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Running Head: PARENT AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
PLAN
1
Parent Involvement for the 21st Century: Final Project-EDU 617
Student Name
Ashford University
Date
PARENT INVOVLEMENT PLAN 2
Parent Involvement Plan

It takes an effort in getting Parents and the Community to be
involved in the education process of
students. One would say that it doesn’t come easy. In order, to
have Parent and Community involvement
in the school setting to be effective, a plan is needed by the
school staff to help develop positive
relationships and maintain the relationship that has been built.
By having a good parent and community
relationship can make for a more enjoyable and pleasant
educational and school experience for all that are
involved.
Plan Philosophy
The plan is built off the philosophy that it takes more than just
one to help ensure the success of a
student but it takes a village to ensure the success of a student.
For a child’s education can be influenced
by the involvement of parents and community which plays an
important role in that success. As
educators, it is important that we recognize that parents play an
important role in their child’s education
development and that they are a valuable resource to teachers
too. This plan is created to help develop
and mold a positive relationship and involvement between

parents, school, and community. With the
forming of a positive relationship it will help benefit students
and families.
Aims/Goals of the Plan
The development of this plan is intended to help establish an
effective positive relationship
between parents, schools and community and community
organizations within the community. By
providing parents with the support through parental trainings,
workshops, service learning activities and
support for students, and the establishing of the lines of
communication between parents and school. This
can be possible. In order, for my plan to work the involvement
of staff, parents and community members
will be needed. "Teachers, counselors, principals, health techs,
school secretaries, or any other willing
staff members can fill the community outreach school
coordinator role." (Hjalmarson, pg. 117). This will
be the start of a community that will be created to help keep the
focus of parent and community
involvement and the increase of that involvement.
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According to O’Keefe (2011), In order, to make our school
succeed the help needs to come from
many parts of the community. With the help of the community
and me we will be able to communicate
and connect with other organization services that are available.
My intention is to increase the type of
involvement that is being created to help provide student
support to help increase student success and
learning experiences. To help establish a positive relationship
we will invite parents and leaders within
the community to voice their opinions on ways to help increase
involvement to help maintain that
involvement. We will also be discussing positive strategies that
the school can help build a positive
repour with parents and student families.
With the building of a positive relationship with parents and
families it allows for the recognition
of the what their basic needs are and how to help with those
basic needs. According, to Maslow’s
Hierarchy of Needs Triangle which consist of five different
levels that represents the development of
physical and psychological needs. If the parental basic needs
are not met they are worried more about

those needs not being met. This can result in the lack of parent
involvement within the child’s education
and school. It is important to ensure that the intentions that are
made are something that is going to be
accomplished in a effective way to create a positive
relationship.
My goals for this plan is too have goals set into place that are
measurable and achievable. Such as
establishing an effective positive relationship between parents,
schools and community and community
organizations within the community. Increased involvement of
parents and the involvement of the
community. Parent supports are available and set into place
and provided for parents. Supports such as
parental classes/trainings, workshops, service learning activities
and student supports are set into place.
“Students who have been involved in high quality service
learning programs demonstrate an increased
sense of personal and social responsibility and are less likely to
engage in “risk” behaviors (Abravanel,
2003). An open line of communication between parents and
school has been accomplished. A committee
that consist of the involvement of parents, school staff, and
community members will work together to be

effective in the increase of parent and community involvement.
An effective, positive connection and
relationship will be made between parent, community, and
community organizations increasing
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involvement and school success through the committees focus
of parent and community involvement.
The school will be successful and provide supports for students
which will show an increase of student
success and learning experiences.
A positive relationship between parents and community leaders
will increase the activity and
voicing of opinion of ways to increase involvement and the
maintaining of that involvement. Strategies
will be set into place that helps build a positive repour between
parents, student families and schools.
Parent and student families will have a positive relationship to
share what basic needs are needed and still
need to be met. The school will have a positive relationship
between the community and community
organizations to help provide resources to help parental basic

needs. There will be an increase in parental
involvement in their child’s education and school.
School Resources
There are many types of resources that the school can use to
help increase the involvement of
parents and the community. According, to Project Appleseed,
(2014) “One way to start improving your
school's parent-school partnerships is by assessing present
practices.”. With the use of Epstein's Six
types of involvement interactions which is: Volunteering,
Parenting, Communicating, learning at home,
Decision Making, and Collaborating with the community. There
are resources that can be used in each
one of these areas. Creating a welcome and personal packet
that welcomes all parents to the school that
are visitors. This packet would include a list of community
resources which includes a directory and
contact numbers, important school contact information, school
calendar and discounts from local
business. Personal contact from teachers to parents/guardians
through emails, phone calls, and home
visits. Hold a beginning of the school year open house and
monthly open house for parents to meet the

teacher, other staff, tour the school and get to know and meet
other parents. Offer transportation and
child care so parents can attend and be involved.
Provide support workshops for parents to gain information on
child development on all age
groups and what is the appropriate expectations are for school
and home. Along with parent workshops is
a partner to local community members and school staff that
helps with nutrition information, health,
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communication and recreational ideas. Print off ways that
could help parents at home to support their
child’s learning. Send home daily, weekly or monthly folders
that includes parent information, work
done, homework and information sheet that allows for parents to
help monitor their child’s progress.
Provide parental access using technology that parents can check
on their child’s progress, areas that they
are lacking in, and what’s going on in class and school events.
Have open access to parents and
community members to make suggestions or comments in a
“Suggestion Box” this can be in the school

and on the school website.
Have monthly PTA meeting to allow for parents to know what is
going on in the school, district
changes, or changes that need to be made. Have a Parent
Advocacy committee that allows for parents to
have an important role in decision making, safety, district
policies, and community partnerships.
Encourage parent and community volunteering at school
functions, events and drives. Provide a resource
for those with a language barrier to help ensure that there is
parent involvement from all parents. Work
with those within the community to allow access to local
resources to help parents ensure they can help
their child outside of school. Partnering with the local
community organizations to help provide onsite
learning experiences and mentoring. Encourage teachers to
create a community learning service project
to help those within the community and involvement. Finally,
encourage those within the community to
come to school meetings, open house and those open houses to
share their resources. The funding for the
use of these resources is very minimal for it would be based off
school fundraising, allotted school

budgeting and community donations and community support.
Student & Parent Roles
Students can play an important role to parent and community
involvement. The role that the
students have is that they can be responsible for bringing home
daily, weekly, or monthly parent contact
folders. These folders contain information on what they are
doing in class, graded work, homework of a
progress chart that allows for parents to monitor the progress
that their child is making, areas that need
help, and other information. “Parents get involved as a result of
student’ actions and imitative”
(Hjalmarson, 2011). Students can encourage their parents to
attend school activities, meetings,
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workshops, parent teacher conferences, volunteer, open house,
school carnivals, or other school functions.
Students can share information with their parents on what they
are learning in school, changes that are
being made, areas that they need help in, advocate for
themselves on what their needs are. Stay focused

on what they are learning in school to help them make progress
and challenge themselves to learn more.
It is important that students work together as a student advocacy
committee and share ideas that would
help make the school better, what they feel needs to change,
school safety, and It is the students job to
self-monitor the progress that they are making and share that
information to their parents at home.
Students will be responsible for giving their parents the monthly
newsletter, information about
workshops, encourage parents to attend workshops, meetings, as
well as parent teacher conferences.
Students will be afforded the opportunity to participate in
service learning activities that will benefit the
community. “At the same time, these students show gains in
motivation to learn, resulting in higher
attendance rates and increased academic performance”
(Abravanel, 2003). Students will be gaining
experience in real life situations. They will apply what
knowledge that they have to the improvement of
the community or through the community project.
Parental Involvement is a key role to their child’s success in
school. “When parents are
involved in children's learning, at school and at home, schools

work better and students learn more”
(Project Appleseed, 2014). There are many roles that parents
are responsible for. The parent is
responsible for providing the basic care, parental guidance, the
development of their child and molding of
behavior. It is the role of the parent to play and active role in
their child’s education. To have a positive
relationship between teacher and parent. Share information
through correspondence in emails, phone
calls, letters or coming to the school. It is important for parents
to have an understanding of their child’s
needs, be active in the role of helping the school to help met
those needs at school and through the
community resources. Showing that they are active and
interested in their child’s education. Parent
participation in activities within school/community and keeping
in touch through parent conferences.
Collaborate and work together with the school, community and
other parents in their interests of their
child’s education. Show that they are supportive of the school
rules and policies that are set into place.
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Have an, understanding of the parental rights and
responsibilities to the things is related to their child’s
education. Knowledge of where those rights and
responsibilities is included in the school polices and
practices. Parents need to ensure that they are provided with
the education that is given to their child. To
have knowledge of how the school works and the environmental
map of the school. Keep track and
monitor the progress that their child is making and understand
how the assessment of the child is being
done. Being active and part of the decision-making role that
involves changes in the education of their
child, interventions, programs, changes in the school and school
policies. Share information through
comments or suggestions through meetings, comment or
suggestion boxes, verbally or using the designed
website.
Community Roles
Schools rely on the partnership of those within the community
and community organizations to
help make their school successful, support, provide resources
for parents and students. Building
connections to create a positive relationship between schools,

parents and the community helps meet the
needs of children by furthering the goals of the school
improvement starts with effective school and
community relationships.
The community roles of involvement in schools is to work
together and collaborate with the
schools to gain information on the events and activities that are
happening. Attending any meetings or
functions that they are invited to. Share resources with the
school that can help benefit parents, the
increase of student support, fundraisers, and basic needs. To be
active through volunteering in before and
after school programs, athletic teams, and school functions.
Working together with school staff and
parents in a committee that will help with the focus on the
increase of parent involvement. Share any
comments or suggestions to any improvements that need to be
made to make the school better or positives
that is being made and is helpful. Work with parents outside of
school to help give information to help
parents with the basic needs, recreational ideas, workshops,
classes, activities or learning opportunities to
increase learning experience to organizations that can provide
educational support for students outside of

school. Have a understanding of the school policies and
regulations that are set in place. Have an open
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line of communication between the school and community.
Share information with others within the
community to help create a stronger support for the school.
Actions/Events
There are many things that can help set this plan into action.
Setting up and establishing a
effective Parent Teacher Association (PTA) and Parent Teacher
Organization (PTO) that leads and
supports different events that are family events which is
educational and or fun events. Also keeping in
mind that different events need to be scheduled and offered at
different times to help those who have a
more difficult schedule to attend. Offer activities, events, or
programs that is related to help encourage
parent involvement. An example of this is tutoring secession
that are daily or weekly that consists of
parent volunteers that will help assist students that needs extra
support in certain areas. Parent or IEP

meetings that supports the participation of parent and student.
Parent support workshops that provides
nutritional, health and other resources. Another action is to
ensure and encourage parents to volunteer in
various thing such as chaperone, helping with testing and
student monitoring, helping with planning,
setting and presenting events.
Communicating with parents frequently through a
communication log or system that can go back
and forth between school and home. The use of classroom
newsletters, classroom blog, classroom events
through sending home a classroom calendar. Frequent, check
ins to see how things are going at home
questions that need to be addressed through phone calls or home
visits.
Creating a welcoming warm environment that shows respect
between school, parents and
community. Greeting parents in a positive way helps parents to
feel that they are welcome to come to
their child’s school at any time. Respecting that the parent is
an important factor to their child’s
education and involve them to be part of that process. Allow for
parents to have input and a say in what is

going on at school. Be supportive of any type of parent
involvement that is given by parents and not to be
judgmental on that involvement. Send out just because invites
or thank you to show that you appreciate
the parent’s involvement. Ensure that parent phone calls, notes
or emails are being responded in a timely
manner.
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Be supportive by showing a flexibility to help accommodate
parents and families. Send home
parent teacher conference information that allows for parents to
be able to pick a time that works best for
them, meeting on a weekend or offer a home conference. Offer
transportation or child care to help
accommodate those families that are unable to make it due to
siblings or transportation. Make sure that
there are flexible office hours that allows for those to be able to
come in when needed. Set PTA meetings
at times that allows for parents to attend. Offer before and after
school programs that parents can be active
in and before and after school tutoring for students.

Provide a multiple variety of resources that are available to
parents is an action what will help
ensure that the plan can successful. Some of these resources is
an after-school way for parents to access
on the computer information on how to help their child with
their homework or school work. This allows
for parents to help support their child’s education at home.
Provide a afterschool help line that allows for
parents to get ahold of a resources committee member that can
help direct the parent to someone within
the community to help with what they need help with. Hold
parent classes or workshops that are
informational on parenting skills, ways to help at home,
provides support for those parents of special
needs or learning disabilities. Provide support groups for those
parents that need the extra support for
family trauma, abuse or mental health. Offer a diversity of
language classes to help learn a language.
Lastly, the action of supporting parents at home through
training sessions to help parents to help
their child at home with homework. Allow parents to come to
the school and use the computers to help
access blogs, emails, students grade or progress, school
information, tools or other types of resources.

Send home the parent contact folder to parents that includes
monitoring or progress sheets and graded
work to help parents to be able to monitor areas that need help,
their child’s progress and encourage them.
Evaluation of the Plan
To ensure that the plan that has been set into place is acting as a
effective plan an evaluation of
the plan needs to be done. This is to ensure the increase of
parent and community involvement, to
determine if there has been a drop-in involvement or has it
stayed the same. This allows a review and
new look to make changes if needed to help the plan be
successful. The first step is to have parents sign
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in on a sign in sheet during events, activities, parent teacher
conferences/meetings, volunteering during
school, when coming into the computer lab or library,
workshops, programs and other school functions.
This information is put into a spread sheet to be able to compare
the number of parents or community
members are those functions. Once the information is put in
you will be able to graph the increase or

decrease of parent involvement over the allotted amount of
time. As the information is checked on
throughout the quarters we can see the results. Another way is
to assess the amount of parent
involvement that is being made through the number of logins
there has been on the school site for
comments or suggestions. The number or logins in the
classroom blogs can be checked both as well can
be done weekly and the numbers can be put into a program that
allows for you to see the numbers.
Having parents do questionnaires, surveys or interviews to see
where they are at as far as volunteering
and the involvement of the community. Being able to see an
increase in student progress, if it stays the
same or drops.
Holding meetings with the committee that was created quarterly
to go over the numbers and
information that was collected to see where the plan is fall in
place. What changes may need to be re-
evaluated. The areas that are working and making progress.
Then at the end of the year check in to see
where we had landed with progress. Sharing information that
has been gathered to staff. parents and

those in the community. Will help to make the changes that is
necessary for the plan to be effective.
Conclusion
In conclusion, a Parent Involvement plan has been created to
help with the increase of parent
involvement. To have Parent and Community involvement in
the school setting to be effective it takes
the cooperation of staff, parents and community to help develop
positive relationships and maintain the
relationship that has been built. By having a good parent and
community relationship can make for a
more enjoyable and pleasant educational and school experience
for all that are involved. The plan was
developed on the philosophy: For a child’s education can be
influenced by the involvement of parents and
community which plays an important role in that success. As
educators, it is important that we recognize
that parents play an important role in their child’s education
development and that they are a valuable
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resource to teachers too. There are ten areas that were created
these areas are what are the intentions of

the plan and what the goals are. The goals that were set into
place are goals that can be measurable and
achievable. The description of what school resources are to be
used to help with the increase of parent
involvement. What materials are needed, the personnel, and the
amount of funding that will be needed to
use these resources. The student and parent roles are included
and what those roles are and what it looks
like. What roles does the community have in the involvement
of parents and what those roles would look
like is provided? There is a detailed breakdown of the actions
that are to help gain and create support.
There are events that are created to help gain parent
involvement and community support. Lastly, how
the plan will be evaluated to determine whether the plan is
successful or needs to be evaluated. It takes
more than one to help ensure the success of a child and it takes
a plan to help ensure that that help is set in
place.

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References
Abravanel, S., 2003, Building Community through Service-
Learning: The Role of the Community Partner
Epstein, J. (2009). Six types of involvement: Keys to successful
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partnerships: Applying Epstein's theory of the
six types of involvement to school counselor practice.
Professional School Counseling, 13(4),
218-226. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.

Hjalmarson, F. (2011). Differentiated parent support: Engaging
parents in unique ways to increase their
involvement in School. San Diego, CA: TurnAround Schools
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collaboration. Retrieved from:
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parent-involvement-essential-anne-obrien
After reading Chapter 14 and reviewing the powerpoints,
You will need to post your comment as respond to the 3
comments by no more than 2-3 Complete Sentences. I Looking
on the depth, not the length of your comments
Need to Respond to this:
1. H. O.
The purpose of evaluation is to see if the community-engaged
organization is effective and efficient. If something is not

working in the organization. An evaluation can pinpoint the
problems that need to be fixed. Once the problem is fixed based
on the evaluation you reevaluate and see if it is working. The
BRIGHT coalition health assessment improvement plan has the
issues they are working on and currently fixing. It tells us what
they need to implement but have not started working on them.
This evaluation can compare what they are working on and if it
is working. Then, they can look at what they need to work on
and maybe see if they need to focus on an issue they have not
been working on and focus on that. Maybe that issue will have
more success. Eventually, it would be good to go back and
focus on the issue that was not very successful and make the
changes needed to improve the issue.
2. H. H.
Evaluation is needed in a community engaged organization
because they need to know what they are doing is working. If
something is working, they know to keep working with it, rather
than if the evaluation does not show success, they know they
need to attack the problem from a different direction. With a
positive evaluation, the organization can show the progress and
results to government officials, members of the community, and
people who can fund the organization. The results show if the
work being done is efficient and effective.
The International Center is a CEO which could benefit from an
evaluation process. The offer so many services that often the
employees get overwhelmed. There is a check list of things that
are done for each client, but with an evaluation process we can
see if the clients are getting all the help they need. We can also
see what programs may need to be offered to help the
individuals integrate into the community a little more. Once
they are done with the evaluation, they can show that to our

community's representatives and to organizations that could fun
the center to show them their successes.
3. K. B.
Evaluating a community-engaged organization provides
information necessary for informed decisions to shape future
directions of the organization. It also creates a benchmark or a
baseline measurement that can be used to measure future
success or the effectiveness of programs in the future. It also is
a crucial part of the planning process for development of
programs.
United Way is a community engaged organization. Five years
ago, the United Way office that serves the BRAD Area asked
individuals in the 10 county area what they needed or wanted.
They sent out roughly 10,000 surveys and received 5,000 back.
These results created a shift in the primary focus of the
organization to kindergarten readiness and college and career
readiness in Southern Kentucky. They now use 48% of their
funds to these two areas of focus. The benefits from evaluating
community-engaged organization benefits the community by
having their input on what they believe the community needs
and provides the organization with data and information so
these needs can be met.
EXAMPL:
L. W.:
My target population is going to high schoolers with an
intellectual or developmental disability within Bowling Green,
KY. I chose this community because there is a lack of
preparedness for these individuals when transitioning from a
high school schedule to an adult life schedule. Many people do
not know, but when an individual with a disability turns 21
years old, they are no longer welcome back at their high school.
So whether your birthday is on the first day of school or the last
day of school, the day after you turn 21, you are no longer

permitted to be back in the high school. The challenge with this
is that since there is so little emphasis on transition, this slaps
many of these students in the face since they have had a routine
ingrained into their life since they were very young. For anyone
who's ever had a relationship with someone with a disability, it
is a known fact that this community best thrives on a consistent
schedule. So when that schedule is abruptly changed, behavioral
and emotional issues are often the after math while coping with
the adjustment. So for my project, I wanted to create a
coalition that would emphasize the need for transition from high
school to adult life. I believe that reaching out to relevant
organization leaders who advocate for these individuals, mental
health professionals, state leaders such as Matt Bevin, high
school teachers and even parents affected by these changes, we
can get insight and enough data to get a motion rolling for
change. By getting this information from these people, it will be
easier to build this program up with as many of sides of the
intervention as we'll have! Of course, then goals and strategies
will be created and utilized to build up the program.
By using the MAPP model, I will be thoroughly implementing
and promoting a program to instill change. By going through all
six phases of the MAPP model, you are insuring that you are
covering all of your bases in an organized fashion, while
challenging yourself to think of issues that may arise later, and
how to solve those issues. Since MAPP relies on partnerships
and participation from members, this is also a great way to
network and to use people's strengths to further your cause.
Hearing out your colleagues is important, and in fact, is part of
the 3 keys to MAPP!
THE Respond :
Dear L. W. :-
I realy appreciated your thinking about the target population
that going to high schoolers with an intellectual or
developmental disability within Bowling Green, KY, and how
you can improve this target by using the MAPP model. So, you
have a great idea about the target and you uesed the concept of

the MAPP that is a shift from a focus on the agency to a focus
on the community and the entire public health system. So, when
you discusses your target community, try to bring everyone’s
collective wisdom together to be hand by hand with you to
achieve a better society and great future for those people who
have the disability and facing difficult when they try to enter
the high school. Therefore, by gathering all of the assets and
resources within the community, the community is able to
determine how best to use collective wisdom to create a
healthier community. This MAPP process is a new way of doing
business, and improve our community life by a great strategic
planing tool.
greetings,
The Other Exampl :
B.
The 12 Ethical Principles are very very similar to the 10
essential public health services. These ethical principles are
clarifying the distinctive elements of public health. They make
the services and principles clear to communities and
populations that they serve and give a standard that these
services should be held accountable to. The 12 principles also
define as a society what public health does for the community
and population that they serve.
The `12 principles of public health practices are based upon the
11 values and beliefs of public health. The values and beliefs
are a foundation for the principles to be built upon. The 11
values are assumptions of public health practice that are the
underlying for human and civil rights that are the underpinning
for the 12 principles.
Going into a community it is important to remember that the
members of the community have the best insight into what is
going on. These individuals have rights that have to be
respected. The individuals of the community must have trust in
the information that I am giving them, so adequate resources
and information are required. Collaborating with other health
agency to make a web of resources also help the education

process become more effective. Making sure it is prominent that
the purpose of the efforts is to better the community and that all
individuals can become involved. Empowering those individuals
to take control makes the program and efforts more effective. I
would need to make sure that every individual has the
knowledge and resources to make the decisions to make
changes. I would need to make sure all public health services
were available to the community. Following the code of ethics
would also lead to all conflicts and disputes being handled
properly.
THE Respond :
Dear B: I support your argument that 12 Ethical Principles and
ten essential public health services have major similarities.
However, I would like to understand some of the strategies used
by the public health departments in making codes guiding their
services and principles known to communities and populations
they serve. I also agree that values and beliefs play a significant
role in the development of public health principles.‫لفسأ‬
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After reading Chapter 14 and reviewing the powerpoints and the
CDC's framework for evaluation, discuss in your own words,
the purpose of evaluating a community
engaged oraganization (CEO). Choose a CEO and discuss, in
specific terms, how the evaluation process could benefit the
organization and any community tied to that CEO.
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Community Health
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Contents
Graphics Key
Letter to the Community
Acknowledgements
Community Health Assessment: Framework
Introduction
Methodology
Community Description
Priority Health Issues
Health Services
Health Equity

Healthy Environment
Healthy Lifestyles
Community Health Improvement Plan
Community Resources
County Data Charts
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Acknowledgements
The Barren River District Health Department would like to
thank the following organizations for their invaluable
contributions to this Community Health Assessment prof ile.
Health Services
Cal Turner Rehab & Specialty Care
Med Center Scottsville
Home Health Med Center

T.J. Regional Health
Commonwealth Regional Specialty Hospital
Med Center Caverna
Graves Gilbert Clinic
Christian Care Community
Aetna
Lifeskills, Inc.
WellCare
Med Center Franklin
Kentucky Health Information Exchange
Barren River District Health Department
Fairview Community Health Center
Caresource Humana
Go365 Humana
Oxford House
Health Equity
WKU Institute for Rural Health
WKU Department of Public Health
HOTEL, Inc
Warren County Library
Habitat for Humanity
Barren River Area Development
District (BRADD)
Allen County Health Department
Barren River District Health
Department
Med Center Health
City of Bowling Green
Monroe County Health Department
Community Action of Southern
Kentucky
South Central KY AHEC
Healthy Environment
Warren County School System

Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
Barren County School System
CASOKY
Healthy Lifestyles
Community Farmers Market
UK Extension - Hart County
UK Extension - Simpson County
Travel Trim (Logan Aluminum)
Kentucky Cancer Program
Bowling Green Independent School System
Fairview Community Health Center
Allen County Health Department
Med Center
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Healthy
Lifestyle
Health
Services
Health
Equity
Access to Care
Quality of Care
Education
Employment

Income
Family & Social Support
Community Safety
Health
Behaviors
Health
Outcomes
Health
Factors
Policies &
Programs
Tobacco Use
Diet & Exercise
Alcohol & Drug Use
Sexual Activity
Length of Life
Quality of Life
Air & Water Quality
Housing & Transit
The Barren River Initiative to Get Healthy Together (BRIGHT)
Coalition envisions every resident in the Barren River Area
Development
District will have the best quality of life possible by ensuring a
safe place to live, work, and play. Healthy individuals, families,
and

communities are the cornerstone of this vision and include equal
opportunities to be healthy with an emphasis on personal
responsibility
for their own health and wellness and collaboration among all
stakeholders.
The BRIGHT Coalition formed in 2011 with seven community
partners, Barren River District Health Department, Caverna
Memorial
Hospital, The Medical Center at Bowling Green, The Medical
Center at Franklin, The Medical Center at Scottsville, Monroe
County
Medical Center, and TJ Samson Community Hospital, to answer
the question, "How can leaders of South Central Kentucky's
rural
communities work together to improve our overall health status,
strengthen the local economy, contribute to education successes,
and
improve quality of life?" The Coalition has since grown to over
47 organizations representing the ten counties in the Barren
River Area
Development District (BRADD). The 2018-2019 Community
Health Assessment (CHA) was conducted by the BRIGHT to
guide the
community health improvement process for multiple
organizations across the BRADD. This assessment details the
priority health issues
selected after consideration of all the data collected, and how
this was used to develop a Community Health Improvement Plan
(CHIP).
Community Health Assessment: Framework
Introduction
4

Methodology
Throughout 2018, the BRIGHT Coalition met monthly conduct
the third Mobilizing for Action through Planning and
Partnership
(MAPP) cycle. MAPP is a strategic planning process that is
used for partners in the region to apply strategic thinking to
prioritize public
health issues and identify resources to adress them. This process
is how the BRIGHT Coalition facilitates a collaborative process
for
community partners to participates in data collection and
analysis, planning, implementation, and evaluation. It is
comprised of six
phases with the f irst four resulting int the CHA and the CHA is
the foundation for the CHIP to be developed and then utilized in
the last
two phases of the MAPP process.
Through data gathered f rom County Health Rankings,
previously conducted assessments, and Healthy People 2020 the
coalition
identif ied four priority health issues of Healthy Environment,
Health Equity, Healthy Lifestyle, and Health Services in early
2018. . The
data collection process gathered qualitative and quantitative
data through MAPP identif ied assessments; Community Themes
and
Strengths Assessment, Forces of Change Assessment, and
Community Health Status Assessment, though less than 10% of
population
was reached and the target audience was largely missing
resulting in data that isn’t statistically representative of the
area. Data was

gathered f rom existing sources of County Health Rankings,
Behavior Risk Factor Survey, EnvirohHealthLink and previous
Community
Health Assessments. All data was evaluated to reveal the data
driven objectives to be addressed for each of the four priority
health
issues.
ge
Key Points from 2018 Community-Wide Survey*
Accessing health care services is important
Safety is important
Safety is affected by traffic and drug and alcohol use
Eating fresh and healthy foods is important
Monthly rent and utilities are more than half of my
monthly income
Driving alone to work
*The survey did not get enough results to be statistically
representative
of the community
Allen (6.99%) Barren (13.65%) Butler (4.35%) Edmo
District Population by County
Allen Co.

20,631
Barren Co.
40,993
Butler Co.
12,845
Edmonson Co.
12,114
Hart Co.
18,627
Logan Co.
26,593
Metcalfe Co.
10,018
Simpson Co.
18,083
Warren Co.
125,532
Monroe Co.
10,588
Community Description
As of 2017, 303,327 individuals reside in the Barren River Area
Development District (BRADD), which
is made up of the ten counties in South Central Kentucky;
Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Hart,

Logan, Metcalfe, Monroe, Simpson, and Warren. 1 In 4 of the
10 counties has 100% of the population
living in a rural area and an average of 78% of the BRADD
population live in rural areas, with Warren
County being the lowest at 31.2%. The BRADD median
household income is $42,066, but
approximately 53,625 residents live in poverty. Poverty can
result in an increased risk of mortality,
morbidity, depression, and poor health behaviors; meaning
increased risk for approximately 18% of
the population. From 2013-2017 Bowling Green had 2,470
Immigrants arrive through the
International Center.
Who ma
kes up
the BRAD
D?
20.4%
are 65 years
old or older
27.5%
are below 18
yea rs of age
Health Services
Data Driven Objectives
Increase primary care access across BRADD.
TO COME

TO COME
TO COME
2016 2018
0
10
20 Since 2016, the
percentage of
BRADD residents
without medical
insurance has
declined f rom
19.9% to 8%.
Ambulatory-Care
Sensitive Hospital stays
Per 1,000 BRADD
Medicaid Patients
100.9
Me
nta
l H
eal
th
Pro

vid
ers
415
Pri
ma
ry C
are
Ph
ysi
cia
ns
159
Edmonson County has
the highest patient to
Mental Health Provider
ratio in the BRADD at
3,030:1
"Health Services
quote here"
Federally Qualified Health Centers
Regional Health Centers
MD2U
Lifeskills

Community Health Management
DSMS (Diabetes Self-Management Support)
DPP (Diabetes Prevention Program)
MNT (Medical Nutrition Therapy)
Community Needs
Lack of HIV Clinics
High Medication Costs
Access to Dental for Medicaid
Not Enough Psychiatric Care Providers
No Opioid Treatment Facilities
Lack of Syringe Exchange Programs
Community Resources
4.6%
RegionalAverageUnemploymentRate
4.5%
Health Equity
Increase Support for Healthy Child & Family Development
Educate Residents & Community Organizations on available
Human & Social Services
Implement a Health in All Policies Approach Across BRADD
Average
Income
40,230

People age 16+
unemployed but
seeking work
Percentage of
Children under
18 in Poverty
29.2%
Percentage of Single
Parent Households
in our Region
28.7%
92%
Graduated High
School
"The main problem for my students is lack of parental
concern. So many times children tell me they don't have
thermometers or medicine at home. And, they also tell
me they've been sick for days and their parent won't
take them to the doctor."
-Local Elementary School Teacher
of 9th
grade

rs
in the
regio
n
gradu
ated in
4
years
of adult
s aged
25-44 in
the
region h
ave
some po
st-
seconda
ry
educatio
n
92%48%

HANDS Program
SOKY Workforce Development
Chamber of Commerce
Community Action Council
Career Center Community Needs
Lack of Subsidized Housing
Community Programs for
Kids/Families
Car Seat Safety Programs
Community Resources
Healthy Environment
Educate the public about the importance of the cleanliness
of our water resources and air quality
Decrease commute times throughout the region
Increase development of mixed-use areas that:
improve walkability
encourage biking
provide affordable housing
elevate access to f resh, healthy foods
reduce the number of fatalities and injuries
minimize automotive traff ic
increase transit use
enhance air quality
35%
of commu

ters
in our reg
ion
drives alo
ne
to work.
USA
(1.3)
13%
of our region
lives with severe
household
problems.
47%
of renters who
spend more than
30% of their income
on housing costs
Housing Assistance from the USDA
Housing Authorities in Most Counties
County Transit Systems
Cleaner Natural Water Resources
Air & Ground Ozone Qualities Improving
Community Needs
Public Education on Natural Water Quality
Absence of Uniform Residential Landlord and
Tenant Act

Minimal Bike Lanes
Lack of Access to Food in Food Deserts
Regional Transit Plan
Long Commutes
Community Resources
Regional Average of Air
Pollution (Particulate Matter
& Ground Ozone)
10.1 µ/m³
The Surgeon General has warned that radon
is the second leading cause of lung cancer in
the United States today. Only smoking causes
more lung cancer deaths. If you smoke and
your home has high radon levels, your risk
of lung cancer is especially high.
.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
BRADD
(6.3)
BRADD R
adon
levels vs U
SA

Radon lev
els
Radon is the number one cause of lung
cancer among non-smokers, according
to EPA estimates. Overall, radon is the
second leading cause of lung cancer.
Healthy Lifestyles
Access to Fresh and Healthy Food
Alcohol Use, Substance Use & Mental Health Awareness
Incorporating Exercise and Healthy Habits
31%
of Adults age
20+ get NO
leisure-time
physical activity
“Parents don’t take the time
to cook heal thy food for the
students. It is easier to go to
a fast food restaurant.”
-community member
VS.
193
FAST FOOD

Restaurants in
the Region
The
averageAmericanspendsaround 11.6hours
accessingmedia
daily.
41%
of Barren
River Residents
are obese
23%
of BRADD Adults
are Smokers
KY
2018
2016
The rate of BRADD residents in
poor health has decreased 1.5%
since 2016
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22%
23.5%

21%
The number of BRADD residents
who binge drink has increased 1.9%
since 2016 (11.7%)
The Barren River District Health Department
Needle Exchange Programs have collected over
dirty needles in Warren and Barren Counties
30,630
24%
of BRADD
's
driving de
aths
involved a
lcohol
KY has the 2nd highestsmoking rate
in the nation at 24.6%
13.6%
of adults in
the regiondrink heavily
Community Resources
Freedom from Smoking
Programs
Cooperative Extensions

WIC
Parks & Recreational
Facilities
KY ASAP
Health Department STD
Testing and Education
Access to Feeding
Programs
Community Needs
Lack of Smoke Free
Ordinances
No Detox Facilities
Planned Parenthood
Minimal OB-GYNs
Kentucky's
Overdose
rate has
increased by
since 2016
11.5%
Community Health Improvement Plan 2019-2021
Health Services
Objective 1: Increase primary care access across BRADD.

Data-Driven Objective, Evidence-Based Strategy, and Measures
Strategy 1.1: Telemedicine- Deliver consultative, diagnostic,
and treatment
services remotely for patients who qualify in areas with limited
access to care or
benefit from frequent monitoring.
Strategy 1.2:Rural training in medical education - Expand
medical training and
learning experiences focused on the skills needed to
promote successfully in rural
areas.
Justification:Accessing primary care access until provider
opportunities for people to have a
medical home which afford best opportunity for preventative
inappropriate use of emergency
department utilization and decrease cases of various chronic
disease.
Measure 1.1.1:
Baseline:
Target:
Data Source:
Measure 1.1.2:
Baseline:
Target:
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Measure 1.2.1:
Target:
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Measure 1.2.2: resources

Baseline:
Target:
Data Source:
Strategy 1.3:School-based health services- Provide health care
services on school
premises to attending elementary, middle, and high school
students; services
provided by nurses- providing integration of medical, dental,
and behavioral
health.
Measure 1.3.1:
Target:
Data Source:
Baseline:
Target:
Data Source:
Health Services
Objective 2:
Strategy 2.1:
Strategy 2.2:
Justification:
Measure 2.1.1:
Baseline:
Target:

Data Source:
Justification:
Measure 2.2.1:
Baseline:
Target:
Data Source:
Measure 2.2.2: Funding
Baseline:
Target:
Data Source:
Strategy 2.3:
Measure 2.3.1:
Baseline:
Target:
Data Source:
Measure 2.3.2:
Baseline:
Target:
Data Source:
Justification:
Health Services
Objective 3:

Strategy 3.1:
Strategy 3.2:
Justification:
Measure 3.1.1:
Baseline:
Target:
Data Source:
Justification:
Measure 3.2.1:
Baseline:
Target:
Data Source:
Strategy 3.3: Measure 3.3.1:
Baseline:
Target:
Data Source:
Justification:
Health Equity
Objective 1: Increase support for healthy child and family
development

Strategy 1.1: Early childhood home visiting programs to provide
at-risk expectant
parents and families with young children the information,
support, and training
regarding child health, development, and care from prenatal
stages through early
childhood.
Strategy 1.2: Work with community organizations to establish
resource list of
certified car seat installers, places where car seats can be
obtaining free, and plans
for educating families about car seat safety.
Justification: Kentucky's early childhood home visiting program
has been shown to prevent
child maltreatment and injury, and improve children’s school
readiness and socio-emotional
development. The program has also been shown to improve
birth outcomes, maternal health,
parenting behaviors and attitudes, and increase family economic
self-sufficiency.
Justification: Car seat distribution and education programs
increase car seat use and correct
use of car seats.
Measure 1.1.1: Increase number of families in HANDS
Baseline:
Target:
Data Source:
Measure 1.1.2: Increase number of agencies making
referrals to HANDS
Baseline:
Target:

Data Source:
Measure 1.2.1: Establish baseline of existing certified car
seat installers in the BRADD
Baseline:
Target:
Data Source:
Measure 1.2.2: Establish baseline of car seat distribution
resources
Baseline:
Target:
Data Source:
Strategy 1.3: Parent engagement in schools to
Health Equity
Objective 2: Educate residents and community organizations on
available human and social services
Strategy 2.1: Utilize health communication and social marketing
to educate the
community about available resources.
Strategy 2.2: Enhance navigator and community health worker
activities
throughout BRADD
Justification: Health communication campaigns apply integrated
strategies to deliver
messages designed, directly or indirectly, to influence health
behaviors of target audiences.

Measure 2.1.1: Increase the number of social media
posts informing of available resources in the community
Baseline:
Target:
Data Source:
Justification:
Measure 2.2.1: Conduct an environmental scan
Baseline:
Target:
Data Source:
Baseline:
Target:
Data Source:
Strategy 2.3: Increase cross-sector collaboration to
facilitate support for residents
and organizations seeking available human and social services
Measure 2.3.1: "Sharefest"
Baseline:
Target:
Data Source:
Measure 2.3.2: utilization of available resources
Baseline:
Target:
Data Source:
Justification:

Health Equity
Objective 3: Implement a Health in All Policies approach across
BRADD
Strategy 3.1: Create and distribute education materials throu
various
communication methods to increase awareness and
understanding of the impact
of polcies on social determinants of health.
Strategy 3.2: Bring more partners to the table that are interested
in HiAP
approach.
Justification: Show how non-traditional partners can improve
health using their influence.
These non-traditional agencies play a major role in shaping
economic, physical, social, and
service environments that people live in, therefore having an
important role to play in
promoting health and equity.
Measure 3.1.1: Increase number of community
organizations that are trained in HiAP.
Baseline: Unknown (2019)
Target:
Data Source:
Justification: HiAP will improve health using influence through
policy development
Measure 3.2.1:Increase number of organizations
working with BRIGHT Health Equity group

Baseline:
Target:
Data Source:
Strategy 3.3: Identify organizational practices and policies that
are most feasible
to be considered for HiAP.
Measure 3.3.1:
Baseline:
Target:
Data Source:
Justification: HiAP focuses on deep and ongoing
collaboration, rather than taking a superficial
or one-off approach and should benefit multiple partners.
Healthy Environment
Objective 1: Educate the public about the importance of the
cleanliness of our water resources and air quality.
Strategy 1.1: Storm water management plans to control and
utilize storm water
runoff to reduce flooding, lower demand on existing water
systems, and support
healthy rivers and streams by minimizing the introduction of
pollutants.
Strategy 1.2: Educate the public about the existence of “ground
ozone” and ways

to enhance ambient air quality.
Justification: There is strong evidence that storm water
management plans reduce storm water
runoff and pollutant concentrations, improve water quality, and
protect personal property and
wildlife.
Justification:
Measure 1.1.1: Encourage green stormwater
management plans.
Baseline:
Target:
Data Source:
Measure 1.1.2: Monitor water quality consumer reports.
Baseline:
Target:
Data Source:
Measure 1.2.1: Reduce measurable particulate matter
and round ozone levels.
Target:
Data Source:
Baseline:
Target:
Data Source:
Healthy Environment

Objective 2: Decrease the average regional commute of greater
than 30 minutes from 35.4% to below 30%, a reduction of 5.5%.
Strategy 2.1: Introduce multimodal transportation options.
Strategy 2.2: Encourage the development of mixed-use areas.
Justification: Introducing or expanding public transportation
systems in urban areas increases
access to and use of public transit; increase physical activity;
and increase access to safe,
healthy, convenient, and affordable transportation.
Measure 2.1.1: Introduce or expand transportation
options that are available to the public and run on a
scheduled timetable (e.g., buses, trains, ferries, rapid
transit, etc.)
Baseline:
Target:
Data Source:
Justification: Streetscape design improvements enable
pedestrians, bicyclists, transit riders,
and motorists to share and use the street, accommodating the
needs of all users.
Improvements to streetscape design can include increased street
lighting, enhanced street
landscaping and street furniture, increased sidewalk coverage
and connectivity of pedestrian
walkways, bicycling infrastructure, street crossing safety
features, and traffic calming
measures.
Measure 2.2.1: Enhance streetscapes with greater

sidewalk coverage and walkway connectivity, street
crossing safety features, traffic calming measures, and
other design elements.
Baseline:
Target:
Data Source:
Baseline:
Target:
Data Source:
Healthy Environment
Objective 3: Increase development of mixed-use areas.
Strategy 3.1: Improve areas with severe housing problems by
encouraging mixed-
use development projects within those areas.
Justification: Design and land use policies, including mixed-
use development, increase physical
activity, especially when combined with transportation system
interventions such as
developing public transit infrastructure and sidewalks or trails.
Measure 3.1.1:Encourage mixed-use development
within the region.
Baseline:
Target:
Data Source:

Strategy 1.2: Participate in existing community programs,
services, and events
(such as giving free veggie samples, recipes, & information
booths and
participating ion community gardening) in order to collaborate
with other
organizations and businesses, gain coalition partnership, and aid
in the utilization
of community efforts to increase access to healthy food.
Justification: By supporting existing community endeavors that
encourage eating fresh and
healthy foods we will ensure that funds and resources are being
utilized.
Measure 1.2.1:
Target:
Data Source:
Baseline:
Target:
Data Source:
Healthy Lifestyles
Objective 1: Increase access to fresh and healthy food for those
in the most disparate populations in our communities.
Strategy 1.1: Serve as a Community Health Resource., by
consistently informing
the public about Farmer's Markets, community gardens, seed

libraries, the
Mobile Grocery Store, and other healthy food opportunities that
aim to bridge
the food access gap by utilizing social media campaigns,
the BRIGHT website,
and through other media sources.
Justification: By increasing the community's knowledge about
services and programs that
provide access to fresh and healthy foods we will improve the
diets of BRADD residents which
will improve the overall quality of life and health outcomes.
Measure 1.1.1:
Baseline:
Target:
Data Source:
Measure 1.1.2:
Baseline:
Target:
Data Source:
Strategy 1.3: By collaborating with the Warren County Public
Library, we will
initiate a "Seed Library" in one of our rural counties.
Justification: By supporting existing community endeavors that
encourage eating fresh and
healthy foods we will ensure that funds and resources are being
utilized.
Measure 1.2.1:
Target:
Data Source:

Baseline:
Target:
Data Source:
Healthy Lifestyles
Objective 2: Improve education on substance use, alcohol use,
and increase mental health awareness surrounding these topics.
Strategy 2.1: TYSA Grant sub use prevention K-12
Strategy 2.2: Advocate for tobacco free schools policy and
state tobacco
ordinances.
Justification: Improve education on alcohol use, drug use, etc.
to decrease drug use initiation in
the region.
Measure 2.1.1:
Baseline:
Target:
Data Source:
Justification:
Measure 2.2.1:
Baseline:
Target:
Data Source:
Baseline:

Target:
Data Source:
Strategy 2.3: Promote anti-initiation PSAs for mass media.
Measure 2.3.1:
Baseline:
Target:
Data Source:
Measure 2.3.2:
Baseline:
Target:
Data Source:
Justification:
[Healthy Lifestyles] Objective 3:
Strategy 3.1: Promote PA opportunities via social media and by
creating a BRIGHT
Instagram.
Strategy 3.2: Participate in walk/bike school events and promote
continued idea
by educating school districts about walking buses.
Justification: To prevent chronic illness, promote positive
health outcomes that will decrease
likely need of initiating drug and alcohol use.
Measure 3.1.1:
Baseline:

Target:
Data Source:
Justification:
Measure 3.2.1:
Baseline:
Target:
Data Source:
Strategy 3.3: Generate logs for GAS (Get Active Simpson)
group to log activity and
promote programs like GAS to other counties.
Measure 3.3.1:
Baseline:
Target:
Data Source:
Justification:
Healthy Lifestyles
Objective 3: Incorporate exercise and healthy habits.
COUNTY
DATA
CHARTS
HERE
Data used in this assessment was compiled by the

BRIGHT Coalition from the
follow sources:
www.countyhealthrankings.org
www.americanlungassociation.org
www.census.gov/quickfacts
www.americashealthrankings.org/
www.kentuckyhealthfacts.org
www.neilson.com
www.ers.usda.gov/foodatlas/
https://www.kentuckyrefugees.org/refugees-in-
kentucky/bowling-green/
BRDHD Syringe Exchange & Hard Reduction Program Database
https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/f iles/2016-
12/documents/2016_a_citizens_guide_to_radon.pdf
https://odcp.ky.gov/Documents/2017%20Kentucky%20Overdose
%20Fatality%20Re
port%20%28f inal1%29.pdf
Chapter 14
Evaluating the Community-Engaged Organization

Community Engaged Organizational (CEO) Evaluation
An assessment of an organization based upon data, its structure,
activities and interactions that provide a foundation to measure
performance, outcomes and impact within the scope of intended
and unintended results
Crucial part of the planning process
Used to provide information necessary for informed decisions to
shape future directions
The Need to Evaluate
Evaluate Community-Engaged Organizations (CEO) to:
Become more effective, efficient and attractive to funders
To provide increased accountability
To build a case for future investments in the organization or a
particular program
Serve as a means to help organizations get the information they
need to develop and execute strategies
Improve and maintain the quality of all programs, services and
organizations
Determine here opportunities and challenges have occurred
Determine what accounted for success & failures
Determine what lessons were learned & how past lessons were
applied
Strengthen organizational operations
Provide pathways to strengthen staff capabilities and
performance

Framing The Evaluation
Framework must be established before an evaluator is identified
to establish qualifications needed (internal vs. external)
Must establish scope (boundaries) of what is to be evaluated
The scope is used to align administration, stakeholders, staff
and participants as to what to expect in the evaluation report
Living document / used and referred to when making
organizational decisions
www.cdc.gov/eval/framework/index.htm
Review the above website for a framework for program
evaluation
The Evaluator
Evaluator should be skilled and impartial
Internal EvaluatorExternal EvaluatorAdvantages:
Low Costs
Intimate knowledge of organizationAdvantages:
Free from internal influences of organization
Brings a fresh perspectiveDisadvantage:
Previously drawn conclusions

Feels like an employeeDisadvantage:
High Costs
Not as well versed in the organization’s climate
Infrastructure of the Community Engaged Organization (CEO)
Evaluation of an CEO answers the question, “Is the current
organizational structure conducive to efficiently and effectively
meeting the organization’s stated mission?”
Assesses the board, management and interactions with
stakeholders
Can be done by external or internal evaluator
Usually involves staff members as data collectors
Data may include visions, missions, types of activities and
involvement into the community
Needs Assessment
The evaluation may reexamine the very need for the Community
Engaged Organization (CEO)
Usually there is a needs assessment of the community to be
served and serves as the rationale for the organization’s
existence
SWOT analysis is a tool used to analyze the needs assessment
of the CEO and to revisit its purpose and has it changed, does
the CEO still have the capacity to meet the community’s needs?

Strategies
Strategies are the assumptions and approaches a Community
Engaged Organization (CEO) believes will lead to successful
outcomes for the target population
Evaluating strategies of the CEO is the second thrust of the
evaluation process
Are the strategies effective for program implementation and
intended outcomes
Evaluation should provide continuous and timely feedback on
meeting goals and objectives
Evaluation should address CEO’s mission, functions, methods
and structure
Evaluations of CEO Programs and Strategies should answer the
following questions:
How was success measured?
Were the strategies used appropriate?
Were the measures used appropriate given the stated strategy?
How successful have organizational strategies been in meeting
past needs?
What changes are required in the strategies to meet identified
needs?

Were objectives met?
What were the outcomes – short term, intermediate and long
term?
Logic Model
Example
Evaluation Logic Model ExampleGoal:Objective/Research
QuestionInformation SourceEvaluation
ActivityToolAnalysisWhat are board members’ perceptions of
community needs?Board MembersInterviews
Interview protocolQualitative assessmentsHow successful has
the organization been in meeting its objectives?Program reports
Annual reports
Program data files
Community
Board
Review program objectives and data analyses: focus groups
interview
Activity counts, inferential stats, focus groups and interview
protocolQualitative assessments and statistical testing
Was the program successful?Program Objectives
Outcomes

Participants
CommunityProgram data and activity information; focus group
protocolQualitative assessments
And statistical testing
Evaluation Plan
Contains:
The elements of the Logic Model
The specifics needed to implement the evaluation
Data
Information sources
Data-gathering methods
Data-gathering instruments
Data analysis
Data reporting
Information Sources
Surveys
Interviews
Focus groups
Data files
Randomized sampling should come from a subgroup that best
mirrors the larger population that is being studied
Consent forms

Providing an overview of the evaluation, guaranteed
confidentiality and anonymity, risk factors and assurances of
nonparticipation or withdrawal without penalty or threat of
retaliation
Data Collection
Guided by the evaluation questions & outcomes that are to be
measured
Information gathering should be only facts & perceptions that
relate to the evaluation questions and outcomes
Evaluations for CEO usually contain both quantitative and
qualitative data
Data-Gathering
Methods and Instruments
Protocols should be developed for consistency
Interviews / Focus groups
First key question should lead into your topic
Next four-five questions should speak directly to your
objectives for conducting the focus group
Last question is summary of what you heard

Survey administrators should make sure instruments are easy to
code for data entry
Other sources may include organizational files, reports, case
management reports, …..
All data should be kept confidential
Data Analyses
Descriptive section
History, composition, place in the community, achievements,
future plans
Evaluation Questions or objective
Data
Records, interviews, focus groups, survey questions
Qualitative and/or quantitative data analyses
Findings and conclusions
The Evaluation Report
Report is for assessment of performance and effectiveness of
CEO and how to improve their efforts for their community,
better programs and better advocates

Report can provide framework that can be used to adjust
strategies to accomplish goals and objectives
Outline for an evaluation report:
Executive summary
Introduction
Evaluation framework
Evaluation Plan
Findings regarding infrastructure and strategies
Conclusions, implications, and recommendations
Planning Process
Never ending
Begins with needs assessment & SWOT analysis
Vision Mission Goals Objectives
Strategies for reaching objectives
Strategies are then evaluated for feedback
Feedback is then used to reassess information found in needs
assessment and SWOT analysis and process begins again
Situation

Goal
Rationales
Assumptions
Kentucky Worksite Wellness Tax Credit (HB 74)
To show the impact of the Kentucky Worksite
Wellness Tax Credit (HB 74)
Motivate companies to
implement effective
wellness programs
resulting in improved
employee health
Healthier families,
including spouses and
children
Health care costs could
decline, while job
opportunities could
increase
Healthier worksites
could lead to healthier
communities
Responsible
agency
Technical
assistance
Develop

certification
process
Expert at state
level
Marketing
Create employee
wellness model
Create awards
Conduct trainings
Tracking
Increase in number of
companies offering
wellness programs
Increase in number of
comprehensive wellness
programs
Increased number of
health promoting
policies in workplaces
Capacity for job growth
Increased access to
wellness programs
Healthier families,
including spouses and
children
Improved social
cohesion internally and
externally of worksites
in Kentucky
Resources
Activities

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