1. “Working to ensure children, birth to 5, are prepared for success in school and life.” Wake County SmartStart Logic Model Training May 2013

2. “Working to ensure children, birth to 5, are prepared for success in school and life.” What we will do today: Background-why use logic models Elements of WCSS logic model Practical examples Opportunity to ask specific individual questions for your application

3. “Working to ensure children, birth to 5, are prepared for success in school and life.” What is a logic model? “… (logic) model provides a roadmap of your program, highlighting how it is expected to work, what activities need to come before others, and how desired outcomes are achieved.” W.K. Kellogg Foundation Evaluation Handbook www.wkkf.org

4. “Working to ensure children, birth to 5, are prepared for success in school and life.” Why use logic models? Theory of Change Helps keep the end in mind Logic model format we use based on NCPC version

5. “Working to ensure children, birth to 5, are prepared for success in school and life.” Benefits of using Logic Models Identify gaps in your theory, think through your program, how the parts work together Connections between actions & results Evaluation built in, what to measure & how Useful with other funders

6. “Working to ensure children, birth to 5, are prepared for success in school and life.” How WCSS uses logic model Staff and Allocation Committee use to understand your program –Why it is needed –How much service you will provide –What you will accomplish Forms basis for evaluation plan if funded

7. “Working to ensure children, birth to 5, are prepared for success in school and life.” 6 Sections of the logic model Need Statement Target Population Program or Activity Elements Outputs Outcomes How does the outcome Impact a Board identified or other community indicator?

8. “Working to ensure children, birth to 5, are prepared for success in school and life.” The Logic Model “Statement” If this condition exists for this population and we implement these strategies this many times for these individuals we expect this short-term change and we expect this outcome to impact the overall county.

9. “Working to ensure children, birth to 5, are prepared for success in school and life.” Need Statement: Include Local need program would address Numbers and percents Underlying causes of problem Why current resources do not meet the need Target population with most critical need for services

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11. Target Population Consistent with model / best practice Specifically who will be eligible for services Characteristics of eligible participants Can have more than 1 target population Greatest Need

12. “Working to ensure children, birth to 5, are prepared for success in school and life.” Target population continued

13. “Working to ensure children, birth to 5, are prepared for success in school and life.” Program or Activity Elements Most significant strategies / activity components of model / best practice Intensity of services, how much service required to make a change Figuring out which elements are most important to include

14. “Working to ensure children, birth to 5, are prepared for success in school and life.” How many elements should I include? Depends on the model / best practice Most critical to impacting selected Indicator Core to the service you will provide and what you hope to achieve

15. “Working to ensure children, birth to 5, are prepared for success in school and life.” Program Elements

16. “Working to ensure children, birth to 5, are prepared for success in school and life.” Outputs Based on model / best practice Related to caseload size Consistent with intensity & budget Population counts Service counts (elements)

17. “Working to ensure children, birth to 5, are prepared for success in school and life.” Outputs Continued

18. “Working to ensure children, birth to 5, are prepared for success in school and life.” Outcomes Links to / affects selected Indicator Model / research shows what is likely impact if certain activities are performed Each target population should have at least one related outcome

19. “Working to ensure children, birth to 5, are prepared for success in school and life.” Outcomes continued Fewer strong outcomes are better than a whole lot of so-so or weak ones Changes in behavior/knowledge/status by end of fiscal year (June 30, 2012) Measurement tools / data sources

20. “Working to ensure children, birth to 5, are prepared for success in school and life.” Outcomes Continued

21. “Working to ensure children, birth to 5, are prepared for success in school and life.” How many outputs and outcomes should I include? Good, manageable rule of thumb: 3-5 outputs and 3-5 outcomes At least 1 population output At least 1 service output

22. “Working to ensure children, birth to 5, are prepared for success in school and life.” How does the outcome impact a Board identified or other community indicator? Ultimate purpose for the activity –Should include anticipated impact on indicators identified on top of Application Logical connection between program outcome and indicator impact

23. “Working to ensure children, birth to 5, are prepared for success in school and life.” How does the outcome impact a Board identified or other community indicator? …continued General change identified (e.g. “increase”);no numbers necessary No time frame necessary

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25. Practical Examples Goal Areas: –Children are Safe, Healthy and Live in Supportive Environments –Quality Child Care is Accessible and Available These are examples and do not use real numbers in estimates

26. “Working to ensure children, birth to 5, are prepared for success in school and life.” Questions and Advice Feel free to contact us with questions

27. “Working to ensure children, birth to 5, are prepared for success in school and life.” Who to contact with questions Anna Troutman: atroutman@wakesmartstart.org@wakesmartstart.org