Evaluating Advocacy

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Advocacy for child safety takes time and dedication. It is important to be able to evaluate the effectiveness of the advocacy efforts being supported. The following is a list of resources that contribute to the evaluation of advocacy efforts:

• Advocacy Evaluation, Innovation Network
  This organization provides planning and evaluation tools along with consulting, training, and online tools for nonprofits and funders.
• Advocacy Progress Planner: An Advocacy and Policy Change Composite Logic Model
  This web-based tool provides an at-a-glance look at the ingredients of advocacy efforts.
• A Guide to Measuring Advocacy and Policy, Annie E. Casey Foundation [pdf, 2.4MB*]
  This guide presents a framework for evaluating advocacy and policy efforts.
• A Handbook of Data Collection Tools: A Companion to A Guide to Measuring Policy and Advocacy, Annie E. Casey Foundation [pdf, 447KB*]
  This handbook is intended to serve as a companion to “A Guide to Measuring Advocacy and Policy”, to provide examples of practical tools and processes for collecting useful information from policy and advocacy efforts.
• A User's Guide to Advocacy Evaluation Planning
  This tool takes users through four basic steps that generate the core elements of an advocacy evaluation plan.

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