By Amanda Fixsen, Karen Blase and Dean Fixsen
2. Karen Blase (biography)
3. Dean Fixsen (biography)
What is involved in effective scaling up of innovations in order to achieve social impact? Here are four best practices, drawn from our experience in scaling up human services innovations and programs for children and families. We also provide definitions of the key terms used.
1. Understand the target audiences
Effectively scaling innovations first requires attention to defining the denominator, or population of interest for the scale-up effort, as well as the numerator, or the number of children and families who are receiving the innovation with fidelity and good outcomes.
2. Purposeful design leads to high-fidelity use