DOI: 10.3886/icpsr38390.v1
title: Formative Evaluation of Safe Horizon Family Court Program, New York City, New York, 2011-2021
title: Version 1

description: RAND and Safe Horizon worked together to conduct a clarificative evaluation to identify the core components and processes of the Family Courts Program, which include development of a program logic model and an evaluability assessment (EA) of the program. An implementation guide was also created that provides the necessary information to understand the program operations and provide program staff, the research field and other jurisdictions interested in replication the necessary tools to support program implementation as intended. Specifically, the aims of the project are to: Identify the core components, understand and improve program processes, and overcome barriers to effective service delivery;Assess the readiness of the Family Courts program to participate in an evaluation of program impact. To address the research aims listed above, the researchers conducted a comprehensive literature review to explore research and evaluations on family court services to survivors of domestic violence; developed a logic model; collected data from a variety of sources, including site visits, stakeholder interviews, document review, administrative data; analyzed current program data and qualitative data to understand how the program operates in the real-world setting.This study only includes the quantitative program data that was collected for analysis during this evaluation.
description: Due to the lack of research on the impact of domestic violence programs for those who go through family court, the purpose of this study is to provide a evaluation and assessment on Family Court programs through Safe Horizon. The two main research objectives are: assess the internal structure of the program in order to identify key components, understand and improve the process, and overcome barriers of service.assess the programs readiness to participate in an impact evaluation
description: This cross-sectional formative evaluation was conducted using the method of Evaluability Assessment (EA). The Evaluability Assessment was conducted using the following information: provided program documents, stakeholder interviews, and client data collected by the programs.All stakeholder interviews were conducted using Microsoft Teams and all quantitative data was provided by family programs.
description: Variables in this study include: demographic information, date of when service began, victimization, and the program that the individuals are participating in.
description: There are no weights present in the quantitative data or used for the evaluability assessment.
description: All client quantitative data collected from the Safe Horizon Program were used in the sampling for analysis. Data collection and entry is standardized across all family program sites.
description: Datasets: 
DS0: Study-Level Files
DS1: Demographics
DS2: Services
description: Individuals who received services from the Family Court Programs. Smallest Geographic Unit: None
description: face-to-face interviewMore information about Formative Evaluation of Safe Horizon Family Court Program can be found on the Office of Justice Programs website