HSM270
August 28, 2011
Shelley Johnson-Gildwarg
Program Planning & Program Evaluation; PEACE Domestic Violence Agency
The PEACE Domestic Violence program strides to help the public through education. In order to do this the program needs to be developed. The process of developing a program should include program evaluation. The determination of staff and funding is vital to the programs. It is also important to look at the area that is in need of the help, the benefits that arise from the program, and the outcome the program strides to accomplish.
The process of planning and developing a program can be tied together to simplify the whole process. The outcome …show more content…
Developmental mode is essential to the process of program planning and evaluation. This evaluation process can include different activities, these activities are vital for deciding the success factors of a program, some of the factors are – accreditation, needs assessments, cost and or benefit analysis, process outcome analysis, and effectiveness study, goal-based analysis. All these analyses are aimed on how accurately we can collect and understand the data related to the PEACE Domestic Violence program. There are a number of people who will use the program evaluation report –grant organization, other social groups for different case studies, and the core team. There are also a number of benefits of a program evaluation, such as verification of impact of products and services on customers, improve the delivery mechanism, analyze by comparing what actions currently used and what needs to be done in the …show more content…
In Portland area they have experienced increasing reports of spousal abuse, child abuse, assault, domestic and youth violence, and incidences of road rage over the past five years. The funding for this program needs to be increased, as of now the only funding is the possibility of a onetime grant of $5,000 and up to $150,000 a year for up to three years. This funding may cover the operational expense of the program, but will not cover the extended help that needs to go out to the victims, and their families. We also need funding to educate the general public about different types of violence and what to do to prevent it from happing to them, and what to do if someone they know is caught in this cycle. The ongoing expense of the staff we will need to help council and support the different people that use the program will continue to rise as the time