Program Logic Model Final

Update your Program Logic Model based on your field/clinical experiences and instructor’s comments.

The Foster Care Family Recruitment and Retention Program was chosen as a top priority for evaluation in the field placement setting. Program logic models are a useful way to look at how program resources and activities are supposed to lead to useful results. A logic model shows how investments lead to outputs and, over time, to changes in the short and long term. This is different from treating services as separate tasks. This method makes it easier for everyone involved to understand each other’s points of view and makes the links between intervention strategies and results clearer (McDavid et al., 2018; Student Resources, 2018).

Professor Comments:

• Good opening. Remember, this product goes to the site. So you might want to limit references to your class requirement.
• Go directly from the introduction of the program to the program logic model. Make sure you label it in alignment with APA.

The leaders of SCDSS have stressed three areas where regular evaluation is very important. First, we still don’t know how well recruitment works.

Professor Comments:

• What were the 3 areas? You should list them after stating there are 3.

The agency has little proof of which outreach activities lead to completed applications, licenses, and active placements, even though they do generate interest. Without reliable conversion data throughout the recruitment process, decisions about how to use resources could be based on stories instead of facts.

Professor Comments:

• They may have proof and just havent used their existing data effectively. Make notations that direct you to examine their data and look for proof…avoid saying what they don’t have at this point.

Second, problems with keeping people in the system make it less stable.

Professor Comments:

• State all issues in as neutral a manner as possible. For example, there are three questions posed by the staff that warrant further investigation: 1) question; 2) question; and 3) question.

Third, the link between caregiver preparation and placement stability hasn’t been fully studied in the context of the state.

Professor Comments:

• What type of preparation matters to the sustainability of a caregiver and child in placement?

The program uses resources from different areas, such as money, people, technology, and organizations. Funding helps with staff, outreach, training, and support for caregivers. Staffing includes recruiters, licensing specialists, trainers, and caseworkers who provide services from hiring to keeping employees. Technological infrastructure, like databases, communication platforms, and training materials, makes it possible to keep track of things and deliver services. Facilities like training centers and community venues provide space for operations. The larger policy and social environment, such as licensing rules and the need for foster care, affects both the ability to hire new people and the pressure to keep them. These inputs are the conditions that must be met for the program to work (McDavid et al., 2018).

Professor Comments:

• Are any services offered to kids?

About 100 of these applicants finish their pre-service training, and 75 of them become licensed foster homes. Around 60 of these homes take in new residents every year. More outputs include the number of support group sessions held, the number of continuing education workshops held, and the number of database records updated to keep track of caregiver engagement.

Professor Comments:

• What makes the numbers drop? Of the 100 who finish their training, what happens to the other 40?

Overall Professor Comments:

• Well done. Given what you’ve written, the research questions are starting to emerge.