Monitoring, Evaluating, and Applying Findings

Monitoring and evaluation offer essential feedback loops to answer questions such as “Has the intervention been delivered as intended? Are there barriers to implementation? Is the intervention achieving desired outcomes?”. Through structured processes, agencies can gather and use data to inform decision-making about spreading, adjusting, or discontinuing a program or set of practices.

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Need Detailed Information?

Read the Monitoring, Evaluating, and Applying Findings brief to gain an understanding of key concepts and steps for building a logic model, assessing fidelity, planning evaluations to guide improvements and explore outcomes, and developing sustainability plans.

Interested in a High-Level Overview?

Read Change and Implementation at a Glance: Monitoring, Evaluating, and Applying Findings to explore key tasks for measuring implementation outcomes and making adjustments with an intentional focus on racial equity and integration of lived expertise.

Looking to Apply What You've Learned?

Watch the Monitoring, Evaluating, and Applying Findings videos to help you gain a better understanding of the activities that can help monitor and evaluate the outcomes of an intervention, and apply what you’ve learned to make informed decisions. Use the Monitoring, Evaluating, and Applying Findings videos workbook to record questions and ideas while you watch the Monitoring, Evaluating, and Applying Findings videos. Use these ideas to facilitate a discussion about how to learn from monitoring and evaluating your intervention and next steps.

Access the Archived Monitoring, Evaluating, and Applying Findings webinar to explore lessons learned from experts and child welfare agencies about how to monitor and evaluate an implemented intervention and apply the findings to make improvements. Use the accompanying Archived Monitoring, Evaluating, and Applying Findings webinar discussion guide to support skill development for individuals and teams and facilitate team discussion and targeted action planning.