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ERIC ED475305: Planning for Success: Mapping Goals, Services, and Outcomes for Program Improvement. Birth to 5 Best Practices.

This report is the second of a series exploring implementation of best practices in programs serving young children and families, and focuses on the uses and benefits of developing and using a logic model in programs serving young children and families. A logic model is described as providing a way to clearly articulate the program's theory of change and as including the stated outcome goals of the program, the services provided to achieve those goals, measures indicating if the program is providing services as planned, measures showing if participants are making process toward outcome goals, and a rationale explaining how identified services will have their intended effect. The following topics are discussed: (1) what a logic model is and how it can be used for effective program management and continuous improvement of service for young children; (2) how to create a new logic model or refine an existing model taking into consideration five key elements of the model: outcome goals, program services, process indicators, outcome indicators, and the rationale connecting program services to outcome goals; and (3) examples of logic models and how they are effectively incorporated into m

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