Program Planning

Program Planning & Program Evaluation Kelli Semkin University of Phoenix

Program Planning Program Planning & Program Evaluation The process of developing a program should include program evaluation. The determination

of staff and funding is vital to the programs. It is also important to look at the area that is in need of the help, the benefits that arise from the program, and the outcome the program strides to accomplish. The process of planning and developing a program can be tied together to simplify the whole process. The outcome of the program is what is needed to help determine additional funding. Different activities are supported and implemented with the PEACE Domestic Violence program. To educate the public is to help them. This process of education takes funding that we will need to keep this program available to the public. Program evaluation is to improve the model program in order to make necessary decisions about the program. Developmental mode is essential to the process of program planning and evaluation. This evaluation process can include different activities, these activities are vital for deciding the success factors of a program, some of the factors are accreditation, needs assessments, cost and or benefit analysis, process outcome analysis, and effectiveness study, goal-based analysis. All these analyses are aimed on how accurately we can collect and understand the data related to the PEACE Domestic Violence program. There are a number of people who will use the program evaluation report grant organization, other social groups for different case studies, and the core team. The target population is defined as a group of people that are afflicted with the same problems that this type of program may help. In this case the target population would be those families that suffer with domestic violence in the household and the children that are exposed to this type of lifestyle.

Program Planning The PEACE Domestic violence program also would bring education to the public and help make the community aware of the signs of domestic violence. A lot of home situations affect the family in different ways and this can be misconstrued as a defiant child, or a hyperactive child. In

too many cases, a childs cry for help is mistaken as misbehavior and it then becomes suggested to the parents that their children be tested for behavioral disorders. Often times the mothers are the ones contacted with this type of information. They may be too afraid to suggest the reasoning for the childs behavior being violence in the home. Therefore if Teachers and other outside influences in the childs life were more educated in the signs and possibly a way to ask questions or simply the right questions to ask in order to come up with what is really going on in the household. When evaluating the programs of the organization, the evaluator needs to consider not only the education of the community but how the organization is educating the families on how to rectify the situation with family counseling and anger management as well as possible means of providing safe housing for the victims and help with the proper legal documents for protection from the offender. If these types of programs are showing as unsuccessful; than the organization may need to find alternative ways to advocate for those they intend to help. Most programming for the victims of domestic violence includes a lot of counseling and there may also be some education that needs to be provided in order for the victim or, survivor, to be employable. Often times the one suffering the abuse is not allowed to do such things as become employed due to the fear of them finding a way to break free from the control and fear of their abuser. As far as education for the public that are not school officials or even anyone close to the family goes, it is better to have more eyes and ears and knowledge of a situation in order to help

Program Planning with detection and prevention. Often time neighbors turn a blind eye or a deaf ear to the situations going on in their neighborhood in order to keep their own peace. I feel if the public became

advocators for those affected; there could be a reduction in the number of victims as well as future offenders.

Program Planning References Mayer, R. (1985). Policy and program planning: A developmental perspective. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.