Transcript CaliforniaVolunteers (CV)

2015 AmeriCorps
Logic Model
A presentation for AmeriCorps grant applicants
Important Dates
November 3, 2014
Notice of Intent to Apply Due by 4:00pm
November 24, 2014
Applications Due by 5:00pm
Week of December 22, 2014
Clarification Requests for Competitive
Dec. 29, 2014 – Jan. 2, 2015
In-person Clarification Interview
January 5, 2015
Clarification Response/Competitive Rewrite
Due to CV
January 16, 2015
Competitive Applications due in eGrants
January 17-21, 2015
eGrants Application Review/Final Edits
April 2015
CV Issues Clarification Request for Formula
Waitlist
June 2015
Funding Results Announced
July – October 2015
Contracting Process and Program Launch
Purpose of this Webinar
• Describe and understand the components of a theory of
change
• Describe and understand the components of a logic
model
• Answer any questions about theories of change and
logic models
Theory of Change
• Organizing principle of a program
• The theory that the program’s specific intervention to address
a community need will provide the intended outcomes
Community
Problem/Need
Specific
Intervention
Intended
Outcome
Community
Problem/Need
• Community Problem/Need is the specific issue your
program, with its specific intervention, is designed to
address
• Data documenting the problem/need should answer the
following questions:
• SCOPE: Who and how many are directly affected? How severe
is this?
• SIGNIFICANCE: What makes this a compelling need? Is it likely
to become worse? What will happen if we do nothing?
• CAUSE(S): Why does the need exist? How is it perpetuated?
Intended Outcome
• Consider first what change you want your program to
make
• Once you know where you want to go, you can
determine how to get there
Intervention
• The intervention is the specific set of activities in which
your program’s participants and volunteers will be
engaged.
• Describe the design and dosage of your intervention:
– DESIGN: Who does what with whom?
– DOSAGE
• Frequency: How many sessions a week?
• Intensity: Length of each session?
• Duration: How many total weeks of sessions?
Evidence Base
• Your theory of change must be based in evidence
• You will need evidence that the community need is
present at the scope and scale you describe, and that
your proposed intervention will likely lead to the intended
outcomes
Example
Community
Problem/Need
Specific
Intervention
Children reading
below grade
level in 3rd grade
• Statistics on
the number
of students at
below grade
level in
program’s
service area;
Research on
why reading
proficiency by
3rd grade is
important
Individualized
tutoring 3
times/week for
20 minutes on
five “building
block’ literacy
skills through
reading, writing,
and verbal
communication
activities
Intended
Outcome
Students are
able to read at
3rd grade level
(as measured
by 3rd grade
reading exam)
Evidence: Research on building block skills
leading to reading proficiency. Research on
design and dosage of tutoring sessions.
Theory of Change
in the Application
• The theory of change is presented in the Program
Narrative.
– Problem/Need
– Theory of Change and Logic Model
– Evidence Base
Logic Model
• A detailed visual representation of a program and its
theory of change
• Communicates how a program works by depicting the
intended relationships among program components:
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Inputs or resources
Activities
Outputs
Outcomes
Outcomes
Inputs
Activities
Outputs
Short
Medium
Long
Logic Model Components:
Inputs
Outcomes
Inputs
Activities
Outputs
Short
Medium
Long
• Inputs or resources include the human, financial,
organizational, and community resources available for
carrying out a program’s activities.
Logic Model Components:
Activities
Outcomes
Inputs
Activities
Outputs
Short
Medium
Long
• Activities are the processes, tools, events, and actions
that are used to bring about a program’s intended
changes or results.
Logic Model Components:
Outputs
Outcomes
Inputs
Activities
Outputs
Short
Medium
Long
• Outputs are the direct products of a program’s activities
and may include types, levels and targets of services to
be delivered by the program.
Logic Model Components:
Outcomes
Outcomes
Inputs
Activities
Outputs
Short
Medium
Long
• Outcomes are the expected changes in the population
served that result from a program’s activities and fall
along a continuum, ranging from short to long term
results:
– Short-term: changes in knowledge, skills, and/or attitudes
– Medium-term: changes in behavior or action
– Long-term: changes in condition or status in life
Outputs and Outcomes
Outputs
• Direct products of a
program’s activities/services
Outcomes
• Changes resulting from a
program’s activities/services
• Often expressed numerically • Quantify changes in
knowledge, attitude,
or quantified in some way
behavior, or condition
Logic Model
in the Application
• Be consistent with the theory of change
• Identify how outputs will be measured
• Identify the performance measures that will be used
as outcome indicators
• Should be able to track and report on short- and
medium-term outcomes. We do not expect you to
report on longer-term outcomes annually. We do
expect to see reports on the longer-term outcomes
in a recompeting applications.
Technical Assistance
Webinars
RFA Guidance and Application Instructions Overview
• Tuesday, October 28, 10:00 – 11:30 am PDT
• Tuesday, October 28, 2:00 – 3:30 pm PDT
AmeriCorps Program Logic Model
• Wednesday, October 29, 2:00 – 3:30 pm PDT
California Performance Measurement Worksheets
(PMWs)
• Thursday, October 30, 2:00 – 3:30 pm PDT
AmeriCorps Application Components Q & A
• Friday, October 31, 10:00 – 11:00 am PDT
Questions?
• Email any questions to
[email protected]
• FAQs will be posted weekly on Thursday mornings
on CV’s website: www.californiavolunteers.org/
index.php/Grants/americorps/
Thanks!
Notice of Intent
due Monday, November 3, 2014
Final Application
due Monday, November 24, 2014