| Session Title: Evaluating Capacity Building Assistance Programs |
| Demonstration Session 812 to be held in Suwannee 16 on Saturday, Nov 14, 11:50 AM to 12:35 PM |
| Sponsored by the Non-profit and Foundations Evaluation TIG |
| Presenter(s): |
| Miguel Chion, AIDS Project Los Angeles, mchion@apla.org |
| Amanda Hawkins, AIDS Project Los Angeles, ahawkins@apla.org |
| Abstract: The unique context of capacity building assistance (CBA) programs make evaluating these programs a challenge. Acción Mutua/Shared Action (AMSA) is a CBA program at AIDS Project Los Angeles that works with community based organizations and health departments to improve their capacity to implement HIV prevention programs. In the last 5 years AMSA have collected information on the challenges to evaluate CBA programs: levels of evaluation (CBA provider, CBA client and the community levels); high variance among the clients (technical competencies, organizational infrastructure, target population, type of prevention intervention, geographical area); structural barriers such as funding sources, and social and political context. All these factors make evaluation complex, expensive, and highly difficult to create a standard evaluation model. AMSA developed a model to evaluate CBA services that address the described barriers. This proposed model includes process evaluation and outcome monitoring. This model is flexible and adaptable to different contexts. |