 4 | - Interventions continue
- Begin post-assessments
| - Interventions continue
- Post-assessments begun
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| Year 5 | - Complete post-assessments
- Analyze data
- Organize findings into “Best Practices” for dissemination
- Research manuscripts and conference proposals begun
- Provide training to control sites
| - Post-assessments completed
- Data analysis completed and disseminated
- Best practices identified and available on-line
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