Building evidence

Resources

We developed this final section as an additional resource for your work. Here you will find a series of tables that include links to websites, documents, webinars, and other tools that you might find helpful in expanding your knowledge around program evaluation.

Resources designed for domestic and/or sexual organizations

This table includes resources that are designed specifically to provide you with more information and tools around evaluation for prevention efforts and also in the area of advocacy. As you will see, it includes products by other organizations, including tools developed by the CDC specifically for our field. Here you can find free tools and materials that you can download and use.

Organization	Description	Website
Cultivating Evaluation Capacity: A Guide for Programs Addressing Sexual and Domestic Violence	Designed to help increase organizations capacity to sustain evaluation efforts. This tool offers guidance and links to other useful resources.	<a href="https://www.vera.org/publications/cultivating-evaluation-capacity-a-guide-for-programs-addressing-sexual-and-domestic-violence"> www.vera.org/publications/cultivating-evaluation-capacity-a-guide-for-programs-addressing-sexual-and-domestic-violence
The Domestic Violence Evidence Project	This online resource was designed to respond to the growing emphasis on identifying and integrating evidence-based practive into DV work.	<a href="https://www.www.dvevidenceproject.org"> www.dvevidenceproject.org
Advocacy Evaluation Mini-Toolkit: Tips and Tools for Busy Organizations	Designed to provide guidance and support to evaluate your advocacy work. This document offers helpful tips and examples.	<a href="http://learningforaction.com/resource-library/advocacy-movement-building">www.learningforaction.com/resource-library/advocacy-movement-building
EvaluAtion: Putting Evaluation to Work (CDC)	A very interactive website that offers many tools including an evaluation plan builder that you can create and download.	<a href="https://ww.vetoviolence.cdc.gov/apps/evalucation/home"> www.vetoviolence.cdc.gov/apps/evalucation/home

Resources on logic models

Here, you will find information about organizations, universities, foundations, and other groups that have developed different tools for the design of logic models.

Organization	Description	Website
W.K Kelloff Foundation Logic Model Development Guide	This guide provides basic and useful information on how to develop a logic model.	<a href="https://www.wkff.org/resource-directory/resources/2004/01/logic-model-development-guide">www.wkff.org/resource-directory/resources/2004/01/logic-model-development-guide
Child Welfare Information Gateway Logic Model Builder	Designed for organization working on child welfare issues, this website offers information and a tool to build a logic model step-by-step	<a href="https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/management/effectiveness/logic-"> www.childwelfare.gov/topics/management/effectiveness/logic-
University of Wisconsin Extension: Program Development and Evaluation	In this section of this website you can find a step by step tool to design a logic model.	<a href="http://fyi.extension.wisc.edu/programdevelopment/logic-models/">fyi.extension.wisc.edu/programdevelopment/logic-models/
University of Arizona	This website provides a concept, a basic tool, and examples of logic models.	<a href="https://extension.arizona.edu/evaluation/content/program-planning-using-logic-model"> www.extension.arizona.edu/evaluation/content/program-planning-using-logic-model
National Libraries of Medicine Guide 5: Define How a Program Will Work -The Logic Model	Here, you can find general and simple information on how to develop a logic model plus links to other website resources.	<a href="https://nnlm.gov/outreach/community/logicmodel.html"> www.nnlm.gov/outreach/community/logicmodel.html
The Pell Institute and Pathways to College Network: Evaluation Toolkit-Using a Logic Model	Here, you can find a step by step tool to design a logic model.	<a href="https://toolkit.pellinstitute.org/evaluation-guide/plan-budget/using-a-logic-model/"> www.toolkit.pellinstitute.org/evaluation-guide/plan-budget/using-a-logic-model/

Resources on theory of change

This table includes additional resources focused specifically on theory of change. It includes documents from organizations and links to non-profits who offer services to help others develop their own theory of change.

Organization	Description	Website
The Annie E. Casey Foundation: Theory of Change	This website provides basic and useful information on how to develop a theory of change for community organizations.	<a href="https://www.aecf.org/resources/theory-of-change">www.aecf.org/resources/theory-of-change
Harvard Family Research Project: The Evaluation Exchange	This website offers new lessons and emerging strategies for evaluating programs and policies, particularly those focused on children, families, and communities.	<a href="http://globalfrp.org/archive">www.globalfrp.org/archive
Grant Craft: Mapping Change: Using Theory of Change to Guide Planning and Evaluation	This document is part of a series focused on evaluation techniques. It is free to download and to use.	<a href="http://grantcraft.org/content/guides/mapping-change">www.grantcraft.org/content/guides/mapping-change
Keystone Accountability	This organization offers services to organizations that are interested in developing new ways of planning, measuring and reporting on their results.	<a href="https://keystoneaccountability.org"> www.keystoneaccountability.org
Center for Theory of Change	This non-profit offers services for organizations and has a particular focus on its use and application in the areas of international development, sustainability, education, human rights and social change.	<a href="https://www.theoryofchange.org/"> www.theoryofchange.org/

Culturally specific evaluators

In this table you will find information on evaluators that have experience working with culturally specific community organizations.

Evaluation topic/group	Contact Description	Website
Center for Culturally Responsive Evaluation and Assessment	College of Education at Illinois <br> 1310 S. 6th St. Champaign, Illinois 61820 <br> Tel: 217-333-0960 <br> Email: Info@education.illinois.edu	<a href="http://education.illinois.edu/crea#">www.education.illinois.edu/crea#
Latino/a Responsive Evaluation Discourse	Lis Aponte-Soto (Chair) <br> Robert Wood Johnson Foundation <br> Philadelphia PA USA <br> Tel: 215-732-2200 ext.234 <br> Email: aponte-soto@wjf-newconnections.org
Indigenous Peoples in Evaluation	Nicole Bowman (Chair) <br> Bowman Performance Consulting <br> Shawano WI USA <br> Tel: 715-526-9240 <br> Email: nicky@bpcwi.com
Lesbian, Gay Bisexual and Transgender Issues	Efrain Gutierrez (Chair) <br> FSG, Seattle WA USA <br> Email: Efrain.gutierrez@fsg.org	<a href="http://comm.eval.org/lgbt/LGBT/Home/"> www.comm.eval.org/lgbt/LGBT/Home/
Multiethnic Issues In Evaluation	Dominica McBride (Chair) <br> Become Inc <br> Chicago IL USA <br> Tel: 312-394-9274 <br> Email: dmcbride@be-come.org	<a href="http://omm.eval.org/multiethnicissuesinevaluation/home"> www.comm.eval.org/multiethnicissuesinevaluation/home

General resources

Here, you will find a variety of resources, such as webinars and manuals on topics like how to conduct a needs assessment and how to collect data. In addition, you will find general information on some private organization that provide specific services and products on evaluation.

Organization	Description	Website
Spark Policy Institute: Farm to School Evaluation Toolkit	As part of the toolkits developed for social innovators, this tool provides useful, friendly information on how to conduct an evaluation of a farm to school program. However, some of the tools can be easily adapted to other circumstances.	<a href="http://sparkpolicy.com/tools/overview-introducing-ftevaluation">www.sparkpolicy.com/tools/overview-introducing-ftevaluation
Rural Youth Development: Youth Leading Community Change: An Evaluation Toolkit	Designed to be used with rural youth and adult facilitators. This youth friendly tool will help the users to measure the impact of their community projects.	<a href="http://ruralyouth.org/evaulation-toolkit/">www.ruralyouth.org/evaulation-toolkit/
Instructional Assessment Resources University of Texas	This website provides guidance and examples of an educational program evaluation.	<a href="http://utexas.edu/academic/ctl/assessment/iar/programs/plan/types/">www.utexas.edu/academic/ctl/assessment/iar/programs/plan/types/
University of Arizona	This website provides basic tools and concepts, specific examples, and links to in-depth resources to support evaluation and program planning.	<a href="http://extension.arizona.edu/evaluation/"> www.extension.arizona.edu/evaluation/
University of Kansas: Community Tool Box	This toolkit is one of the most comprehensive online resources available to general public. <br> Here you will find guidebooks, videos, sections focused on specific topics, and many examples from across the globe.	<a href="http://ctb.ku.edu/en"> www.ctb.ku.edu/en

Resources for further study

We compiled this list of authors and their work for those interested in expanding their knowledge on different approaches to evaluation. This is a small sample of the many books out there on program evaluation.

Author	Year	Title
Mertens, Donna M.	2009	Transformative Research and Evaluation
Mertens, Donna M.	2012	Program Evaluation Theory and Practice
Fetterman, David M., <br> Kaftarian, Shakeh J., & <br> Wandersman, Abraham	2015	Empowerment Evaluation: Knowledge and tools for self-assessment, evaluation capacity building, and accountability
Clarke, Alan, & Dawson, Ruth	2005	Empowerment Evaluation Principles and Practice
Barret, Nancy F.	2004	Program Evaluation: A step-by-step guide
Fixsen, Dean L., Naoom, Sandra F., Blase, Karen A., Friedman, Robert M., & Wallace, Frances	2005	Implementation Research: A synthesis of the Literacture

Helpful measures

Thanks to the work of Lisa Goodman, Cris Sullivan, Sherry Hamby and many others, we are able to offer to you these measurement tools. These tools were developed exclusively for the domestic violence field and include:

A guide for using the trauma informed practices (TIP) scales
A guide for using Measures of victim empowerment related to safety (MOVERS)
A tool to assess victims ‘options to cope with violence, The VIGOR: The victim inventory of goals, options, & risks