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Those who fund social and human service agencies have recognized the utility of outcome based accountability to monitor the effectiveness of their efforts. Funders routinely ask grantees to measure their outcomes and document their results. These data are essential to separating effective from ineffective programs. Moreover, knowledge of best practices grows from evidence based conclusions. Many agencies, however, have difficulty responding to demands for outcome accountability.
Philliber Research Associates has created a teaching program for building evaluation capacity among groups of agencies and has used this strategy in several communities. The program consists of one or more workshops followed by individual consultations with each agency. Participants are asked to complete specific assignments between consultations. At the end of the process each agency has an evaluation plan consisting of:
- Logic models of the agency’s programs
- Measurement instruments to document process and outcomes
- Strategies for data collection
- Strategies for data analysis
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