In the Strengths-Based Policy Development Process, which step involves developing and implementing policy or program?

• A. Define needs, goals, barriers
• B. Formulate policy alternatives
• C. Develop and implement policy/program
• D. Evaluate outcomes

Answer: (C)

Developing and implementing policy or program is the phase where planning becomes action. After identifying needs and barriers and exploring policy alternatives, this step translates those ideas into a tangible policy or program, assigns resources, sets procedures, and begins delivering services. It’s the execution stage that puts the plan into practice and starts making the policy operate in the real world. Evaluation follows later to determine whether the outcomes were achieved and what adjustments are needed. The distinction is that this phase is about building and delivering the policy, not just analyzing needs or proposing options or measuring results.