The Agenda for Action seeks to encourage nonprofit organizations to focus their management practices and decisions on the results they intend to achieve for their participants. This focus goes beyond just measuring the results to actually using the results to increase the effectiveness of their services and improve their service outcomes. Put another way, the […]
By reading this particular volume in The Intermediary Development Series, intermediary organizations will know the key concepts and elements required to manage Federal grants effectively, including: achieving proposed program goals; receiving and disbursing Federal funds; complying with reporting requirements; and writing continuation applications. This guidebook will help organizations answer these key questions: What are the […]
This document identifies six elements that appear necessary, according to the research, for building capacity for evaluation and accountability. Questions to prompt discussion and reflection among the planning/stakeholder group are followed by suggested strategies to address each element. (Author abstract).
By reading this particular volume in The Intermediary Development Series, intermediary organizations and the faith-based and community-based organizations they work with will learn key concepts about increasing their capacity to evaluate the extent to which they are achieving their intended results and to conduct outcome measurement by creating and implementing an outcome measurement plan for […]
In 1994, Minnesota began testing a major welfare reform initiative that emphasized financial incentives for work, a participation requirement for long-term recipients, and the simplification of rules and procedures for receiving public assistance. MDRC conducted an in-depth evaluation of the Minnesota Family Investment Program’s effectiveness and impact on various populations served. One of the striking […]
By reading this particular volume in The Intermediary Development Series, intermediary organizationswill know how to evaluate, start and sustain one or more new income or revenue sources. They will know the features, advantages and requirements associated with particular revenue sources. And they will be able to raise more money using tools and techniques that fit […]
This report examines state efforts to reduce nonmarital births since the passage of PRWORA. In addition to synthesizing existing surveys of related state efforts, the study also includes findings from a series detailed interviews with a sample of nine states. These interviews focused on how states’ efforts to reduce nonmarital births had changed since passage […]
By reading this particular volume in The Intermediary Development Series, intermediary organizations will learn the key elements necessary to effectively design and deliver training and technical assistance (T/TA) in order to build capacity in faith-based and community-based organizations as evidenced by: increased funding; increased effectiveness; increased efficiency. This guidebook will help organizations answer these key […]
There remains a serious structural disincentive to marry for many poor Americans. The U.S. tax and transfer (welfare) systems frequently impose substantial financial penalties on low-income couples who choose to marry. In relative terms, these marriage penalties tend to be much greater than those experienced by non-poor couples, and in some cases amount to family […]
This brief is based on analyses of data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study that examined how current and past participation in the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program affect the likelihood and timing of marriage among mothers who had a nonmarital birth in urban areas during the late 1990s — a […]