Evaluation

A key component of SAMHSA's Community Capacity Building Project is evaluation of the project's process and effectiveness. Evaluations are being conducted individually by each of the funded programs, and a cross-site evaluation is being conducted by JSI Research & Training Institute, Inc. Following is information about the cross-site evaluation and evaluation related documents that may be helpful to other community-based organizations in conducting their program evaluations.

Cross-Site Evaluation

The Cross-site Evaluation Study is designed to assess the effectiveness of the projects funded under the SAMHSA project. In order to disseminate lessons learned and extend the types of innovative projects funded under the SAMHSA program, demonstration of effectiveness is necessary. Funding for these types of targeted efforts cannot continue to gain federal budget support unless they are shown to accomplish positive results. The Cross-site Evaluation's focus is to demonstrate that positive changes have occurred across all 47 projects.

Thus, project participants and representatives of comparison groups in all 47 projects are being asked to take a 30 minute survey immediately prior to their involvement in the funded project (baseline); immediately following completion of the project or at 3 months after baseline data were collected (1st follow-up), and 6 months following completion of the program (2nd follow-up; this will be at approximately 9 months after the baseline administration). This will allow changes in participants' knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to HIV and substance abuse prevention to be demonstrated. In addition to the Cross-site Evaluation effort, individual projects are doing their own in-depth evaluations of their efforts.

Evaluation Documents & References

Site Visit - Year 1 Site Visit Protocol
The guide contains questions used to conduct the cross-site evaluation site visits.

Project Survey Administration Manual
Provides an overview of the project and the cross-site evaluation study, including administrator's guidelines, protocol for survey administration, introduction script, follow-up procedure for tracking participants, contact form, and survey content sources.

Commercial Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)
List of commercial Institutional Review Boards (also referred to as independent IRBs) that review protocols for research according to regulations of the Department of Health and Human Services involving the participation of human subjects.

Federal Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity Describes the race and ethnic standards for federal statistics and administrative reporting.

Buckley Amendment - The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) In general, FERPA governs access to education records and protection of confidentiality of education records for virtually all educational institutions in the country. (115 pages)

 

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