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A Changing Landscape:The evolving world of measurement
and evaluation
Saint Paul Children's Collaborative Community of Care
June 14, 2012
GTCUW’s Mission
Uniting caring people to build pathways out of poverty, creating
opportunity for all.
Key Areas of Focus
• Education
• Basic Needs
• Health
Parenting and Early Care Reading By Quality High School Home Visiting and Education Third Grade Out-of-School Time Graduation
A Brief History
What do we mean when we say…
A Changing Field
Emerging Strategies
Program Level:
• Improved capacity building for programs
• Comprehensive evaluation support
• Improved relationship management
• Continuous improvement mechanisms
• Emphasis on equity
Systems level:
• Alignment of cross-sector public/private partnerships
• Support of community measurement systems
• Support collective impact• Identifying opportunities
to scale for impact
Room for improvement
• Common definitions—crowded playing field
• Tailored capacity-building/technical assistance
• Data sharing negotiation/agreements
• Alignment between funders
Baseline Expectations for Funding
• Two years’ worth of experience in a specific program;
• Systems in place to collect and analyze data;
• Research-based best practices that lead to strong outcomes;
• Demonstrated success in collaborating with others.
We also look at…
• Financial health of your organization– Operating budget– 70% or less of program budget– Number of funding sources
• Progress towards diversity/equity
Questions?
Resources
• Child Trends (http://www.childtrends.org/)
• Lisbeth Schorr (http://lisbethschorr.org/doc/ExpandingtheEvidenceUniverseRichmanSymposiumPaper.pdf)
• Kellogg Foundation Logic Model• Collective Impact
(http://www.ssireview.org/pdf/2011_WI_Feature_Kania.pdf)
• Poverty Report (https://www.unitedwaytwincities.org/research__data/faces_of_poverty/)
Contact Us
Meghan Barp, Director of Education
Elizabeth A. Peterson, Ph.D., Director of Research & Planning
