Evaluating Your Program
Evaluating Your Program is a resource to help program leaders evaluate their programs using fidelity and outcome assessment tools. These evaluations may be done as self-assessments or as external evaluations.
Self-assessments are conducted by the program leadership and membership itself for various purposes such as program development or quality improvement. External evaluations are conducted by people outside the program, often professional evaluators from universities or government. The purpose of external evaluations may be for research or to demonstrate that the program is achieving desired outcomes or meeting evidence-based practice (EBP) standards.
Evaluating Your Program offers guidance for both internal and external evaluators in preparing for and conducting fidelity assessments and outcome evaluations for consumer-operated services.