Goals, Objectives & Outcomes
June 5, 2007

Topics

Needs, Significance, Importance, or Justification
Goals, Objectives and Outcomes

Assignment due June 12

Problem statement and statement of goals, objectives and outcomes. Prepare a 6-page (maximum, double-spaced) document. Address the following questions explicitly.

1. What is the need or problem that your project addresses? Provide evidence that the problem is one worthy of the donor's attention and resources. Provide evidence that is specific to the site where your project will occur. Make sure you make a convincing case that the problem or need that you describe in the place where you will work, is deserving of attention. Include data, results of needs assessments, and other supporting documentation or evidence.

2. Describe the clients who will benefit from this project. Use demographic data and other information to provide a robust description of the potential participants. Provide an estimate of the number of clients who will be served by this project. Explain how that number was derived.

3. What are the project goals, objectives and outcomes? Be specific and make sure that you distinguish clearly between goal, objectives and outcomes. Explain how the project goals, objectives and outcome are relevant to solving the problem that you have identified. Include at least one graphic to demonstrate the relationships between goals, objectives and outcomes.

4. Explain clearly how your project goals and objectives directly support the mission, goals and objectives of the donor.

Readings

Everyone Read These Items -- We will discuss them in class

Burke and Prater, Chapters 7, 8 and 9

Israel, Glenn D. 1993. Problem/Audience Identification for County Extension Program Planning. Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Electronic Distance Information System. Available at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/PD012

Israel, Glenn D. 1993. Using Secondary Data for Needs Assessment. Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Electronic Distance Information System. Available at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/PD010

Bolton, Elizabeth B. and Guion, Lisa. 2002. Building Coalitions: Making a Difference Needs Assessment. Assessment. Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Electronic Distance Information System. Available at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/fy/fy50100.pdf

Minnesota Department of Health. 2001. Community Engagement Needs Assessment Factsheets. Available from the Minnesota Department of Health at http://www.health.state.mn.us/communityeng/needs/needs.html

Read Only the Article Assigned to You

Sharpe, Patricia A.; Greaney, Mary L.; Lee, Peter R. and Royce, Sherer W. 2000. Assets-Oriented Community Assessment. Public Health Reports 115: 205-211.

Acosta, Olga and Toro, Paul A. 2000. Let's Ask the Homeless People Themselves: A Needs Assessment Based on a Probability Sample of Adults. American Journal of Community Psychology 28(3):343-366.

Lusky, Melissa B. and Hayes, Richard L. 2001. Collaborative Consultation and Program Evaluation. Journal of Counseling and Development 79:26-36.

Melamid, Elan and Brodbar, Gabriel. 2003. Matching Needs and Services: An Assessment Tool for Community-Based Service Systems. Child Welfare 82(4):397-412.

Williams, Robert I. and Yanoshik, Kim. 2001. Can You Do a Community Assessment without Talking to the Community? Journal of Community Health 26(4):233-247.

Garrett, James L. and Downen, Jeanne. 2002. Strengthening Rapid Assessments in Urban Areas: Lessons from Bangladesh and Tanzania. Human Organization 61(4):314-327.

Be prepared to make a brief presentation about the key points raised in the individual article assigned to you during class. At least two of you will be assigned to each article. I will give you a few minutes in class to compare your comments before your presentation.

Class Activities

Discussion of assigned readings

Practice Writing Goals, Objectives and Outcomes

Additional Resources

Make sure you use the sample grants and other tools available on the CD from Burke and Prater. Look at the yellow "sticky notes" to see comments about the strong points in these proposals.

Always bring the document Typical Parts of the Proposal to class with you for the next 5 weeks.