From: Vikash Patel
Subject: 2015 Funding
Date: 10/08/2015
Today one of the two proposed evolutions will be funded $25,000 from my agency. We will be briefly discussing each evaluation that is submitted and which one seems to qualify for the grant. We will go through the basic checklists that a successful evaluation must have to receive the grant for their organization. The first proposed evaluation is the Grant County SPF SIG evaluation plan, which is a worksite alcohol prevention program that is taking place at a local manufacturing plant.
The Grant Country SPF SIG provided us with an overview of the organizations plans, which has to do with an alcohol prevention program at a worksite. They provided the Data Collection, which …show more content…
Showing a logic model comes with many profits mainly because “it shows the steps on the path of change reality to an ideal point in time. (Bucher, 2009, p.327). Using a logic model is also important because it “helps explain the program’s goals or underlying program theories” according to the Public Health Training Center Evaluation they used logic models to improve practice and educate the public health workforce, (Freedman, 2014, 81-82). More importantly the TB Support Program was able to provide a roadmap for stakeholders, so they now know the road ahead of them is looking like which is also very important and why the logic model is crucial. They were able to follow the W.K. Kellogg Foundation guide for a logic model development. (W.K. Kellogg Foundation, 2004, p.3). The TB Support Program was able to provide a defined logic model and they included the inputs, Activities, Outputs, Impact and Outcome, which is what they needed to include according to Measurement and Evaluation for Health Educators, (Sharma and Petosa, 2014, …show more content…
The six steps are “engage stakeholders, describe the program, focus on the evaluation design, collect credible evidence, justify conclusions, and ensure use and share lessons learned”, (CDC and Prevention, 1999, p.4)
They also explained how they are focusing on a small group, which is the Salvadoran community and from there they plan on helping the general community. The TB Support Program also listed small steps they are taking to reach the long-term goals. The program also identified all their goals, their staff that is required for this program, the provided the need, context, target population, logic model and so on. In the beginning of their proposal they were also able to list previous facts on the problem and show why it is a problem now.
To finalize the decision we decided to award the $25,000 to the TB Support Program because they were able to identify the problems, come up with a solution that may work, and provide a roadmap for us to see how everything will be done. They also listed positions and who is responsible for what and they were able to provide us with an evaluation