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   Part J. Evaluating Community Programs and Initiatives
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Constituent Survey of Outcomes: Ratings of Importance

  

Tools & Checklists

 Contributed by Aimee Whitman Edited by Jerry Schultz

Tools

Tool 1: Cover Letter
Tool 2: Generic Outcome Survey

Checklist

Tools

Tool #1: Cover Letter

This is a good beginning to your survey, it informs the person filling it out what your intentions are.



Sample Cover Letter

for Constituent Survey of Outcomes

Date

Dear Members of (the initiative):

The purpose of the attached outcome survey is to get your feedback on how (the initiative) is doing. As you know, the mission of (the initiative) is to ________________________________ in ____________________________________ (city / county).

Please complete each question by circling the number that illustrates how important each community change is to the mission of (the initiative).

To protect anonymity, please use the enclosed self-addressed envelope and return your completed survey to our evaluators, the (name them).

Thanks in advance for your valuable advice and feedback.

Best regards,



_____________________

Executive Director


Enclosure


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Tool #2: Generic Outcome Survey

This survey skeleton can give you an idea of how to set up your own.

 

Please Return By _________________________

Generic Outcome Survey

(Date)

Staff and members of (the initiative) have been involved in efforts that resulted in a variety of community changes related to the mission of _________________.

This survey lists XX community changes that resulted from the initiative's efforts . For each survey item, please circle the number that best describes how important each community change is to the initiative?s mission of ______________________. Use the following scale to rate your answers.

 

Community Changes
(Date Accomplished)

 

Importance of the Community Changes to the Mission of_________________ .

     

Very Unimportant

Unimportant

Neither Unimportant nor Important

Important

Very Important

               

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Taken together, how important are the above community changes in accomplishing the mission of ______________________________ ?



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Checklist

Here, you'll find a checklist that summarizes the major points contained in the text.


___You have decided who you will distribute the survey to.

___You have determined that it is a good time to receive feedback.

___A survey has been developed.

___This survey lists all community changes that the initiative has helped create .

___You have mailed or distributed your survey that has a return address or envelope .

___The data from the returned surveys has been compiled.

___You have performed basic statistics, the mean and the range, that demonstrate early on simple trends.

___You have had your results analyzed.

___You have used the survey to refine and rewrite choices for action if necessary.


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