LOGIC MODEL: A Program Performance Framework

1. LOGIC MODEL: A Program Performance Framework Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK

2. OCES works within broad program guidelines. • Long Range Plan of Work • Rolling Plan of Work • Typically 3 years or more, but is flexible • Short term Planning to Accomplish Longer Term Goals • Annual Implementation Timeline • This is your roadmap OCES Program Planning

3. What is a Logic Model? • A simplified picture of a program, initiative or intervention in response to a given situation. • Shows the logical relationships among the resources that are invested, the activities that take place and the benefits or changes that result. • Some call this ‘program theory’ • Logic modeling is really a way of thinking! • A bridge between where you are and where you want to be with your programs.

4. What is a Logic Model? A systematic and visual way (road map) to present and share your understanding of the relationships among: Resources you have to operate your program The activities (timeline) you plan to do The changes or results you hope to achieve It’s a map of how you think your program will work from start to finish.

5. LOGIC If you don’t know where you’re going, how are you gonna know when you get there? Yogi Berra

6. Brief History • Logic Models Aren’t New • Date back to the 1970s • Suchman (1967), Weiss (1973, Bennett (1976), others • Used Many Places: • Private Sector • Public Sector • Govt. Performance Results Act 1993 • Set Standards for Measuring Performance • Non-Profit Sector such as United Way • International Donor Agencies • Evaluators

7. Goals for Today Learn about LOGIC Models A basic introduction to the logic model as an action-oriented tool for program planning and evaluation Practical Applications of LOGIC Models in your programs

8. WHY LOGIC MODELS? Shows difference between what we do and impact we are having Provides a common vocabulary Focus on quality and continuous improvement

9. Logic Model Common Vocabulary S I T U A T I O N INPUTS OUTPUTS OUTCOMES Government reports, OCES reports, Grant applications

10. Everyday Logic Model H E A D A C H E Getpills Takepills Feel better Logical progression, common sense

11. Everyday Logic Model H U N G E R Find Food Eat Food Feel better Logical progression, common sense

12. OCES Logic Models will be somewhat more complicated, but remembering the simple examples should keep them from becoming overwhelming or intimidating. Logic Model

16. LOGIC MODEL: Program Performance INPUTS OUTPUTS OUTCOMES Activities Participation Short Medium Long-term Program investments What we invest What we do Who we reach What results

17. IF : THEN The IF:THEN relationship provides for the development of the LOGIC MODEL. The Logic MODEL is important to OCES because NIFA’s federal Plan of Work is designed around it. So…Logic tells us the Logic Model is important at the local level.

18. OUTCOMES-IMPACT OUTPUTS INPUTS Short Medium Long-term Activities Participation S What the medium term results are What the short term results are I What the ultimate impact(s) is What we invest What we do Who we reach T U Staff Workshops Participants Learning Action Conditions Volunteers Meetings Customers A Time Counseling Citizens Awareness Behavior T Money Facilitation Knowledge Practice Social Materials Assessments Attitudes Decisions Economic I Equipment Product dev. Skills Policies Civic Technology Media work Opinions Social action O Environmental Partners Recruitment Aspirations Training Reactions N Motivations ENVIRONMENT Influential factors LOGIC MODEL: Program Performance Framework

19. Do the Outcomes First I definitely advocate doing the outcomes first! I find that people come up with much more effective activities when they do. Use the motto, “ plan backward, implement forward.” Beverly Anderson Parsons, WKKF Cluster Evaluator

20. PLANNING Implement and Evaluate INPUTS OUTPUTS OUTCOMES • Programmatic • investments • i Short Medium Long term Activities Participation

21. Outcomes Are they Important? Are they Reasonable? Are they Realistic? Are there Negative Consequences? Specific Measurable Attainable Realistic Timed

22. INPUTS OUTPUTS OUTCOMES Parents increase knowledge of child dev Develop parent ed curriculum Staff Parents use improved parenting skills Reduced rates of child abuse & neglect Targeted parents attend Money Deliver 6 interactivesessions Parents learn new ways to discipline Partners Research INDICATORS???

23. Progressive Outcome Relationships SHORT MEDIUM LONG-TERM Seniors increase Practice safe cooling of food; food preparation guidelines Lowered incidence of food borne illness knowledge of food contamination risks Participants increase Establish financial goals, Reduced debt and knowledge and skills in use spending plan increased savings financial management Community increases Residents and employers Child care needs are met understanding of discuss options and childcare needs implement a plan Empty inner city parking Youth and adults learn Money saved, nutrition lot converted to gardening skills, nutrition, improved, residents enjoy community garden greater sense of food preparation and mgt. community

24. Logic model with Indicators for Outputs and Outcomes Outcomes Outputs Farmers practice new techniques Farm profitability increases Program implemented Targeted farmers Farmers learn Number and percent of farmers attending Number and percent who learned content Number and percent who adopted practices Number of workshops held Number and percent show improved farm profits; amount of increase

25. Where Does Evaluation Fit? INPUTS OUTPUTS OUTCOMES Parents increase knowledge of child dev Design parent ed curriculum Staff Parents use improved parenting skills Reduced rates of child abuse & neglect Targeted parents attend Money Provide 6 training sessions Parents learn new ways to discipline Partners EVALUATION: What do you want to know? How will you know it? Quality of curriculum # of sessions delivered # parents attending/session which parents % of parents Increase in knowledge/skill- post session survey Actual use - follow-up phone interview Decrease in rates - agency records

26. Summary • Think of the Logic Model as Your “Roadmap” to your own performance

27. Logic Model Websites http://www.uwex.edu/ces/lmcourse/ http://www.wkkf.org/Pubs/Tools/Evaluation/Pub3669.pdf http://www.uidaho.edu/extension/LogicModel.pdf Or goto google.com, search for “logic model program evaluation”

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