Resources

Grantmaking Assessments

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Building the Capacity of Nonprofits to Do Evaluation
In 2005, the Foundation provided a grant to the Children's Health Council to work with four grantees to build their agency's capacity to evaluate the effectiveness their programs. A 2008 report with lessons learned from the project -- the Collaborative Evaluation Training Initiative -- is provided below.

• Collaborative Evaluation Training Initiative Report

The Foundation and these four grantees were invited to participate in a larger study that examined effective strategies to build evaluation capacity. An executive summary of this study and a resulting journal article are provided below. The article proposes an overarching model that describes how this type of capacity building should be designed and implemented to maximize its success.

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Preteen Resources and Funding Opportunities

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Putting It All Together: Guiding Principles for Quality
After-School Programs Serving Preteens

The Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health commissioned Public/Private Ventures (P/PV) to produce this report, which identifies characteristics of quality after-school programs that are linked to positive outcomes for preteens.
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Special Needs Resources

A Report by the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

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Models of Care for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
Promising Models for Transforming California's System of Care

The Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health commissioned the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs to produce this report, which identifies promising models implemented outside of California to support the system of care for children with special health care needs. Read the report>>

 

 

 

 

 

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