Supports
Primary Community Tool Box Supports for this Process:
- Overview and Evidence Base
- Community Tool Box Toolkit: Developing a Framework or Model of Change
- Developing a Logic Model or Theory of Change
1. Convene key stakeholders to develop a logic model for the effort.
- Involve key stakeholders including representatives of the community who are affected by the problem or goal in developing framework or logic model components.
Core Supports:
- Promoting Participation Among Diverse Groups
- Methods of Contacting Potential Participants
- Involving Key Influentials in the Initiative
- Involving People Most Affected by the Problem
- Building Teams: Broadening the Base for Leadership
- Identifying Targets and Agents of Change: Who Can Benefit and Who Can Help
2. Identify the intended uses for the logic model.
- The group has identified both internal & external audiences & uses for the logic model.
- The group has identified the appropriate scope or level(s) of the logic model.
- The group has developed a logic model or framework, a visual picture for how it will get from here (present conditions) to there (intended outcomes), at the appropriate level(s) consistent with its intended purpose or use.
Core Supports:
- Other Models for Promoting Community Health and Development
- PRECEDE/PROCEED
- Introduction to Evaluation
- A Framework for Program Evaluation: A Gateway to Tools
3. Outline the key components of the logic model.
- The logic model includes the vision &/or mission statement established by the group.
- The framework includes a brief description of the context & conditions of the community or effort related to the problem & goal.
- The framework includes a description of key inputs accessible by the group.
- The logic model includes a description of activities or components of the project or intervention.
- The logic model includes a description of intended outputs of the activities or intervention components.
- The logic model includes outcomes or intended effects related to the objectives of the intervention or initiative.
Core Supports:
- Our Model for Community Change and Improvement
- Our Evaluation Model: Evaluating Comprehensive Community Initiatives
- Other Models for Promoting Community Health and Development
- Introduction to Evaluation
- A Framework for Program Evaluation: A Gateway to Tools
4. Draw a picture of the logic mode or framework that visually displays relationships between activities, outputs, and intended outcomes.
The logic model conveys the purpose & direction of the organization or effort.
The logic model shows relationships & an expected time sequence of the components & elements of the logic model.
The logic model shows connections between activities & effects over time.
Core Supports:
5. Use the logic model to guide the work, making adaptations as appropriate.
The group uses the logic model to communicate & convey the approach of the organization or effort for addressing the problem/goal.
The group regularly reviews & updates the logic model(s) of the initiative or program.
Core Supports: