TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - A city initiative to improve the quality of life for urban youth: how evaluation contributed to effective social programming
JO  - Evaluation and program planning
A1  - Green, Rex S.
A1  - Ellis, Peter M.
A1  - Lee, Shirly S.
SP  - 83
EP  - 94
VL  - 28
IS  - 1
N2  - Seeking a way to improve the quality of life for urban youth, one community passed a special initiative that set goals for funded service activities to accomplish and required a comprehensive evaluation of the effects services had. Organizations seeking funding were required to respond to annual requests for proposals and obtain approval for their service plan. A performance logic model was developed to guide the collection and reporting of evaluation data from grantees, as well as track community-wide indicators of quality of life for youth. Other key features of this comprehensive evaluation included the development of a performance index summarizing overall performance excellence and the utilization of a post hoc measure of change due to service productivity.<p /> 
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SN  - 0149-7189
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2004.10.005
ID  - ref1
ER  -