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Htbisws Children's Center NOPE (Healthy Oppommitles for Parenting Excellence) Program Children's services Advisory Committee F. PROGRAM EVALUATION (Entire Section F not to exceed two pages) L DEMOGRAPHICS: What information (data elements) will you need to collect in order to accurately describe your target population including demographics (age, gender, and ethnic background) required by the funder in Section H? What are the pieces of information that qualify diem for your target population? How do you document their need for services or their "unacceptable condition requiring change" from Section Bl? The HOPE Program collects client data in many different ways, in .order to meet a variety of funder requirements. Client data including age, gender, race, economic level, education level, parenting situation (i.e. single, dual, grandparents, guardian etc.) is collected on every family served The information is compiled on a monthly basis and put into a data spreadsheet that is used for reporting to fimders. Monthly, quarterly, and year-end reports are provided upon request based on the specific requirements of each funder. All families are referred either through the Protective Investigations or the Dependency Case Management System. HOPE provides to these families, who by the nature of their identifying factors, either in the imminent'risk of removal or high risk reunification, require more than the standard services provided by the dependency system as it currently operates. By working with parents and children in their own environment increasing both the quantity and quality of interactions and interventions, HOPE helps them resolve the crisis, circumstances or situation that has led to abuse — and keep them together safely as a family. The documented need for services is the intake referral form. 2a MEASURES: What data elements will you need to collect to show that you have achieved (or made progress toward) your Measurable outcomes in Section D? What tools or items are you using as measures (grades, survey scores, attendance, absences, skill levels) for your program? Are you getting baseline information from a source on your Collaboration List in Section E? Are there results from your Activities in Section D that need to be documented? How often do you need to collect or follow-up on this data? Outcomes (abuse histories) are measured through United for Families (UFF), our collaborative partner, client information system. UFF conducts an initial review of the family prior to Hibiscus accepting the family into services. Annually, UFF monis the HOPE Program and reports one year follow-up information on whether or not abuse occurred during services or within one year post services. In addition, the HOPE Program completes an AAPI pre-test on all families and a post-test on families who receive services for over 45 days. The AAPI is a valid and reliable tool that measures improvement in family functioning, in particular in parenting, empathy, corporal punishment, role reversal, and understanding development stages. The results are reported to our internal Continuous Quality Improvement committees including Peer Record Review and Risk Management. Another data element that will be collected is satisfaction rates of clients who successfully complete the program. The satisfaction survey results will be evaluated quarterly and then annually for trends Lastly, another data element that is collected in the HOPE Program is a discharge plan which is created with each family upon closure of their case. This is maintained in the client file and analyzed with an established data mane ement sylltern on a quarterly basis. 9