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Session Title: Building Evaluation Capacity in Nonprofit Organizations Serving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) and HIV+ Clients
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Panel Session 868 to be held in MISSION A on Saturday, Nov 13, 2:50 PM to 4:20 PM
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Sponsored by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Issues TIG
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| Anita Baker, Anita Baker Consulting, abaker8722@aol.com
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| Discussant(s):
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| Anita Baker, Anita Baker Consulting, abaker8722@aol.com
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| Abstract:
The Building Evaluation Capacity (BEC) program was initiated in the fall of 2006 by the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving’s Nonprofit Support Program (NSP). BEC is a multi-year program operating in two-year cycles. Each cycle is designed to provide comprehensive, long-term training and coaching to increase both evaluation capacity and organization-wide use of evaluative thinking for participating organizations. Through this session, the Evaluation Trainer and representatives from three trainee organizations will present details about what they learned through the actual evaluations they conducted while in training, how they have used their experiences to enhance evaluative thinking in their organizations, and why this is important for organizations serving LGBT and HIV+ clients.
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Evaluative Thinking and Organizational Change at Latino Community Services
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| Anita Baker, Anita Baker Consulting, abaker8722@aol.com
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| Erica Roggeveen, Latino Community Services, eroggeveen@lcs-ct.org
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Latino Community Services (LCS) provides HIV/STD testing, prevention services, and services for people with HIV/AIDS. LCS has participated in the Building Evaluation Capacity (BEC) Initiative for four years, including initial training and two-years as members of the BEC Alumni study group. LCS was able to leverage initial work in BEC into support from a grantmaker for a Program and Institutional Advancement Director position, filled by a key BEC team member. This allowed LCS to both use its enhanced internal evaluation capacity on multiple programs (including two that are publicly funded), and to continue efforts to integrate evaluative thinking into agency planning processes. The processes and decision-making related to maintaining and extending evaluation quality at LCS as well as examples of how evaluation findings have been used will be described and discussed in this session.
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| Yvette Bello, Latino Community Services, ybello@lcs-ct.org
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| Erica Roggeveen, Latino Community Services, eroggeveen@lcs-ct.org
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Learning From and About Evaluation at the Hartford Gay and Lesbian Health Collective
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| Jamie Bassell, Hartford Gay and Lesbian Health Collective, jamieb@hglhc.org
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| Linda Estabrook, Hartford Gay and Lesbian Health Collective, lindae@hglhc.org
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Since its inception, the hallmark of the Hartford Gay and Lesbian Health Collective (HGLHC) has been the provision of quality services by professional and highly skilled staff and volunteers in a safe and welcoming environment, free of judgmental attitudes or prejudice. In 2009, HGLHC joined the BEC class of 2010 and recently completed its study of Safety Net, a program in which volunteers receive training to electronically send safer sex messages and HIV prevention education messages to their peers and social networks. The presenter will share details on how the program and evaluation were designed and undertaken, what HGHLC learned, and how it applied the findings. Ongoing benefits and challenges related to enhancing evaluation capacity will also be presented and discussed.
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Learning From and About Evaluation at AIDS Project Hartford
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| Ed Paquette, AIDS Project Hartford, edp@aphct.org
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AIDS Project Hartford is a private, non-profit organization that is dedicated to improving the quality of life of all people in Connecticut who are impacted by HIV/AIDS. In 2009, APH joined the BEC class of 2010 and recently completed its study of its Medical Case Management services. APH provides medical case management services to more than 600 HIV-positive clients each year in an effort to maximize clients’ health outcomes as determined by stable or improved CD4 counts and Viral Loads and, connect and maintain clients to medical care. The presenter will share details on how the evaluation was designed and undertaken, what APH learned, and how it applied the findings. Ongoing benefits and challenges related to enhancing evaluation capacity will also be presented and discussed.
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