A Process and Outcome Evaluation of the 4-H Mentoring/ Youth and ...
A Process and Outcome Evaluation of the 4-H Mentoring/ Youth and ...
A Process and Outcome Evaluation of the 4-H Mentoring/ Youth and ...
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YFP/4-H <strong>Mentoring</strong> <strong>Evaluation</strong><br />
Program Implementation<br />
This section describes <strong>the</strong> findings <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> process evaluation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> YFP program. We<br />
first describe program activities, comparing descriptions in <strong>the</strong> Program Guide with descriptions<br />
provided by site directors <strong>and</strong> activities as documented in <strong>the</strong> quarterly reports <strong>and</strong> online logs<br />
maintained by <strong>the</strong> program. We <strong>the</strong>n examine mentor training <strong>and</strong> support, operation <strong>of</strong> program<br />
activities, <strong>and</strong> perceptions <strong>of</strong> youth participants regarding program activities. We <strong>the</strong>n look at<br />
characteristics <strong>of</strong> YFP youth, mentors, <strong>the</strong> mentor-mentee matches, <strong>and</strong> length <strong>of</strong> time spent in<br />
<strong>the</strong> program by <strong>the</strong> YFP youth.<br />
Program Activities<br />
Interventions Received by Program Participants<br />
To assess whe<strong>the</strong>r program participants received <strong>the</strong> interventions as designed, we<br />
consulted multiple data sources: <strong>the</strong> Program Guide, Site Descriptions, Quarterly Reports <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
Online Log, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Mentor Survey. The Program Guide, produced by <strong>the</strong> program, provides<br />
information on <strong>the</strong> formal program design. Site Descriptions include information on program<br />
implementation submitted by program site coordinators to JRSA. The Mentor Survey reflects<br />
what mentors stated <strong>the</strong>y were supposed to be doing with <strong>the</strong> program (see Table 3). JRSA<br />
collected information from site coordinators <strong>and</strong> mentors because we learned that sites modified<br />
<strong>the</strong> program, as set out in <strong>the</strong> Program Guide, to fit <strong>the</strong>ir needs. In this report we compare actual<br />
program implementation, according to <strong>the</strong> Quarterly Reports <strong>and</strong> Online Log <strong>and</strong> Mentor<br />
Surveys, to what was expected to occur according to <strong>the</strong> Program Guide <strong>and</strong> Site Descriptions.<br />
Comparisons are also made between <strong>the</strong> Program Guide <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Site Descriptions to permit<br />
underst<strong>and</strong>ing <strong>of</strong> how site coordinators modified <strong>the</strong> program.<br />
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