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A Resource for Evaluating Child Advocacy Centers

By Hart, Sarah V.

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Title: A Resource for Evaluating Child Advocacy Centers  
Author: Hart, Sarah V.
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Language: English
Subject: Law., Law & economy, Litigation and arbitration
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Publisher: Department of Justice

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V. Har, B. S. (n.d.). A Resource for Evaluating Child Advocacy Centers. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.cc/


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Acknowledgements: I would like to thank Jeremy Travis and Christy Visher for providing me with the opportunity to pursue work on this guide- book as a Visiting Fellow at the National Institute of Justice. I would also like to thank the Violence and Victimization Division within the National Institute of Justice, which comincludes Bernie Auchter, Leora Rosen, Cynthia Mamalian, Angela Moore Parmley, and Richard Titus, for their support of this project. I would also like to thank Debra Whitcomb, a former visiting fellow at NIJ, Marylouise Kelley in the Office for Victims of Crime, and the staff of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention for their.

Table of Contents
Contents Chapter 1 : Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 What Is Program Evaluation? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 How to Use This Resource Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Chapter 2 : The Importance of Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 The Benefits of Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Evaluation Motivators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Evaluation Barriers and Responses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Chapter 3 : The Evaluation Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Internal Versus External Evaluator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Collaborating With an External Evaluator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Evaluation Team Members? Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Evaluation Team Exercises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Chapter 4 : Program Monitoring Evaluations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Child-Friendly Facility Program Monitoring Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Child Investigative Interview Program Monitoring Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Medical Examination Program Monitoring Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Mental Health Services Program Monitoring Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Victim Advocacy Program Monitoring Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Case Review Program Monitoring Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Parent Satisfaction Program Monitoring Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Multidisciplinary Team Satisfaction Program Monitoring Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Child Satisfaction Program Monitoring Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Chapter 5 : Outcome Evaluations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Steps in Developing an Outcome Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Chapter 6 : Impact Evaluations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 What Is an Impact Evaluation? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Impact Evaluation Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Steps in Conducting an Impact Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Additional Impact Evaluation Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Chapter 7 : Recruitment and Retention of Participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Obtaining the Cooperation of Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Obtaining the Cooperation of the Multidisciplinary Team and Agencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Obtaining the Cooperation of Parents and Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Recruiting Participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Followup Contact With Families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Confidentiality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Recruitment Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Chapter 8 : Planning an Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Contexts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 iii

 
 



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