Stephanie Bradley, M.S. Evaluation Specialist · 2015-05-28 · Evaluation Specialist. The State & PCCD Grantee Grantee Grantee ... Cultivate investment and sustainability ... Microsoft

Stephanie Bradley, M.S.

Evaluation Specialist

The State &PCCD

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Grantees can use data to…o Fulfill grant requirements

o Monitor and improve

implementation quality

o Measure local impact &

demonstrate outcomes

o Gain key stakeholder buy-in

o Promote local support &

sustainability

PCCD uses data to…o Justify the state’s

investment in prevention

o Measure & demonstrate

state-level impact

o Lobby for and secure

additional funding &

resources for prevention

Communicate outcomes to key stakeholders

Assess and show impacto Of PCCD initiative, overallo Of individual programs

Accountability of state grant funds

Implementation quality & model adherence

Quality improvement

ProgramB-C per youth

(2010 $)

Youth Discharged,2010

PotentialEconomic Benefit (crime reduction)

FFT $57,341 1,175 $67,375,675

MST $22,096 1,822 $40,258,912

MTFC $33,047 34 $ 1,123,598

PCCD uses data to…o Justify the state’s investment

in prevention

o Measure & demonstrate state-

level impact

o Lobby for and secure

additional funding & resources

for prevention

Grantees can use data to…o Fulfill grant requirements

o Monitor and improve

implementation quality

o Measure local impact &

demonstrate outcomes

o Gain key stakeholder buy-in

o Promote local support &

sustainability

High Quality Data IN

High Quality Data OUT

Valid, reliable survey tools

Informed by program’s logic model

Consistency across sites implementing same programo Survey Toolso Data Collection Timelineo Analysis (e.g., Performance Measures)

Enhance marketing messages

Raise community awareness

Promote respect for program

Cultivate investment and sustainability

Quantify the program’s impact

Demonstrate the value of the program

Create targeted appeals for specific populationso Participants, referral sources, volunteers, & funders

Help “brand” the program

Garner local support and funding

Encourage involvement and volunteerism

Provide speaking points for program advocates

Enhance the commitment of key leaders, administrators, and policy-makers

Increase recruitment of participants

Strengthen the credibility of the program

Intensify stakeholders’ confidence that an investment can have an impact

Enhance the appeal of the program to funding sources

Increase desire of businesses and other funders to be associated with the program

Motivate in-kind contributors

Build the trust & respect of host agencies and sites

Collaborative board Local foundations and funders Businesses Legislators County officials School district administrators Others?

All Potential Funders, In-kind Contributors, & Recruitment & Referral Sources!

A clear demonstration that prevention results in

positive outcomes & cost savings can lead to…

Collective endorsement for prevention

Public commitment to prevention funding

Demonstration to funders & policy makers that

prevention is cost effective

The State &PCCD

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For more information including materials from this presentation:

EPISCenter206 Towers Building

University Park, PA 16802Phone: (814) 863-2568

Fax: (814) 865-3936

Email: EPISCenter@psu.eduWeb: www.episcenter.psu.edu

The EPISCenter is a project of the Prevention Research Center, College of Health and Human Development,

Penn State University, and is supported by funding from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and

Delinquency and the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare as a component of the Resource Center for

Evidence-Based Programs and Practices.