Community Needs Assessment Resources and Tools

Tools

• CDC Evaluation Working Group: Framework for Program Evaluation -
  http://www.cdc.gov/eval/framework/index.htm 
• Child Welfare Information Builder: Evaluation Toolkit and Logic Model Builder -
  https://www.childwelfare.gov/preventing/evaluating/toolkit.cfm 
• Community Toolbox: Implementing Best Process for Community Change and Improvement -
  http://ctb.ku.edu/en/promisingapproach/ 
• FRIENDS National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention: Evaluation Toolkit -
  http://www.friendsnrc.org/evaluation-toolkit 
• RE-AIM: Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation and Maintenance Framework -
  http://www.re-aim.org/
• W.K. Kellogg Foundation: Evaluation Handbook -
  http://www.wkkf.org/knowledge-center/resources/2010/W-K-Kellogg-Foundation-Evaluation-Handbook.aspx 
• W.K. Kellogg Foundation: Logic Model Development Guide -
  http://www.wkkf.org/knowledge-center/resources/2006/02/WK-Kellogg-Foundation-Logic-Model-Development-Guide.aspx 

Further Reading

• Aarons, G. A., Wells, R. S., Zagursky, K., Fettes, D. L., & Palinkas, L. A. (2009). Implementing evidence-based practice in community mental health agencies: A multiple stakeholder analysis. American Journal of Public Health 99(11):2087-95.
• Understanding Evaluation: The way to better Prevention Programs -
  http://ed.gov/PDFDocs/handbook.pdf  (PDF, 207KB)

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