NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 8 results Save | Export
Developing a New System to Measure Outcomes in a Service Coordination Program for Youth with Severe Emotional Disturbance
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Shannon, Lisa M.; Walker, Robert; Blevins, Michele – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2009
This paper presents information on re-developing an outcome evaluation for a state-funded program providing service coordination utilizing wraparound to youth with severe emotional disturbance (SED) and their families. Originally funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Kentucky IMPACT program has existed statewide since 1990. Changing…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Severe Disabilities
Foster Youth Evaluate the Performance of Group Home Services in California
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Green, Rex S.; Ellis, Peter T. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2008
In 2003 foster youth employed by a foster youth advocacy organization suggested that an evaluation of group home services to foster youth be conducted in Alameda County, California. This report presents the development and conduct of this evaluation study; how funding was obtained; and how foster youth were hired, trained, and employed to produce…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Group Homes, Program Effectiveness, Foster Care
A Mission Based Ecological Evaluation of a Summer Camp for Youth with Developmental Disabilities.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Wetzel, Mary C.; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1995
An evaluation of a successful summer camp for youth with developmental disabilities (Camp Horizons) identifies practices that should work well in other youth programs. The natural, personalized setting favors worthwhile relationships with satisfying human bonds. The ecological evaluation approach is also explored. (SLD)
Descriptors: Camping, Developmental Disabilities, Educational Environment, Interpersonal Relationship
Development of a Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation Strategy
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Holte-McKenzie, Merydth; Forde, Sarah; Theobald, Sally – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2006
This paper describes the process of developing a participatory monitoring and evaluation strategy for a Kenyan youth-based NGO. The iterative nature of the study including the process of narrowing down indicators to measure and methods to monitor/evaluate these is well documented. A discussion on the extent to which the process achieved…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Cultural Context, Nongovernmental Organizations
What Matters More: The Job Training Program or the Background of the Participant? An HLM Analysis of the Influence of Program and Client Characteristics on the Wages of Inner-City Youth Who Have Completed JTPA Job Training.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Lundgren, Lena; Rankin, Bruce – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1998
This study examined the extent to which wages received by graduates of the Chicago Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) youth programs are more closely correlated with the program in which the client participated or the client's personal history. Results found that program type was a particularly critical factor for the wages of African American…
Descriptors: Background, Blacks, Income, Individual Characteristics
Implementation of the Job Training Partnership Act: A Field Network Process Evaluation.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Cook, Robert F. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1986
This two-year study is a field network evaluation of the operation of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Program in 20 randomly selected states and 40 Service Delivery Areas within those states. Methodology is also discussed. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Adults, Dislocated Workers, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods
Concept Mapping for Evaluation and Planning.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Trochim, William M. K., Ed. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1989
Concept mapping is a structured conceptualization that can be used by groups to develop a conceptual framework that guides evaluation or planning. Twelve papers discuss concept mapping in evaluation/planning in terms of theory development; measurement, construct validity, and pattern matching; outcome assessment and internal validity;…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Construct Validity, Data Interpretation, Elementary Secondary Education
Services to Teenage Parents.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Marsh, Jeanne C., Ed. – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1991
Eight papers discuss current ideas about what can be accomplished when services are provided for adolescent parents. Topics include programs for high-risk adolescents, services and employment opportunities for pregnant and parenting adolescents, school-based clinics, evaluation of a teen pregnancy program, costs/benefits of deferred teenage…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Ancillary School Services, Clinics, Cost Effectiveness