Evaluate How The Youth Under The Juvenile Diversion Program

All programs need to undergo an evaluation process. The evaluation of a program helps to determine whether the program is meeting the set goals and objectives. During the life time of a program, the program undergoes several changes and adjustments. It is through the program evaluation that the changes and adjustments are identified. The identification of the adjustments gives room for implementation of the necessary adjustments. Proper program evaluation will tell if the objectives are met in a timely manner and within the set budgetary constraints. The evaluation also identifies why the programs are going in a certain way. Thus, a diversion program must have a manner in which it determines how its goals and objectives are met. If the program
An outcome evaluation is most appropriate since it is an evaluation method that measures the changes that have resulted due to the diversion program. It will be used to show how the youth under the juvenile diversion program have changed as per the objectives of starting up the program. Such expected changes would include the change of behavior of the youth to the positive; for instance, from drug use to a drug free life and reformed mentality and perception about life. It will also be core in reporting the numbers of youth, who have identified beneficial activities to run after their life under the program such as jobs, or even how many youthful offenders have demonstrated an increased confidence and new knowledge fro the skills and training offered under the program (Kollasch, S.
The collection of data will depend on our evaluation methodology. Since the program is using an outcome evaluation methodology, it means that the evaluation will be participatory in nature. This calls for different aspects in regard to the roles of data collection responsibilities. The community members will take the leading role of data collection. Staff members will also be useful for data collection especially where specialized observations will be used. Besides, the responsibility will also be designated to several professionals in their respective areas such as the statistics segments. Individuals with specialized training will also be used in the process. These may include graduates and skilled volunteers. Basically, the data collection will depend on the level of skills needed for the specific work (Brown, M. et al.,