2016 Foster Grandparent Program Indian Tribe

Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders Compet

FGP Performance Measures Overview

Technical Assistance Call #3
Performance Measurement

• Performance Measurement is: 

– The ongoing monitoring and reporting of progra

accomplishments and progress – It explains whof performance is achieved by the program

• Performance Measures are:

– Outputs used to ensure effective implementatio

program

– Outcomes used to assess the result of the serv

provided by the program

• Theory of Change:

– The mechanism by which programs outline how 

programs work based on existing research or pgrounded in evidence and field experience
Theory of Change (Logic Model)

Community 

Need

Intervention/ 

Service Activity

Intend

Outco
Theory of Change (Logic Model)

Evidence

Guides choice of intervention

Supports cause-effect relationship 

Statistics

documents need

Community 

Need

Intervention/ 

Service Activity

Inten

Outc
Community 

Need

Service 

Activity Output 

p

Data 

Collection 

Instrument and 

Instrument 

Description

Service Activity 

Description

Performance Measures Work Plans
Performance Measures Work Plans

• Community Need: 

– Data documenting problem/need should answe

questions: 

• SCOPE: Who and how many are directly a

How severe is this?

• SIGNIFICANCE: What makes this a comp

need? Is it likely to become worse? What happen if we do nothing?

• CAUSE(S): Why does the need exist? Ho

perpetuated?
Performance Measures Work Plans

• Service Activity

– The task that volunteers will perform.– The description should include: 

• Who the beneficiaries are• What the volunteers will be doing with them• How often volunteers provide service, • For how long, and • Where the service takes place
Performance Measures Work Plans

• Outputs:

– Amounts of service provided

(people served, products created, or programs d

• Outcomes: 

– Reflect the changes or benefits that occur– Can reflect changes in individuals, organization

communities, or the environment

– Address changes in attitudes/beliefs, knowledg

behavior, or conditions
Common Pitfalls

Community Need/Problem statement

Explains service activities instead of presenting data demonstspecific issue in the community that the service activities will aTurns into a “data dump” with too many indirect or unrelated sprovided.The community need and intended outcome are not closely re

Service Activity Description of the design and service (how often, for how long

where the service will take place, and who are the beneficiarieincomplete.

Outcome Isn’t likely to result from the service activities proposed.

Doesn’t directly relate to the community need.

Statistics Are not relevant, compelling, or current

Do not come from data on program similar to the one proposeon design and dosage)Do not make a strong case for the choice of intervention (servactivity)Sources are not cited
• Focus Areas

–Education–Healthy Futures–Other Community Priorities

Performance Measures Requiremen
National Performance Measures

• National Performance Measures requirements an

options were updated– % of unduplicated volunteers in NPM work plans remove

– Replaced by cost per VSY in outcomes (or outputs in inc

people with disabilities for programs historically supportinin this area)

– New measures and service activities
Performance Measurement Require

For every $6,000 in annual base federal fundingone Volunteer Service Year (VSY) worth of service placed in work plans that result in: 

1. National Performance Measure outcomes in Education focus area or 2. National Performance Measure outputs in Inof people with disabilities (H15) work plans for gthat have historically supported programming in area (see Appendix B). 

For work plan projections, 1 VSY = 1 unduplicated volunteer
New in Education

K-12 Success: Added existing post-secondary inoutcomes for tutoring activities

Objective Output Service Activity Outcome

K‐12 success ED2. Number of

students thatcompleted participation

in CNCS‐supported K‐12

education programs.

Tutoring‐PublicSchool;Tutoring‐Faith‐BasedSchool;Tutoring‐Other

ED10: Number of students

entering post‐secondaryinstitutions.ED11: Number of students

earning a post‐secondary

degree.
New in Education

K-12 Success: Added existing post-secondary inoutcomes for mentoring activities

Objective Output Service Activity Outcome

K‐12 success ED4A. Number of

disadvantagedyouth/mentor matches

or children with specialor exceptionalneeds/mentor matchesthat were sustained by

the CNCS‐supported

program for at least the

required time period.

Tutoring‐PublicSchool;Tutoring‐Faith‐BasedSchool;Tutoring‐Other

ED10: Number of students

entering post‐secondaryinstitutions.ED11: Number of students

earning a post‐secondary

degree.
New in Healthy Futures

• Created Objective: Inclusion of people with disab• Created output measure to accommodate programs servin

individuals with developmental disabilities better integrate communities

• This measure is only available to programs that historically 

placements in this area. Senior Corps will not expand efforarea.

Objective Output Service Activity Outcome

Inclusion ofpeople with

disabilities

H15. Number of individualswith developmentaldisabilities receiving servicesthat promote self‐

determination,

independence, productivity,

and integration and inclusionin in community‐basedsettings

Transportation;Companionship;Companionship—Dept. of

Veterans Affairs;Financial Literacy or

Housing Services;Preventing Elder Abuse;Supporting Integration

None
New in Healthy Futures

• Obesity and Food: Added existing output measu

support physical education and nutrition educatio

Objective Output Service Activity Outcome

Obesity and

Food

H5. Number of children and

youth engaged in in‐school or

afterschool physical

education activities with the

purpose of reducingchildhood obesity.

HRSA sponsored Home

Visiting ProgramsCoaching

None.

Obesity and

Food

H6. Number of children and

youth receiving nutritioneducation with the purposeof reducing childhoodobesity. HRSA sponsoredHome Visiting ProgramsNone.

HRSA sponsored Home

Visiting ProgramsCoachingChild Life programs

Child Safety and Welfare

Interventions

None.
New in Healthy Futures

• Access to Care: Added existing output and outco

measures that support distributing health care infand enrolling individuals into health care program

Access to Care H2. Number of clients to whom

information on health insurance,

health care access and health

benefits programs is delivered.

Staffing hotline;Developing materials;

Distributing information;Preventing Elder Abuse

None.

Access to Care H3. Number of clients enrolled in

health insurance, health

services, and health benefits

programs.

Staffing hotline;Developing materials;Distributing information;Preventing Elder Abuse

None.
New Option-Other Community Prior

• All Senior Corps programs given the option to uti

Other Community Priorities if necessary. 

Other Community PrioritiesObjective Output OutcomeOther SC1. Grantee met their target for

community priority activity. (Yes/No)

None.
National Performance Measure Require

How many Volunteer Service Years (VSYneed in order to meet the requirements?• Calculate: Total Federal Funding Level div

$6,000 = the number of VSYs

• Remember: Work plans are based on expected 

accomplishment at the end of the performance 

i.e. in Year 3. Apply the NPM requirement based for Year 3.

• For work plan projections, 1 VSY = 1 unduplicate

volunteer
National Performance Measures Ex

For Example:• Annual Federal Funding Level = $360,000• Current number of VSYs = 100• $360,000/$6,000 = 60 VSYs in work plans 

NPM outcomes for the Education focus ar

* Programs historically supporting inclusion of pedisabilities may use output H15 to meet this requ
Example Cont’d

• In other words

Fed Funding VSY rate

MinimumNumber ofUnduplicatedVolunteers inOutcomes

Total Number

ofUnduplicatedVolunteers

$360,000 $6,000 60 60
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