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= Community Based Program Design =

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'''Community Based Program DevelopmentDesign''' is a participatorysocial program design method that enables social service providers, organizers, designers and evaluators to serve vulnerable populations in their communities. It depends on the participatory approach of community development often associated with community based social work.<ref>Delgado, M. (1999). Social work practice in nontraditional urban settings. Oxford University Press. Oxford, New York. </ref>

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Increased [[sustainability]] is an advantage of community-based program design. The program sustainability is ensured by the identification of solutions to problems based on existing resources accessible to all community members. Also, the involvement of local community leaders and local volunteers reinforce the sustainability of the impact of the program.<ref>Sternin, M., Sernin, J., & Marsh, D. (1998). Designing a community-based nutrition program using the Hearth Model and the positive deviance approach: A field guide. Save the Children Federation, Westport, CT</ref>

== Challenges of community-based program design ==