Organizational Arrangements in Evidence2Success Communities: Enabling Sustainable Community Transformation for Youth Well-Being
5 affiliations
- 1Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, College of Health and Human Development, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA
- 2Human Development and Family Studies, College of Social Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
- 3Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis, Memphis, TN 38103, USA
- 4University Medical Billing-Operations, University of Utah Hospital and Clinics, Salt Lake City, UT 84111, USA
- 5Mobile Area Education Foundation, Mobile, AL 36608, USA
Abstract
Building healthy communities requires organizational arrangements that center on resident and community assets while using data to guide decisions. This study examines how the Evidence2Success framework was implemented in three communities, Kearns, UT, Mobile, AL, and Memphis, TN, to understand how citizen-led asset mapping, coalition processes, and funding strategies shape youth well-being efforts. Using an interpretive case-study design, we analyzed process-evaluation interviews, implementation milestones and benchmarks, strengths-and-concerns reports, and community case materials to trace how coalitions mobilized assets, reoriented institutional resources, and adapted evidence-based programs. The results show that broad, cross-sector Community Boards completed most implementation tasks, increased participation by people of color, and developed more inclusive decision-making structures that addressed historical inequities. Coalitions also strengthened data-use capacities, employing youth survey results and local qualitative input to select priorities, braid funding, and make culturally responsive adaptations while maintaining program fidelity. Overall, the findings suggest that when evidence-based planning frameworks are embedded within asset-based, resident-governed structures, communities can build sustainable organizational arrangements that support youth well-being and advance more equitable local systems.
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BibTeX
@article{gayles2026organizational,
title = {{Organizational Arrangements in Evidence2Success Communities: Enabling Sustainable Community Transformation for Youth Well-Being}},
author = {Jochebed G. Gayles and Sarah Meyer Chilenski and Mary Lisa Penilla and Sylvia Lin and Megan Galinsky and Francisco Villarruel and Patria Johnson and Charles Henderson and Jeremiah Newell},
journal = {Societies (Basel, Switzerland)},
year = {2026},
month = may,
doi = {10.3390/soc16060169},
url = {https://doi.org/10.3390/soc16060169},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Organizational Arrangements in Evidence2Success Communities: Enabling Sustainable Community Transformation for Youth Well-Being
AU - Jochebed G. Gayles
AU - Sarah Meyer Chilenski
AU - Mary Lisa Penilla
AU - Sylvia Lin
AU - Megan Galinsky
AU - Francisco Villarruel
AU - Patria Johnson
AU - Charles Henderson
AU - Jeremiah Newell
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/05/22
JO - Societies (Basel, Switzerland)
DO - 10.3390/soc16060169
UR - https://doi.org/10.3390/soc16060169
AB - Building healthy communities requires organizational arrangements that center on resident and community assets while using data to guide decisions. This study examines how the Evidence2Success framework was implemented in three communities, Kearns, UT, Mobile, AL, and Memphis, TN, to understand how citizen-led asset mapping, coalition processes, and funding strategies shape youth well-being efforts. Using an interpretive case-study design, we analyzed process-evaluation interviews, implementation milestones and benchmarks, strengths-and-concerns reports, and community case materials to trace how coalitions mobilized assets, reoriented institutional resources, and adapted evidence-based programs. The results show that broad, cross-sector Community Boards completed most implementation tasks, increased participation by people of color, and developed more inclusive decision-making structures that addressed historical inequities. Coalitions also strengthened data-use capacities, employing youth survey results and local qualitative input to select priorities, braid funding, and make culturally responsive adaptations while maintaining program fidelity. Overall, the findings suggest that when evidence-based planning frameworks are embedded within asset-based, resident-governed structures, communities can build sustainable organizational arrangements that support youth well-being and advance more equitable local systems.
SN - 2075-4698
ER -