Timeline

September

Year 1

• Attend the Advanced OR Beginner Breathe Train the Trainer webinar for Funded Partners in September; anyone who misses the webinar or new coordinators hired after the trainings will need to watch the recording and follow the steps outlined here.
• Thoroughly review the Breathe website/online instructional guide
• Sign up for the monthly Breathe e-newsletter
• Join the private Breathe Facebook group, optional

September-December

Year 1

• Make contact with the leadership of local Head Start and other potential partner organizations
• Hold introductory meetings with potential new partners (and reconnect with existing Breathe partners)
• Complete/Update Key Informant Interview, optional
• Initiate a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), optional
• Set date for the Initial Breathe training (or Breathe Refresher) for the organization’s staff; Notify HEP of ALL trainings and request Breathe materials at least TWO weeks before the training

September-May

Year 1

• Conduct Breathe trainings for organizations’ staff
• Complete all post-training steps
• Review evaluation reports from Health Ed Pros and implement program updates and recommendations as appropriate

October-June

Year 1

• Check-in with the organization’s leadership at least once a month (see tips for maintaining a relationship)
• Review the agency’s tobacco policy and provide feedback, optional
• Work with Breathe partners to add questions to their health assessment forms for the next school year, optional; request a summary of any useful data captured this school year

April-June

Year 1

• Present the organization’s leadership with a certificate of appreciation and issue a press release acknowledging your partnership, optional
• Meet with the organization’s leadership to determine what worked well and what didn’t this year, and begin discussing plans for next year, including possible summer dates for a Breathe Refresher for returning staff, or another Initial Breathe training for new staff, or another segment of their staff that was not previously trained

July-August

Year 2

• Attend the Annual Breathe Train the Trainer Update for Funded Partners (details to come); anyone who misses the training, as well as new coordinators hired in grant year 2, will need to watch the recording
• Identify additional potential partners and begin reaching out

September-June

Year 2

•  Repeat the same steps in the timeline for the previous year with at least 1 NEW partner, see above
• Conduct a Breathe Refresher for the organization trained in year one or another Initial Breathe training for new staff or another segment of their staff that was not previously trained; adhere to the same schedule as the previous year for requesting materials and submitting evaluation components

Ongoing

• Conduct Parent and Community Education using the Breathe materials, as appropriate
• Share the monthly Breathe newsletter with your Breathe partners
• Provide and replenish Quit Now Indiana materials for each of your partners
• Communicate regularly with Breathe partners to assess the impact of Breathe and address questions and concerns that arise
• Engage in the Breathe Facebook group to get additional support and offer your ideas to other funded partners, optional