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Planning
the FCP Evaluation
FCP's
continuing, strong commitment to results accountability and the
role evaluation plays is most evident in the expectation that all
collaboratives will evaluate the implementation and results of their
Community Strategic and Annual Plans. Knowing whether community
efforts make a difference is important! And, communicating the results
of Family Connection collaborative efforts is important for securing
the resources necessary to continue and expand efforts to improve
results for children and families.
The
expectation for planning local collaborative evaluation has evolved
over time and now reflects readiness, capacity, resources and critical
need for evaluation results. FCP is sensitive to community resources
and time constraints. So the evaluation focus will shift from preparing
a three-year evaluation plan to the planning necessary for implementing
the required annual results evaluation and report. This change should
encourage communities to focus their limited evaluation resources
on planning, implementing and reporting of results evaluations.
Communities are no longer required to submit a three-year evaluation
plan, but it may still be advantageous to prepare one to correspond
to the Three-Year Strategic Plan.
Beginning
in Fiscal Year 2006, the expected evaluation plan will emphasize
local strategy-level results evaluation. All Family Connection collaboratives
must submit an annual results evaluation plan for at least one strategy
and/or component program(s). The plan should include a process and
outcome component to assess changes in individuals, families, and/or
the community resulting from the strategy being evaluated. And,
it should tell how you intend to document related collaborative
development and systems change and report and use findings.
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