Hsm 270 Program Improvement Opportunities

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Program Improvement Opportunities Sharen Washington HSM/270 August 20, 2011 Christine Smalls Program Improvement Opportunities According to Encarta Dictionary evaluations is the assessment of value the act of considering or examining something in order to judge its value, quality, importance, extent, or condition. Therefore one must consider the manager or program officers because they are the contact and envoy that monitors and help the service delivery of funding institutions and organizations. “The responsibilities of these monitors or program officers include verifying that the programs are doing what they said they were going to do (i.e., process evaluation), and assessing proper budget management” (Yuen & Terao, 2003). It is not always possible to predicate or foretell the needs of every unique complexity of programs in each setting. The process evaluation is a good tool to use to provide improvement opportunities. They can be used throughout the project life to help managers make decisions and improvements for a program. When looking for program improvements opportunities, managers and funders should start at the very beginning when building or planning the program methods, which will help to identify areas in need of improvement. Program officers and funders who monitor recipients of grants will usually use a grantee’s evaluation results as tools for improvement. They can determine whether or not the internal evaluation was carried out with integrity. Program officers and funders find improvement opportunities by examining the overall effectiveness from the program evaluation. Having documentation that lists the details of what the program’s purpose which aids program officers and funders to determine at what level did they do all that they say they would do. Through evaluations program managers and funders can ascertain how well or not

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