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Program Outcomes – Logic Model
Agency Name: / Phone Number:Program Name: / Contact Person:
Use the following format to complete logic model.
INPUTSResources dedicated to or consumed by the program. / ACTIVITIES
What the program does with the inputs to fulfill its mission. / OUTPUTS
The direct products of program activities. / OUTCOME(S)
Benefits for participants during and after program activities.
(initial, intermediate, long-term)
(logical “if-then” statements)
Questions to help you identify “inputs.”
Who provides your program? Where does it take place? What must happen in the environment in which the program takes place? What “technology / services” are needed to operate the program? How is it possible for you to provide your services? Who will use your program? / List the processes and / or events that are included in your program. / Service units - - activities provided, # and type of participant, number of processes or events. / Changes in knowledge, skills, capacity, attitudes, behaviors, overall status or condition – measurable.
Tests for Outcome Measures: (1) Is it reasonable to believe that the program can influence the outcome in a nontrivial way, even if it can’t control it? (2) Would measurement of the outcome help identify program successes and help pinpoint and address shortcomings or problems? (3) Will all the program’s various “publics” - - staff, volunteers, participants, collaborating organizations, funders, and the general community - - accept this as a valid outcome of the program?
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Program Outcomes – Logic Model - Page 2
Agency Name: / Phone Number:Program Name: / Contact Person:
Use the following format to complete logic model.
OUTCOME(S)Benefits for participants during and after program activities.
(initial, intermediate, long-term)
(logical “if-then” statements) / INDICATORS
What will you measure in order to know if you achieved the outcome(s). Specific observable, measurable characteristic or change that will represent achievement of outcomes. Specific statistic(s) the program will calculate to summarize its level of achievement (e.g., number and percent attaining outcome). / DATA SOURCE
Where did you collect data for each indicator? / DATA COLLECTION
METHOD
Measurement Tools and Methods used to obtain data from sources.
Changes in knowledge, skills, capacity, attitudes, behaviors, overall status or condition – measurable. / Check list:
A) Is there at least one indicator for each outcome?
B) Does each indicator measure some important aspect of the outcome that no other indicator measures?
C) Does the indicator tell you what change or characteristic you will count?
D) Does each indicator identify the statistic(s) that will summarize the program’s performance on the outcome? Will the statistic(s) convey level of achievement effectively?