| Session Title: Real Application of a Policy Advocacy Evaluation Tool |
| Demonstration Session 582 to be held in Adams Room on Friday, November 9, 11:15 AM to 12:00 PM |
| Sponsored by the Advocacy and Policy Change TIG |
| Presenter(s): |
| Rhonda Ortiz, The California Endowment, rortiz@calendow.org |
| Sue Hoechstetter, Alliance for Justice, sue@afj.org |
| Traci Endo Inouye, Social Policy Research Associates, traci@spra.com |
| Catherine Crystal Foster, Blueprint Research & Design Inc, catherine@policyconsulting.org |
| Justin Louie, Blueprint Research & Design Inc, justin@blueprintrd.com |
| Abstract: This demonstration will present Alliance for Justice's Advocacy Evaluation Tool. The session will begin with an overview of how it was developed, what it is, and how it can be used. This will be followed by two examples of how it is currently being used in the field. One example will be from The California Endowment's Hmong Health Collaborative and will show how the evaluators of this program used the tool to adapt it to make it more applicable for this community. Another example will highlight the work of other evaluators contracted by The California Endowment to provide technical assistance to a couple of community-based organizations working on comprehensive health care access in the San Francisco Bay Area in using the tool. |