Effective Grant Writing and Program Evaluation for Human Service Professionals.
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| Author / Creator: | Yuen, Francis K. O. |
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| Imprint: | Hoboken : Wiley, 2009. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (286 pages) |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10369852 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- About the Contributors
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Purpose of This Book
- The Organization and Approaches Used for This Book
- Grant Writing and Program Evaluation: Outcomes and Evidence
- Grant Proposal and Performance Measures
- Evidence-Based Practice
- Defining Program and Program Planning
- What Is a Program?
- What Is Program Planning?
- The Ethics and Secret Handshake of Grant Writing and Program Evaluation
- Chapter 2. Community and Target Population, Service Providers, and Funding Sources
- The Good Idea Program
- What Is a Community?
- Macro Practice, Grant Writing, and Program Evaluations
- Target Populations and Needs
- Service Providers
- Professional Insight 2.1: Agency Administrator to Get Support for Service Projects
- Funding Sources
- Government
- Professional Insight 2.2: Important Suggestions Related to State or Federal Grant Funds
- Foundations
- Professional Insight 2.3: Ten Tips on Successful Grant Seeking
- Chapter 3. Basic Research Methods and Program Evaluation
- Program Evaluation: A Practice of Social Research
- Research Question
- Developing a Research Question
- Ethical Considerations
- Research Designs
- Qualitative and Quantitative Research
- Inductive and Deductive Learning
- Four Major Types of Research Designs
- Exploratory Designs
- Descriptive Designs
- Experimental Designs
- Evaluative Research Design
- A Mixed Approach
- Validity and Reliability
- Professional Insight 3.1: What Is "Self-Determination" All About?
- Validity
- Internal and External Validity
- Reliability
- The Relationship between Validity and Reliability
- Causation and Correlation
- Correlation and Association
- Sampling
- Probability Sampling (Random Sampling)
- Nonprobability Sampling (Nonrandom Sampling)
- Sample Size: How Many Is Needed?
- Data Collection and Instruments
- Data Analysis
- Four Levels of Measurement
- Dependent and Independent Variables
- Statistics
- Chapter 4. Program Planning and Evaluation
- Needs Assessment
- Define Needs Assessment
- Needs Assessment and Program Evaluation
- Purpose of the Needs Assessment
- Key Steps in Designing a Needs Assessment
- Program Planning Formula
- Why, Who/Whom, What, Where, When
- How and How Much
- Evaluation
- Logic Model as a Tool for Planning and Evaluation and Theory of Change
- Theory of Change
- Logic Model
- Chapter 5. Grant Proposal Writing: Beginning with the End in Mind
- Grant and Contract
- Request for Proposal, Request for Application, and Program Announcement
- Letter of Intent/Letter of Inquiry
- Getting Ready, Logic Model, and Program Planning and Evaluation Worksheet
- Key Components of a Grant Proposal
- Abstract: Write Last, Read First, Most Frequently Used
- Table of Contents: A Roadmap for Your Proposal
- Specific Aims: A Summary of Purpose and Results
- Target Population: To Whom It May Concern
- Approaches and Methods: What, Why, When, Where, Who, and How
- Agency Capacities and Project Management: The Service Providers and Program Management
- Budget and Budget Justifications: Program Plan in Dollars and Cents
- Evaluation Plan: Tell the Stories-Successes and Challenges
- Proposal Reviews
- Professional Insight 5.1: A Reviewer's Perspective on Preparing Proposals
- Chapter 6. Program Evaluation
- The Level of Rigor
- Outcome-Focused Evaluation
- Empowerment Evaluation
- Outcome-Focused Empowerment Evaluation
- Indicators
- Data Source
- Instrument Type and Method of Evaluation
- Bringing Together the Indicator, Data Source, and Instrument Type
- Evaluation Section of a Proposal
- Evaluation Questions
- Methodology
- Targets for Success
- Evaluation Worksheet and Evaluation Plan
- Beyond the Grant Proposal
- Select/Develop Instruments
- Professional Insight 6.1: Tips for Anticipating Criticism and Planning Accordingly
- Getting Prepared for Data Collection
- Planning for Data Analysis
- Reporting Evaluation Results
- Turning Your Data into an Evaluation Report
- Chapter 7. Learning by Doing: Exercises, Templates, Samples, Checklists, and Training Ideas
- Samples and Self-Help Materials
- Section I. Needs Assessment
- Section II. Results Terminology and Logic Model
- Section III. Grant Application
- Section IV. Program Planning and Evaluation
- Section V. Instrument Development
- Section VI. Evaluation Plan
- Section VII. Interactive Group Activities
- Professional Insight 7.1: Program Improvement
- Chapter 8. Real-Life Samples
- Grant Proposals
- A Coordinated Approach to Youth: Prevention and Intervention Services in Sun Town
- Mandarin Chinese Class in Your School's Proposals
- Evaluation Plans
- Evaluation Plan Sample
- Domestic Violence Prevention Program: Together with Services (TWS)
- Chapter 9. Application of Information Technology
- Information Technology
- Funding Sources
- Grant Applications: Going Green
- Referencing Information Technology Sources
- Evaluation Methods and Technology
- Electronic Surveys
- Database Software
- Finding the Information Technology
- Author Index
- Subject Index