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Right Choice Program Substance Abuse Council of Indian River County Indian River County CSAC D . MEASURABLE OUTCOMES (Description of Intent) Use the Measurable Outcomes form. This descri tion a e does not need to be included in the ro osal. In order to show the impact that your program is having on the target population and - the community, the funders are requiring measurable outcomes . Please review the examples and summaries below to insure your understanding of what is expected . OUTCOMES : Describes what you want to achieve with the target population . Indicates the results of the services you provide, not the services you provide . Outcomes utilize action words such as maintain, increase , decrease, reduce, improve, raise and lower. ACTIVITIES : Describes the tasks that will be accomplished in the program to achieve the results stated in the outcomes . Activities utilize action words such as complete, establish, create , provide, operate , and develop . The activities should reflect the services described in the PROGRAM DESCRIPTION (C2) . Use the following elements to develop your outcomes. All elements must be included: • Direction of change • Time frame • Area of change • As measured by • Target population • Baseline : The number that you will be • Degree of chane measuring against Example 1 (Outcome) : To decrease (direction of change) number of unexcused absences (area of change) of enrolled boys and girls (target population) by 75 % (degree of change) in one year (time frame) as reported by the 2003 School Board attendance records (as measured by). Baseline : 2003 School Board attendance records for enrolled boys and girls . Example 1 (Activity) :o To provide anger management classes to enrolled boys and girls 2 times a week for 12 weeks . Example 2 (Outcome) : 75 % (degree of change) of youth (target population) who have participated in the academic enrichment activities (as measured by) for 6 months or more (time frame), will improve (direction of change) their scores in one or more subject area (area of change) . 25 % of participants in academic enrichment activities will maintain the initial level of performance assessed at entry . Baseline : Pre-test scores from the academic enrichment test . Example 2 (Activity) : 1 ) Provide pre and post-test exercises on the Advanced Learning System software ; 2) Participants will go through the one lesson per week and be graded for 10 weeks . IMPORTANT NOTE : Keep in mind when developing your PROGRAM OUTCOMES , that if funded, this will be what you are held accountable to accomplish. Also, the PROGRAM OUTCOMES should reflect the information described in the PROGRAM NEED STATEMENT (B 1 ) . All Program Need Statements should flow from the Mission & Vision . Measurable Outcomes should be based on and measure program needs . Activities are the tasks you do that are going to influence the outcome and impact the unacceptable condition in your Program Need Statement. 8