Following leadership training, youth and adult leaders will establish support networks, resources and systems that will strengthen and support the community. A site Project Coordinator in each location handles the primary responsibilities for project implementation. Each project began its partnership with one primary collaborator, and later local advisory councils are in place to add support and guidance to the empowerment project, and serve as mentors to the trained volunteers to help facilitate their community development efforts and individually support the empowerment process. State support is provided by a portion of time from state specialists in Family and Consumer Sciences and in 4H, from a project coordinator hired specifically for the project, and by a technology specialist who provides direct computer support and technical training to the project. The Electronic Connectivity Initiative has purchased and installed computers for the PVG project site.
Installation is underway for the new site.
Community national outcomes are the primary focus of Maryland's State Strengthening project. Systems development and citizen development indicators of the Community outcome are the eventual focus of the evaluation. Indicators related to effective parenting and strong families and youth development will be measured to demonstrate eventual program effectiveness. In the first substantive year of project development, evaluation focused on demonstrating clarifying program objectives and infrastructure needs for effective project delivery. Individual projects receive support from state and local agencies.