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Support PROSPER                       NATIONAL NETWORK HOME WHAT IS PROSPER NATIONAL NETWORK HOW DOES IT WORK THE EVIDENCE BACKGROUND CONTACTS LOGIN PROSPER Vision The vision of PROSPER is to support community partnerships that sustain the most effective programs for promoting positive youth development and strong families, and to facilitate translation of prevention science into widespread community practice. PROSPER Overview PROSPER stands for PROmoting School-community-university Partnerships to Enhance Resilience. PROSPER isn’t a program, rather it is a scientifically-proven delivery system that facilitates sustained, quality delivery of evidence-based programs that reduce risky youth behaviors, enhance positive youth development and strengthen families. This delivery system links university-based prevention researchers with two established program delivery systems within a state—the Cooperative Extension System at the Land Grant University and the public school system. The public school system offers collaborators who support evidence-based programs and access to youth in the community. Extension offers knowledge of the community and experience in disseminating educational programs. In this way, the delivery system entails a partnership-based approach to evidence-based programming, called the PROSPER Partnership model. Using the PROSPER Partnership model, small and strategic community teams have access to the latest research from university scientists and benefit from the expertise and consistent support of the Extension System. The PROSPER delivery system also assures that programs provided for youth and their parents are implemented properly, are supported in the community, and can be sustained over time. The PROSPER Partnership model is based on more than 20 years of partnership experience and NIH-funded research. There are five core components required for successful implementation of the PROSPER Partnership model: 1.  Small, strategic Community Teams that are lead by a local Extension representative and co-lead by a representative from the partnering school district and include a variety of representatives from the community. 2.  A three-tiered state-level partnership based in the land grant university system that is connected to the National PROSPER Network. 3.  Every PROSPER Community Team oversees the implementation of one family and one school evidence-based program that they choose from a menu of options. 4.  Community Teams must move through a multi-phased developmental process focusing on long-term sustainability. 5.  Ongoing evaluation to ensure programs are being implemented as intended and Teams are performing effectively.