Table 2.

Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Capacity Increases

Concept	Representative Quotes
CBPR capacity increased in a variety of ways	[Our organization] now screens prospective research partners and plans to adopt a standardized protocol in the near future. We recently signed a formal agreement with University X to provide . . . students with field experiences.
	[We] incorporated the CBPR approach and collaboration with ARCC in its strategic planning process. It is the early stage of the process but at least two meetings of the board of directors focused on this effort.
	This year marked the first that our planning and budgeting process included recognition of research practices and plans . . . Our research agenda is being finalized for BOD approval and its communication to its full community of input—community youth, parents, volunteers, staff. (note this CBO defines its constituents as “a community of input,” which include the larger community in which the organization is located, participating youth and their parents.
	We have also built a relationship with X university. That we may not have done in any other capacity.

ARCC, Alliance for Research in Chicagoland Communities; BOD, board of directors.