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Meera replied to the discussion Does your youth program have an inventory of all the program data it collects (example include registration form)? If yes, how you did your program create this inventory and what are ways you use it in your program evaluation? If no, what would help your program to create a data inventory? in the forum Evaluation and Youth Work

Sun, 08 Jan 2023 21:19:38 -0500

Reply to Does your youth program have an inventory of all the program data it collects (example include registration form)? If yes, how you did your program create this inventory and what are ways you use it in your program evaluation? If no, what would help your program to create a data inventory?

We use a portal to input all the registration forms by creating a youth profile. Once the youths profile is created we are able to add their names to events they have attended. For reporting wise, we are able to see how many youths we have served over the year and youth attendance for each event we have hosted.

Meera replied to the discussion A large part of evaluation is sharing the findings with other people, both internal and external to your program. What are great tips you have used or seen others using to share evaluation findings? in the forum Evaluation and Youth Work

Sun, 08 Jan 2023 21:12:22 -0500

Reply to A large part of evaluation is sharing the findings with other people, both internal and external to your program. What are great tips you have used or seen others using to share evaluation findings?

Something we did was to put our evaluation findings in a graph or chart format. We ask youths to fill out a feedback form which generates a graph with their responses. For example, “did you find this event was organized?” We are able to see on a pie chart how many percentage of youths said Strongly Agree, Agree, Neutral, Disagree or Strongly Disagree.

Meera replied to the discussion What data do you already collect as part of your program? What data could you be collecting that you are not currently collecting? in the forum Evaluation and Youth Work

Sun, 08 Jan 2023 21:03:50 -0500

Reply to What data do you already collect as part of your program? What data could you be collecting that you are not currently collecting?

For our program we collect their demographic information, Educational status, Work Status, and What other support we can provide them with. This way if there are any resources for a specific group of people, for instance like newcomers or jobs for people in the Golden Mile Area. We are able to filter through our list and reach out to the…

Meera replied to the discussion What are some barriers to evaluation that your organisations/programmes face? in the forum Evaluation and Youth Work

Sun, 08 Jan 2023 20:52:59 -0500

Reply to What are some barriers to evaluation that your organisations/programmes face?

With our program, we try to evaluate if youths are finding employment after attending our weekly mentor workshops. We find that once a youth finds employment, we do not hear back from them unless they require further resources. I think if we have funding to provide to youths, with some sort of support once they found a job. There might be a…