Machine derived contents note: Introduction -- Why Should Agencies Evaluate Their Own Programs? -- Getting Ready -- Getting Started -- Measuring Program Effort -- Evaluating Program Effectiveness -- Assessing Program Efficiency -- Program Evaluation and Program Planning -- Appendix A: Single-Case Evaluation Methods -- Appendix B: Selected Program Evaluation Principles and Practices
Summary
A guide for human service agencies that want to evaluate the effectiveness of their programmes, justify funding, or to find out ways to improve services and programmes. Chapter by chapter it reviews why social service and charity organizations should evaluate, how to prepare and start, and how to use evaluations for monitoring and decision-making
Analysis
United States Social services Evaluation
Notes
"Published in cooperation with the Center for Social Welfare Research of the School of Social Work, University of Washington, and the Continuing Education Program in the Human Services of the University of Michigan School of Social Work."