Inputs2
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Activities
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Outputs
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Short term Outcomes
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Intermediate Outcomes
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Long Term Outcomes
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Steering committee,
Center Director,
Faculty, students,
Research and grant procurement and support infrastructure.
External funding.
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Recruit committee members
Recruit Center Director
Self identification of faculty
Seek sponsorship for center and center activities.
Research and other grant procurement
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Committee
Director
Faculty
Support (clerical, statistical, grant writing etc.)
Sponsorship
Number of RFP’s responded to, funding applied for.
Respond to Federal RFP’s
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Operational Center
Sponsorship support for long term operation of center
Number of grants attained. Amount of external funding procured.
Receipt of Federal Research Support.
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Research conducted, published, presented, or otherwise disseminated.
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Wider use and replication of intervention and research models developed. Increased acknowledgement of role of community (in Atlanta, state, national, and in peer reviewed literature).
Recognizable, evidence based skill sets and broader application of evidence based skills in community social work
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Center
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Knowledge generation (Research on community, family and individual level social work interventions; and workforce skill requirements).
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number of research projects.
number of faculty, and students involved in projects.
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Beginning evidence base for community building, social capital enhancement.
Beginning evidence base for necessary skill sets.
Community involvement in research and intervention process
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Application, replication and testing of models.
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Application of refined models and skill sets to other communities nationally and internationally
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Center
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Knowledge dissemination (publication, presentation, best practice institutes, conferences etc.)
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Publications and presentations. Website containing multiple data sets of neighborhood indicators
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Journal articles, literature reviews, Conference proceedings, book(s), monographs, conference presentations.
Development of journal
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Increased profile of GSU School of Social Work, locally and nationally.
Developing body of peer reviewed literature, as well as book based on conference proceedings.
Journal housed in the Center
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Body of empirical literature focused on GSU approach to community social work practice.
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Center
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Knowledge transfer Education and training (evidence based)
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Best practice institutes, workshops, seminars, conference presentations Conference(s) (organized)
Number of attendees.
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Increased information and knowledge available to a broader audience.
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More skilled workforce applying evidence based approaches.
Changed behavior of social and community work practitioners.
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Improved conditions in communities. Increased social and economic justice, less disadvantage, reduction in scope of social problems in targeted communities.
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Center
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Knowledge Utilization
Policy Analysis
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Research projects, publications etc.
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Policy influence
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Policy change
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Policy implementation based on Center recommendations
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