Family Support Program Outcome Survey

Program Codes

Please use this model when assigning program codes for your courses. This uniform method of coding will ensure consistency of data collection and data reporting.

A program code can be broken down into four parts: category, location, class name, and group/evaluation number. For example:

PEFARBB001

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1)The PE represents the category. (ex. Parent education)

2)The FAR represents the location (ex. Fargo)

3)The BB represents the class name (ex. Bright Beginnings)

4)The 001 represents the group of evaluation number for that specific category, location, and class.

1)Categories (PEFARBB001)

First, choose the most appropriate two-letter description of the type of training/class that will be provided.

AD / Advocacy (self, community)
AE / Adult Ed/GED Preparation
CG / Couples Group
CR / Planned and/or Crisis Respite
EM / Employment
FP / Fatherhood Program
FR / Family Resource Center
GR / Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Services
HH / Homeless/Transitional Housing
HV / Home Visiting
LP / Literacy Program
PC / Parent/Child Interaction
PE / Parent Education
PN / Pre-Natal Class
PS / Parent Support Group
PT / Parenting Teens
RR / Resource and Referral
SB / Skill Building/Ed. For Children
SR / School-based Skills/Readiness
TP / Teen Parent Support Group

2)Location (PEFARBB001)

Next, choose the three letter abbreviation for the location of the parenting resource center that will be providing the training/class.

DVL / Devils Lake
DKN / Dickinson
FAR / Fargo
GFK / Grand Forks
MAN / Mandan
WIL / Williston
MIN / Minot
VLY / Valley City

3)Class Name (PEFARBB001)

After choosing the category and location, please use the two-letter abbreviation for the program/class. Both curriculum and training site/delivery methods are listed below. Please pick the most applicable description.

If you are compiling data for a class that is not on this list, please designate a two-letter abbreviation.

AE / Active Parenting your 5-12 year old
AM / Anger Management
AP / Active Parenting your 1-4 year old
AS / Active Parenting Stepfamilies
AT / Active Parenting your Teen
BB / Bright Beginnings
BG / Brown Bag Bytes
BR / Brain Strategies
BS / Building Strong Families
CA / Helping Your Child Control Anger
CC / Correctional Center
CF / Communicating Within the Family
CM / Community Center
CP / Circle of Parents
CS / Common Sense Parenting
DC / Day Care Providers
DI / Disciplining w/o Screaming & Scolding
EC / Enhancing Your Child’s Development: Birth to 2 Years
FY / Babies First Year
GC / Guiding Good Choices
IY / Incredible Years
JS / Job Service
LL / Love & Logic
MA / 1,2,3 Magic
NP / Nurturing Program
OU / Ouch That Hurts
PA / Parent to Parent
PC / Parenting the Strong Willed Child
PD / Positive Discipline
PP / Positive Parenting
PS / Parenting Counts
PT / Positive Parenting of Teens
PW / Parenting Wisely
PW / Parenting Works
PY / Parenting Styles
RB / Right from Birth
SE / Building & Maintaining Self Esteem in Children
SH / What to do When You Are Tempted to Shake, Hit and Spank
SJ / Signing with Jolene
SM / Stress Management
ST / Systematic Training Effective Parenting
WT / Walking the Talk
YM / YMCA
YT / Yelling, Threatening & Putting Down – What to do Instead
YW / YWCA Shelter

4)Group or Evaluation Number (PEFARBB001)

This number represents the group or evaluation number for each unique category, location, and class combination. This number is three digits, so add leading zeros when needed.

This may be beneficial if you want to run a report on each specific group. For instance, you would like a report on the Bright Beginnings class held at one location (PEFARBB001) as well as a specific report for a second location (PEFARBB002). However, if you wish to run reports on the entire Bright Beginnings training for the entire year, then it would be more useful to use the same evaluation or group number (i.e. use PEFARBB001 for all).