Evaluation

The Center for Community Supportwill assist in constructing evaluations in support of projects and proposals to strengthen efforts to determine and document the characteristics of effective community based programs, processes, and outcomes.

An Evaluation is...

• a document which assists community-based organizations identify the extent to which a proposed project was effective based on its objectives and on the issues targeted by the program.
• intended to provide the organization and the funding agency with data and progress reports that examine and document the project's progress and successes.
• typically developed based on the expected benefits of the project and is strongly related to the needs assessment and methods.

The Purposes of an Evaluation are to...

• determine whether the project was implemented according to the plan.
• determine whether the project was successful in it's aims.
• provide documented evidence of the program's strengths and weaknesses.
• provide a comparison to baseline measures.