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Guidelines: Develop and Implement an Evaluation Program

Develop an Evaluation Program

• Establish objectives and plans for their achievement, along with a timeline, and institute a review process to determine progress in these particular areas.
  • Use the results of this review to report unit progress to other interested parties (e.g., community leaders, response partners, sponsors, etc.).
  • Objectives can cover many operational areas of your MRC: partnering, volunteer recruitment and training, activation plans, conducting emergency response exercises, database development, fundraising, etc.
• Track volunteer statistics to concretely demonstrate program accomplishments.
  • Access this data to support your requests for funds or other support. It demonstrates your volunteers’ contributions to their communities factually.

Communicate the Results of Your Evaluation Program to Illustrate Your MRC Unit’s Effectiveness

• Develop ways to show how your MRC is being successfully managed and used through success stories, financial statements, progress reports, and volunteer statistics.
• Update the MRC unit profile at least quarterly.

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Last Updated on 9/5/2006