PubHub - Program Evaluations/Lessons Learned

A Foundation-to-Foundation Partnership

2012-05-29

Publisher: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Author(s): Millett, Ricardo; Chantell Johnson
Published: March 2012
Presents lessons learned from a five-year process evaluation of the partnership between RWJF and the Northwest Health Foundation on its Partners Investing in Nursing's Future program, including challenges, elements of success, and impact on each funder.
Funder(s): Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Subject(s): Philanthropy and Voluntarism; Philanthropy and Voluntarism, Performance/Failure Analysis; Philanthropy and Voluntarism, Program Evaluation

Atlanta Civic Site: Climbing the Ladder of Reading Proficiency

2012-05-14

Publisher: Annie E. Casey Foundation
Published: May 2012
Describes the Dunbar Learning Complex, designed collaboratively to serve children living in poverty through best practices, research and evaluation, family empowerment, and a focus on health and community. Reviews initial impact after two years.
Funder(s): Annie E. Casey Foundation
Subject(s): Children and Youth; Children and Youth, Early Childhood; Elementary and Secondary Education

Grantee Perception Report 2011: Kresge Foundation

2012-05-08

Publisher: Center for Effective Philanthropy
Published: March 2012
Presents grantee survey results, including the foundation's impact on and understanding of grantees' fields, communities, and organizations; grantee relations; and selection and evaluation processes compared with 2007 results and other funders.
Funder(s): Kresge Foundation
Subject(s): Philanthropy and Voluntarism; Philanthropy and Voluntarism, Program Evaluation; Philanthropy and Voluntarism, Performance/Failure Analysis

First, Treat the System: The Atlantic Philanthropies' Effort to Promote Health and Equity in Viet Nam by Investing in a Healthier, More Equitable System of Policy, Practice, and Care

2012-05-04

Publisher: Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society
Author(s): Proscio, Tony
Published: April 2012
Describes Atlantic's investments and early outcomes in helping develop a more complete and equitable primary care system as well as a culture of public health policy and practice in partnership with the East Meets West Foundation and local institutions.
Funder(s): Atlantic Philanthropies
Subject(s): Health; International Affairs/Development

Findings From a Randomized Experiment of Playworks: Selected Results From Cohort 1

2012-05-02

Publisher: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Published: April 2012
Examines the impact of Playworks, which places full-time coaches in low-income schools to engage students in physical activity, foster cooperation and conflict resolution skills, improve focus, reduce behavioral problems, and improve school climate.
Funder(s): Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Subject(s): Children and Youth; Elementary and Secondary Education; Elementary and Secondary Education, School Reform

Knight Community Information Challenge: 2011 Evaluation Findings

2012-05-02

Publisher: John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Published: February 2012
Highlights, in slides, findings from an annual evaluation of the media and journalism grant program and progress in increasing community and place-based foundations' engagement with information needs and in creating more informed and engaged communities.
Funder(s): John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Related Organization(s): FSG
Subject(s): Journalism/Media; Community Improvement/Development; Philanthropy and Voluntarism

The Building Blocks of High-Performing Primary Care: Lessons From the Field

2012-04-23

Publisher: California HealthCare Foundation
Author(s): Willard, Rachel; Tom Bodenheimer
Published: April 2012
Examines elements of a patient-centered model that improved satisfaction, quality metrics, and finances: data-driven improvement, empanelment and panel size management, team-based care, population management, continuity of care, and prompt access to care.
Funder(s): California HealthCare Foundation
Subject(s): Health; Health, Healthcare Access/Reform

Bullish on Business: Engaging Employers in Health Care

2012-04-20

Publisher: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Published: April 2012
Describes how RWJF's Aligning Forces for Quality communities have worked to motivate and mobilize employers as a key change agent to improve healthcare quality. Outlines the importance of coalitions, challenges, and tips for employer engagement.
Funder(s): Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Subject(s): Health; Health, Health Insurance/Coverage; Health, Healthcare Access/Reform

Public Housing Transformation and Crime: Making the Case for Responsible Relocation

2012-04-19

Publisher: Urban Institute
Author(s): Popkin, Susan J.; Chris Hayes; Leah Hendey; Joe Parilla; Michael J. Rich
Published: April 2012
Examines the outcomes of relocating public-housing residents to private-market housing while distressed, high-crime developments were demolished and replaced with mixed-income communities, including the impact on crime rates in their new neighborhoods.
Funder(s): Annie E. Casey Foundation, Chicago Housing Authority, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Subject(s): Community Improvement/Development; Community Improvement/Development, Affordable Housing; Public Affairs

Evaluation: Assessing and Increasing Readiness for Patient-Centered Medical Home Implementation

2012-04-14

Publisher: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Published: March 2012
Summarizes an evaluation of efforts to implement the patient-centered medical home model in RWJF's Aligning Forces for Quality communities based on levels of motivation and capability, as well as approaches to implementation. Considers implications.
Funder(s): Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Subject(s): Health; Health; Health, Healthcare Access/Reform