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Framework for Program Evaluation in Public Health

This tool (from CDC) provides a primer on how to evaluate public health initiatives.

Framework for Program Evaluation in Public Health: A Checklist on Steps and Standards

This tool (from The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University) provides actionable guidance and checklists for completing a program evaluation process.

Franklin Regional Council of Governments 

This website (from the Franklin Regional Council of Governments), is an example of a small rural county using cooperative purchasing to service their region. The Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG) is a regional service organization serving the twenty-six towns of Franklin County, the most rural county in Massachusetts. The FRCOG is the former county government, which was...

Frequently Asked Evaluation Questions

This tool (from CHR&R) many commonly asked questions about evaluation with brief responses to each.

From public goods to private and profitable property

The idea of collective action for the common good has slowly given way in this country to private and for-profit … by design. If we’re going to improve health and health equity for everyone, we have to understand the shift away from the things once considered sacred public goods (i.e., public schools, transportation, infrastructure, and investment in all communities). In this episode, we talk with author Donald Cohen, who recently published The Privatization of Everything: How the Plunder of Public Goods Transformed America and How We Can Fight Back, to find out how we got here and how we can return to a mindset of social solidarity.

Funders' Network

This organization exists to inspire, strengthen and expand funding and philanthropic leadership that yield environmentally sustainable, socially equitable, and economically prosperous regions and communities. It can be found in the Philanthropy and Investors guide under...

Funding Guide: Securing Additional Resources for Community Health Improvement

This guide provides tools and resources for identifying and accessing funding resources for your community health initiative. It will help you understand how best to apply for outside funds.

GANTT Chart Template

This tool (from Vertext42) is a downloadable Excel document that helps you sequence activities and show their overlap.

Gathering and Using Community-Level Indicators

This tool (from Community Tool Box) identifies the types of community-level indicators that may be helpful to your evaluation and directs you to data sources for possible indicators.

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Gathering Information: Monitoring Your Progress

This tool (from Community Tool Box) provides guidance on monitoring process and outcome measures including 1) an event log tool and 2) suggested codes for categorizing events that can help you collect information in ways that are easy to summarize and communicate. 

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