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Session Title: When Funders, Evaluators and Service Providers Work Together a Good Idea Gets Better
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Panel Session 610 to be held in Pratt Room, Section A on Friday, November 9, 1:55 PM to 3:25 PM
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Sponsored by the Non-profit and Foundations Evaluation TIG
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| Chair(s): |
| Anita Baker,
Anita Baker Consulting,
abaker8722@aol.com
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| Discussant(s):
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| Beth Bruner,
Bruner Foundation,
bbruner@brunerfoundation.org
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| Abstract:
In 2003, Lifespan, a non-profit organization dedicated to serving older adults, joined with Al Sigl center an alliance of independent agencies that serve people with disabilities and their families, to create support for aging adults with disabilities who have specialized future care needs. The result was Future Care Planning Services (FCPS). Evaluation was an initial component and continues to be an important aspect of the work. Through this session, the various partners will present details about how FCPS was conceived, delivered and evaluated, and how evaluation has informed ongoing implementation. The session will include a presentation of some evaluation findings, but more importantly it will include a multi-perspective discussion about how working in a collaboration that includes service professionals, funders and evaluators has transformed all of their approaches to work. The discussant from the Bruner Foundation will reflect on how evaluative thinking has governed and enhanced FCPS.
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Developing and Modifying Future Care Planning Services: Key Lessons About Working With Provider Partners, Evaluators and Funders
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| Ann Marie Cook,
Lifespan of Greater Rochester,
amcook@lifespan-roch.org
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| Daniel Meyers,
Al Sigl Center,
d_meyers@alsiglcenter.org
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Lifespan a Rochester, a non-profit organization dedicated to serving older adults, (and a former participant in an evaluation learning project) joined with the Al Sigl center, an alliance of independent agencies that serve people with disabilities and their families, to create Future Care Planning Services (FCPS). FCPS also involves multiple funders and has included rigorous program evaluation since inception. This part of the session will focus on why FCPS was created including clarification about context and need for FCPS, why the developers decided to deliver the program collaboratively; and why FCPS was designed to include multiple funders and an evaluator all working together. After other presenters have provided specific details about service delivery, funder involvement and evaluation design and findings, the FCPS developers will talk about key lessons they've learned from FCPS, what's next, and how working with evaluators and funders has changed the way their organizations work.
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Supporting FCPS and Partnerships between Evaluators, Service Providers and Funders
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| Ann Costello,
Golisano Foundation,
acostello@golisanofoundation.org
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FCPS provides an opportunity for the Golisano Foundation to work closely with a program they support. This has included serving on the steering committee which helps monitor program outcomes and crafting new service delivery approaches when evaluation findings suggest they are necessary. During this part of the panel session, the roles of funders in FCPS will be described. Additionally, this part of the panel will include a discussion about how funders can be supportive when evaluation findings show there are problems that need to be addressed. Finally, after other panel members have presented the specific details about project development, service delivery, and evaluation design and findings, key lessons about working together and establishing meaningful roles for funders beyond check-writing will be discussed.
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Initiating, Implementing, Institutionalizing Future Care Planning Services
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| Doris Green,
Future Care Planning Services,
dgreen@futurecareplanning.org
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| Jody Rowe,
The ARC of Monroe County,
j_rowe@arcmonroe.org
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FCPS continues to be an engaging and challenging project to manage. Doris Green, FCPS Director, will share with the audience the specifics about how this project is delivered, how it is received, and what has been accomplished. After each panelist has made his/her initial presentation, key lessons about what's been learned through the evaluation about information management/data collection, program outcomes and challenges will be discussed. Key strategies for working productively with evaluators will also be shared.
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Developing Implementing and Enhancing Use of Future Care Planning Services Evaluation
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| Anita Baker,
Anita Baker Consulting,
abaker8722@aol.com
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Anita Baker has served as the evaluator for FCPS since it was in the design stages. This part of the panel session will focus on how the FCPS evaluation was initially designed, how and why its been modified as program modifications happened and new information needs arise, and what has been learned through the evaluation. During this part of the panel, the speaker, an evaluator, will present some specific findings about FCPS such as who is served, how that changes, how long it takes to develop future care plans, whether there has been implementation of plans. The presenter will also discuss she and her colleagues have learned about evaluation through FCPS.
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