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Bonner Education Curriculum Researching Current Programs and Policies Know Your Issue Modules (Part 2)

Workshop Goals: Understand the following: • Theory of change, Logic Models, and how they relate to Evidence-Based Programs Skills: • Interviewing Skills Project Completion: • Continue Issue-Brief research (Schedule and Prepare Interviews)

Workshop Agenda: 1. Analyze Key Individuals / Organizations 2. Understand Evidence- Based Programs 3. Identify Missing Information 4. Preparing Interviews 5. Reflections

Discovering Public, Private and Nonprofit Relationships

Map it Out! • Who is involved within this issue area? Categorize the groups. • Who are the funders? What are the funding opportunities? • What government agencies are involved? • Who are the corresponding key individuals that represent or work in these organizations?

The Validity of Evidence-Based Programs

Evidence-Based Programs START Desire to alleviate community challenges. Challenges can range: Hunger Health Housing Education Theory of Change

Evidence-Based Programs Theory of Change Defines a cause-and-effect relationship between a specific intervention/activity and an intended outcome. Community Specific Intended Problem / Need Intervention Outcome 1. 3. 2.

Evidence-Based Programs Theory of Change Community Specific Intended Problem / Need Intervention Outcome 1. Gather local data on extent and severity of issue. • Factually documents the need of assistance • How many individuals are affected? • What’s the severity of how they are affected? • What will happen if nothing is done to alleviate the issue? • Why does the need exist?

Evidence-Based Programs Theory of Change Community Specific Intended Problem / Need Intervention Outcome Evaluate the intended outcome - 2. What is the change you hope to make? • Change can be thought of as: • Change in Knowledge Long Term • Change in Behavior Goal! • Change in the Environment • Change in Policies

Evidence-Based Programs Theory of Change Community Specific Intended Problem / Need Intervention Outcome Find interventions to achieve 3. Interventions: most the goal. effective set of activities to deliver or implement within the community that will likely lead to the intended change.

Evidence-Based Programs - Review Theory of Change Community Specific Intended Problem / Need Intervention Outcome Example: Nutrition Education Families suffer from and Referral Healthier Families poor nutrition-related health problems Services

Evidence-Based Programs - Review Theory of Change Defines a cause-and-effect relationship between a specific intervention/activity and an intended outcome. Specific Intended Community Intervention Outcome Problem / Need Evidence Statistics documenting and outlining the Guides choice of Supports cause-effect community need intervention relationship

Evidence-Based Programs Logic Model The visual representation of the intended theory of change in action. Inputs Outputs Outcomes - Impact What are the short term What do we results? do? What is being What are the medium term results? invested? Who What is the ultimate participates? impact sought?

Evidence-Based Programs Logic Model If benefits to participants are Accomplish Accomplish achieved, certain Utilize planned planned changes in resources to activities, activities to the organizations, Certain resources to deliver extent intended, communities, or are needed to accomplish amount of participants will systems might operate your your planned services benefit in a be expected to program. activities intended certain way. occur. Resources Activities Outputs Outcomes/Impact Long-Term Goal Planned Work Intended Results Inputs Outputs Outcomes - Impact

Evidence-Based Programs Logic Model • Money • Book flights, • Time off of work hotels, • Helping mental or school • Flight, hotel, transportati health by • good weather confirmation • Friends, family, on taking a break • good hotel • Money or I enjoy • create trip from work/ • transportation saved vacation itinerary school (drive or fly) Resources Activities Outputs Outcomes/Impact Long-Term Goal Intended Trip Results Trip Planning Inputs Outputs Outcomes - Impact

Evidence-Based Programs Data Collection Based off of parameters set in theory of change & logic model. Community Specific Intended Problem / Need Intervention Outcome Inputs Outputs Outcomes - Impact

Evidence-Based Programs Data Collection Community Specific Intended Problem / Need Intervention Outcome Inputs Outputs Outcomes - Impact Design of program

Evidence-Based Programs Data Collection Community Specific Intended Problem / Need Intervention Outcome Inputs Outputs Outcomes - Impact Dosage of program

Evidence-Based Programs Data Collection Community Specific Intended Problem / Need Intervention Outcome Inputs Outputs Outcomes - Impact Outcome goals of program

Evidence-Based Programs Evidence-Based Practices : rigorously evaluated in experimental evaluations - randomized controlled trials - shown to make a positive, statistically signifiant difference in important outcomes. Measurable, reliable, viable.

Now it’s your turn! Try to create a Theory of Change and Logic Model for your service site!

Application Practice Use the handout provided! •Who are you serving why? •What are the ways the program is changing the status of the need? •What are the specific implementation parameters of the program? •What is the long-term impact sought by the program? By the organization?

Additional Reflection •What are your overall observations from this activity? •What need did you observe? •Give a brief synopsis of what you presume to be the theory of change in your service. •What data does your site collect? If it does not collect any, what data could they collect to measure impact? •Are there any service sites here that overlap in their theory of change or intervention? Which ones? How so?

Identifying Missing Information

When Interviewing… What is your organization’s Missing information approach to intervening in on community [issue area]? programs? ASK What are challenges your Missing organization faces that is information on community-specific specific to [location]? ASK challenges?

Preparing Interviews

Mock Interviews… Helpful Hints: Thank the individual for their time. Ask if you can record your conversation to transcribe later. Give the purpose of the interview and what you or they may hope to get out of it. Go through some of your brainstormed questions.

Inputting Data

Inputting Data Issue Brief Checklist: Gather 2-3 robust and concrete informative data points on the local community Make sure references are documented appropriately Make sure issue-brief is able to provide a good picture of the issue and programs

Reflections: • What new information did I learn? • What did we complete this session? •What information are we looking forward to learning from interviews? •What do we need to work on before the next meeting?

Next Up - Know Your Issue Part 3 - Identifying Proven Programs & Practices