We are developing an evaluation framework for MyHome, so that it can be “evaluation ready” while Wesley Mission prepares to begin operations.
We plan to work with Wesley Mission to agree on the framework, obtain finance for the evaluation, and seek an independent professional agency to undertake it.
At this stage, we think an evaluation framework should:
help make any needed changes to MyHome’s management and operation, so that it meets better its objectives and design (“process evaluation”);
inform stakeholders and the community about whether and how MyHome is improving peoples’ lives (“outcomes evaluation”); and
inform contributors to MyHome and the community whether it’s a cost-effective allocation of resources, compared to other interventions or none (“economic evaluation”).
An evaluation framework relies on explicit setting out of the target group, objectives, intended outcomes and benefits, and a program logic. As far as possible, an evaluation should use pre-existing or ongoing administrative and financial data, and de-identified clinical data. However, the framework would also set out what need there may be for extra evaluation data to be collected.