The Evaluation of Family to Family
The Family to Family initiative entered a new phase in 2007. Following an extensive self-assessment by Foundation staff and the technical assistance team, workplans were developed with 15 "anchor sites" that are attempting to integrate work across the four core strategies and fully achieve the transformation of policy and practice envisioned for Family to Family.
To assist the anchor sites and the technical assistance team in focusing their efforts, a research team conducted an assessment of the challenges sites faced in implementing the initiative and how they had attempted to overcome those challenges. A report of their findings, Implementing Family to Family, is available online.
In conjunction with the new phase of Family to Family, we have embarked on a three-year evaluation that will culminate in a report to the Foundation and the field in 2009. The plan for evaluating Family to Family describes the general approach we are following. Please direct questions about the evaluation to Lynn Usher, the principal investigator.
The current evaluation will be the second initiative-wide assessment of the initiative. A report concerning the first 5-year phase of Family to Family can be downloaded using the links shown below. In addition to an executive summary, the report includes assessments of how the initiative changed policy and program operations, its impact on families and children, and the enhancement of grantees' capacity for self-evaluation. Each section of the report is available in Acrobatâ format.
Executive Summary
Title, preface, table of contents, and references
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Public Policy Context
Chapter 3: Program Management and Structure
Chapter 4: Program Operations
Chapter 5: Program Impact
Chapter 6: Self-Evaluation
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