Acknowledgments. About the Authors.
About the Contributors.
Chapter 1 Introduction.
Purpose of This Book.
The Organization and Approaches Used for This Book.
Grant Writing and Program Evaluation: Outcomes and Evidence.
Grant Proposal and Performance Measures.
Evidence-Based Practice.
Defining Program and Program Planning.
What Is a Program?.
What Is Program Planning?
The Ethics and Secret Handshake of Grant Writing and Program Evaluation.
Chapter 2 Community and Target Population, Service Providers, and Funding Sources.
The Good Idea Program.
What Is a Community?
Macro Practice, Grant Writing, and Program Evaluations.
Target Populations and Needs.
Service Providers.
Professional Insight 2.1: Agency Administrator to Get Support for Service Projects.
Funding Sources.
Government.
Professional Insight 2.2: Important Suggestions Related to State or Federal Grant Funds.
Foundations.
Professional Insight 2.3: Ten Tips on Successful Grant Seeking.
Chapter 3 Basic Research Methods and Program Evaluation.
Program Evaluation: A Practice of Social Research.
Research Question.
Developing a Research Question.
Ethical Considerations.
Research Designs.
Qualitative and Quantitative Research.
Inductive and Deductive Learning.
Four Major Types of Research Designs.
Exploratory Designs.
Descriptive Designs.
Experimental Designs.
Evaluative Research Design.
A Mixed Approach.
Validity and Reliability.
Professional Insight 3.1: What Is "Self-Determination" All About?.
Validity.
Internal and External Validity.
Reliability.
The Relationship between Validity and Reliability.
Causation and Correlation.
Correlation and Association.
Sampling.
Probability Sampling (Random Sampling).
Nonprobability Sampling (Nonrandom Sampling).
Sample Size: How Many Is Needed?.
Data Collection and Instruments.
Data Analysis.
Four Levels of Measurement.
Dependent and Independent Variables.
Statistics.
Chapter 4 Program Planning and Evaluation.
Needs Assessment.
Define Needs Assessment.
Needs Assessment and Program Evaluation.
Purpose of the Needs Assessment.
Key Steps in Designing a Needs Assessment.
Program Planning Formula.
Why, Who/Whom, What, Where, When.
How and How Much.
Evaluation.
Logic Model as a Tool for Planning and Evaluation and Theory of Change.
Theory of Change.
Logic Model.
Chapter 5 Grant Proposal Writing: Beginning with the End in Mind.
Grant and Contract.
Request for Proposal, Request for Application, and Program Announcement.
Letter of Intent/Letter of Inquiry.
Getting Ready, Logic Model, and Program Planning and Evaluation Worksheet.
Key Components of a Grant Proposal.
Abstract: Write Last, Read First, Most Frequently Used.
Table of Contents: A Roadmap for Your Proposal.
Specific Aims: A Summary of Purpose and Results.
Target Population: To Whom It May Concern.
Approaches and Methods: What, Why, When, Where, Who, and How.
Agency Capacities and Project Management: The Service Providers and Program Management.
Budget and Budget Justifications: Program Plan in Dollars and Cents.
Evaluation Plan: Tell the Stories—Successes and Challenges.
Proposal Reviews.
Professional Insight 5.1: A Reviewer’s Perspective on Preparing Proposals.
Chapter 6 Program Evaluation.
The Level of Rigor.
Outcome-Focused Evaluation.
Empowerment Evaluation.
Outcome-Focused Empowerment Evaluation.
Indicators.
Data Source.
Instrument Type and Method of Evaluation.
Bringing Together the Indicator, Data Source, and Instrument Type.
Evaluation Section of a Proposal.
Evaluation Questions.
Methodology.
Targets for Success.
Evaluation Worksheet and Evaluation Plan.
Beyond the Grant Proposal.
Select/Develop Instruments.
Professional Insight 6.1: Tips for Anticipating Criticism and Planning Accordingly.
Getting Prepared for Data Collection.
Planning for Data Analysis.
Reporting Evaluation Results.
Turning Your Data into an Evaluation Report.
Chapter 7 Learning by Doing: Exercises, Templates, Samples, Checklists, and Training Ideas.
Samples and Self-Help Materials.
Section I: Needs Assessment.
Section II: Results Terminology and Logic Model.
Section III: Grant Application.
Section IV: Program Planning and Evaluation.
Section V: Instrument Development.
Section VI: Evaluation Plan.
Section VII: Interactive Group Activities.
Professional Insight 7.1: Program Improvement.
Chapter 8 Real-Life Samples.
Grant Proposals.
A Coordinated Approach to Youth: Prevention and Intervention Services in Sun Town.
Mandarin Chinese Class in Your School’s Proposals.
Evaluation Plans.
Evaluation Plan Sample.
Domestic Violence Prevention Program: Together with Services (TWS).
Chapter 9 Application of Information Technology.
Information Technology.
Funding Sources.
Grant Applications: Going Green.
Referencing Information Technology Sources.
Evaluation Methods and Technology.
Electronic Surveys.
Database Software.
Finding the Information Technology.
Author Index.
Subject Index.
