Seeking Funds from United Way

Describing Your Program through the Application Process

Thank you United Way!

My Role at the Library• Reinventing Government

county department• Use outcomes budget

model• Board of Commissioners

funds our budget based on the outcomes we will create

Grant Experience• Scarce financial resources• Since 2007 = $141,763• New technology• Planning for library

service• Big Read project

Plans for today:• Walk through process to describe your

program• Focus on outcomes• Application should be clear and concise.• What will you do?• How will you do it?• What do you expect the result to be?• What change do you expect in your

target audience?

Before you begin…

KNOW YOUR FUNDER!

“GOALS FOR THE COMMON GOOD: THE UNITED WAY CHALLENGE TO AMERICA”

The Logic Model

INPUTS ACTIVITIES OUTPUTSOUTCOMES

Long-TermIntermediateShort-Term

INPUTSInputs = the resources used in your

program activities.

Example: Library “Bookbaggers” program

ACTIVITIESActivities = strategies, processes, events,

or services that are undertaken with the inputs.

Things you do to achieve your results.

OUTPUTSOutputs = Products or units of service

that you create with your inputs and activities.

Usually quantitative measures

OUTCOMESOutcomes = specific statements of the

desired changes in the target population due to a program’s

activities.

Preschool children will develop a love of books and reading and enter school

ready to read, write, and listen.

OUTCOMESShort-Term Outcomes

Intermediate Outcomes

Long-Term Outcomes

Changes in:LearningAwarenessKnowledgeAttitudesSkillsOpinionAspirationsMotivation

Changes in:ActionBehaviorPracticeDecisionsPoliciesSocial action

Changes in:Conditions such as - HumanEconomicCivicEnvironment

INDICATORSIndicators = specific pieces of

information that demonstrate your program’s success.

• Observable• Measurable• Relevant• Accessible

Using the Logic Model Logically• Recommend that you start by defining your

results – your outcome and your target audience

• Consider your resources – your inputs – can you allocate enough resources to achieve?

• Consider how you will use the inputs to create activities and outputs

• Create an evaluation system to measure success by identifying the indicators you will track – and assign this from the beginning of the project

LOGIC MODEL EXERCISEInsert giant disclaimer

statement here!

ResourcesGoals for the Common Good: The United Way Challenge to Americahttp://unway.3cdn.net/f122651502d3bbc605_afm6b6f5c.pdf

Logic Model Handbookhttp://www.vsuw.org/file/logic_model_handbook_updated_2008.pdf

Everything You Wanted to Know About Logic Models But Were Afraid To Askhttp://www.insites.org/documents/logmod.htm

How Libraries and Librarians Help: A Guide to Identifying User-Centered Outcomes (book) by Durrance and Fisher

The United Way Model of Outcomes Assessment as Applied to the Public Library (paper) by Lynne Bolick Reed