Category | Theme | Percent of interviews (n) | Illustrative quote |
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Factors that facilitated AGTO implementation | When AGTO is integrated into routine activities | 31% (4) | No illustrative quotel |
 | When more people are trained to use AGTO | 23% (3) | [AGTO] spread across office of paid staff because the majority of staff participated in AGTO process. |
 | When key leaders support AGTO | 15% (2) | No illustrative quotel |
Barriers that constrained AGTO implementation | Diminishing funding climate | 31% (4) | The funding levels for prevention just bottomed out in the middle of this project. |
 | Staff turnover due to funding | 15% (2) | No illustrative quotel |
Challenges with the AGTO process | Can be cumbersome to implement | 54% (7) | No illustrative quotel |
 | A complex process | 46% (6) | …It was kind of more towards the end really I kind of really grasped onto it. … this is a whole other field that I was not in. |
 | Competes for time with regular job duties | 46% (6) | If it hadn’t been for [TA provider], I probably wouldn’t have [engaged with AGTO] – she was the one that keep me on task because I mean this was only just one part of my position. |
 | At times, misaligned with on-the-ground program operations | 15% (2) | Sometimes it was very difficult to take a program in Maine and have it understood by people at a great distance. And sometimes the suggestions that we would get kind of showed that they didn’t quite get the program or an aspect of the program. |
Benefits of the AGTO process | Access to a qualified TA provider | 100% (13) | [It helped] …to have them be able to interpret….research-y language and translate that into, on the ground.. ‘ This is what they really mean, and this is what you can do with that.’ |
 | Provided a wide range of written support materials | 86% (12) | I think the manual is an absolute godsend, especially with the worksheets. It was really clear to understand. It was laid out in a way so that you could just flip to it and find something that might be helpful as far as embarking on a new project… |
 | Access to peer-to-peer networking opportunities | 85% (11) | It was always interesting to talk to other people from other programs around the communities that were involved in AGTO. And you always got ideas from them…. They actually made me think more deeply about things and gave me a different perspective. |
 | Provided high-quality training | 69% (9) | The training sessions that we’ve had have been extremely beneficial, and I’ve had nothing but positive feedback from our coalition members when we’ve had them. |
 | Proactive approach | 54% (7) | We would have specific things that we were doing. It was always pretty specific. There wasn’t too much general, though after our specific goals we be met I would just talk to her about just some general problems areas. |
 | Emphasized/prioritized collection and analysis of data | 54% (7) | I mean, adding outcome, legitimate outcome data collection and looking at behavioral change was a significant difference because of AGTO. |
 | Access to larger body of experts via the Project Leadership Team | 31% (4) | I really think that [the principal investigator] and the whole team involved in providing the support and TA have been superb. We’re very blessed to have that level and quality of support because it’s certainly made a difference here. |
 | Worked for participants regardless of baseline capacity | 31% (4) | No illustrative quotel |
Program/coalition accomplishments | Learned to be more systematic and intentional about work | 100% (13) | [The AGTO] process, because it’s rigorous and logical and exacting, makes you more realistic in your thinking about your situation …. And what you can do to affect [it] and what you can’t do. |
 | Started collecting outcome evaluation data | 100% (13) | The evaluation tools and how to use data in a way that informed decision making, I think, was probably the biggest takeaway from this experience. |
 | Paved the way for stronger relationships and partnerships | 92% (12) | I think we better prepared ourselves even for approaching [partners] because we were able to make our programs much more defined. |
 | Integrated more evidence-based practices into their work | 92% (12) | We’re working towards having everything be evidence-based. |
 | Took inventory of needs and resources to better focus them | 77% (10) | [We learned]…what we have available in terms of partner organizations, their resources, the coalition’s resources, and … how can we focus those so [they]…produce change. |
 | Improved youth voice in program/coalition activities | 62% (8) | Youth are involved in program planning, implementation, and evaluation. |
 | Improved communication about program/coalition | 38% (5) | No illustrative quotel |
Aspects of AGTO sustained after the project ended | Continued to evaluate their program/coalition | 77% (10) | We’ve had the physical presence of people who are keeping [evaluation efforts] going. |
 | Continued to work all 10 steps of AGTO | 38% (5) | AGTO becomes endemic to the work. Even though TA ends you don’t unlearn the skills and knowledge developed. |
 | Generalized AGTO to other activities/topic areas | 38% (5) | No illustrative quotel |
 | Continued to use manuals and other written support materials | 38% (5) | Just a couple of weeks ago …I was getting the Getting To Outcomes with Developmental Assets [manual] out. I was looking through it and I see things that I haven’t seen before. |
 | Continued to use logic model to guide program/coalition work | 23% (3) | No illustrative quotel |
 | Not able to sustain AGTO | 23% (3) | I think that support [TA] was crucial and, without it, it really hasn’t--it’s been hard to sustain. |