Evaluating
How do we know if comprehensive community development is actually improving the quality of life in neighborhoods? There’s plenty of anecdotal evidence, but funders generally want numbers—of housing units built, job placements made, crime reduced. Furthermore, measuring and evaluating are not just after-the-fact exercises, but real-time tools to get better here-and-now results.
This section presents some of the most sophisticated attempts to measure comprehensive community development, as well as templates which can be used to help develop your own evaluation program.
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Evaluating Integration in… Continue
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Sustainable Communities Qualitative Analysis Summary, LISC-Research & Assessment: Chris Walker,… Continue
A decade of comprehensive community development — lessons learned, By Patrick T. Reardon, Jun… Continue
How to Live with – and Benefit from – Evaluation Requirements By Elizabeth Duffrin, Sep… Continue