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From Then to Now: Emerging Directions for Youth Program Evaluation
http://data.memberclicks.com/site/nae4a/JYD_110603final.pdf
Understanding the impact of youth development programs has been an important topic since the programs first began, and the past 25 years in particular have witnessed considerable...
Evaluation
A Compendium of Evaluation Resources for Mentoring Programs
While mentoring professionals recognize the importance of program evaluation, identifying practical evaluation resources can be challenging.
Evaluation
Assessment for Mentoring Programs Integrated into a Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative
This TCAM tool outlines a process for Safe Schools/Healthy Students mentoring programs to assess implementation and identify priorities for building program capacity.
Building Staff Capacity, Cultural and Linguistic Competence, Evaluation, Implementing Evidence Based Models, Match Closure, Match Support, Mentee Training, Mentor Recruitment and Screening, Mentor Training, Partnership/Collaboration Building, Program Design & Management, Program Outcomes, Program Sustainability, Youth recruitment
Community Collaboratives Toolbox
http://www.serve.gov/new-images/council/pdf/CommunityCollabo...
The White House Council for Community Solutions developed the Community Collaboratives Toolbox based on extensive research, including conversations with more than 50 experts and...
Evaluation, Partnership/Collaboration Building, Program Sustainability
Evaluating Mentoring Programs
http://www.issuelab.org/resource/evaluating_mentoring_progra...
This methodological brief from Public/Private Ventures is designed to provide both program operators and researchers with practical advice about how to assess a program's...
Evaluation, Program Design & Management, Program Outcomes
Findings From the Evaluation of OJJDP's Gang Reduction Program
http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/230106.pdf
This publication presents the findings from an independent evaluation of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's (OJJDP's) Gang Reduction Program which is a...
Evaluation, Gang Prevention and Intervention
Key Learnings from Mentoring Research and Implications for Practice
Key Learnings from Mentoring Research and Implications for Practice examines 11 critical questions that have been explored by leading researchers, with the goal of offerin
Building Staff Capacity, Cultural and Linguistic Competence, Evaluation, Foster Care, Gang Prevention and Intervention, Implementing Evidence Based Models, Juvenile Justice and Re-entry, Match Support, Mentor Recruitment and Screening, Mentor Training, Program Design & Management, Program Outcomes, Program Sustainability, Youth recruitment
Measurement Tools for Evaluating Out-of-School Time Programs: An Evaluation Resource
http://www.hfrp.org/out-of-school-time/publications-resource...
The Harvard Family Research Project has redesigned and updated this dynamic web tool, originally a part of the
Evaluation
Measuring the Quality of Mentor Youth Relationships: A Tool for Mentoring Programs
http://educationnorthwest.org/webfm_send/212
Evaluations of mentoring programs show that a youth's one-to-one relationship with a supportive adult can lead to a number of positive outcomes.
Evaluation
Mentoring Makes a Difference Stories: Collecting Anecdotes of Program Impact
The Mentoring Makes a Difference tool can be used by mentoring programs to collect anecdotal data of program impact. This tool has been developed to record the personal stories of...
Evaluation
Mentoring Program Assessment
This TCAM tool outlines a process for mentoring programs to assess implementation and identify priorities for building program capacity.
Building Staff Capacity, Cultural and Linguistic Competence, Evaluation, Implementing Evidence Based Models, Match Closure, Match Support, Mentee Training, Mentor Recruitment and Screening, Mentor Training, Partnership/Collaboration Building, Program Design & Management, Program Outcomes, Program Sustainability, Youth recruitment
Outcome-Based Evaluation: A Training Toolkit for Programs of Faith
http://www.fastennetwork.org/Uploads/2F3325EC-7630-425B-8EDF...
This primer from FASTEN will help faith-based organization leaders understand the basics of outcome-based evaluation (OBE), its uses and benefits.
Evaluation
Performance Monitoring for Youth Mentoring Programs
http://msiy.edc.org/publications/MSIY%20publications/MSIY_Pe...
Performance monitoring is a method for regularly documenting and assessing a program to provide feedback on the program’s process and results and is important for making...
Evaluation
Priorities for a New Decade: Making (More) Social Programs Work (Better)
http://www.ppv.org/ppv/publications/assets/329_publication.p...
This resource from P/PV provides guidance on how organizations can improve the usefulness of evaluations for different kinds of programs.
Evaluation
Redefining Your Success: The Role of Adolescent Connectedness in Demonstrating Mentoring Impact
http://educationnorthwest.org/webfm_send/292
This fact sheet from Education Northwest explores the concept of connectedness, a trait many researchers believe to be critical in helping youth navigate the choppy waters of...
Evaluation
SS/HS Project Director Resource Guide Incorporating Mentoring Programs
The Project Director Resource Guide is designed to help grantees review the progress of their grant and engage partners in both the leadership and management aspects of the Safe...
Evaluation, Grant Management, Program Design & Management
The Program Manager's Guide to Evaluation
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/other_resrch/pm_guide_e...
Good program evaluations assess program performance, measure impacts on families and communities, and document our success.
Evaluation
Using Data in Multi-Agency Collaborations: Guiding Performance to Ensure Accountability and Improve Programs
http://www.issuelab.org/resource/using_data_in_multi_agency_...
This report from Public/Private Ventures and Child Trends offers practical advice about collecting and using data in a multi-agency environment.
Evaluation
W.K. Kellogg Foundation Evaluation Handbook
http://www.wkkf.org/~/media/62EF77BD5792454B807085B1AD044FE7...
This handbook provides a framework for thinking about evaluation as a relevant and useful program tool.
Evaluation