About the initial evaluation tell you about the program

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The city formed a nonprofit mentoring program to combat juvenile justice among youth ages 13-18. It was part of a national initiative for youth engagement. The city was one of few cities to implement this type of program. The implications of this program are highly political, as the program has received national attention. A local firm was recently hired to conduct an evaluation of the results. The city wanted to publicize that the program worked. Well, the firm just completed a preliminary evaluation of the youth mentoring program. The preliminary data is well..."iffy". Depending your opinion about the program, the data is either really great or totally horrible. The mentoring program serves young girls who have been released from a youth detention center. Here are the parameters of the program:

Each girl must agree to graduate with a GED or high school diploma equivalent within 12 months of entering the program, complete three community service projects and obtain a living wage job within 18 months of the program. Participants will aligned with a peer mentor and must meet with that mentor at least once per quarter and track results. The goal is that 80 percent of the participants will not return to a juvenile detention facility.

Of the 25 girls that were assigned to the program after being released, only 12 have completed most of the program. None of them have done the community service projects. They have recorded high self esteem, but most live in volatile families and neighborhoods. Of the 12, 8 got living wage jobs and are living on their own. The other 13 young women either dropped out or returned to a correction facility within the first three months. No one passed all of the parts of the GED, but most who started passed at least one to two parts.

The organization that ran the program received $6 million and has spent all of the money.

What information do you want to review in this evaluation?

Things to consider:

-What information would you like to know about the program development?

- What does the information about the initial evaluation tell you about the program?

- What do you propose as next steps for the future of this program?

- Is the budget a factor to consider?

- What information should not be considered in this evaluation?

- Was this program successful?

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