@article{ref1,
title="A city initiative to improve the quality of life for urban youth: how evaluation contributed to effective social programming",
journal="Evaluation and program planning",
year="2005",
author="Green, Rex S. and Ellis, Peter M. and Lee, Shirly S.",
volume="28",
number="1",
pages="83-94",
abstract="Seeking a way to improve the quality of life for urban youth, one community passed a special initiative that set goals for funded service activities to accomplish and required a comprehensive evaluation of the effects services had. Organizations seeking funding were required to respond to annual requests for proposals and obtain approval for their service plan. A performance logic model was developed to guide the collection and reporting of evaluation data from grantees, as well as track community-wide indicators of quality of life for youth. Other key features of this comprehensive evaluation included the development of a performance index summarizing overall performance excellence and the utilization of a post hoc measure of change due to service productivity.<p />",
language="",
issn="0149-7189",
doi="10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2004.10.005",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2004.10.005"
}