Effective
Human Service Program Proposal, Design,
Re-Design and In-House Evaluation (3rd Edition)
Completely expanded and updated!
This is
a comprehensive 375+ page “how-to” guidebook that has proven
to be crystal clear, accessible, and above all, useful to hundreds of
human service agencies in many sectors including child and family services,
early childhood education, training, employment and career development,
elder care, health care, adult and children’s mental health programs,
adult and youth correctional programs, substance abuse programs, and
domestic violence, just to name a few. There is simply no other resource
like it!
The book’s focus is on building program integrity – ensuring
key program elements are logically and operationally inter-linked to
form a cohesive role, whether designing a program from the ground up,
re-designing an existing one, or adapting a program model from somewhere
else.
Maximizing program integrity maximizes program effectiveness; critical
in a rapidly changing funding and policy climate, or when considering
partnerships in proposal and delivery.
Many up-to-date and relevant examples from a wide range of programs
are used throughout the book. The principles of effective program design
and evaluation apply across all areas of service, so you can easily
adapt the ideas, concepts, suggestions and tips that are presented in
whatever ways you see are appropriate and timely for your program(s).
Here is what readers have said about earlier editions:
“The most helpful resource I’ve had in my life as a program
manager in social services.”
A.L., Houselink Community Homes, Toronto
“A good resource for teaching others.”
Dr. D.D., Halton Board of Education, Burlington
“I liked the way you put things in context – e.g. This is
what funders are looking for…”
V.M., Canadian Mental Health Assoc., Toronto
“The book is an excellent reference guide for me.”
J.S., Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention, Toronto
“A resource that can be used in many areas.”
A.S., Ngwaagan Gamig Recovery Centre, Wikwemikong First Nation
“Very useful!” T.C., Campbellford and District Association
for Community Living
“Wonderful. Very, very clear!”
M.K., St. Christopher’s House Youth Employment Counselling Centre,
Toronto
Effective Human Service Program Proposal, Design, Re-Design and
In-House Evaluation provides a field-tested and proven framework
for addressing the most challenging aspects of proposal writing, program
design and re-design. Topics include:
o Essential steps for enhancing program integrity
o Setting long and short-term goals that promote program cohesion and
effectiveness
o Getting the most from client assessment
o Three models for effective structuring and sequencing program delivery
o Key ways of maximizing transfer of training
o Twelve program characteristics essential to effective transitioning
o Facilitating change and transition
o Facilitating learning
o How to form and manage partnerships in program design, re-design,
and proposal-writing
o Common pitfalls in proposal-writing, program design, re-design, and
delivery
This
book will also provide you and your team members with a solid grounding
in evaluation strategies that will enhance your program’s accountability
to funders and other stakeholders, and that are “do-able”
in-house, or with minimal external assistance. As funders expect more
evaluation both in proposals and in practice, the 90+ pages devoted
to in-house program evaluation strategies and techniques have proven
to be especially valuable.
Evaluation topics covered include:
o How to choose the best evaluation strategy
o Linking needs assessment and program evaluation
o Major distinctions between program review and formative (process)
and summative (outcome) program evaluation
o Key steps in developing a holistic in-house evaluation plan
o Qualitative and quantitative approaches to evaluation
o How to choose outcome measures
o Handling special measurement problems
o Specific in-house program evaluation techniques
o Designing data tracking and management information systems and how
to maximize their usefulness
o Understanding the strengths and weaknesses of commonly used statistics
o Characteristics of effective reporting of evaluation findings
o Common fallacies in program evaluation
o Managing in-house program evaluation and review
Readers,
as well as visitors to this site, can also download - free-of-charge
- fully-editable checklist and template for program design, session
planning, evaluation planning and proposal writing from the free resources
pages of this website. These files:
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can be shared with your team members; and,
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because they are editable, can be customized it to meet your agency’s
specific needs by modifying, adding to them, etc.Click here for a
representative sample of organizations that use this book.
To order a copy, please contact Dr. Adam Lodzinski & Associates
at: adamlodz@rogers.com
Alternatively,
please write to us at:
120 Adelaide Street West, Suite 2500
Toronto, Ontario M5H 1T1
The
cost of this terrific resource is $129 (Canadian) + GST (if applicable)
and shipping
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