HN 531 Assingment 8
For this Assignment, imagine you are a consultant for a nonprofit organization. You may create a fictional program/organization or you can select a current existing program at your agency/organization. As the consultant, you will create a presentation outlining a plan to measure the effectiveness of the organization.
Your presentation will describe Impact Program Evaluation and the various research designs. Additionally, you will assist the organization in understanding the pros and cons of each design and (based on their program) provide an explanation of the best option for program evaluation.
As explained in Chapter 11 of your text, there are common threats to internal validity preventing organizations from acquiring the accurate data needed to effectively plan and improve a program. Describe and discuss the seven threats to internal validity to the organization’s program. Include in the presentation a description of ways in which the organization is vulnerable to these threats and provide methods to prevent these internal threats to validity.
Provide appropriate citations and references in APA format when utilizing the text and scholarly sources in your presentation. Your Assignment should include a 15-slide PowerPoint presentation, not including the title and reference slides. Please keep text on the slide uncluttered and to the point, and use the notes area to provide a script of what would be said during an actual presentation. Refer to the Assignment Rubric under Course Resources to ensure that you have covered all of the expectations for the presentation. Your presentation should be written in Standard English, clear, concise, and include minimal errors. If you need writing assistance, contact the Writing Center.
Running head: EFFECTIVENESS-BASED PROGRAM PLANNING 1
EFFECTIVENESS-BASED PROGRAM 2
The focused population is elderly Native Americans aged 60 years and older to participate in the Native American Meals Programs. They were eligible clients who had been affected by the Older American Act because of their culture and had been living on reservations. This program was meant to address the problems that Native Americans were facing because the Old American Act didn’t culturally tend to the elder Native Americans. The average age of mortality for Native Americans living on reservations is about 45. The program ensured that 45-year-old men and women would get the services they require: one hot meal five days a week. The other problem the Old Native Americans faced was that home-delivered food could only be provided as a congregate meal subcomponent. In this case scenario, the services that the elderly required were; getting hot meals five days a week, getting their homemade meals on time, and making it possible to congregate their meal programs. The outcome, quality, and output of the program were not as high as they hoped for. The program was funded by the Older American Act that ensured the meals were paid for.
Adaptive filtering, a principle of self-learning might have helped in identifying the OAA regulations, in that the information needed could have been extracted of interest at that specific time. This means that the information at hand would be free of discrepancies. The type of data considered concerning table 10.2 would be coverage, in that, knowing whether the needs of the community are met, in this case, the elderly Native Americans. (Kettner, Moroney, & Martin, 2017). Secondly, the equity in terms of ensuring that people in all sub-geographical areas are well catered for can be considered. Other program data like output, cost efficiency, results, and impact are also considered to ensure that the program being given is effective.
The performance measurement approach is more effective/ useful in identifying the problems with the ages of the Native Americans because it ensures that the government-funded programs are more transparent to the stakeholders. This means that the government can understand what/how these programs operate. In addition to that, the approach ensures that stakeholders get answers to their questions. For example, if they want to know the progress of the program, the output, and the quality provided. It is also responsible for reporting information about the program implemented.
References
Kettner, P. M., Moroney, R. M., & Martin, L. L. (2017). Designing and managing programs. Washington DC: SAGE publication.
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