This document outlines the evaluation strategy for the BFDI Legal Advocacy program. The program aims to promote access to justice for low-income African American families in Wayne County. Key goals include providing legal and social services to families in the child welfare system and reducing overrepresentation of African American families. The evaluation will use a performance monitoring approach with data collected from client and stakeholder surveys, interviews, and records reviews. Findings will be used to assess progress towards objectives and improve program implementation.

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Evaluation Strategy Paper
Latagia Copeland-Tyronce [latagia.copeland@wayne.edu]
Wayne State University School of Social Work
Intervention & Program Planning: SW 8015
April 23, 2018

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GOALS & OBJECTIVES OF (PROGRAM) BFDI LEGAL ADVOCACY
Program Main Goal/Mission:
1. BFDI Legal Advocacy’s goal is to promote access to justice throughout Wayne County
for low-income African American families and individuals by providing consistently high
quality legal and social services (at no cost to the clients) in child welfare proceedings
that is cost-effective, efficient, and meaningful.
Program (short and long) Objectives:
1. BFDI Legal Advocacy will provide no cost and high quality legal services to 25% of low
income African American parents and families experiencing active/open DHS (State)
involvement in Wayne County by 6/1/2020.
2. BFDI Legal Advocacy will provide high quality and wraparound social services to 25%
low income African American parents and families experiencing active/open DHS (State)
involvement in Wayne County by 6/1/2020.
3. BFDI Legal Advocacy will provide vigorous parental and family advocacy services to
25% low income African American parents and families experiencing active/open DHS
(State) involvement Wayne County by 6/1/2020.
4. To reduce overrepresentation of African American families in Wayne county’s child
welfare system by 40% by 1/2/2022.
5. To increase positive outcomes for African American families in Wayne county’s child
welfare system by 60% by 1/2/2022.

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DESIGN OF THE EVALUATION
Performance monitoring will be the type of evaluation that I will be implementing for this
program will be performance monitoring. I believe that performance monitoring is the best type
of evaluation for this program because performance monitoring can be conducted throughout the
strategy, initiative or program period, from beginning to end (W.K. Kellogg Foundation, 2004). In
this case, performance monitoring will be taking place twice a year at six-month intervals. Due to
both the goal(s) of the program as well as the target population that will be served I believe that it
would be best to implement a culturally responsive evaluation approach. Program evaluations will
be quasi-experimental (evaluation methodology) in nature and will utilize self-reporting, single
design, and intervention tool assessments/measurements.
Data collection will consist of client pre and posttest questionnaires and/or feedback, key
stakeholder interviews, and focus groups in addition to records review wherein the evaluator will
be analyzing annual DHS/foster care/services records. Client questionnaires will be in both print
and computerized (via Survey Monkey) format. Although staff, specifically the project manager,
will be primarily responsible for developing and conducting program evaluations, BFDI Legal
Advocacy will be consulting with and/or utilizing an outside evaluator on occasions when staff is
unavailable and/or lacks the necessary skill set and/or research experience to produce high quality
and accurate results.
PROGRAM EVALUATION PLAN
Evaluation Purpose(s):

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1. To ensure that BFDI Legal Advocacy is fulling its program mission by consistently
delivering high quality legal and social services to low income African American
families with open DHS cases in Wayne County.
2. To ensure that BFDI Legal Advocacy accomplishes, and continues to accomplish,
program goals and objectives effectively and efficiently.
3. To consistently monitor program implantation, goals, objectives, processes, and/or to
discover structural/organizational errors so that such issues can be addressed quickly
and efficiently.
Primary Stakeholders:
1. Staff/Volunteers.
2. Clients.
3. BFDI/Program partners.
4. Social/Human services providers.
5. Key community informants/participants.
6. Wayne County DHS.
Evaluation
Questions
Data
derived
from
Monitoring
Sources of
Information
from
Evaluation
Data
Collection
Methods
Responsibility Time
Frame
Are program
objectives being
met?
Key
stakeholder
surveys
and/or
interviews
Simple
qualitative
analysis
Observation,
Pre-and-
posttest
questionnaires,
records review
Program
Manager,
Program Staff
January
2020-
Januray
2021
Does target
population have
increased assess to
high quality legal
Key
stakeholder
surveys
Simple
qualitative
analysis
Observation,
Pre-and-
posttest
Program
Manager,
Program Staff
January
2020-
June
2020

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(and social)
services?
and/or
interviews
questionnaires,
records review
Does target
population have
increased positive
case outcomes?
Key
stakeholder
surveys
and/or
interviews
Simple
qualitative
analysis
Observation,
Pre-and-
posttest
questionnaires,
records review
Program
Manager,
Program Staff
January
2020-
June
2020
Has program
helped to increases
awareness?
Key
stakeholder
surveys
and/or
interviews,
focus
groups
Simple
qualitative
analysis
Observation,
Pre-and-
posttest
questionnaires,
records review
Program
Manager,
Program Staff
January
2020-
June
2020
Has program
reduced
overrepresentation?
Key
stakeholder
surveys
and/or
interviews,
focus group
Simple
qualitative
analysis
Observation,
Pre-and-
posttest
questionnaires,
records review
Program
Manager,
Program Staff
January
2020-
June
2020
PROGRAM MONITORING PLAN
Evaluation
Questions
Performance
Indicators
Targets Data Sources When
Collected
and
Analyzed
Responsibility
Is program
being
implemented
as planned?
# and type of
activities
completed, #
and type of
activities not
completed
75 clients
will be
represented
and
receiving
services by
6/1/2020
Observation,
key
stakeholder
interviews,
focus groups,
records review
Qualitative
Data will be
analyzed by
7/1/2020
Program
Manager
Are clients
satisfied with
program
services?
# of clients
that provide
positive
feedback, #
of clients
that
70% of
clients will
be satisfied
with
program
services
Pre-posttests
client
questionnaires,
observations
Qualitative
Data will be
analyzed by
7/1/2020
Program
Manager,
Staff

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successfully
completed
program.
Is program
establishing
effective
partnerships
within and
outside the
community?
# of active
program
partnerships
# of program
partnerships
will be
increased by
25% within
first 6
months of
program
launch
Observation,
key
stakeholders
interviews,
records review
Qualitative
Data will be
analyzed by
7/1/2020
Program
Manager
Is program
target
population
experiencing
marked
increase in
positive DHS
(in-homes
services &
reunification)
outcomes?
# of clients
with positive
DHS
outcomes
80% of
program
clients will
experience
positive
DHS
outcomes
Pre-posttests
client
questionnaires,
Key
stakeholder
interviews,
client
interviews,
focus group,
records
review,
observations
Qualitative
Data will be
analyzed by
7/1/2020
Program
Manager,
Staff
Is program
operating
within
budget?
Total $ used
from
program
budget, total
$ not used
from
program
budget
Budget will
be in the
Black
Records/costs
review
Quantitative
Data will be
analyzed by
12/1/2020
Program
Manger
UTILIZATION OF PROGRAM EVALUATION FINDINGS
BFDI Legal Advocacy’s program evaluation results and/or findings will be utilized (for
quality assurance) in a verity of important ways. Firstly, program evaluations will be used to
monitor program implantation and outcomes. Second, program evaluations will be used to as a

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means of improving program implementation, activities, and performance. Thirdly, program
evaluations will be used as a roadmap for conducting program activities and/or to identify
program issues, and to facilitate program improvements as well as to make decisions in the
future as to what, if any, interventions, and outcomes should be continued and/or sustained.
Finally, evaluations will be utilized as a means of justifying the program, its goals and activities,
and/or its termination (if necessary).
Other ways in which program evaluations will be utilized includes: educating and
keeping key stakeholders informed regarding program activities and needs; providing
transparency and program awareness to the public and community; and ensuring governmental
(local and federal) regulatory compliance. Print and online media outlets will be included in the
dissemination plan. Dissemination reviews and/or results (meetings) will be open to the public.
Program evaluations will be disseminated to stakeholders and the public/community at large via
BFDI official website and/or (program) BFDI Legal Advocacy’s own website and blog. Program
evaluation findings and/or results will also be given to program partners such as human and
social services organizations as well. And lastly, evaluation results will be submitted to
community newspapers (such as the Detroit Free Press) and to relevant academic and child
welfare journals/magazines/blogs and to State and federal DHS publications. The feedback
generated from stakeholders, program partners, and community members, will be used for
program improvements.

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